All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

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

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ISSUP Webinar
Themes
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'.

Family Drug and Alcohol Courts in Northern Ireland (FDAC)

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Populations
Family
Law
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
ISSUP UK are pleased to present their Webinar on the Family Drug and Alcohol Courts in Northern Ireland (FDAC).

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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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...

Prevention of substance use during pregnancy - Lecture by Dr. Renata Azevedo

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Men
Women

Drug use in Brazil is a real public health problem. When used in a problematic way, it can provoke or increase family crises and violence.

The use or dependence of psychoactive substances by pregnant women is quite worrying, since...

Inauguration of the YOUFEST on Pakistan Independence Day 2022

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News
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Populations
Family

On August 14, 2022, Sunday was the day of great hustle and bustle at Grace International Rehabilitation Center. The celebrations of the day had a special purpose to disclose the Global Vision 2030 called YOUFEST. The next 8 years of the...

Training on the Management of Substance Use Disorders

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News
Themes
Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Addiction
Populations
Family

On August 20, 2022, in the Kinnaird Center for Learning and Cultural Development (KCLCD) Lahore, a one-day skills workshop for students of Professional Certification in Clinical Psychology (PCCP) batch II was organized.

Dr. Nazish Idrees...