Treatment

The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing. 

The Essentials of ... Series: Motivational Interviewing

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The Essentials of.... is a series developed by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) that offers evidence-based guidance and practical information to enhance practice in the substance use field. Here, you can find out...

Motivational Interviewing in Africa Webinar Series

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In this webinar series, hosted by the South Africa International Technology Transfer Centre in collaboration with MI & Beyond, William Miller and Stephen Rollnick, co-founders of Motivational Interviewing engage with clinicians and...

Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) for Substance Use Disorders, Course 4.

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Windhoek, Namibia
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Namibia

The ISSUP Namibia National Chapter, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Directorate Social Welfare Services, Division: Substance abuse prevention, Drug control and Rehabilitation, will be conducting a training of practitioners dealing with SUDs at different levels of care from the 6th -10th of June 2022.  The in-person 5 days long meeting will  be facilitated by globally credentialed experts in the drug ad

Meet and get an opportunity to interact with the Chairperson of the Board of Directors and ISSUP Namibia EXCO

Using Adolescent Development to Inform Prevention Practice

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Participants will review major social and biological factors of adolescent development and implications for ways to approach substance use prevention/intervention. Objectives Include: - Describe prevalence rates for adolescent substance use...

Call for Papers- Drug Addiction Research in China

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Drug addiction has been a major public health problem bringing a heavy burden to patients, families and society in China historically and contemporarily. In the recent two decades, animal and clinical research on mechanisms, trajectories...