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OBID interviews researcher Sanela Talic

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What is prevention? I think the definition of "prevention science" by the Academic Science for Prevention Network (SPAN) fully encompasses the role of this field. It is a very rich field in terms of combining and using knowledge from many...

Harm to Others from Drinking: Patterns in Nine Societies

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The adverse impact of alcohol consumption include the negative consequences of drinking on individuals other than the drinkers themselves, including both health and social problems. Alcohol’s harm to others (HTO) is an interactional...

Prevention of Substance Use

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This volume provides a serious examination of substance use prevention research and practices as components of the continuum from health promotion through to prevention and health care in sub-groups and in the general population. Extensive...

Monthly Newsletter December - 2019

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Monthly Newsletter December - 2019 During this month, Drug Free Pakistan Foundation (DFPF) was invited to speak by several organizations and universities on substance use prevention and especially the role of youth in preventing substance...

Scaife Medical Student Fellowship in Substance Use Disorders

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With the generous support of the Scaife Family Foundation, the Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions (IRETA) is able to conduct this specialised program. The program offers medical students an intensive learning...

Commission on Alcohol Harm

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The Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA) is supporting a Commission on Alcohol Harm, consisting of a panel of varied experts. The Commission on Alcohol Harm has been established to examine the current evidence on alcohol harm, recent trends in...

Opening Ceremony of the 6th Freemind International Congress

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The 6th Freemind International Congress, organized by the Freemind Mobilization and ISSUP Brazil, was held in the city of Águas de Lindóia / SP, Brazil from December 4th to 7th, 2019. The event was held at Hotel Majestic, which has one of...
Mesa de Abertura 6º Congresso Internacional Freemind 2019

Prevention in lockdown contexts

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The material promotes the development of intervention strategies for a comprehensive and networked approach to problematic substance use in areas of deprivation of liberty. Encouraging the participation of detainees, their families, prison...
Estrategias y lineamientos para desarrollar programas de prevencion en cárceles