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To promote evidence-based interventions in the treatment of drug use disorders, UNODC PTRS supported the latest training session on admission, screening, evaluation, treatment planning and documentation for addiction professionals, with the...
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The Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) has collaborated with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK), and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) to...
Coronavirus is one of the most significant public health challenges we have faced in the past 100 years. Everyone is effected. However, the strain is particularly great for those working on the front line to detect and treat people who have...
Close to 11 million prisoners worldwide — as well as the officers who are charged with ensuring their safe, secure and humane custody — must not be forgotten during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Countries should recognize the particular risks...
Drugs in the time of COVID-19
Mag. Geraldine González Willim, specialist in addiction at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va, USA
The low perception of risks to the use of addictive substances causes many people to ignore their...
To promote evidence-based interventions in the treatment of drug use disorders, the UNODC Prevention Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS) supported the final training session on admission, screening, evaluation, treatment planning...
With many drug users dealing with mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, coronavirus isolation presents an unprecedented challenge.
With the advancement of isolation measures to try to contain the new coronavirus, some...
In the Indian state of Punjab, more than 26,000 patients have registered for substance use disorder treatment during the COVID-19 lock down. Additionally, the state government has launched mobile vans to provide medication assisted...
The World Health Organisation defines telehealth as:
The use of telecommunications and virtual technology to deliver health care outside of traditional health-care facilities.
Well-designed telehealth schemes can improve health care...
THE ‘COMMON FACTORS’ AT THE HEART OF TREATMENT
The first cell in row two of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix initiates our investigation of treatment as opposed to brief interventions, discussing seminal and key research relevant across...