All Resources for 'Education & Training'

APSI Prevention Talks

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Family
Public Health
Partner Organisation

Prevention Talks is a new online discussion hosted by APSI with speakers who will explore some of the current issues and their potential impact on prevention research and practice. 

Speakers will represent a variety of stakeholders in the...

UNODC discussed the protection of adolescents and young people from psychoactive and narcotic drugs at a round table “Youth for a healthy lifestyle”

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family

On 10 August, 2022, UNODC jointly with the representatives of ministries and state departments of the Republic of Uzbekistan, members of the Youth Parliament at the Legislative Chamber and the Senate of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament), as well...

Youth drinking in decline

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Public Health

Watch the video of the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar, held over Zoom on 20 April 2022: "Youth drinking in decline: Implications for policy and practice" by Dr Inge Kersbergen and Dr Laura Fenton from The University of Sheffield.

Care for co-occurring heavy alcohol use & depression

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Mental Health

Watch the video of the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar, held over Zoom on 21 June 2022:

"‘I’m just getting the impression I have to sort myself out’: How people with co-occurring heavy alcohol use and depression describe the care...

Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents

Format
Book
Themes
Prevention
Partner Organisation

Today’s youth face many risks, including drug abuse, violence, and HIV/AIDS. Responding to these risks before they become problems can be difficult. One of the goals of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is to help the public...

Navigating the complexity of harm and care: a qualitative study of self-harm and alcohol use

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Mental Health

Watch the video of the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar, held over Zoom on 23 May 2022: "Navigating the complexity of harm and care: a qualitative study of self-harm and alcohol use" by Dr Amy Chandler and Annie Taylor from the...

Posttraumatic growth following a drug-related death: A family perspective

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Recovery Support
Populations
Family
Public Health

This paper explores the experience of posttraumatic growth in families who have lost a family member to a drug-related death.

Seven family units (17 participants) were interviewed, and interviews were analysed.

Analyses revealed themes...

The Humpty Dumpty AOD Resilience Project

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention

This 12 video and PowerPoint resource, is a ‘learning together’ evidence-based teaching and learning series. It is aimed at assisting teachers, parents, mentors, and/or coaches to develop aspects of resilience in the emerging adult...

Is a brain-based understanding of addiction predominant?

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

Abstract

Introduction

Brain-based explanations of addiction have become a prominent explanatory model in recent decades. Although opposing views have been published, there is no large-scale study of researchers' opinions, unlike for...