All Resources for 'Law Enforcement & Supply Reduction'

The complexity and challenge of ‘dual diagnosis’

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Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Mental Health
Policy
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Quadrant model of dual diagnosis based on South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare’s dual diagnosis policy
Quadrant model of dual diagnosis based on South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare’s dual diagnosis policy

This Drug and Alcohol Finding publication addresses a hot topic which generates heated debate- dual diagnosis.

Whether to focus on mental health problems or substance use problems when the patient exhibits both is a long-standing...

Training of trainers (TOT) on mental health for prison staffs

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News
Themes
Populations
Women
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) and Bangladesh Prison Directorate jointly organized a four-day long ToT on mental health for prison officials from 22-25 August 2022, in the meeting room of Dhaka Central Jail. A total of 21 participants...

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Fourteenth Session)

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Women
Supply & Market Disruption
ISSUP Nigeria are pleased to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will centre on 'The Use of Methamphetamine in Nigeria: Trend and Threat Analysis'.

Road traffic injury risk from alcohol and cannabis use among emergency department patients in Argentina

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Women
Public Health
Law Enforcement

ABSTRACT

Objective. To report the risk from alcohol, cannabis, and their combined use for non-fatal road traffic injuries for drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.

Methods. Risk was estimated using the case-crossover method. Participants...

DESK REVIEW: Support for People with Substance Use Disorder in Ukraine During the War

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Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Indigenous Populations, Older Adults and Refugees.
Refugees
Public Health
Supply & Market Disruption
Emergency Resources
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation

Summary

War in Ukraine has inevitably led to the country's health system functioning at reduced capacity. Attacks near hospitals and active military operations force people to change their place of residence and flee from the war to safer...

European Web Survey on Drugs 2021: Emerging findings in Lebanon

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Book
Themes
Statistics
Data

The European Web Survey on Drugs1 collected data during March and May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older, and live in 21 EU and 9 non-EU countries including Lebanon. In this period, the populations in many European and...

Effects of a brief pre-admission telephone reminder on no-show and dropout rates in substance use disorder treatment: a quasi-experimental study

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance

 

Background

Appointment no-show and early dropout from treatment represent major challenges in outpatient substance use disorder treatment, adversely affecting clinical outcomes and health care productivity. In this quasi-experimental...

Drug Cultures and Policy in Germany, Central Asia and China

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Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Policy
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

This volume emerged from the 25th International Week at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. The contributions it contains are based on papers that examine social work in the areas of drug use and treatment, HIV/AIDS and other...

Perspectives of service providers on aftercare service provision for persons with substance use disorders at a Rural District in South Africa

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Quality Assurance

Background

Aftercare programs for people with substance use disorders (PWSUD) are frequently challenged with a number of overlapping obstacles, including uncertain policy consequences and a lack of resources. Despite demographic variety...

Interdisciplinary collaboration in the treatment of alcohol use disorders in a general hospital department: a mixed-method study

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance

Background

In somatic health care settings, interdisciplinary collaborations (where various disciplines work coordinated and interdependently toward shared goals) are considered to yield higher team effectiveness than multidisciplinary...