All Resources for 'Community-Based Recovery and Treatment'

CRIMINAL JUSTICE THERAPY: MELDING CARE WITH CONTROL

In theory the great advantage of treatment ordered by the criminal justice system is that it can ‘hold’ patients in treatment and get them to comply with the programme sufficiently to...

The Demand for Alcohol in South Africa

The sale, dispensing and distribution of liquor was prohibited in the nationwide lockdown on levels 5 and 4 (DMA, 2002; Amendment Regulations 2020:22). The alcohol ban that was imposed during these...

As part of International Women's Day 2021, ISSUP Lebanon are pleased to have presented their Webinar with Dr. Hendrée Jones on the topic of treatment and prevention of substance use disorders among females across the life span.

Summary

In Mexico, excessive alcohol consumption represents one of the main public health challenges at the national level. Although there are a number of intervention strategies that seek to affect this problem, there is also a large gap...

Why don't they just stop using drugs then? Making the case for trauma and ACE informed substance use services.

Andrew has developed trauma and ACE informed approaches in North Wales and other parts of the UK and Ireland during the last...

Don't let alcohol kill your enjoyment of life

February 18 – National Day to Combat Alcoholism

 

Data from the latest National Survey on Alcohol and Other Drugs (II Lenad), carried out by UNIFESP, in São Paulo, reveal the worrying...

This report provides a brief summary of some of the challenges, old and new, that women and girls face in the context of the tobacco epidemic in the WHO European Region, outlining the gendered nature of tobacco use and exposure and how the...

ORGANISATIONS SET THE CONTEXT FOR CRIME-REDUCING TREATMENT

Key studies teasing out organisational-level influences on treatment for drinking problems which aims to reduce crime and safeguard family and community. In the context of a market...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important public health problem. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the overall lifetime prevalence of IPV among women who have already had a partner is about 30%, ranging from 20 to 40%...