All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

NIJ’s Courts Research: Examining Alternatives to Incarceration for Veterans and Other Policy Innovation

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

This article presents key studies from the National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ) Courts Research Portfolio that examine pretrial, prosecution, and sentencing policies promoting alternatives to incarceration, such as Veterans Treatment...

Drug Treatment Courts: An Evidence-Based Review with Recommendations for Improvement

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

This policy brief by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction critically evaluates the role and effectiveness of Drug Treatment Courts (DTCs) in Canada. DTCs are intended to divert individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs)...

Evaluation of Prevention Programs in Colombia: Evidence, Results, and Lessons for the Prevention of Substance Use in Young People.

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ISSUP Webinar
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Prevention
Media-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Children, Adolescents & Youth 
ISSUP Colombia presents its webinar on Evaluation of Prevention Programs in Colombia: Evidence, Results, and Lessons for Youth Substance Use Prevention.

Guidance for Police Response to Drug-Related Mental Health Crises

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Workforce Mental Health and Well-Being
Regulatory Control of Substances
ISSUP Argentina presents its webinar on Guide for Police Response in Mental Health Crises Related to Drug Use.

Reimagining Prevention: The Role of Generative AI

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ISSUP Webinar
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Theories and Science
Partner Organisation
ISSUP, in collaboration with ICUDDR, present a webinar on Reimagining Prevention: The Role of Generative AI.

Call for Nominations: Youth Representatives for ISSUP National Chapters Advisory Committee

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Children, Adolescents & Youth 

ISSUP is pleased to announce the call for nominations for four (4) Youth Representatives to serve on the National Chapters Advisory Committee (NCAC). These positions will represent Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, ensuring that young...

Building a Global Home: The Birth and Growth of ISSUP Pt.2

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ISSUP Podcast
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement

Building the Future Together: Joanna Travis-Roberts on 10 Years of ISSUP

A special three-part series celebrating 10 years of of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP).  

In this second episode, host Associate...

A randomized study of the use of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for drug and alcohol use with jail inmates

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Abstract

Background

Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based practice that has been shown to reduce alcohol and drug use in healthcare, educational, and other settings, but research on the...

Probation clients’ barriers to access and use of opioid use disorder medications

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

ABSTRACT

Background

There is a gap between evidence-based treatment with medications for opioid use disorders (OUDs) and current practices of probation departments who supervise individuals with OUDs. Many probationers with OUDs cannot...

Substance Involvement and Probation Outcomes: Evidence From a Cohort Study

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Abstract

Substance use disorders are common among justice-involved populations, the majority of whom are under community supervision in the form of probation. Substance involvement can amplify the challenges of complying with requirements...