Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Prevention
Listen First: The Science of Patience
Listen First is a UNODC initiative to support happy, healthy and happy family relationships. This video demonstrates how patience makes children feel cared for and loved and is key in creating meaningful relationships and good communication...
High Risk Substance Use and Overdose Among Youth Conference
The rising numbers of young people with high-risk substance use, especially suffering from overdose, is alarming. Adolescence and young adulthood (under the age of 25) is the period of highest incidence and greatest impact of mental health and substance use disorders, yet there are no youth-specific services in place.
Live Session on "Principles of Evidence-Based Substance Use Prevention"
We invite you to join tomorrow Live Session on "Principles of Evidence-Based Substance Use Prevention" on ISSUP Pakistan Chapter' Facebook Page, Guest Speaker Dr. Sajid Iqbal Alyana (Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Consultant Psychologist at Institute of Clinical Psychology UOK) with Ms.Saima Asghar Director ISSUP Pakistan Chapter Executive Director New Life Rehab Center, Sialkot on 6th December 2020, time: 6-7 pm Pakistan Time.
Nudge Theory and Alcohol Policy: How Nudge Might Shape Drinking
Summary Nudge theory aims to understand human decision making in order to optimise the outcomes from choices for decision makers. The theory has become increasingly popular amongst public health policymakers in recent years The use of nudge...
Prevention Talks: Providing Family-Based Prevention during COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities for Prevention Professionals.
Family-based prevention interventions have demonstrated effectiveness with a strong level of evidence to address substance use in the family by providing and building parenting skills to raise and nurture children so that they are resilient and display prosocial behavior.
Call for Team Applications, SPR Sixteenth Annual Sloboda and Bukoski SPR Cup
Significant advances in prevention science are often due to a team of individuals working closely together across many years. In recognition of the importance of the collaborative process to the field, the Society for Prevention Research...
New Online Trainings for Professionals Working in the Field of Substance Use Disorders
In this video, Charlotte Sisson, Senior Foreign Affairs Officer within the Office of Global Programmes and Policy in the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, introduces the audience...
Webinar (c) Understanding Prevention as a Science-Based Intervention What Works VS What Doesn't Work
ISSUP Togo invites you to participate in its next webinar on 'Understanding prevention as a science-based intervention'.
Webinar (c) Understanding Prevention as a Science-Based Intervention What Works VS What Doesn't Work
ISSUP Togo invites you to participate in its next webinar on 'Understanding prevention as a science-based intervention'.
Parenting, Teens, and Alcohol
Parents often receive conflicting information regarding what’s best for their child when it comes to alcohol. This session dispels a number of myths surrounding the topic and provides practical tips to parents for preventing alcohol use and...