Training

Guidelines on the Management of Co-Occurring Alcohol and Other Drug and Mental Health Conditions in Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Settings

Website

1 October 2014

First published in 2009 and updated in 2014 the Guidelines on the Management of Co-Occurring Alcohol and Other Drug and Mental Health Conditions in Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Settings are offered in tandem with an online training...

Guidelines on the management of co-occurring alcohol and other drug and mental health conditions in alcohol and other drug treatment settings (second edition)

International Standards on Drug Use Prevention

Book

The second edition of the publication, International Standards on Drug Use Prevention, published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Health Organization has been released. The document offers guidance for...

Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

Book

1 October 2015

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the Health and Human Services US Government Department (HSS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) have collaborated to create a manual on...

Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

New Resource Centre from SAMHSA

Website

4 March 2018

SAMHSA has launched the new Evidence Based Resource Center which will allow practitioners to find tools, manuals, clinical practice guidelines and science based-resources. Available directly through the SAMHSA website, the digital resource...

Evidence-Based Practices Resource Centre

D-Healthylife Interdisciplinary Co-Creation Workshop in Barcelona

26 April 2018

Barcelona

Spain

As part of the d-HealthyLife initiative EIT Health Campus is offering a full day co-creation workshop. This is a developing project that implementing "participatory processes to develop training programmes on the co-creation, motivation and behaviour change, and innovative business models for digital health products."

April Student Membership Update

News

For anyone interested in pursuing further study, seeking funding for a research idea or connecting with other researchers.

Workshop on Gender Equality and Early Career Development

22 March 2018

Zurich

Switzerland

Aimed at young and early career researchers this two day workshop aims to build capacity for those working in an interdisciplinary field.

Workforce Development: Is There a Paradigm Shift?

Scientific article

18 October 2017

This editorial examines whether training and education in the addictions field has considerably made a difference in workforce development. It concludes that transformational change has not occurred because beyond training and education, a...

NAADAC (The Association for Addiction Professionals) 2018 Annual Conference

5 October 2018

Houston

United States

NAADAC's 2018 Annual Conference: Shoot for the Stars will take place in Houston, TX at The Westin Galleria Houston from October 5-9, 2018.

Certification of Addiction Professionals in Africa: An Overview of the Process in Kenya

Scientific article

28 July 2015

Abstract This paper focuses on Kenya’s course of action to address the drug problem, specifically, treatment and rehabilitation of persons with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). Treatment and rehabilitation of persons with SUDs was formally...