All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Pharmacological management of acute methamphetamine withdrawal

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Addiction

About the webinar:

This seminar provided an overview of Liam’s PhD studies, beginning with a systematic review and meta-analysis of previously researched pharmacological treatments for methamphetamine withdrawal.

It then proposed a novel...

Extended-release pharmacotherapies for Substance Use Disorders in incarcerated populations

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

A history of harmful substance use or dependence is common among people in Criminal Justice Systems (CJSs) around the world. The time after an individual has left the CJS is of elevated risk for those with harmful substance use - with high...

Sex and gender differences in HCV risk and cascade of care among people who inject drugs

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Addiction
Populations
Women
Public Health

This seminar explored why it is important to study sex and gender differences in people who inject drugs, with reference to examples relevant to hepatitis C risk and the cascade of care. It included an overview of why we study sex and...

UNODC conducted Regional Training of Trainers on UTC 20 in Central Asia

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Women
Quality Assurance
Law Enforcement

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia in collaboration with Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, UNODC HQ held a Regional Training of Trainers (ToT) on Course 20 – “Populations with Special Clinical Needs” which took place...

Introduction to Forensic Substance Use Evaluation

Publication Date
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Quality Assurance
Telehealth
Law
ISSUP and the National Board of Forensic Evaluators (NBFE) are pleased to present their collaborative Webinar on conducting a Quality Forensic Substance Use Evaluations.

Stigmatising imagery for substance use disorders

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Addiction
Mental Health
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Stigma is a barrier to treatment for individuals with substance use issues. Although there has been research conducted exploring the impact of stigmatising language, less is known about the effects of stigmatising images.

This qualitative...

Healing Families, Helping Systems: A Trauma-Informed Practice Guide for Working with Children, Youth & Families

Format
Guide
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Public Health
Mental Health
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

This guide is concerned with advancing understanding and action about trauma-informed approaches that support program and service delivery for/with children, youth, and families. A trauma-informed approach is a system-wide approach that is...

National Drug Treatment Reporting System 2022: Alcohol Treatment Demand

Format
Booklet
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Data
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

In this bulletin, data on treated problem alcohol use for the year 2022 are presented, followed by trends for the seven-year period from 2016 to 2022.

The data are from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS), the national...

Kenya Substance Use Prevention Shaping Up

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

In 2021, Kenya through the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) developed the National Guidelines on Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention. The goal of the Guidelines was to establish minimum requirements...