All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Plan for the opening of the National Unit of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) Kazakhstan

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ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement

The ISSUP Kazakhstan team is pleased to welcome you to the upcoming opening ceremony of the National Unit of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) Kazakhstan, which will be held online April 14, 2021 at 10:00 a.m...

Integrating Patient Perspectives in the Development of a Mobile Health Intervention to Address Chronic Pain and Heavy Drinking in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study of Patients in an Urban, Safety-Net Hospital Setting

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Telehealth
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Background

Chronic pain and heavy drinking are conditions that commonly co-occur among primary care patients. Despite the availability of behavioral interventions that target these conditions individually, engagement and...

The Short-Term Impact of 3 Smoked Cannabis Preparations versus Placebo on PTSD Symptoms: A Randomized Cross-Over Clinical Trial

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
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Importance

 

There is a pressing need for development of novel pharmacology for the treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Given increasing use of medical cannabis among US military veterans to self-treat PTSD...

Why is the record so poor? Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix row 5

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

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WHY IS THE RECORD SO POOR?

The first cell of row 5 presented a catalogue of negative evaluations of attempts to treat problem drinking among sentenced offenders in Britain, a record also seen...

Why harmful drinkers reject change coping & cognition in maintaining heavy drinking

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Video and audio recordings
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

Abstract

Public Health England identifies approximately 600,000 dependent drinkers as the target treatment population. However, they identify an additional 1.3 million ‘harmful’ drinkers who do not have serious dependency but are drinking...

Nutrition in Addiction Recovery: Reading List

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Reading List
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Family
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
It is not uncommon for individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) to experience conditions which make healthy eating and proper nutrition more challenging.

Using Nutrition to Promote Addiction Recovery

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Family
Women
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
In this article Khary Rigg, Ph.D and Kelly Miller, NTMC introduce us to the importance of nutrition in addiction recovery and highlight some practical, evidence-based actions to consider when advocating for nutritional interventions in recovery care.

Evidence and Implementation of family-based interventions in the addiction field

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Video and audio recordings
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Addiction
Populations
Family

Dr Gallus Bischof presented AFINet’s second Webinar on “Evidence and Implementation of family-based interventions in the addiction field”.

Dr Bischof described and reported the results of a systematic review on the evidence of...

Internet‐Based Therapy versus Face‐To‐Face Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Non‐Inferiority Trial

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Telehealth

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Background and aims

Most people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) are never treated. Internet‐based interventions are effective in reducing alcohol consumption and could help to overcome some of the barriers to people not seeking...