Treatment Settings

Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.

Caribbean Drug Prevention, Treatment, Rehabilitation and Gang and Youth Violence Focused Institutions

Book

1 April 2012

The Directory of drug prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and gang and youth violence focused institutions in the English-Speaking Caribbean was compiled from the results of an agency mapping exercise conducted for the CICAD/OAS Training...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Elusively Important: The Practitioner in Psychosocial Therapies

Book

6 June 2018

Key studies on the impact of the practitioner in psychosocial therapies. Takes Carl Rogers’ seminal work as its starting point, explains why being genuine sometimes means breaking the ‘rules’, and why effective therapy is not just a matter...

Humphrey Fellowship Program

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The Humphrey Fellowship Program, sponsored by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is a US government international exchange program supported by the people of the United States. Fellowships are granted...

Using Technology in the Field of Substance Use

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This special news article is focused on all things digital - exploring e-health, d-health, m-health and u-health.

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Sideal Spanish Language App for Alcohol Use

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Sideal is a self-help app available in Spanish for people experiencing alcohol dependance. The app offers advice on reducing consumption and abstinence. The app can be used to set and track goals that someone has set for themselves or one...

Screenshot of the Sideal app showing options to input what alcohol has been consumed

Pennsylvania Hospital Becomes OUD Treatment Model after Working with PCSS during Pilot Program

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Hanover Hospital and its affiliated healthcare clinics has become a model for how a healthcare system that is fully engaged in embracing evidence-based treatment of opioid use disorders can make significant change. A little more than a year...

A Pragmatic Trial of E-Cigarettes, Incentives, and Drugs for Smoking Cessation

Scientific article

23 May 2018

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Whether financial incentives, pharmacologic therapies, and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) promote smoking cessation among unselected smokers is unknown. METHODS We randomly assigned smokers employed by 54 companies...

Treat Addiction Like Cancer

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Likewise cancer, addiction is a complex disease that requires being addressed by an integral, balanced and multidisciplinary approach. Currently, within the healthcare systems, there are available treatment options for cancer that are...

Patrones de consumo de heroína en una cárcel de la frontera norte de México: barreras de acceso a tratamiento

Scientific article

1 May 2003

RESUMEN Objetivo: Describir la prevalencia del consumo de heroína, los patrones de inicio, el alto consumo y la dependencia a esta sustancia e identificar barreras que impidan a los adictos acudir a tratamiento. Material y métodos: El...

Webinar: Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder: Overview

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A webinar on opioid use disorder by Dr. Dennis McCarty is now available through the Addiction Technology Transfer Centre (ATTC) website. The hour long webinar took place in April 2018 and discusses treatment and prevention. The webinar...