All Resources for 'Community-Based Recovery and Treatment'

Recent U.S. drug alerts: Turning emerging evidence into workforce preparedness

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Community update
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Prevention
Treatment
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Professional Development
Public Health
Policy
Emerging substances 
Law Enforcement
Emergency Resources
Recent United States alerts on fentanyl analogues, medetomidine, cychlorphine, drug mixtures and concentrated 7-OH products highlight evolving challenges across the substance use workforce. They invite us to review local preparedness, understand testing limitations and strengthen links between frontline services, laboratories and public-health partners. A useful response brings together clinical, prevention, recovery and peer perspectives, with clear responsibilities for turning relevant findings into action. For the global ISSUP community, these alerts offer lessons in preparedness while requiring careful consideration of local evidence, resources and service arrangements. Staying informed through trusted sources and sharing practical responses through ISSUP can help translate emerging knowledge into safer care and more responsive support for individuals, families and communities.

Recovery in the context of public health interventions within the criminal justice system.

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Format
Reading List
Themes
Recovery Support 
Recovery Support
Recovery-Oriented Services

Recovery in the context of the justice system and incarceration refers to a long-term process of change through which people see improvements in their health and stability, experience changes in identity, strengthen relationships, and gain...

The prevalence, risk and protective factors and service needs in relation to the comorbidity of substance use and neurodiversity

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Addiction
Populations
Monitoring and Evaluation
Statistics
Mental Health
Service Provision & Engagement 
Epidemiology, Aetiology and Statistics

This report was commissioned by Citywide because Community Drugs Projects had recognised a need for support to develop better service delivery for people who were neurodivergent. Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign is a national network of...

Substance Use and Health Competencies for All Prescribers

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Format
Guide
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Recovery Support
Quality Assurance
Best Practice Guidelines
Professional Development
Resilience and Coping Strategies

Developed by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), the Workforce Competencies provide an evidence-informed framework outlining the knowledge, skills, values and behaviours needed by professionals working in substance...

Community-based substance use treatment programs for reentering justice-involved adults: A scoping review

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Community-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Peer and Community Support
Recovery-Oriented Services
Law
Criminal Justice 
Service Provision & Engagement 
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Rehabilitation and Re-Entry Services

Introduction:

For adults involved with the criminal justice system who are reentering their communities postincarceration, there is a large need for community-based substance use treatment. Little is known, however, about the types...

The Changing Approach to Addiction — From Incarceration to Treatment and Recovery Support

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Community-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Peer and Community Support
Recovery-Oriented Services
Criminal Justice 
Service Provision & Engagement 
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Rehabilitation and Re-Entry Services

It’s been more than 50 years since the United States launched a “war on drugs.” History has demonstrated the ineffectiveness of “tough-oncrime” drug-use policies, including laws requiring mandatory minimum sentencing for possession of...

Rehabilitation and Re-entry Programmes for Justice-Involved Individuals and Their Effectiveness in Social Reintegration: A Systematic Review

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Community-Based
Recovery Support
Peer and Community Support
Policy
Law
Criminal Justice 
Service Provision & Engagement 
Law Enforcement
Police 
Prisons / Corrections
Probation & Parole
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Rehabilitation and Re-Entry Services

Prison rehabilitation and community re-entry programmes implemented during incarceration or in the transitional period serve as significant mechanisms for facilitating justice-involved individuals in their post-release adaptation. This...

Psychosocial determinants of recidivism risk among incarcerated individuals with a history of substance use: A systematic review

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment
Recovery Support
Recovery-Oriented Services
Populations
Men
Women
Mental Health
Law
Criminal Justice 
Service Provision & Engagement 
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Probation & Parole
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Rehabilitation and Re-Entry Services

The prevalence of recidivism among individuals with a history of substance use and incarceration remains a significant concern for criminal justice systems worldwide. With significant social and economic ramifications, preventing people...

The product may not be what it says: What emerging synthetic drugs and dangerous mixtures mean for practice

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Format
Toolkit
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Law Enforcement
The clearest message from our recent ISSUP Global webinar was a simple but important one: we should stop assuming that an unregulated drug product contains only what it is sold as containing. That uncertainty now has direct implications for prevention, clinical care, recovery support, toxicology, law enforcement, policy and the administration of justice.

2.° Congreso Internacional sobre Trastornos del Espectro Alcohólico Fetal en México

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Community update
Themes
Población
Women

El Congreso TEAF es un espacio de encuentro, actualización e intercambio de conocimiento en torno a los Trastornos del Espectro Alcohólico Fetal (TEAF), una condición derivada de la Exposición Prenatal al Alcohol que requiere mayor...