Webinar | Family Skills for Prevention of Substance Use, Mental Health and Violence and for Development, including under COVID-19
On November 11th 2020, ISSUP Lebanon presented their Webinar on Prevention through Family Skills.
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European and central Asian Countries Lead the Way in Cost-effective Alcohol Policies
A new report published by the World Health Organisation presents the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan...
Child Art: The Intersection of Art and Neuroscience
NIDA has worked with the International Child Art Foundation on their current issue of ChildArt which focuses on brain development and child health. It features the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development...
SPR 2021 Call for NIDA International Poster Abstracts
The Program Committee of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) invites proposals for preconference workshops to be held June 1, 2021, the first day of the SPR Annual Meeting. The workshops are primarily pedagogical, with hands-on...
Substance use Among Older Adults- SSA Factsheet
This factsheet reviews the special problems relating to the detection and treatment of older people with a history of substance misuse and those who are still using substances.
The fact sheet includes a selection of case studies, example...
‘Dignity first’: improving the lives of homeless people who drink and take drugs
Focusing on people with overlapping experiences of homelessness and substance use, this hot topic examines what social policies would look like if they prioritised saving lives and improving lives.
It brings together evidence about needs...
Men and Alcohol: Key Issues Report Launch
The 'Men and Alcohol: Key Issues’ report brings together key findings from the 2019/2020 SHAAP/IAS Men and Alcohol seminar series, and makes recommendations for research, policy and practice. To view/download the report, click here.
A Culture of Prevention
A recent commentary in Prevention Science explored the concept of a culture of prevention and what that means to research and practice.
In this session, Dr. Zili Sloboda opened the discussion by providing a general overview of the issues...
Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD): everybody's business
This presentation covered the cultural context of alcohol use in pregnancy in Scotland, the variety of effects that FASD can have for individuals and the implications of FASD in an everyday context, as well as the difficulties of making a...
Problematic Substance Use in Later Life
This presentation covered the results of a systematic literature review that sought to assess the existing evidence for interventions with people experiencing problematic substance use in later life.
Both Dr Hafford-Letchfield and Ms...