All Resources for 'Education & Training'

International Standards on Treatment & Harm Reduction

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings

The Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC) together with the UNODC Civil Society Unit (CSU) held a webinar on 17th March 2021 discussing UNODC guidance on treatment and harm reduction. The webinar included opening remarks from Mirella Dummar...

Society for the Study of Addiction to take on research update role

Format
News
Themes
Prevention
School-Based

From 1 May 2021 Drug and Alcohol Findings expects to end its core research update service, many aspects of which will instead become available from the Society for the Study of Addiction (http://www.addiction-ssa.org) - our co-funder and...

Between invisibility and stigma: consumption of psychoactive substances among pregnant and postpartum women at three Argentine general hospitals

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Women
Abstract

 

The problematic consumption of legal and illegal substances in pregnant and postpartum women is a growing socio-sanitary concern that has infrequently been studied from a gender perspective. This article presents the results of...

Between invisibility and stigma: Consumption of psychoactive substances in pregnant and postpartitent women in three general hospitals in Argentina

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Women
summary

Problem use of legal and illegal substances in pregnant and post-harsh women is a topic of growing social-health concern, which has been poorly studied from a gender perspective. This article presents the results obtained from a...

Quality standards in drug treatment: some ideas for incorporation into our country's services

Publication Date
Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Quality Assurance

ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar on quality standards in drug treatment and how to incorporate them into treatment services in Chile

The webinar will take place on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (Chile time)

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Impact of active and/or passive tobacco use on pregnancy and postpartum

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Women

summary

introduction

Smoking can cause side effects during pregnancy and postpartum. The objective of this study was to assess various impacts that active and/or passive maternal tobacco use can have on pregnancy, childbirth, newborn and...

At Last, Some Help for Meth Addiction

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings

This article from Scientific American covers recent advances in treating Methamphetamine Use Disorder.

23-25 February 2021: UNODC supported a national consultation in Côte d'Ivoire to develop integrated national approaches and guidelines for the treatment of comorbid drug use and other medical conditions

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings

Under the supervision of the Interministerial Committee on Drug Control and in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, nearly 20 representatives of national programmes to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis and mental health...