All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Working with older persons in forced displacement

Format
Book
Themes
Populations
Family
Indigenous Populations, Older Adults and Refugees.
Refugees
Mental Health
Emergency Resources

This document provides guidance for UNHCR staff and partners on protecting the rights of older persons in situations of forced displacement or statelessness.

When responding to the phases of forced displacement (flight, displacement...

Handbook for Emergencies

Format
Book
Themes
Populations
Indigenous Populations, Older Adults and Refugees.
Men
Refugees
Women
Emergency Resources

The third edition of UNHCR’s Emergency Handbook is a reference tool which serves to reinforce a common understanding among the many key actors in emergency situations. This edition includes a number of important revisions of the handbook...

Emergency Resource List

Format
Reading List
Themes
Populations
Family
Men
Women
Public Health
Mental Health
Emergency Resources
A selection of resources designed to support people who are in the midst of an emergency.

Therapists for Ukraine

Format
Website
Themes
Mental Health
Emergency Resources

This situation is more than complicated. It’s an unprecedented crisis that needs action now. Find a therapist that supports Ukraine with free counselling below.

The counsellors listed on this page come from many backgrounds, work with...

www.drughelp.eu

Format
Website
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings

Drughelp is a service for people who use drugs and hope to get a better understanding of the possible harms their drug use may bring about.

The service has been developed by a group of experts working in the field of treatment and harm
...

UNODC Trains Team of National Trainers from Central Asia within the Advanced Level of the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Law Enforcement
Partner Organisation

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia supported a training of trainers (ToT) on Course 13 – “Contingency Management: A Reinforcement Based Treatment” and “Course 18 – “Clinical Supervision” which took place in person in Bishkek...

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Awareness to Insight in Just 50 Years

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Abstract

This article is part of a Festschrift commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Established in 1970, first as part of the National Institute of Mental Health and later as...

Differences in addiction and recovery gains according to gender – gender barriers and specific differences in overall strengths growth

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Recovery Support
Addiction
Populations
Family
Men
Women
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Background

The necessity of a gendered understanding of recovery is becoming increasingly evident. There have been reports of gender disparities in the character and amount of substance use, the paths to and through substance use disorder...