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.

UNODC Enhanced Clinical and Group Facilitation Skills of the Team of National Trainers from Central Asia

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The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia supported a training of trainers (ToT) on “Course 16 – Advanced Clinical Skills “and “Course 19 – “Enhancing Group Facilitation Skills” which took place in person in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 20-24...

Early Prevention of Drug Use: Understanding and implementing the UNODC/WHO International Standards on Drug Use Prevention for Effective Prevention Strategies and a Healthy and Safe Child Development

ISSUP Webinar

24 February 2023

ISSUP Namibia in collaboration with UNODC are pleased to present their Webinar on Early Prevention of Drug Use: Understanding and implementing the UNODC/WHO International Standards on Drug Use Prevention for Effective Prevention Strategies and a Healthy and Safe Child Development.

ITTC South Africa Online (Live) Motivational Interviewing Training 4 CPD Points

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This live training on Motivational Interviewing takes place weekly on Thursdays from 10am till 11am SAST on the following dates: 9, 16, 23 & 30 March 2023. Motivational Interviewing is a best-evidence approach for tackling harmful substance...

ITTC South Africa Online (Live) SBIRT Training 5 CPD Points

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This training on Screening Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for harmful substance use takes place weekly on Thursdays from 12 noon till 1pm SAST on the following dates: 9, 16, 23, 30 March & 6 April 2023.

Lower buprenorphine elimination rate constant is associated with lower opioid use

Scientific article

12 August 2022

Abstract Background Opioid craving is suggested to correlate with the rate of reduction in buprenorphine (BUP) plasma levels. No studies explored Buprenorphine elimination rate constant (BUP EL.R) as a predictor of opioid use or retention...

Barriers and facilitators to accessing substance use treatment for people who use drugs in the Muslim communities

Scientific article

1 March 2023

This systematic review, published in drug and alcohol dependence explores the barriers and facilitators to accessing inpatient and community substance use treatment and harm reduction services for people who use drugs in Muslim communities...

£421 million to boost drug and alcohol treatment across England

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It has been announced that local authorities across England will benefit from an extra £421 million government funding through to 2025 to improve drug and alcohol addiction treatment and recovery. The extra funding will enable the creation...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is associated with increased abstinence in substance use disorders and comorbid depression

Scientific article

BACKGROUND: Substance use disorders (SUDs) are associated with high rates of comorbid depression. Finding effective treatments for many of the substances of abuse is still an area of developing research. Repetitive transcranial magnetic...

GRAMMAR OF PREVENTION: Presentation of the book by Alfonso Ramírez de Arellano, questions and subsequent debate

ISSUP Webinar

7 March 2023

ISSUP Spain invites you to its Webinar on the Grammar of Prevention.

Nationally representative surveys on cannabis use lack product details relevant to public health

Scientific article

1 March 2023

Abstract Objectives Many annual, nationally representative US surveys that assess cannabis use do not collect information on product characteristics despite varying health risks and benefits. Capitalizing on a rich dataset of primarily...