All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

Coronavirus or Smoking - Who kills more?

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Infectious Diseases

Smoking and Coronavirus: a fatal combination

Smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease and death not only in the United States but also in Brazil. The current mortality perspective from cigarette use in developed and developing...

Treatnet Family Therapy Feasibility Study in Vietnam

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Following the successful feasibility study in Indonesia on family therapy for youths with drug use disorders, Vietnam is the second country that rolls out a similar study as a way to offer more evidence-based, effective treatment...

Tobacco Use After a Cancer Diagnosis Podcast

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Website
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

Tobacco use worsens the prognosis of cancer patients and can also reduce the efficacy of cancer therapy. Despite these concerns, tobacco use is often not adequately recorded in patient records or measured in cancer treatment trials or...

Helping People With Addiction Stay Connected During COVID-19

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Video and audio recordings
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

This webinar is the first in a series called “Supporting People With Addiction During COVID-19”, hosted by the National Academy of Medicine and the American Society for Addiction Medicine.

Access to Drug Treatment Services in Nigeria: The Challenge of Addiction Workforce

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Format
Video and audio recordings
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Partner Organisation

Presentation by Drs. Chia Francis and Mashika Esther

This webinar will illuminate the level of drug use in Nigeria, efforts made so far to address access to drug abuse treatment services in Nigeria, and details of a study regarding access...

Academic Programs in Drug Treatment and Prevention at Paraguayan Universities

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Format
Video and audio recordings
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

This video is a recording of a webinar on January 31, 2020 where presenters Diana Lesme Romero, Ph.D. , Maria Cecilia Munoz Perez, MSc. and Graciela Barreto Castro, Ph.D. discuss the complex drug problem in Paraguay and review the...

SBIRT Skill Development: Enhancing Brief Intervention Skills

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Video and audio recordings
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

Utilising the spirit of motivational interviewing in delivering SBIRT services is a crucial component in improving outcomes. This session will focus on some concreate skills that can be utilised in delivering these services.

Participants...

Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 period: May 2020

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Book
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Data
Public Health

The aim of this paper is to analyse changes in alcohol consumption since the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We show that the frequency of alcohol consumption during COVID-19 is slightly higher for males than it was 2-3 years previously...