recovery

The Lived Experiences of Recovering Filipino Persons who Use Drugs (PWUDS) without Family Support

Book

31 December 2020

The Philippines’s war on drugs brought about an influx or people of who use drugs (PWUDs) availing of community-based drug rehabilitation services for treatment. Programs have been created to develop skills to avoid relapse and improve...

Online Training on Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) for Addiction Professionals

18 January 2021

Mangalore, India (Online Live sessions)

India

Ecolink Institute, India has been a Pioneer in providing Online Course on Universal Treatment Curriculum for Addiction Professionals in patronship with the Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme successfully. Ecolink is an Approved Training Provider of the Colombo Plan and have been already running two batches of students from over 10 countries.

Admission to the 3rd Batch of Universal Treatment Curriculum, Online Training Opens

New Study on COVID-19 Vaccine Readiness among Individuals with SUDs

Website

21 December 2020

New study sheds light on COVID-19 vaccine readiness among individuals with substance use disorder (SUD). In a small sample of individuals with SUD, some are hesitant to receive the vaccine out of fear of injection triggers.

Holiday Stress

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

The holidays may be especially tough this year for a lot of people during the pandemic. Many people in recovery may have a setback and use substances increasing their risk for self-harm. Reach out and #BeThe1To to help someone in emotional...

Drug and Alcohol Related Mortality - Looking Beyond the Statistics

7 December 2020

Online

About this Event

In October the Office for National Statistics published the latest statistics for drug-related deaths in 2019, showing – yet again – a record year in almost a decade of increasing deaths and an appalling picture of human loss and suffering.

Sex and Gender Effects in Recovery From Alcohol Use Disorder

Scientific article

19 November 2020

The current article provides a summary of biopsychosocial gender differences in alcohol use disorder (AUD), then reviews existing literature on gender differences in treatment access, retention, outcomes, and longer-term recovery. Among...

Creating a Recovery-Ready Community

26 October 2020

Online

ATTC are very pleased and proud to announce the establishment of the Addiction Peer Recovery Center of Excellence (APR CoE).
Led by a steering committee of peer recovery leaders from across the nation, the centre will provide training and technical assistance related to substance use disorder recovery.