Practice

Interventions in Practice Webinar

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Toronto
Canada

The fifth webinar in the Interventions in Practice Series will take a look at the process of transitioning youth into adult services. The webinar aims at offering advice to agencies supporting youth, particularly youth with mental health and addictions challenges. 

8th Australasian Drug and Alcohol Strategy Conference

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Wellington
New Zealand

The Australian and New Zealand national drug policies recognise the critical importance of building partnerships between health and law enforcement sectors and engaging all levels and parts of government and non-government sectors and the community. 

The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science

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The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science provides readers with a comprehensive global overview of the current status of prevention science. The handbook includes up-to-date research from more than 100 scholars from 27...
The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science

Animal Assisted Interventions in the Treatment of Addictions & Mental Health

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Ottawa
Canada

Animal Assisted Interventions (AAIs) are increasingly being offered in the primary health care field in Canada, including in addictions and mental health, and range from therapy dogs in counseling sessions to non-riding therapeutic programmes with horses. However, there is little awareness and sharing amongst programmes and limited documented evidence about AAI effectiveness.

Global Forum on Nicotine 2017

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Warsaw
Poland

The fourth Global Forum on Nicotine will comprise plenary sessions, symposia, panel discussions and poster presentations on the topic ‘Reducing Harm, Saving Lives’. The programme will examine the rapidly developing science in relation to nicotine use and the changing landscape, including policy responses and the influence of different stakeholders in this.

Contingency Management and Drug Disorders

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The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) defines contingency management as “a general behavioural intervention technique used in the treatment of drug dependence … designed to weaken drug use and strengthen...