All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

SPR 27th Annual Meeting - Call for Papers

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News
Themes
Prevention
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Statistics
Mental Health
Policy
Ethics
Data

SPR 27th ANNUAL MEETING

May 28 – May 31, 2019

Hyatt Regency San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

CALLS NOW AVAILABLE:

Papers, NIDA International Poster Session, Preconference Workshops, and "Brown Bag" SIGs

Submission Deadline for ALL...

A Step‑Wise Community Engagement and Capacity Building Model Prior to Implementation of mhGAP‑IG in a Low and Middle‑Income Country

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Theories and Science
Mental Health

Abstract

Background

The World Health Organization developed the Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) as guidelines for innovative utilization of available resources in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)...

Substance Use and the Maldives

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Book
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

There are decades’ worth of evidence from around the world to guide us; we need to follow it. Given the importance of the issue, I say let’s do all interventions that have shown promising results. But what does this mean for drug use in...

Media Guide for Journalists

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Website
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Partner Organisation

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a new guide for journalists in the field of drug abuse and treatment. The purpose of this guide is to provide journalists with fast and user-friendly access to the latest scientific...

College Drinking: Prevention Perspectives

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Video and audio recordings
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Public Health
Partner Organisation

A recent video produced by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration highlights the harmful consequences of underage and excessive alcohol consumption, and provides evidence-based strategies that can be used in a university...

Teaching Teens about Drugs

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Website
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Prevention
Public Health
Partner Organisation

The National Institute on Drug Abuse has released a series of lesson plans and suggested activities that can be used within the classroom with teenagers. The aims of the lesson plans are to educate young people, in an engaging and fun way...

Opioid Treatment Resources

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Website
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Mental Health
Partner Organisation

Emergency departments are often the first point of contact for individuals who have overdosed or suffering from the effects of opioids. Despite the vital role practitioners within this service provide, there has been, up until now, little...

Top 5 Studies to Read about Drug Education

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
School-Based
Public Health

Drug and Alcohol Findings have announced the top five studies in the field of drug education. 

The five studies describe drug prevention curriculum and techniques that have been tried and tested, with varying degrees of success, in Western...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Crime-Reducing Drug Treatment Systems

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Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy Advocacy
Policy
Law Enforcement
Police 
Prisons / Corrections
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Last of the 25 cells of the Drug Treatment Matrix explores research on how local treatment systems can protect the community – treatment in itself, and treatment offered or imposed by law enforcement authorities. The task is to meld...