Recovery Support

The ongoing process through which individuals achieve improved health, wellness, and quality of life while striving for abstinence or reduced substance use.

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Continuum of Care in Recovery

13 June 2023

Gaborone

Botswana

ISSUP Botswana would like to invite you to attend their Webinar on Continuum of Care in .

Conflict Resolution for Recovery Training

22 June 2023

Online

Conflict Resolution for

Recovery Capital: Assets, Not Abstinence

13 September 2023

Online

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What do individuals need to recover from

Embracing Recovery-Oriented Harm Reduction in Medication Assisted Treatment

28 June 2023

Online

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Treatment for drug and alcohol misuse should involve families and communities

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Alcohol and other drug treatment are generally only provided for individuals, often away from their families. Treatment aims to improve well-being and reduce the harms of substance use and families and communities can play a significant...

PMGR: Recovery Kentucky: A Successful Model of Addressing Substance Use Disorder

Video and audio recordings

25 May 2023

The May 2023 Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds (PMGR) features Recovery Kentucky, a social model program that provides housing and recovery services for rural Kentuckians dealing with substance use disorder. The program is led by the...

FDA Approves New Buprenorphine Treatment Option for Opioid Use Disorder

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For Immediate Release: May 23, 2023 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Brixadi (buprenorphine) extended-release injection for subcutaneous use (under the skin) to treat moderate to severe opioid use disorder (OUD)...

Covering Substance Use and Addiction Responsibly

Website

16 May 2023

Stories about substance use and addiction can be among the thorniest that health and science reporters encounter. This topic carries a long history of marginalizing the people most directly affected. In addition, deeply ingrained societal misconceptions about substance use make it difficult to separate fact from fiction

SMART recovery for youth: a small, exploratory qualitative study examining the potential of a mutual-aid, peer support addictive behaviour change program for young people

Scientific article

17 May 2023

Abstract Background SMART (Self-Management and Recovery Training) Recovery is a mutual-aid program informed by cognitive behaviour therapy and motivational interviewing that provides support for a range of addictive behaviours. SMART...

Character Strengths and Recovery from Addiction

ISSUP Webinar

30 May 2023

ISSUP Kenya present their Webinar on Insights from Positive Psychology and Psychology of Religion as applied to treatment and recovery from addiction.