Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
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COVID-19 & Substance Use in Canada: Impacts on Consumption, Services, and Service Providers
ISSUP would like to invite you to attend the upcoming Webinar on COVID-19 & Substance Use in Canada: Impacts on consumption, services, and service providers, presented by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA).
ADIKTOLOGIE Journal 2/21
ORIGINAL ARTICLES PETRUŽELKA, B., BARTÁK, M., LAŠTOVKOVÁ, J. Biographic Burden and Initiation into the Use of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants from the Perspective of Users: The Qualitative Arm of the ATTUNE Research Study in the Czech...
Recommendations "Web outreach for people who use drugs"
The UNODC Regional Program Office for Eastern Europe (Kiev, Ukraine), in collaboration with the Humanitarian Action Fund (St. Petersburg, Russia), issues recommendations on web outreach for people who use drugs (PWUD), including people who...
Drug overdose: a film about life
This is a film about hope and life, it is about people who are making a difference.
Correlates of motivation for treatment among alcohol service users in Uganda
Introduction: Given the scarce literature on alcohol use disorders (AUD) and their treatment in developing countries, this paper aims to explore motivation levels and their correlates among alcohol service users in two residential treatment...
Deconstructing Addiction
This resource has been initiated by Anthony Corballis in conjunction with Dulwich Centre Publications. You’ll find here a range of writings about addiction and ways of responding to alcohol and other drug use.
Alcohol and self-harm: A qualitative study
Executive Summary This qualitative study was commissioned by Alcohol Change UK in Wales to explore how and why alcohol and self-harm are related, and how alcohol, self-harm, and related services, are experienced and understood. Eleven...
Motivational interviewing: Guiding clients to make beneficial changes
By the end of this webinar, attendees will gain:
- An understanding of Transtheoretical Model of Change
- An awareness of what Motivational Interviewing is and when it is useful
- Knowledge of the spirit and principles of Motivational Interviewing
- An understanding of the core communication skills of Motivational Interviewing that lead to behaviour change
Periods of altered risk for non-fatal drug overdose
The risk of an individual overdosing is influenced by a range of, often overlapping circumstances. Factors such as incarceration, mental and physical health conditions, and the treatments prescribed for these conditions can all affect the...
