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ISSUP Greece held their launch event on March 12th 2021. This Webinar introduced the new National Chapter in Greece in regards to what ISSUP has to offer worldwide and in Greece in particular.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE THERAPY: MELDING CARE WITH CONTROL

In theory the great advantage of treatment ordered by the criminal justice system is that it can ‘hold’ patients in treatment and get them to comply with the programme sufficiently to...

As part of International Women's Day 2021, ISSUP Lebanon are pleased to have presented their Webinar with Dr. Hendrée Jones on the topic of treatment and prevention of substance use disorders among females across the life span.

The Demand for Alcohol in South Africa

The sale, dispensing and distribution of liquor was prohibited in the nationwide lockdown on levels 5 and 4 (DMA, 2002; Amendment Regulations 2020:22). The alcohol ban that was imposed during these...

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میکسیکو میں، زیادہ شراب نوشی قومی سطح پر صحت عامہ کے اہم چیلنجوں میں سے ایک کی نمائندگی کرتی ہے. اگرچہ اس مسئلے کو حل کرنے کے لئے مختلف مداخلت کی حکمت عملی موجود ہیں ، لیکن اس بات پر بھی ایک بڑا خلا ہے کہ آیا یہ مداخلت صارف کے ذریعہ...

‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 4: SOBELLS DECISIVELY CRACK THE ABSTINENCE CONSENSUS

Fourth weekly instalment of the series on controlled drinking as a treatment goal. Published in 1973, hard-to-explain-away results from the solidity of a randomised...

Public stigma towards people who use substances can impact people seeking support and treatment outcomes. It can also influence how public health policy is shaped and accepted.

Researchers have been interested in understanding how people...

Não deixe o álcool acabar com o seu prazer de viver

18 de Fevereiro – Dia Nacional de Combate ao Alcoolismo

 

Dados do último Levantamento Nacional de Álcool e outras Drogas (II Lenad), realizado pela UNIFESP, de São Paulo, revelam a...

Annette Dale-Perera talks about quality in treatment

ORGANISATIONS SET THE CONTEXT FOR CRIME-REDUCING TREATMENT

Key studies teasing out organisational-level influences on treatment for drinking problems which aims to reduce crime and safeguard family and community. In the context of a market...

This report reviews how opioid substitution treatment (OST) is implemented in European countries and examines the public health consequences of the diversion and misuse of prescription OST medications.

It looks at how OST medications are...

قریبی ساتھی تشدد (آئی پی وی) صحت عامہ کا ایک بڑا مسئلہ ہے۔ ورلڈ ہیلتھ آرگنائزیشن (ڈبلیو ایچ او) کے مطابق، دنیا کے مختلف خطوں میں پہلے سے ہی شریک حیات رکھنے والی خواتین میں آئی پی وی کا زندگی بھر کا پھیلاؤ تقریبا 30 فیصد ہے۔ آئی پی وی کا...

‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 3: THE GLOVES COME OFF

Third weekly instalment of the series on controlled drinking as a treatment goal. Controversy moves to the USA, where the 1976 Rand report’s finding that post-treatment remission usually...

ISSUP Chile te invita a participar de un webinar presentando los resultados del estudio sobre prevención, tratamiento e inclusión social, en el marco de la pandemia de Covid-19 en Chile.

HOW CAN YOU PRIORITISE THE CHILD WHEN YOUR PATIENT IS THE PARENT?

Guidance insists child welfare is paramount, even if your client is not the child, but their parent. The temptation is to sideline this uncomfortable but important work...

Following the launch of the UNODC-WHO International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders (2016) (“the Standards”), there was a need for new globally applicable tools to ensure a qualified and effective response to drug use...

Since the adoption of the first European Drug Strategy 2000–2004, the EU clearly defines drug-related problems as primarily being a Public Health issue. This approach was also endorsed recently by the Community of Latin American and...

‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 2: A GENTLEMANLY START

Second weekly instalment of the series on controlled drinking as a treatment goal traces the start of the controversy to early 1960s London, where psychiatrist D.L. Davies opened the first...

This report shares the findings from Adfam's State of the Sector Family Support Survey which in 2019 asked 117 practitioners and managers working in family support services in England about current trends, developments, strengths and...