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Children's Rights in Drug Treatment Programmes Survey

News

Dianova International launched an online survey gathering information about how children's needs are being addressed in adult drug treatment programmes, and by identifying ways of promoting family-centred services respectful of the needs of...

Toolkit for practitioners working with families affected by co-occurring conditions

Website

This toolkit has been produced by Adfam and family members affected by the co-occurring conditions of substance use disorders and mental ill-health. It is designed for practitioners who support those caring for a loved one who is having...

Family Support is for Men Too

14 May 2021

Online

Alcohol and drug use affects the whole family, but less than 30% of people who come to Scottish Families for support for themselves are men. Talking about a problem is the first step to getting help but it can be hard to know who or what to ask when facing substance use in your family.

AFINet Virtual Conference

9 September 2021

Online

Resilience of Families and Communities During COVID19

13 April 2021

Online

Promoting mental health, well-being and resilience in families and communities in the COVID-19 crisis through evidence-based drug use prevention,

Family, a Key Social Institution for Addressing Drug Abuse, Violence and Mental Health

13 April 2021

Online

64th Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), a virtual side event on “Family a key social institution for addressing substance use, violence, mental health and promote sustainable development: Lessons learned from parenting under stress, in humanitarian settings and in the context of COVID19 and beyond”

Tuesday 13th of April 2021, 13:10-14:00 CET

Women Affected by Domestic Abuse and Someone Else's Substance Use

Book

Executive Summary Domestic abuse predominantly affects women, and 35 years of experience supporting families affected by substance use has taught Adfam that women are disproportionately affected by the problematic drug or alcohol use of a...

In Their Own Right: Family Members Affected by Alcohol and other Drug Misuse or Gambling

Video and audio recordings

AFINet’s first Webinar was given by Professor Richard Velleman on 20th October 2020. The topic of this Webinar was “In Their Own Right: Family Members Affected by Alcohol and other Drug Misuse or Gambling”. Professor Velleman examined the...

Evidence and Implementation of family-based interventions in the addiction field

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Dr Gallus Bischof presented AFINet’s second Webinar on “Evidence and Implementation of family-based interventions in the addiction field”. Dr Bischof described and reported the results of a systematic review on the evidence of interventions...

Teleintervenção fundamentada na entrevista motivacional para familías que convivem com um parente com problemas por consumo de álcool e outras Drogas

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Cassandra Borges Bortolon, a Clinical Psychologist, Postgraduate Professor in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Director of Acurarte, President of AMTEPA, Founder of the Acurartech Company, and an Independent Research Consultant, presented...