All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

Family skills development is the most influential factor in substance use prevention

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Indigenous Populations, Older Adults and Refugees.
Men
Refugees
Women

Mr. Md. Azizul Islam, Director General (Additional Charge), Additional Secretary, Department of Narcotics Control has said, it would not be possible to achieve SDG if we fail to control substance use and has requested everyone to step ahead...

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Thirteenth Session)

Publication Date
Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Quality Assurance
Public Health

ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Beyond Dependence: Alcohol-induced Disorders.

Learning Outcomes:

•    Sensitization to the wide range...

Kenya to include smoking cessation drugs as essential medicines

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health

The Ministry of Health has been advised to add two non-nicotine drugs to Kenya’s Essential Medicines List, to help smokers quit tobacco and nicotine addiction.

The World Health Organization said the two drugs bring “a powerful shift in the...

Singapore expands smoking ban

Format
News
Themes
Policy

Singapore’s Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE), Sentosa Development Corp. (SDC) and several statutory boards have announced that the country’s smoking ban is to be extended.

Under the new legislation, smoking will be...

Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain, 2022

Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Statistics
Data

Summary of key findings

The evolving youth use of e-cigarettes in Britain is monitored using the ASH Smokefree GB survey of 11-18 year olds 2013-2022 (see Appendix 2 for methodology), in the context of changes in tobacco use and the...

Personality disorders and AOD use: what clinicians need to know

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Mental Health

 

Presented by Professor Brin Grenyer OAM, by the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: - Identify personality disorders in the context of AOD challenges;

- Select from various skills to effectively respond to people with...

Denmark advises no alcohol consumption for under-18s

Format
News
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Policy

All young people aged under 18 have been advised not to drink alcohol in new guidelines issued by the Danish Health Authority.

The advice is part of new general Danish recommendations on alcohol consumption, the health authority said in a...

Eating disorders and AOD use: what clinicians need to know

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Mental Health

Presented by Associate Professor Sarah Maguire (Director, InsideOut Institute), by attending this webinar, attendees will learn:

- How to recognise the most common eating disorder symptoms;

- Eating disorder interventions and how workers...

Webinar on “Females with Substance Use and Society: Do’s and Don’t’s of NLP and Hypnotherapy

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Men
Women

On Sunday, June 26, 2022, an activity was planned online to honor the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Females are at high risk of substance use with lack of opportunities to reach treatment facilities as...

Treating co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders using tools from CBT

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Mental Health

Presented by Jo Cassar (The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney), by the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

- Recognise the importance of assessing for substance use when a...