All Resources for 'Community-Based Recovery and Treatment'

Helping to Support and Transform the Lives of People Affected by Alcohol

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Book
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health

Drinking to excess takes a huge toll on individuals, families, communities and society as a whole.

Many adult problem drug users have long histories of substance misuse which often starts before the age of 18.

Providing well-funded...

Rights, Respect and Recovery: Action Plan

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Book
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Public Health
Policy
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

In 2018, the Scottish Government released the Rights, Respect and Recovery: Scotland's Alcohol and Drug Treatment Strategy.

Scotland's first drugs strategy for a decade focuses on treating the issue as a public health concern rather than a...

UNODC-WHO Joint Programme on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care

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Website
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Public Health
Policy
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

Both the WHO and UNODC strive to address the complex issues presented by drug use and dependence.

The vision: The effective and humane treatment for all people with drug use disorders. Nothing less than would be expected for any other...

One in Three: Adfam’s Manifesto for 2020 and beyond

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Book
Themes
Prevention
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health
Policy

Following the concerning findings that one in three adults in Great Britain have been negatively affected by the substance use of someone we know, Adfam has launched their 2020 manifesto.

Adfam's five asks are:

  1. Make funding available...

UK Parents' Drinking Negatively Affects Over a Third of Children

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News
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Family
Public Health
Mental Health
Policy

The physical and psychological harm caused by heavy alcohol consumption to the individual drinking is often clear. What is often less obvious, is the damage an individuals alcohol consumption can have to the people around them.

A recent...

Vietnamese Policymakers Attend UNODC Training on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders

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News
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women
Policy
Law Enforcement
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation

More than thirty (30) Vietnamese high-level decision makers from the Department of Social Vice Prevention, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), the Office of the Government (OOG), Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of...

Intelligence in Young Adulthood and Alcohol Use Disorders in a Prospective Cohort Study of Danish Men: The Role of Psychiatric Disorders and Parental Psychiatric History

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men

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Objectives: The aims were to estimate the association between intelligence measured in young adulthood and risk of alcohol use disorders (AUD) in men and to investigate the potential modification of this association by psychiatric...

Punjab Gets its First Mobile Detox Centre in Amritsar

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News
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Populations
Women

An Amritsar-based private hospital has opened Punjab's first mobile de-addiction centre for ditigal detox of adults besides the school children and even small kids. The hospital was in the news after it opened a drug de-addiction centre for...