Treatment Settings

Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.

Patterns and predictors of the transition between minimally adequate treatment and effective treatment coverage for mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health Survey

Scientific article

24 February 2026

Mental disorders remain widely undertreated, and even when individuals receive care, it is not always consistent with evidence-based guidelines. Using data from the World Mental Health surveys across 21 countries, this study examined how...

From evidence to impact: how to design quality and sustainable addiction prevention

ISSUP Webinar

17 March 2026

ISSUP Global presents a webinar on From Evidence to Impact: How to Design Quality and Sustainable Addiction Prevention

Digital Screening for Substance Use: A Scalable Model from Nigeria

ISSUP Webinar

12 March 2026

ISSUP Nigeria presents the 32nd session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar will focus on the topic 'Digital Screening for Substance Use: A Scalable Model from Nigeria'.

Understanding The Role of Toxic Shame in Substance Use Disorders

25 March 2026

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What happens when shame becomes chronic or toxic? Individuals with substance use disorders are presenting with unconscious, untreated toxic shame, yet this subject is underacknowledged in addiction treatment and the wider field. When we understand the role of shame in addiction, we see the need for wrap-around care, systemic and depth approaches - and why we need to include children and family members in treatment.

Safety Starts Early: Drug Use Prevention and Violence Prevention as Public Security Investments

ISSUP Webinar

19 March 2026

ISSUP Global presents a webinar on Safety Starts Early: Drug Use Prevention and Violence Prevention as Public Security Investments.

Strengthening Prevention Through Quality Standards: The Example of the European Drug Prevention Quality Standards (EDPQS)

ISSUP Webinar

3 March 2026

ISSUP Global presents a webinar on improving prevention practice through the European Drug Prevention Quality Standards (EDPQS).

INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY IN RECOVERY

Opinion piece, commentary

19 February 2026

The reality that recovery from substance use disorders (SUD) can emerge through multiple pathways and not be linear, too, was powerfully demonstrated during the January Pathways to Progress Summit hosted by the 1:11 Project Africa at...

Sammy Ombisa (ICAP RS) with The 1:11 Project Africa Founder and team

Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda: Vision, Legacy & The Future of Prevention Pt.4

ISSUP Podcast

18 February 2026

In the final episode of Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda: Vision, Legacy & The Future of Prevention, the conversation looks ahead and brings the series full circle.

Huduma ya Tiba Saidizi kwa uraibu wa afyuni: Nafasi ya Asasi za Kiraia

ISSUP Webinar

10 March 2026

ISSUP Tanzania, inaandaa semina mtandaoni kuhusu Tiba Inayosaidiwa na Madaktari kwa Matatizo ya Matumizi ya Opioidi: Nafasi ya Mashirika ya Jamii ya Kiraia

Adolescent community reinforcement approach in secure care for adolescents with substance use and serious norm-violating behaviour: a randomised feasibility trial

Scientific article

9 February 2026

Abstract Background Adolescents placed in state-run secure youth homes (by the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care) due to substance misuse and serious norm-violating behaviour (including offending) are in pressing need of...