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Invitation to Participate: How do we support people with intellectual disability and addictive behaviours?: An exploratory study of addiction counsellors

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This study is concerned with the experiences of professionals in the field of intellectual or developmental disability, and professionals in the field of addiction in working with people with learning and developmental disability who...

Webinar: Canada’s Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines: New Tools for Professionals

18 March 2019

Webinar

Join the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Centre for

Mental Health Professionals’ Views on Smoke-Free Policy

Scientific article

4 February 2019

The prevalence of smoking within the general population is in decline. However, the number of people with mental health issues who smoke remains high. A recent study has examined mental health care practitioners approach to addressing...

Bridging That Gap – Delivering Scotland’s Drug and Mental Health Strategies

14 March 2019

Glasgow

United Kingdom

Mental health issues can lead people to develop a substance use problem; living with a substance use problem can cause or exacerbate a mental health problem. Mental health can be a significant cause and complication to

Podcast: Effectiveness of Brief Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care Populations

Website

15 February 2018

The Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group specialises in reviews that assess, among other things, ways to reduce hazardous or harmful drinking of alcohol. One of these reviews looks at the evidence on practitioner-delivered brief interventions...

The International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR) Annual Conference

22 July 2019

Cusco

Peru

The International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR) is holding its 4th annual conference on July 22nd & 23rd, 2019 in Cusco, Peru.

Workshop: Working Effectively with People Who Use Drugs

1 February 2018

London

United Kingdom

A free workshop aimed at GPs, Allied Health Practitioners, CCG leads for drugs, commissioners, consultants, service managers and other interested parties.

The workshop will explore:

8th Australasian Drug and Alcohol Strategy Conference

2 May 2017

Wellington

New Zealand

The Australian and New Zealand national drug policies recognise the critical importance of building partnerships between health and law enforcement sectors and engaging all levels and parts of government and non-government sectors and the community.