All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Reconciling the Interests of Community, Clients, and Families

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

Key studies on the roles of management in treatment’s impacts on crime and safeguarding the community, with a focus on criminal justice and child protection. Explore what research can offer managers who have to reconcile the interests of...

Quick Reference Guide: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

This clinician guide describes the development process, analysis and discussion of the available research while providing more complete information for health care decision-making.

New App: Underage Drinking Prevention

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Website
Themes
Prevention
Partner Organisation

"Talk. They Hear You." App

Research shows that parents are the number one reason young people decide not to drink alcohol. This new App developed by SAMHSA features an interactive simulation that helps parents learn the do's and don'ts of...

The Effect of Public Health-Oriented Drug Law Reform on HIV Incidence in People who Inject Drugs in Tijuana, Mexico

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

Summary

Background

As countries embark on public health-oriented drug law reform, health impact evaluations are needed. In 2012, Mexico mandated the narcomenudeo reform, which depenalised the possession of small amounts of drugs and...

Cannabis Fact Sheet for Parents and Caregivers

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention

Canada's largest mental health teaching hospital (CAMH) has developed a new fact sheet on recreational cannabis for parents/guardians and caregivers of youth aged 12-18. It provides information about cannabis, cannabis legalisation, risks...

Bullying Involvement and Substance Use among Brazilian Students

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Format
Scientific article
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Prevention
School-Based
Addiction

Abstract

Objective: Although bullying involvement has been associated with adolescent substance use, most of this evidence comes from high-income countries. Little is known about substance use among perpetrator-victims in low- and middle...

Differential Intervention Effectiveness of a Universal School-Based Resilience Intervention in Reducing Adolescent Substance Use within Student Subgroups

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Scientific article
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Prevention
School-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings

Abstract

Objectives: Interventions addressing the individual and environmental protective factors of adolescents are suggested to have potential for reducing adolescent substance use. While universally delivered school-based substance use...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Coercion Tests Therapeutic Skills

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

Key studies on the contribution of the practitioner to reducing crime and safeguarding the community. Commentary risks formulating a general rule: The trickier the situation, the more the worker matters. Implication is that therapeutic...