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ISSUP-Kenya/PCEA Graduation

16 October 2020

Nairobi

Kenya

Today marked the graduation of the inaugural ISSUP-Kenya/PCEA training cohort for UTC. It was moderated by our very own Deputy President, Mwalimu Susan Gitau, and our patron Dr. Richard Gakunju with guest of honour being Governor of Kiambu County, Eng Nyoro. They’ll be sitting the exams soon. Today was presentation of certificates of course completion. Well done to them, and all the best for the exams.

The Common Core of Effective Therapies. Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell A4

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14 October 2020

THE COMMON CORE OF EFFECTIVE THERAPIES Starting point in last week’s exploration of psychosocial therapies was 2018’s “impressively wise overview” of research on ‘common factors’ they share from a task force with the authority of the...

The Talking Route to Recovery. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell A4

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7 October 2020

THE TALKING ROUTE TO RECOVERY Every treatment involves human interaction, but this cell is about therapies in which interaction is the intended active ingredient – ‘psychosocial’ therapies, the mainstay of alcohol dependence treatment...

Toolkit for Opioids, Alcohol & Tobacco in HIV

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The Yale Program in Addiction is pleased to make available resources from the Working with HIV Clinics to Adopt Addiction Treatments Using Implementation Facilitation (WHAT-IF?) multi-site study, for any HIV or primary care clinic seeking...

UNODC Training for Kenyan Policymakers on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders

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More than 25 Kenyan policymakers participated in a five-day UNODC policymakers online training on the nature, prevention and treatment of drug use disorders, held between 24 and 31 August 2020. The aim of this high-level training is to...

UNODC Online Training for Kenyan Policymakers on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders

Webinar | PRODEPENDENCE: Moving Beyond Codependency

ISSUP Webinar

30 October 2020

On Friday 30th October, ISSUP Philippines presented Part I of their Webinar Series which focused on 'Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency'.

Webinar | PRODEPENDENCE: Moving Beyond Codependency

30 October 2020

Manila

Philippines

ISSUP Philippines would like to invite you attend Part I of their upcoming Webinar Series. Part I will focus on 'Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency'.

The Placebo Effect is the Main Active Ingredient. Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Row 3

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23 September 2020

See this message as a web page THE PLACEBO EFFECT *IS* THE MAIN ACTIVE INGREDIENT Medications featured prominently in row 3 of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix on the medical treatment of alcohol dependence. Yet in the first cell we learnt that...

UNODC PTRS Organized Informal Expert Consultation on Substance Use Disorders in Humanitarian Settings

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According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) there are now close to 80 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, and with mental health among this segment of the world’s population already a neglected area, the treatment of...

Informal Expert Consultation on Substance Use Disorders in Humanitarian Settings

Drink, Doctors and Medications. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Row 3

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View this message as a web page DRINK, DOCTORS AND MEDICATIONS Time to consolidate the lessons of the five cells of row 3 in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix, all on the treatment of alcohol dependence in a medical context or involving medical...