All Resources for 'Community-Based Recovery and Treatment'

Promoting Family and Life Skills via Nationwide Competition in Uzbekistan

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News
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Central Asia in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan launched online competition "Expert on Family and Life Skills...

UNODC supports people suffering from mental health (including drug use) disorders through civil society training in Senegal

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Mental disorders have become a global public health issue exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In Senegal, the treatment and care of people suffering from mental health disorders, including substance use disorders, faces multiple...

HIV and Methamphetamine Use: Double Jeopardy for Transmission of the Novel Coronavirus.

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Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Men

A cross-country group of researchers funded by NIDA has identified needed areas of research related to the intertwining epidemics of HIV, COVID-19 and the increasing use of methamphetamine in the United States among men who have sex with...

Beyond the patient: treatment’s impacts on family and community. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell A5

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Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

BEYOND THE PATIENT: TREATMENT’S IMPACTS ON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

The final row of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix defocuses from the patient to ask what treatment can do for the rest of us, starting with this cell on the impacts of the...

An Outcome Evaluation of Drug Treatment in Afghanistan

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Men
Women
Law Enforcement
The results of the Afghanistan drug abuse treatment evaluation show positive change in illegal drug use and criminal behaviour.

Gender Matters? How Does Gender Shape Risk Environment for Syringe Sharing among People who Inject Drugs in Northern Mexico. Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey

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Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Men
Women
Abstract

 

Introduction. HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID) is 5%. Studies have found an HIV prevalence of around 10% among women who inject drugs (WWID) and 5% among men.

Objective. To describe characteristics of risk...

E-cigarette Use Among Adults in China

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Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Men
Public Health
Data

Despite China being the main producers of the world's e-cigarette, there is little research examining the trends in e-cigarette use.

Since 2018, policies in China have restricted e-cigarette use. Therefore, it is of interest to...

Treatment Experiences with Norwegian Health Care among Immigrant Men Living with Co-Occurring Substance Use- and Mental Health Disorders

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men
Mental Health

Abstract

Immigrants are considered at risk of psychological distress and therefore involvement in substance abuse, due to a variety of pre- and post-migration factors. Further, there is lower treatment engagement, a higher dropout rate...