All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Comorbidity of mental health and substance use disorders

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Website
Themes
Addiction
Mental Health
Partner Organisation

Overview

Mental health problems are very common in those with a substance use disorder, and these patients have more clinically and psychosocially severe problems than patients with substance use disorders without comorbid mental health...

Coping with Life After Prison

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Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Addiction
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

Psychologists are playing pivotal roles in reentry programs, but more research and investment are needed to help incarcerated individuals build successful lives after leaving prison.

This article, published in the American Psychological...

Associated Factors of Care Continuity among People Who are Addicted to Psychoactive Substances at the "La Vie" Center and Jamot Hospital in Yaounde

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction

Purpose: The main objective of this study was to determine the associated factors of care continuity among people who are addicted to psychoactive substances at the "La Vie" Center and Jamot hospital in Yaounde.

Problem: The management of...

General Principles of Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation

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Format
Scientific article
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Public Health
Quality Assurance
Treatment
Women
Partner Organisation

Contingency management (CM) is a psychological treatment based on operant conditioning. It consists of providing incentives in exchange for achieving a target behaviour such as abstinence or other treatmentrelated variables (e.g. session...

AddictologyIssue 2/2022

Patterns of Heated Tobacco Product Use Among Czech Adult Tobacco Users in 2020: An Online Survey

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Addiction
Statistics
Data
Partner Organisation

BACKGROUND:

Heated tobacco products represent a new phenomenon, called novel tobacco products, and one that is not unique to the Czech market. These are electronic tobacco heating and aerosol-producing devices. Although studies on the...

AddictologyIssue 2/2022

Avoidance, Anxiety Towards Parents, and Self-Acceptance of Adolescents in the System of Higher Secondary Education

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Scientific article
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Public Health
Mental Health
Family
Partner Organisation

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A close relationship between a parent and a child and parental acceptance can mediate the appropriate self-acceptance of an adolescent, which is an important variable related to personality and a pillar of emotional health. In...

AddictologyIssue 2/2022

Effect of Propylene Glycol and Vegetable Glycerine Ratio in E-Liquid on Aerosol Formation: Overview of Relevant Properties

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Scientific article
Themes
Statistics
Data
Partner Organisation

BACKGROUND:

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) generate an aerosol by vaporising e-liquids that usually consist of propylene glycol (PG), vegetable glycerine (VG), and other ingredients (water, nicotine, and flavours). The...

AddictologyIssue 2/2022

Global trends in opioid medicine availability

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Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings

This webinar presented the latest global and regional trends in the use of opioid analgesics and explore issues related to availability.

Around the world the consumption of opioid analgesics has been increasing, yet millions of people...

War: Psychological Skills for Surviving and Coping with Traumatic Events

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Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Mental Health
Emergency Resources

ISSUP Ukraine and ITTC-Ukraine jointly held an initiative dedicated to the ongoing war and the horrific events that resulted from Russian's attack on Ukraine. Ukrainians are currently experiencing extremely traumatic events that will have a...