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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Chronic care treatment for smoking cessation in patients with serious mental illness: a pilot randomized trial

Scientific article

17 February 2021

Background: Rates of smoking among those with serious mental illness (SMI) are two to three times higher than for the general population. Smoking is rarely addressed in mental health settings. Innovative outreach and treatment strategies...

Smoking among inpatients in treatment for substance use disorders: prevalence and effect on mental health and quality of life

Scientific article

11 May 2021

Background: Smoking is still prevalent among people with substance use disorders. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of smoking among patients in treatment for substance use disorders and to analyze the effect of...

Effectiveness of a digital alcohol moderation intervention as an add-on to depression treatment for young adults: study protocol of a multicentre pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Scientific article

22 May 2021

Background: Depressive disorders and problematic drinking often co-occur, also among young adults. These co-occurring conditions are associated with various negative health outcomes compared to both conditions alone. Early intervention by...

Dame Carol Black's Independent Review of Drugs - Part 2

12 July 2021

Online

Collective Voice are delighted to welcome Dame Carol Black as the keynote speaker of our next webinar, presenting the findings from the second part of her Independent Review of Drugs.

Dame Carol's presentation will be followed by comments from Rosanna O'Connor, Interim Director, Health Improvement at Public Health England.

Dame Carol and Rosanna will then take questions.

UNODC Keeps Supporting Quality Drug Treatment Service via Continuous Capacity Building

News

UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia supported regional training of trainers (ToT) on Course 11 “Enhancing Motivational Interviewing Skills”. This course is part of the Advanced Level of the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance...

Quality Assurance (QA) of the Drug Treatment Services in Pakistan

ISSUP Webinar

10 June 2021

The ISSUP Quality in Treatment Network and ISSUP Pakistan, in collaboration with MNC, UNODC and INL, are pleased to present their webinar on Quality Assurance (QA) of the Drug Treatment Services in Pakistan.

Quality Assurance (QA) of the Drug Treatment Services in Pakistan

10 June 2021

Islamabad

Pakistan

The ISSUP Quality in Network and ISSUP Pakistan, in collaboration with MNC, UNODC and INL, invite you to join their webinar on Quality Assurance (QA) of the Drug Treatment Services in Pakistan.

10th Emirates UCG Edition on Nursing, Healthcare Management and Patient Safety Conference

Scientific article

15 December 2021

On behalf of the 10th Emirates UCG edition on Nursing, Healthcare Management and Patient Safety Conference December 15-17, 2021 Committee, it gives us a great pleasure to announce NHPSUCG2021 scheduled on December 15-17, 2021 in Dubai, UAE...

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Sixth Session)

ISSUP Webinar

20 May 2021

ISSUP Nigeria are pleased to present the next Webinar in their Bi-Monthly Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar focuses on 'The Role of Law Enforcement in Evidence-Based Substance Use Prevention'.

Quality standards in drug treatment: some ideas for incorporation into our country's services

ISSUP Webinar

6 May 2021

ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar on quality standards in drug treatment and how to incorporate them into treatment services in Chile The webinar will take place on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (Chile time)...