Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Treatment
Can a "treatment specialist" also be seen as a "prevention specialist" and vice versa?
A contribution by Jeff Lee from the ISSUP INEP Plus facilitators training course. Many individuals working in treatment automatically consider themselves to possess particular skills for engaging in prevention work. I have some concerns...
A New Dawn: Launch of the Global Women’s Network for Treatment and Recovery
Did you ever imagine that there would a forum for empowering providers of women substance use treatment and recovery? Thank you to Dr. Hendrée E. Jones and her team for officially launching the Global Women’s Network for Providers of Women...
Women: Insights from the WISE Training at ISSUP Conference 2024
Did you know that women with substance use disorders are more likely to encounter obstacles across the continuum of care? Despite the unique challenges, women are more likely to engage in help-seeking behavior. This was one of the key take...
Experiences of UTC-Trained Addiction Professionals
INTRODUCTION: In response to the emerging recognition of the need for Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) for treating PSUDs, the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) was conceptualised as a training series that is being conducted globally...
The Intentional SUD Clinical Supervisor
The purpose of this webinar is to provide substance use disorder (SUD) clinical supervisors with specialized training so that they may effectively meet the demands of today’s SUD clinical supervisor. This webinar will explore the discrimination model, a process supervision model, and its place in SUD clinical supervision.
Technology and Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
In this article, Dr Goodman Sibeko considers how the SBIRT package might need to evolve in order to respond to an ever-changing landscape of technological influences.
Light Therapy as an optogenetic tool for addictive behaviors: Posing the Novel Technique
Abstract Introduction: Addictive behaviors are continuously taking countless forms that significantly contribute to the global burden of mental health illnesses and strain care facilities. Achieving stability through the monoamine model...
How Trauma and Crisis may lead to Substance Use Disorder/Addiction. Conversely; How Addiction may lead to Trauma and Crisis.
Trauma can be defined as the psychological distress following exposure to a traumatic or stressful event (Westhuizen, 2019). The way in which people respond to such an event is variable and can present in many different ways. Trauma is an...
ATI Basics: SUD Treatment for Persons in the Justice System
ISSUP, in collaboration with ICATI, presents its ATI webinar on SUD Treatment for Persons in the Justice System.
