Practice

Opioid Treatment Resources

Website

3 October 2018

Emergency departments are often the first point of contact for individuals who have overdosed or suffering from the effects of opioids. Despite the vital role practitioners within this service provide, there has been, up until now, little...

Low Self-Esteem Connected to Greater Risk for Opioid Use

Scientific article

3 October 2018

It has been suggested that individuals with low self-esteem are more likely to choose maladaptive coping behaviors, such as abuse of opioids, when faced with life stressors. In a recent study conducted in New York, over 1000 adults, of...

2019 Conference on Academic, Social and Emotional Learning

2 October 2019

Chicago

United States

The 2019 CASEL Conference will provide the opportunity for multiple generations of stakeholders to engage in cross-disciplinary conversations that catalyze new partnerships and drive action. The learning agenda will explore cutting-edge science, practice, and policy.

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Reconciling the Interests of Community, Clients, and Families

Book

12 September 2018

Key studies on the roles of management in treatment’s impacts on crime and safeguarding the community, with a focus on criminal justice and child protection. Explore what research can offer managers who have to reconcile the interests of...

Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix Row 4: The Talking Road to Recovery

Book

1 August 2018

Consolidates the lessons of the last five instalments of the course on drug treatment research, selecting and discussing key studies on psychosocial therapies for drug dependence. Research teaches us to see these as the enactment of the...

The Closing Ceremony of Basic Counseling Training and Handover of ICAP 1 Certificates

News

Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) has organized a five-day long Basic Counseling Training for Addiction Professionals, including doctors, counselors, managers and other staff from the country’s different drug treatment and rehabilitation centers...

Closing Ceremony of Basic Counseling Training

Baltimore Mayor’s Heroin Treatment & Prevention Task Force Report

Book

13 July 2015

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In October 2014, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake convened the Heroin Treatment and Prevention Task Force to address the critical problem of opioid addiction in Baltimore City. The goal of the Task Force was to study the...

First International Work Conference on Use and Abuse of Drugs and Other Addictive Substances

14 June 2018

Sevilla

Spain

The First International Work Conference on the Use and Abuse of Drugs and Other Addictive Substances took place in the Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, of the University of Seville, on 14th and 15th June, with multi - and interdisciplinary vision and the goal of developing a forum for meeting, discussion and exchange of ideas between partner-health professionals in the field of prevention and control of the use and abuse of drug

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Performance Feedback Critical to Workforce Development

Book

20 June 2018

Seminal and key studies on management and supervision in psychosocial therapies for problem drug use. Findings challenge managers to invest in the post-training ‘coaching’ needed to make a difference for patients, and to set up systems...