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.

Controlled Drinking Aim no Less Successful Than Aiming for Abstinence. An Effectiveness Bank Analysis

Book

26 March 2021

CONTROLLED DRINKING AIM NO LESS SUCCESSFUL THAN AIMING FOR ABSTINENCE Using achievement of controlled drinking (including abstinence) as its yardstick, a comprehensive review and amalgamation of research findings concludes that even among...

E-book: "Parents in Prevention" - volume 1

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An E-book to support people to keep children and adolescents safe and free from problems related to the use of alcohol and other drugs. In an increasingly fast-paced and dynamic world, more and more people suffer pressures, stress and...

Integrating Patient Perspectives in the Development of a Mobile Health Intervention to Address Chronic Pain and Heavy Drinking in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study of Patients in an Urban, Safety-Net Hospital Setting

Scientific article

23 March 2021

Abstract Background Chronic pain and heavy drinking are conditions that commonly co-occur among primary care patients. Despite the availability of behavioral interventions that target these conditions individually, engagement and adherence...

Plan for the opening of the National Unit of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) Kazakhstan

ISSUP Webinar

14 April 2021

The ISSUP Kazakhstan team is pleased to welcome you to the upcoming opening ceremony of the National Unit of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) Kazakhstan, which will be held online April 14, 2021 at 10:00 a.m...

Alternatives to Imprisonment for Drug Users

ISSUP Webinar

16 April 2021

ISSUP India, in collaboration with ISSUP, organized a webinar on alternatives to incarceration for persons with substance use disorders and opportunities for interventions along the justice system.

Why is the record so poor? Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix row 5

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24 March 2021

See this message as a web page: WHY IS THE RECORD SO POOR? The first cell of row 5 presented a catalogue of negative evaluations of attempts to treat problem drinking among sentenced offenders in Britain, a record also seen internationally...

The Short-Term Impact of 3 Smoked Cannabis Preparations versus Placebo on PTSD Symptoms: A Randomized Cross-Over Clinical Trial

Scientific article

17 March 2021

Abstract Importance There is a pressing need for development of novel pharmacology for the treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Given increasing use of medical cannabis among US military veterans to self-treat PTSD, there is...

Using Nutrition to Promote Addiction Recovery

Book

30 March 2021

In this article Khary Rigg, Ph.D and Kelly Miller, NTMC introduce us to the importance of nutrition in addiction recovery and highlight some practical, evidence-based actions to consider when advocating for nutritional interventions in recovery care.

Nutrition in Addiction Recovery: Reading List

Reading List

12 April 2021

It is not uncommon for individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) to experience conditions which make healthy eating and proper nutrition more challenging.

ISSUP Nutrition Khary Rigg Kelly Miller Addiction Recovery Nutrients Health

Why harmful drinkers reject change coping & cognition in maintaining heavy drinking

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Abstract Public Health England identifies approximately 600,000 dependent drinkers as the target treatment population. However, they identify an additional 1.3 million ‘harmful’ drinkers who do not have serious dependency but are drinking...