recovery

Recovery Support Technologies

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New York
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United States

Educational Event: Technology offers one more avenue by which the behavioral health field can provide recovery support services. This training will focus on how recovery support services can be extended through the use of technologies (e.g., the web, smart phone, and cell phone).

Commissioning Impact on Drug Treatment

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Based on research, financial data and stakeholder surveys and testimonies, the UK government’s official drug policy advisers warn that without significant efforts to protect investment and quality, in England “loss of funding will result in...

International Conference on Addiction and Associated Disorders

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Stockholm
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Sweden

A continuing professional development conference on addiction, highlighting integrated treatment practices that providers are using internationally today. 

The event will bring together a wide range of academics, researchers and practitioners to join discussions on the most innovative developing research and trending topics in the specialties of mental health, behavioural health, addiction and recovery.

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: What Is Drug Addiction Treatment for?

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The first matrix cell on treatment (as opposed to harm reduction) seems a good time to ask: What is treatment there to do? ‘Cure’ addiction, or promote meaningful and productive lives? Meet patients’ wishes, or aid the government’s welfare...

The Importance of Nutrition for Recovery from Addiction

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How important is nutrition for recovery from Substance Use Disorders (SUDs)? According to new research published in the academic journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence the answer is: very. The paper, which looked at the relationship between...

Decisions in Recovery: Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

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This handbook provides guidance on using the web-based, multimedia tool 'Decisions in Recovery: Medications for Opioid Addiction'. This handbook and the web-based tool offer information about medication-assisted treatment. Both resources...

Life in Recovery from Addiction in Canada

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The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has recently teamed up with the National Recovery Advisory Committee to produce the first Canadian survey of people in recovery from drug addiction and/or alcoholism. The findings...

New Resources from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a number of new resources. These are aimed at those working within the criminal justice system and other environments where people in recovery from drug addiction are ready to return...