Practice

Multiple Fentanyl Overdoses — New Haven, Connecticut, June 23, 2016

Scientific article

3 February 2017

Summary What is already known about this topic? Fentanyl and its analogs have been substituted for heroin and other opioids, and are usually marketed to persons seeking opioids. Because of fentanyl’s high potency compared with heroin...

New Online Training for Practitioners, Peer Mentors and Service Managers

News

This new platform allows substance misuse, probation and prison services to upskill their workforces in a scalable and consistent way, and optimise their use of the digital behaviour change programme Breaking Free. Service providers can now...

Webinar "Change is in the Air: Taking Initiative Towards a Tobacco-Free Texas"

7 February 2017

Webinar

United States

Webinar date and time:

Tue, Feb 7, 2017: 2 pm EST

Free Resource for Evaluating Drug Prevention and Treatment Interventions

News

The Evaluation Instruments Bank (EIB) is an online database of freely available resources for evaluating drug prevention and treatment programmes and initiatives. You can search the archive by type of intervention (treatment or prevention)...

10th European Public Health Conference

1 November 2017

Stockholm

Sweden

The European Public Health Conference aims to contribute to the improvement of public health in Europe by offering a means for exchanging information and a platform for debate to researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the field of public health and health services research as well as public health training and education in Europe.

Aging Well Webinar: Addressing Behavioral Health with Older Adults in Primary Care Settings

15 February 2017

Rockville

United States

Aging Well: Addressing Behavioral Health with Older Adults in Primary Care Settings

February 15, 2017

1:00pm- 2:30pm EST

New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group (NDSAG) Conference

10 May 2017

Somerset

United Kingdom

This conference explores the pressures on drinkers and providers of alcohol services, through exploration of current and emerging best policy, practice and research considerations.

Readiness and Barriers to Adopt Evidence-Based Practices for Substance Abuse Treatment in Mexico

Scientific article

2 March 2016

Evidence shows a lag in the adoption of evidence-based practices for substance abuse treatment and supports the need for studying the factors involved in this worldwide problem.

Treating Alcohol Addiction with Positive Relationships

News

A ‘therapeutic alliance’, or in other words, a positive and trusting relationship between counsellor and patient, could be the key to successful treatment of alcohol addiction, according to a new study. Patients who reported a more positive...

Pain Management Nursing Conference

13 September 2017

Phoenix

United States

This conference will address important pain management issues, increase the knowledge and skills of pain management nursing professionals and promote the development of the nursing profession.

Participants will be able to: