The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing.
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Adapting Your Practice: Recommendations for the Care of Homeless Patients with Opioid Use Disorders
Source: Meges D, Zevin B, Cookson E, Bascelli L, Denning P, Little J, Doe-Simkins M, Wheeler E, Watlov Phillips S, Bhalla P, Nance M, Cobb G, Tankanow J, Williamson J, Post P (Ed.). Adapting Your Practice: Recommendations for the Care of...
Video: 2-Minute Concise Series on Addictions with Kevin Alderson, PhD, R. Psych.
A YouTube playlist containing thirty two-minute concise videos about addictions. The numbering of the series is based on the chapter numbers for the award-winning textbook, “Addictions Counseling Today: Substances and Addictive Behaviors”...
TREATNET
The developmental stage of adolescence involves dramatic biologic, psychological, and behavioural changes. It is a time where young people start to explore, seek further independence and experiment with new experiences. It is also a time...
Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation of People with Drug Use Disorder #COVID19
People who use drugs and with rug use disorders are particularly vulnerable to Covid19 due to underlying health issues, social marginalization and higher economic and social vulnerabilities. Stigma and discrimination of people who use drugs...
Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019
For individuals working on the frontline during the coronavirus pandemic, the stress and pressure of the situation can have a dramatic negative impact on mental wellbeing. Although psychological interventions for health care professionals...
UNODC WHO Revised International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders
This document, ‘The International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders' is the work of UNODC and WHO to support Member States in their efforts to develop and expand effective, evidence-based and ethical treatment for drug use...
Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Row 1: Finding and Advising Risky Drinkers
FINDING AND ADVISING RISKY DRINKERS Time to consolidate the lessons of the last five instalments of our course on alcohol treatment research, developing your understanding of seminal and key research evaluating a core public health strategy...
Adolescent Brain Development, Substance Use, and Psychotherapeutic Change
Adolescence involves dramatic biologic, psychological, and behavioural changes. Adolescents respond, learn and explore their environment, forming new relationships and further developing their identity. It is often a time where individuals...
Practical Recommendations in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
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This presentation will discuss strategies for effectively assessing, conceptualizing, and treating co-morbid eating disorders and substance use disorders. The presentation will begin with a brief review of quantitative and qualitative assessment strategies, followed by a short discussion around case conceptualization.
Peer Recovery Support Series, Section IV: The Participatory Process for Solutions to Addiction
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To support a cohesive recovery community and addiction field services, there needs to be alignment. The treatment model for addiction has evolved with time. There are multiple pathways to recovery for substance use disorder. As treatment for addiction has changed and grown, there is a need for peer to peer participatory process. The outlook on addiction is still strongly negative in areas of the world.