All Resources for 'Education & Training'

The power of connection: collaboration and co-design in clinical services

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

This presentation explored a co-design process that was implemented in clinical services in metropolitan Australia from 2019-2022.

The challenge of successfully implementing integrated care in mental health (MH) and alcohol and other drug...

Mobilizing community resources in preventive measures: Issues, challenges and the way forward

Publication Date
Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
School-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support

ISSUP Malaysia would like to invite you to their upcoming webinar on Mobilizing community resources in preventive measures: Issues, challenges and the way forward.

The webinar is to inform and raise awareness on critical issues in the...

Parent Guide- The Improving Treatment Together (ITT) Project

Format
Guide
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Public Health

This handbook is a collection of shared experiences and stories to help other parents and caregivers find refuge, support and courage to reach out for help.

Whether your young person is experimenting with substances or has developed a...

Youth Assessment Tool

Format
Guide
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings

This assessment tool can be used by any health and social services and programs that serve young people, including substance use services, mental health services, youth treatment services, harm reduction services, youth shelters, community...

Substance use prevention 'back to basics'- Reading list

Format
Reading List
Themes
Prevention
School-Based

Earlier this month, Jeff Lee, senior consultant to ISSUP, delivered two webinars that reviewed what prevention of substance abuse entails. The webinars were intended to be a "back to basics” for anyone working in the prevention field that...

Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: A qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional stakeholders in Canada

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Statistics
Data

Background

Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances –...

Disruptions to U.S. local public health’s role in population-based substance use prevention and response during COVID-19

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Telehealth

Background

The COVID-19 emergency has tested the public health, medical, and public safety infrastructure of the United States (U.S.) in unprecedented ways. As the focal point for public health in their communities, local health...

Correlates of treatment engagement and client outcomes: results of a randomised controlled trial of nabiximols for the treatment of cannabis use disorder

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

Introduction and aims

There is increasing interest and evidence for the use of cannabinoid medications in the treatment of cannabis use disorder, but little examination of the correlates of successful treatment. This paper is a secondary...

Understanding injecting drug use in Afghanistan: A scoping review

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

Background

Several reports have described a growing prevalence of illicit drug use in Afghanistan, with recognition of a recent shift from traditional modes of consumption involving inhalation and oral ingestion to injecting drug use.

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