All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Review of a decade of drug policy: Progress and Challenges

Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
Partner Organisation
Introduction According to the latest World Drug Report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the year 2022, around 284 million people between the ages of 15 and 64 used drugs.

‘I Was Present but I Was Absent’: Perceptions and Experiences of the Non-Medical Use of Prescription or over the Counter Medication among Employed South African Women

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Women

Abstract: Background: The need for workplace substance use prevention programmes globally and in South Africa is driven by the growing problem of substance use and the associated burden on the health and welfare of employees, their families...

Improving equity and access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine at syringe services programs

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Telehealth

Background 

In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly...

Adolescents with substance use problems in outpatient treatment: a one-year prospective follow-up study focusing on mental health and gender differences

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Women
Statistics
Mental Health

Background

Although several studies have found a high incidence of coexisting mental health problems among adolescents with substance use problems, follow-up studies addressing how these conditions change over time are rare. The study will...

National Roundtable on a Completed Study on the Prevalence of New Psychoactive Substances

Publication Date
Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Data
Supply & Market Disruption
We invite specialists of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kazakh Scientific Center of Dermatology and Infectious Diseases, representatives of UNODC, UNAIDS, non-governmental organizations, heads and doctors of regional Mental Health Centers.