All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Teaching Teens about Drugs

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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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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
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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
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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...

Native American Teens at Higher Risk for Substance Abuse

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Scientific article
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Data
Prevention
Public Health

A recent study has found that Native American adolescents are at greater risk of alcohol and drug abuse than other American teens.

Survey results were collected from 1,700 Native American students at 31 schools across the United States and...

Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Dementia

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Public Health

It is believed that the number of people living with dementia will triple by 2050. There is yet no cure for the disease therefore prevention is key. There are several modifiable lifestyle risk factors that are thought to be associated with...

World Mental Health Day 2018

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News
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Mental Health

The World Health Organization defines mental health as “a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make...

How Cocaine Cues Get Planted in the Brain

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
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Individuals suffering from substance use disorders develop strong associations between the drug’s stimulating effect and environmental cues that act as reminders of the experience, which can lead to relapse.

A recent study has proposed a...