All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

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

Publication Date
Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
On 26th November 2020, ISSUP Nigeria presented the Third Webinar in their Knowledge Update Series, focusing on the topic 'Drug Use / Addiction and the Family: Support Systems'.

Prevention Nuggets

Format
Website
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Theories and Science
Data
Partner Organisation
APSI's Prevention Nuggets will address topics on prevention science and practice, etiology models, critical theories, ethics, environments for prevention, and many other issues fundamental to evidence-based prevention practice.

Online Echo Training on the Living Drug Free (Child) Curriculum in Bangladesh

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family

Drug abuse is a tremendous menace in society with grave biological, social, financial, psychological, and security effects on the individuals, families, and the community. In the context of our country, the number of children with drug...

Training on Quality Assurance Framework for DDR Services in Pakistan, 26-29 October 2020

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance
Law Enforcement

A 04 day virtual training 26-30 October 2020 on “Quality Assurance for Drug Demand Reduction Services in Pakistan” kicked off by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to support the Pakistan government in meeting global standards...

Training on Quality Assurance Framework for DDR Services in Pakistan, 26-29 October 2020

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance
Law Enforcement

A 04 day virtual training 26-29 October 2020 on “Quality Assurance for Drug Demand Reduction Services in Pakistan” kicked off by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to support the Pakistan government in meeting global standards...

Gender Differences and Stimulant Use

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Women
Public Health
Data
Partner Organisation

Substance Misuse in Older People: an Information Guide

Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Women
Public Health

This guide, published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, provides an in depth account of treatment of substance misuse among older adults.

Contents

Part 1

Initial assessment of substance misuse in older people 

Psychosocial...

Do friends involved in drugs influence our children?

Format
News
Themes
Populations
Family

Are you "Maria goes with the others"?

My grandmother used to say, "Who mixes with pigs, bran eats."

And we have the translation of Psalm I that says, "Tell me who you're hanging out with and I'll tell you who you are."

Rodrigo Flaire and...