All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

Integrated In-Patient Rehabilitation and Community Outreach for Substance Use Disorders in a Resource-Limited Post-Conflict Setting: Experience from Liberia

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Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
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Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Peer and Community Support
Public Health

Substance use disorders (SUDs) represent an increasing public health challenge in Liberia, particularly among vulnerable youth and individuals affected by trauma, poverty, and social instability. The National Rehabilitation...

MeWeSports: A community sports-based intervention for preventing adolescent substance use and promoting mental health - Development and pilot insights from India

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Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
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Prevention
Community-Based
Children, Adolescents & Youth 
Mental Health

Background
With the largest population of adolescents globally (253 million), India is witnessing an increasing burden of substance use and mental health concerns. The age of substance use initiation is declining, with early...

What Should the Treatment of the Soul Be? Exploring Addiction, Alcoholism, and Overeating

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Opinion piece, commentary
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Faith-Based Strategies 
Treatment
Treatment
Faith-Based
Recovery Support
Faith-Based

“What good will it be for someone if they gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?”
— Matthew 16:26

What does it mean to “damage the soul,” and what might it mean to restore it?

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Strengthening Organizational Resilience to Sustain Drug Rehabilitation Services During Crisis: Evidence from Indonesia

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Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
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Treatment
Ancillary Services
Resilience and Coping Strategies

Background:

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical fragilities in drug rehabilitation systems worldwide, particularly in low-resource settings where continuity of care depends on coordination across health, social, and...

Breaking Silos: Building Multi-Sector Partnerships to Address Substance Use Disorders

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Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
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Prevention
Community-Based
School-Based
Treatment
Recovery Support
Peer and Community Support
Children, Adolescents & Youth 

Substance use disorders (SUDs) pose significant challenges in academic environments, impacting students' health, academic performance, and campus well-being. This panel presentation outlines the collaborative efforts of Trinity...

Collaboration in drug treatment and rehabilitation in the Philippines

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Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
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Treatment
Recovery-Oriented Services

Introduction:

Collaboration is a key strategy to enable organizations involved in drug rehabilitation to address the complex medical, mental, social, and legal problems confronting people who use drugs. One important...

Resonating RecoveryThe Impact of Solfeggio Frequencies and Breathwork on Neural Stabilization and Emotional Regulation in Substance Use Disorders

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Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
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Treatment
Resilience and Coping Strategies

Background: Traditional pharmacological and behavioral interventions for Substance Use Disorder (SUD) often struggle to address the persistent autonomic dysregulation and "allostatic load" that lead to relapse. Chronic...

Recent U.S. drug alerts: Turning emerging evidence into workforce preparedness

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Community update
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Professional Development
Public Health
Policy
Emerging substances 
Law Enforcement
Emergency Resources
Recent United States alerts on fentanyl analogues, medetomidine, cychlorphine, drug mixtures and concentrated 7-OH products highlight evolving challenges across the substance use workforce. They invite us to review local preparedness, understand testing limitations and strengthen links between frontline services, laboratories and public-health partners. A useful response brings together clinical, prevention, recovery and peer perspectives, with clear responsibilities for turning relevant findings into action. For the global ISSUP community, these alerts offer lessons in preparedness while requiring careful consideration of local evidence, resources and service arrangements. Staying informed through trusted sources and sharing practical responses through ISSUP can help translate emerging knowledge into safer care and more responsive support for individuals, families and communities.

Synthetic cannabinoids: Reflections from Mauritius

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Community update
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Mental Health
Policy
Data
Law Enforcement
Supply & Market Disruption

During a recent engagement in Mauritius, I had the opportunity to hear the National Agency for Drug Control (NADC) present the National Drug Control Master Plan 2026–2030 and to share the suite of resources available through ISSUP. This...

Recovery in the context of public health interventions within the criminal justice system.

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Format
Reading List
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Recovery Support 
Recovery Support
Recovery-Oriented Services

Recovery in the context of the justice system and incarceration refers to a long-term process of change through which people see improvements in their health and stability, experience changes in identity, strengthen relationships, and gain...