Women

Talking Point: Methamphetamines in pregnancy - clinical care to improve survival, engagement and attachment

29 May 2024

Online

- Global -

Time: 1PM - 2PM AEST

In this webinar, Elvira will discuss the reasons that methamphetamine use in pregnancy is so concerning: the impact on pregnant physiology and the developing fetal brain; disruptions to perinatal attachment; and disruptions to executive functioning which disrupt health-affirming choices.

Women and Addiction Symposium

10 April 2024

New Brunswick

Canada

Dates: April 10 - 11, 2024

Location: Delta Beausejour, Moncton New Brunswick

Panel Discussion on Women in Recovery

8 March 2024

New Delhi

India

Celebrate International Women's Day with Women in Recovery. Ecolink Institute in association with its alumni association is hosting a Panel Discussion on "Women in SUD Treatment and Recovery" on 8 March 2024 from 6.30. PM (Indian Time)

The Power of Global Collaboration: A new partnership for global impact for women with SUD

13 March 2024

Washington, D.C.

United States

ISSUP and the Global Women's Network cordially invite you to join us for a special event: The Power of Global Collaboration: A new partnership for global impact for women with SUD.

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The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC), with the support of the U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) and in collaboration with ECPAT International, invites you...

Narcissistic Phenomena in Patients with Substance Use Disorder: Narrative Review

Scientific article

23 November 2023

INTRODUCTION: The interplay between pathological narcissism and substance use disorder (SUD) complicates diagnosis and treatment planning. A lack of clarity and consensus surrounding the different forms of narcissism has made it difficult...

UGANDA NATIONAL ALCOHOL CONTROL POLICY

Booklet

8 November 2019

The Government of Uganda (GOU) is making every possible effort to improve the health and socio-economic conditions of the people of Uganda in line with the policy of poverty eradication. The government recognizes the role that alcohol plays...

Science of Self-Care: How It Helps and Why It Matters

ISSUP Webinar

14 December 2023

ISSUP presents its webinar on the science behind self-care. This webinar discusses the science of self-care, why it important, and how it works physiologically and neurologically.

Addiction professionals from Central Asia enhanced knowledge on working with population with special clinical needs

News

31 October 2023

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia held a Regional Training of Trainers (ToT) on Course 20 – “ Populations with Special Clinical Needs” which took place in person in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 23-27 October 2023. This course is a part...

Performing solidarity? A scoping review of alcohol marketing to sexual and gender minorities

Scientific article

3 October 2023

Background Harmful alcohol use is more prevalent among sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) than their cisgender/heterosexual counterparts. The reasons for this are complex, incorporating alcohol’s normalization and availability in social...