Addiction

Outreach to People Who Survive Opioid Overdose

Scientific article

Often it takes a critical moment, such as when someone survives an overdose, to motivate behavioural change. It is particularly important that at these times people have access to the appropriate treatment. The objective of this study was...

Trajectories of psychological distress during recovery from polysubstance use disorder

Scientific article

11 March 2020

Abstract Introduction: Polysubstance use is a prevalent substance use pattern with adverse effects on psychological distress and diminished treatment outcomes. Although polysubstance use often dominates clinical practice, the trajectories...

Why Do Our Brains Get Addicted?

Video and audio recordings

27 January 2015

Neuroscientist Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the NIH, applies a lens of addiction to the obesity epidemic.

14th European Congress on Heroin Addiction & Related Clinical Problems

19 March 2020

Grenoble

EUROPAD exists to improve the lives of opiate misusers and their families and to reduce the impact of illicit drug use on society as a whole.

National Addiction Leadership Conference

16 May 2020

San Diego

NAATP National is one of the most important, engaging, and influential conferences in our industry.

6th Australian & New Zealand Addiction Conference

11 May 2020

Queensland

In the world of

McLean Hospital Addictions Conference 2020

1 May 2020

Boston

Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital are pleased to offer this intensive 2-day course which brings together some of the foremost authorities in the

2020 Collaborative Perspectives On Addiction Meeting

2 April 2020

San Diego

The Collaborative Perspectives on

Addiction Medicine Conference

30 April 2020

Asheville

United States

The 11th annual spring

Nicotine & Tobacco: Current Issues, Policy & Practice

11 May 2020

Stirling

This is a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) module and Knowledge Exchange Workshop currently hosted by the University of Stirling on behalf of SPECTRUM. It is convened by Dr Allison Ford and has been successfully delivered for over ten years at various of our partner Universities throughout the UK.