Addiction

Integrated brief interventions for noncommunicable disease risk factors in primary care: the manual

Book

Abstract Brief interventions are recognized by WHO as an effective measure to help people quit tobacco, reduce or stop alcohol use and increase physical activity. They can also help to achieve and maintain healthy eating behaviours and...

Civil Society Consultation - UNODC Synthetic Drug Strategy

8 December 2022

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Mortality and life-years lost following subsequent physical comorbidity in people with pre-existing substance use disorders: a national registry-based retrospective cohort study of hospitalised individuals in Czechia

Scientific article

3 November 2022

Summary Background Substance use disorders constitute a major global public health problem, attributable largely to their subsequent comorbidity with other health conditions. This study aimed to investigate the risk of all-cause death and...

Patterns of Health Care Use 5 Years After an Intervention Linking Patients in Addiction Treatment With a Primary Care Practitioner

Scientific article

10 November 2022

Abstract Importance Substance use disorders are associated with high rates of emergency department (ED) use and challenges engaging with primary care services. Objective To examine 5-year health care engagement and utilization outcomes for...

Substance use and homelessness

Scientific article

This research explored changes in the tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use of people experiencing homelessness in the UK. Particularly, the researchers examined the following questions: what are the characteristics of people with different...

NHS Addictions Provider Alliance 2022 Annual Conference

8 November 2022

Online

The NHS APA invites you to join them at their free and virtual conference on Tuesday 8th of November 2022.

Training on UTC 03 by ITRAMIC Foundation Lahore

10 November 2022

Virtual

Pakistan

Poster Virtual Training on Basic UTC, Course - 3 Common Co-Occurring Mental and Medical Disorders- An Overview for

Two Countries and one problem: Prevention in Pediatrics

ISSUP Webinar

22 November 2022

ISSUP Brasil presented a webinar with pediatricians discussing ways of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work. Two pediatricians discuss the means of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work. Moderators...

Two Countries and one problem: Prevention in Pediatrics

22 November 2022

Sao Paulo

Brazil

ISSUP Brasil invites you to participate in a webinar with pediatricians discussing ways of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work.

The webinar will take place on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at 19h (Sao Paulo/Argentina time)

Community Mental Health Center Success in Prevention and Treatment of People Who Use Psychoactive Substances

ISSUP Webinar

20 October 2022

ISSUP Peru invites you to participate in a webinar on community addiction prevention and control services. The webinar will take place on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 11:00 (Peru time) This webinar analyzes the activity that promotes and...