Quality Assurance

The application and integration of the best available research, clinical expertise, quality marks and patient preferences to ensure high-quality care in substance use disorders services.

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Quality and the Workforce

8 September 2021

London

United Kingdom

ISSUP Quality in Network and ISSUP UK would like to invite you to attend this upcoming Webinar on Quality and the Workforce. This Webinar will look at the role of the workforce in ensuring quality drug use disorder treatment services.

Reprint of: Biotechnologies and the future of opioid addiction treatments

Scientific article

11 August 2021

Biotechnological treatment, including addiction treatment, is the way of the future. Researchers and pharmaceutical companies praise depot injections, agonist/antagonist implants, deep brain stimulation, and hapten conjugate vaccines as...

Spanish Pre-Conference Session AND Nicotine Pre-Conference Session

15 October 2021

Online

On Friday, October 15, 2021 from 11:00am - 6:00pm ET (10CT/9MT/8PT) NAADAC is hosting two engaging Pre-Conference Training Sessions featuring nationally recognized trainers discussing nicotine use disorder and

Identifying content-based engagement patterns in a smoking cessation website and associations with user characteristics and cessation outcomes: a sequence and cluster analysis

Scientific article

12 January 2021

Tobacco smoking is the greatest cause of sickness and early death worldwide, with 8 million people dying each year from a smoking-related condition. The use of pharmaceutical or behavioural assistance improves smokers' chances of quitting...

Advances in Technology in the Addiction Profession, Part V: Connection? Can an App Really Do That?

27 August 2021

Online

Description: An increased number of clients present with depression and anxiety, which results from - or may be caused by - social isolation and loneliness. As clinicians, the goal is to decrease symptoms and help make connections between feelings and behavior. Can an app help clinicians better help their clients?

Trust in Your Gut – Clinical Applications of Polyvagal Theory in Therapy and Relapse Prevention

25 August 2021

Online

Description: The Polyvagal Theory of Stephen Porges, PhD, has been with us for 25 years, but the practical application to therapy has been slow to develop.

Gender disparities in opioid treatment progress in methadone versus counselling

Scientific article

23 June 2021

The high dropout rate (75%) in opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment among women and racial/ethnic minorities in the United States necessitates a better knowledge of the factors that contribute to treatment success. While therapy and...

High-dose buprenorphine induction in the emergency department for treatment of opioid use disorder

Scientific article

15 July 2021

In response to the rising efficacy of the illicit opioid drug supply and often observed delays in access to follow-up therapy, emergency departments (EDs) occasionally utilize a high-dose buprenorphine induction method for the treatment of...

Variation in brief treatment for substance use disorder: a qualitative investigation of four federally qualified health centres with SBIRT services

Scientific article

14 July 2021

Brief treatment (BT) or regular outpatient alcohol use or substance use disorder (SUD) treatment is a key element of the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model. It can be an effective, short-term, and low...

Reporting treatment fidelity in behavioral tobacco treatment clinical trials: scoping review and measurement recommendations

Scientific article

1 July 2021

Abstract Introduction: Adoption of rigorous standards for reporting treatment fidelity is essential for advancing discovery, validation, and implementation of behavioral treatments. Whereas the NIH Behavior Change Consortium (BCC) developed...