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.

Lecture 3: Central Asian open lecture series on Screening, Assessment, and Treatment of Substance use disorders

ISSUP Webinar

4 October 2022

Open lectures to be provided by the joint initiative between ISSUP Ukraine, ISSUP Kazakhstan, and ITTC Ukraine.

Lecture 2: Central Asian open lecture series on Screening, Assessment, and Treatment of Substance use disorders

ISSUP Webinar

27 September 2022

Open lectures to be provided by the joint initiative between ISSUP Ukraine, ISSUP Kazakhstan, and ITTC Ukraine.

Lecture 1: Central Asian open lecture series on Screening, Assessment, and Treatment of Substance use disorders

ISSUP Webinar

20 September 2022

Open lectures to be provided by the joint initiative between ISSUP Ukraine, ISSUP Kazakhstan, and ITTC Ukraine.

Adolescents with substance use problems in outpatient treatment: a one-year prospective follow-up study focusing on mental health and gender differences

Scientific article

15 July 2022

Background Although several studies have found a high incidence of coexisting mental health problems among adolescents with substance use problems, follow-up studies addressing how these conditions change over time are rare. The study will...

Improving equity and access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine at syringe services programs

Scientific article

15 July 2022

Background In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly. At...

UNODC conducted Regional Training of Trainers on UTC 13 in Central Asia

News

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia held a Regional Training of Trainers (ToT) on Course 13 – “ Contingency Management: A Reinforcement Based Treatment” which took place in person in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 27-29 July 2022. This course...

Further enhancing the implementation of quality standards in drug demand reduction across Europe

News

Project update QUALITY CHAMPIONS EVENTS - PALMA DE MALLORCA, 5TH-6TH MAY, 2022 This event, offered in a hybrid format, was attended by 68 participants –53 in person and 15 online—who presented and discussed initiatives on prevention...

Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crises: Settings in need of care for a comprehensive drug use prevention in Nigeria

Scientific article

27 June 2022

Paper presented at the commemoration of the 2022 International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria.

ISSUP Martin Agwogie Nigeria Paper Prevention

Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Canadian Psychosocial Addiction Programs: A National Survey of Policy, Attitudes, and Practice

Scientific article

8 March 2022

Abstract Objective To describe current approaches in treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) within Canadian psychosocial outpatient, day, and residential addiction treatment programs, with an emphasis on the use of opioid agonist therapy...

Quality of life profile of methadone maintenance treatment patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Scientific article

6 June 2022

Aim: To determine the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of methadone maintenance treatment patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Subject and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 967 patients being treated at two methadone...