All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Kenya Launches National Guidelines on Drug Use Prevention

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News
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Populations
Family
Public Health

June 26, 2021, Nairobi, Kenya:- As the World commemorated the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADA) on June 26, 2021, Kenya has added another milestone in the journey towards a nation free from alcohol and...

Smoking among inpatients in treatment for substance use disorders: prevalence and effect on mental health and quality of life

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance
Mental Health

Background:

Smoking is still prevalent among people with substance use disorders. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of smoking among patients in treatment for substance use disorders and to analyze the effect of...

Disentangling substance use and related problems: urgency predicts substance-related problems beyond the degree of use

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Data

Background:

Substance use disorders are reliably associated with high impulsivity and sensation seeking. Importantly, both precede problematic substance use, implicating them as risk factors. Individuals with substance use disorders show...

World Drug Report 2021

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Format
Book
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Data
Partner Organisation
Consisting of five separate booklets, the World Drug Report 2021 provides an in-depth analysis of the global drug markets and paints a comprehensive picture of the measurable effects and potential impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the world drug problem.

Stigma towards people bereaved by drug-related death

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Scientific article
Themes
Addiction
Populations
Family
Theories and Science

Drug-related deaths can result in complex emotional turmoil for family members who are going through a grieving process at the same time as often experiencing a level of stigma.

Despite the high frequency of drug-related deaths worldwide...

An Integrative Review of Measuring Caregiver Burden in Substance Use Disorder

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

Abstract

Background: Family caregivers contribute to engagement in treatment and adherence, reduced substance misuse and relapse, and increased well-being of recipients with substance use disorder. However, providing care has also been...

Evaluation of the Drink Wise Age Well Programme

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Book
Themes
Prevention
Public Health

The Drink Wise, Age Well programme was delivered over five years from 2015 to 2020 in five intervention areas across the UK.

The project had 4 objectives:

  1. To raise awareness of the issue of alcohol misuse among people over 50, change...

A randomised, double-blind study investigating the relationship between early childhood trauma and the rewarding effects of morphine

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health
Data
Experiences of childhood trauma (abuse and neglect) are disproportionately higher in those with opioid use disorder (OUD). Childhood trauma may affect the reinforcing and rewarding properties of opioid drugs and responses to pain, potentially via developmental changes to the endogenous opioid system.

ISSUP Italy Launch

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
ISSUP Italy would like to invite you to attend their upcoming Launch Event. The Launch will centre on the theme 'Challenges and Perspectives in Addictions'.

Evidence-based prevention: advances and challenges for our country

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention

ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar on evidence-based prevention: advances and challenges for Chile.

The webinar will take place on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (Chile Time)

This year, on the International Day...