All Resources for 'Community-Based Recovery and Treatment'

Promoting Family and Life Skills via Nationwide Competition in Uzbekistan

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News
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Central Asia in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan launched online competition "Expert on Family and Life Skills...

Alcohol Treatment in the Criminal Justice System: Why Is the Record so Poor? Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell A5

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Book
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

ALCOHOL TREATMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: WHY IS THE RECORD SO POOR?

In Britain and internationally, study after study defies the faith placed in alcohol treatment in the criminal justice system as a way to reduce reoffending. Is...

Promoting family and life skills through a nationwide competition in Uzbekistan

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

The Regional Mission in Central Asia of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) together with the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan launched an online competition "Expert on the Development of Family and Life...

UNODC supports people suffering from mental health (including drug use) disorders through civil society training in Senegal

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Mental disorders have become a global public health issue exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In Senegal, the treatment and care of people suffering from mental health disorders, including substance use disorders, faces multiple...

HIV and Methamphetamine Use: Double Jeopardy for Transmission of the Novel Coronavirus.

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men

A cross-country group of researchers funded by NIDA has identified needed areas of research related to the intertwining epidemics of HIV, COVID-19 and the increasing use of methamphetamine in the United States among men who have sex with...

Beyond the patient: treatment’s impacts on family and community. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell A5

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Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

BEYOND THE PATIENT: TREATMENT’S IMPACTS ON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

The final row of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix defocuses from the patient to ask what treatment can do for the rest of us, starting with this cell on the impacts of the...

An Outcome Evaluation of Drug Treatment in Afghanistan

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Men
Women
Law Enforcement
The results of the Afghanistan drug abuse treatment evaluation show positive change in illegal drug use and criminal behaviour.

Gender Matters? How Does Gender Shape Risk Environment for Syringe Sharing among People who Inject Drugs in Northern Mexico. Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey

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Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Men
Women
Abstract

 

Introduction. HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID) is 5%. Studies have found an HIV prevalence of around 10% among women who inject drugs (WWID) and 5% among men.

Objective. To describe characteristics of risk...

E-cigarette Use Among Adults in China

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Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Men
Public Health
Data

Despite China being the main producers of the world's e-cigarette, there is little research examining the trends in e-cigarette use.

Since 2018, policies in China have restricted e-cigarette use. Therefore, it is of interest to...