Training

Shoot Hoops, Not Drugs: Sport as a Healthy Alternative

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Eighty percent of 3- to 17-year-olds play some form of sport. Practitioners in the field of drug prevention have looked to promote sporting activity as a healthy alternative to substance use amongst young people. The Canadian Centre on...

European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Congress

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Vienna
Austria

The European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) is a pan-European scientific association that encourages innovative research across the neurosciences and aims to translate new knowledge on fundamental disease mechanisms into new medicines and clinical applications. The annual ECNP Congress  brings together neuroscientists, psychiatrists, neurologists and psychologists and others

Substance Misuse: Everybody's Business

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London
United Kingdom

Substance misuse has a long reach into many medical specialties. Although substance misuse in patients has been managed primarily by psychiatrists, assessment and management of this should be a competency developed by all doctors. This event presents a selection of clinically relevant topics in substance misuse including:

Addressing the Continuum of Substance Use Institute

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Toronto
Canada

This training course offers mental health nurses and other health-care professionals the opportunity to increase their knowledge and expand their skills when engaging with clients and families who use substances.

2017 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting

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Washington, DC
United States

Mark your calendar for the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) Annual Meeting that will be held in Washington, DC from May 30th to June 2nd, 2017. 

2016 EUSPR Conference

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Berlin
Germany

The 2016 European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR)  Conference will be held in Berlin, Germany from October 31st to November 2nd, 2016. The main theme of this year's conference is Sustainable Prevention in a Changing World. Populations and behaviour in Europe are in transition, and new challenges to health and well being are emerging.

Online Learning for Prevention Standards

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The module aims to help prevention teams, mental health professionals, school administrators, law enforcement personnel and others to plan, select, implement and evaluate prevention initiatives in their communities and schools, and at home.