Addiction

Caring for Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Book

Supporting Access to Telehealth for Addiction Services: Regulatory Overview and General Practice Considerations The purpose of this document, which was put together by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), is to provide...

Telehealth Learning Series for SUD Treatment and Recovery Support Providers

Website

The Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network, the Center for Excellence on Protected Health Information (CoE-PHI), the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers, and the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse...

Effective Approaches to Addiction Treatment

3 October 2020

Ohio

Following the event, participants will be able to:

Online Training- Families and Substance Use

News

Course: Families and substance use: the impact of hidden harm, trauma and protective factors An online training course, delivered via Zoom. The training will take place over two days and four separate sessions, lasting two and a half hours...

Mind Matters Series

Website

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has launched a redesigned series of booklets geared towards educating middle school students about substance use. The Mind Matters series is a valued resource for tens of thousands of teachers...

NIDA/NIAAA Early Career Investigator Poster

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

Here, you can view the early career posters that were presented as part of the APA 2020 Virtual Convention. You can view each poster by clicking the link next to the researcher's name.

Substance Use and Mental Health: Challenges, Opportunities and First Lessons During the COVID-19 Outbreak

1 September 2020

Webinar

What has been the impact of COVID-19 on substance use? What is the link between this and mental health? What has been happening on the front lines? What needs to be done?

To hear the answers to these questions and more, register for the upcoming webinar on Tuesday 1st September, 14:00-14:45

Speakers include:

ATTC Ukraine and Central Asia-Comorbidity of mood disorders and substance use disorders

Video and audio recordings

Affective disorders, or mood disorders, are often diagnosed in people who use or are addicted to psychoactive substances. Symptoms of substance use disorder can mimic symptoms of both depression and mania. For example, acute alcohol...

International Consensus Statement for the Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Adolescents with Concurrent Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Use Disorder

Scientific article

3 August 2020

This international consensus statement can be used by clinicians and patients together in a shared decision-making process to select the best interventions and to reach optimal outcomes in adolescent patients with concurrent ADHD and SUD.

A Review of the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Prevention Systems in Kenya

Scientific article

20 July 2020

Researchers predict that harm from substance use and rates of substance use disorders in sub-Saharan Africa will increase significantly in the next 30 years. In order to have a well-functioning health system that works in harmony, the World...