All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

Highlights from WeCare’s Early-Year Gathering on Mental Health and Addiction Support

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Community update
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings

On February 27, 2026, WeCare Social Enterprise convened a professional gathering at Hanoi Medical University, bringing together practitioners from across Vietnam’s mental health and substance use field. Alongside the organizers, the group...

Integrated Support for Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

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ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Women
Mental Health
Law Enforcement
ISSUP Global presents a webinar on Integrated Support for Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders.

The efficacy and safety of cannabinoids for the treatment of mental disorders and substance use disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

Summary

Background

Mental disorders and substance use disorders (SUDs) are among the leading reasons for which the medical use of cannabinoids has been approved, but their efficacy and safety in treating these conditions is yet to be...

From Practice to Publication: Sharing Your Work in the Substance Use Field

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ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Professional Development
ISSUP Global presents a webinar titled, "From Practice to Publication: Sharing Your Work in the Substance Use Field."

Stigma, Substance Use, and the Struggle to Access Rehab

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Format
Report
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Addiction
Populations
Men
Women
Public Health
Mental Health

Phoenix Futures provide a wide range of harm reduction, treatment and advocacy services. We have a keen interest, and long history, in addressing stigma and on behalf of the Anti-Stigma Network we seek to broader anti-stigma movement. In...

School Suspension as a Predictor of Young Adult Homelessness: The International Youth Development Study

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
School-Based
Populations
Family
Children, Adolescents & Youth 
Statistics
Mental Health

School suspension in adolescence has been shown to predict homelessness in young adulthood, suggesting that it may be a point of intervention to reduce young adult homelessness. Under zero tolerance policies, school suspension is more...

Anti-Stigma Language Guide

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Guide
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Addiction
Public Health

We’re really pleased to launch our first report on stigma and language, which you can read on this page or download here.

We hope it will be a useful guide for organisations that are less familiar with the drug and alcohol treatment sector...

A Reading List on Responding to Drug-Related Offending through Science-Based Policy and Practice

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Reading List
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Law Enforcement
Border Control
Police 
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Rehabilitation and Re-Entry Services
Reading List
As justice systems increasingly shift their focus from punishment to rehabilitation, it becomes essential to understand the complex relationship between substance use, criminal behaviour, and treatment, particularly among individuals whose involvement with the system stems from substance use. 

Inside Sri Lankan Homes: Family Experiences of Substance Use

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ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
ISSUP Sri Lanka presents a webinar exploring family-centred responses to substance use in Sri Lanka.