All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Psychoactive Prescription Drug Abuse: Selected Psychological Symptoms and Quality of Life in Addiction Treatment. Study Protocol

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Addiction
Public Health
Quality Assurance

BACKGROUND: The abuse of psychoactive prescription drugs has become increasingly common in the Czech Republic. These drugs include sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics (benzodiazepines and Z-hypnotics), and opioids. Patients with an addiction...

AddictologyIssue 4/2022

Situation of Homelessness and Substance Use in India and the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Quality Assurance
Public Health

 

Availability of safe and comfortable shelter is one of the elementary human needs essential for both an individual’s survival as well as social development. However, even in the 21st century, about one fifth of the world’s population...

Seminar on “Psycho-Education about Drugs and Child Abuse” for Drug Use Prevention in Schools, Colleges and Universities by Department of Psychiatry Poonch Medical College Rawalakot-AJK in Collaboration with ISSUP Pakistan, Pakistan Psychiatric Society AT

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Women

Seminar on “Psycho-Education about Drugs and Child Abuse” for Drug Use Prevention In Schools, Colleges, and Universities organized by Department of Psychiatry Poonch Medical Collage Rawalakot-AJK in collaboration with ISSUP Pakistan Chapter...

The Influence of Persuasive Messages to Quit Smoking by Media Advertisements

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Media-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Populations
Family

INTRODUCTION: The high rate of substance use highlights the need to intervene in the initial use prevention of smoking tobacco. The aim was to determine the efficacy of anti-smoking messages
to motivate smoking cessation.

METHODS: It was...

Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health: Final Report

Format
Book
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Partner Organisation

Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health provides evidence-based advice on alcohol to support people in making informed decisions about their health. The guidance is based on the latest research on alcohol-related risks and replaces Canada’s...

UK Drug Strategy

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy

The International Journal of Drug Policy has published a special collection of articles focusing on UK drug strategy.

The collection includes:

  • Introduction to special section on UK drug strategy
  • Words matter: A commentary on the new UK...

The Global Report on Cocaine 2023

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Format
Book
Themes
Supply & Market Disruption
Policy
Partner Organisation
The Global Report on Cocaine 2023 details how coca cultivation soared 35 per cent from 2020 to 2021, a record high and the sharpest year-to-year increase since 2016.

Human rights issues associated with compulsory drug treatments and rehabilitation process in Sri Lanka

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

Compulsory drug treatment and rehabilitation: Human Rights issues in Sri Lanka

K.A. WARUNI KUMARASINGHA,

Assistant Lecturer,

Department of International Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

 

Abstract

Protection of human rights...

Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from setback in Recovery: The PEER Perspective

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Populations
Family
Indigenous Populations, Older Adults and Refugees.
Refugees
Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation
ISSUP Malaysia are pleased to present their Webinar on Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from setback in Recovery: The PEER Perspective.

International Symposium: Mental health of the population during the war: new challenges for society and consequences for the economy

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Mental Health
This international symposium is supported by the joint initiative between ISSUP Ukraine and Interdisciplinary analytical center on socioeconomic well-being and mental health (SEMA), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.