All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

New programme in Togo to strengthen management of substance use disorders

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Partner Organisation

Togo's Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Access to Care has set up a national psychoactive drug addiction programme (PNAPP) that will help improve access to care for people with substance use problems.

This program will work...

Smoking Cessation for Improving Mental Health- Cochrane Review

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Mental Health

People with mental health issues are more likely to smoke compared to the general population. They are also more likely to experience severe withdrawals and are less responsive to treatment. Indeed, some people believe that quitting smoking...

Alcohol Policy in Chile

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy
Law

Chile has one of the highest rates of alcohol use per capita in the Americas. Policy to reduce alcohol-related harm is often up against resistance from alcohol industry, policymakers and the public.

This review, published in the Journal of...

International Approaches to Drug Law Reform

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Law
Policy
Public Health

This paper reviews the international evidence on approaches to drug law reform, focussing on case studies from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Portugal and The Netherlands.

It seeks to support the ongoing development of innovative approaches...

Care and Control: How Far Should Collaboration Go? Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell E5

Publication Date
Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

CARE AND CONTROL: HOW FAR SHOULD COLLABORATION GO?

Key review argues that criminal justice and treatment conducted in a criminal justice context should see themselves as partners in a common effort, but one is geared to protecting society...

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

Publication Date
Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Women
ISSUP Nigeria are pleased to present their Fifth Knowledge Update Series Webinar on the topic of 'Recovery in Substance Use Disorders: The Family as a Resource'.

Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Professorship Scheme

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

The ‘SSA Addictions Professorship’ scheme aims to support individuals who are already senior academics with established expertise and who wish to move to become part of UK academic growth in addictions research, but who would face potential...

A US national randomized study to guide how best to reduce stigma when describing drug‐related impairment in practice and policy

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Men
Public Health
Mental Health
Drug‐related impairment is persistently stigmatized delaying and preventing treatment engagement. To reduce stigma, various medical terms (e.g. ‘chronically relapsing brain disease’, ‘disorder’) have been promoted in diagnostic systems and among national health agencies, yet some argue that over‐medicalization of drug‐related impairment lowers prognostic optimism and reduces personal agency.