All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

Codependency on Drug Abusers' Mothers

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women

Desirée Molina, A. Villalobos. José Félix Ribas Foundation, Venezuela

Codependency has been described as a significant health risk behavior, particularly for women, because codependent women are often involved in abusive and harmful...

TIP 51: Substance Abuse Treatment: Addressing the Specific Needs of Women

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women
Partner Organisation

Publication

This guide assists providers in offering treatment to women living with substance use disorders. It reviews gender-specific research and best practices, such as common patterns of initial use and specific treatment issues and...

Updates and Resources on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Website
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Data
Public Health

Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, the American Hospital Association has worked closely with the CDC, and other federal, state and local partners to respond to this challenge and to make sure hospitals and health systems have the most up-to...

Cognitive Outcomes of Young Children After Prenatal Exposure to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women

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Importance: The number of children with prenatal opioid exposure to medication for addiction treatment (MAT) with methadone and buprenorphine for maternal opioid use disorder is increasing, but the associations of this exposure...

Coronavirus COVID-19 Information Summary

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Website
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Data

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers this situational summary and latest updates page for Coronavirus COVID-19.

The page includes information regarding:

  • How coronvirus is spread
  • Symptoms
  • Prevention and...

The Free Peer Recovery Support Webinar Series Starts on Friday, March 27

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Public Health

Peer recovery support services are increasingly becoming an important part of the behavioral healthcare workforce. They not only help people with behavioral health conditions connect to, engage in, and be active participants in treatment...

Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix: Generating System-Wide Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction

GENERATING SYSTEM-WIDE ALCOHOL SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION

Latest instalment of fortnightly course on the evidence for alcohol treatment and brief interventions. Context is that Britain’s National Institute for Health and Care...

Increased Alcohol Advertisement Regulation in Kenya

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News
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Policy
Prevention
Public Health

One of the key recommendations to reduce alcohol related harm is for countries to introduce policies that regulate how companies advertise their alcohol products. 

This measure, along with adjustments in alcohol taxation, is a measure that...