All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Website on new psychoactive substances NPS-Info.org

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Website
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Partner Organisation

The web resource is divided into five sections: "Substances", "Prevention", "Resources", "Practice" and "Get Help". The Resources section contains videos on HIV prevention among people who use stimulants/NPS. This section also includes...

Opium tincture-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder: A systematic review

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Format
Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Men

Abstract

Background: Some countries have used opioid agonist medications other than methadone and buprenorphine as a strategy to increase treatment diversity. In Iran and other countries where opium use is common and culturally tolerated...

UNODC launches new webpage to expand access to essential HIV health and social services

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Data
Partner Organisation

The UNODC Regional Programme Office for Eastern Europe (Kyiv, Ukraine), in cooperation with the Charitable Fund “Humanitarian Action” (Saint Petersburg, Russia), launches a new website on New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) (https://nps-info...

Webinar Rehabilitation for Clients in the Criminal Justice System “Challenges and opportunities for drug rehabilitation practitioners"

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy
Law
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

In an effort to tackle the problem of abuse and illicit trafficking of narcotics, psychotropics and addictive substances, the government has enacted Law no. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics. Basically, the sanctions regulated in the...

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction: Call for Papers

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News
Themes
Addiction
Mental Health

A special issue of the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction will be devoted to empirical papers and related to Stigma, Mental Illness and Substance Use.

The special issue is intended to highlight a broad range of issues...

Codependency can prevent you from being independent

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

Family members with substance use disorders can prevent others in the family from happily living their own lives.

When we first start protecting someone else's feelings, we often realize that we were trying to protect our own feelings.

Be...

Prison and drugs in Europe - current and future challenges

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Video and audio recordings
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Partner Organisation

Objective: to discuss the results of the report Prison and drugs in Europe: current and future challenges Insights with key customers.

Invited Stakeholders: - Heino Stöver, Institute for Addiction Research Organization Frankfurt University...

Increase access to hepatitis C (HCV) testing and care in drug services- a toolkit

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Website
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Policy
Partner Organisation

People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population for the elimination of hepatitis C in Europe, and increasing their access to HCV testing and care is a goal in European and national hepatitis C policies. Despite this, HCV testing remains...

Prevention Science Journal, Volume 22, issue 6, August 2021

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Scientific article
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Prevention
School-Based
Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation
Special Issue: Optimizing the Implementation and Effectiveness of Preventive Interventions through Motivational Interviewing