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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The prevalence of people who inject drugs among those with HIV late presentation: a meta-analysis

Scientific article

10 February 2022

Early detection of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome allows infected people to use prophylaxis against opportunistic infections and beginning immediate treatment for secondary complications. People who receive treatment benefit from...

The prevalence and pattern of cannabis use among patients attending a methadone treatment clinic in Nairobi, Kenya

Scientific article

15 February 2022

Cannabis is the most widely used illegal substance in the world, with a global prevalence of 4% among people aged 15 to 64 years and a recent trend of growing use. Cannabis usage can have negative health consequences, such as impaired...

Staff preferences towards electronic data collection from a national take-home naloxone program: a cross-sectional study

Scientific article

16 February 2022

In Norway, overdose mortality is over 260 per year, with opioids being implicated in the majority of cases. In 2014, the Norwegian government announced a government-funded nationwide overdose prevention initiative in response to the country...

Risks and Harms Associated with the Nonmedical Use of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply in Canada

Report

25 December 2021

Summary Substance use risks are significantly higher for people who obtain drugs on the unregulated market as there is no quality control and drug contents are unpredictable. This lack of predictability has increased during the COVID-19...

Grounding Techniques for Dysregulated Clients

23 March 2022

Online

Description

Clients aren’t “resistant” - they’re inadequately warmed up to change, and as clinicians, it is our job to help them lower their anxiety, stay engaged in the process, and increase their emotional, physical, and spiritual capacity.

Braiding Western Treatment Modalities and Indigenous Approaches for SUDs: Sweetgrass Method

9 March 2022

Online

Description

Limited studies examine how traditional American Indian/Alaskan Native and Western healing practices are being combined in

Strong commitment in Pakistan towards quality assurance in line with the UNODC-WHO International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders

News

UNODC Pakistan, together with support from the Ministry of Narcotics, the Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section and generous funding support from the US...

The Adverse Childhood Experiences Concept (ACE) in a Research Sample of Imprisoned Children of Addicted Parents

Scientific article

7 October 2021

INTRODUCTION The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) concept is based on the results of an American population-based cohort study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 1998. ACE is classified into three groups: abuse...

Client’s Characterization in the Community Treatment Approach: Methodological Foundations and Evidence

Scientific article

2 August 2021

BACKGROUND: The identity and social representation of people linked to drugs depend on their interaction with the system that collects and analyses the critical data used to describe it. AIM: The aim of this study is to see if by adopting a...

Defining and implementing evidence-based practice: Reading list

Reading List

What do we mean by evidence? This ISSUP Reading List has useful resources to help you learn more about evidence-based practice.