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Evidence Review on Associations between Alcohol, Poor Mental Health and Intimate Partner Violence

An evidence review published by What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women looking at the associations between intimate partner violence, mental health and alcohol use.

Page type:

Research summaries and systematic reviews

Approach:

Empowerment and service user involvement

Treatment, care and rehabilitation

Training, education and capacity building

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Inclusion of people with psychosocial disability in low and middle income contexts: a practice review

A review to explore the literature and the experiences of three organisations that are working with people with psychosocial disability living in low- and middle-income countries – Afghanistan, India and Nepal.

Page type:

Research summaries and systematic reviews

Approach:

Treatment, care and rehabilitation

Training, education and capacity building

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Drug policy in Africa: Health and human rights

This IDPC advocacy note attempts to provide a non-exhaustive overview of how current drug policies in Africa violate universal human rights.

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Policy and advocacy

Approach:

Policy and legislation

Human rights

Advocacy

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Alcohol and substance use in humanitarian and post-conflict situations

This article presents an overview of the problem and existing assessment and intervention tools to address substance use in conflict and post-conflict situations and provides a set of recommendations to address this important public health matter.

Page type:

Research summaries and systematic reviews

Approach:

Human rights

Detection and diagnosis

Treatment, care and rehabilitation

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Gender and drug policy: Exploring global innovative approaches to drug policy and incarceration

This series shares examples of innovative approaches that incorporate a gender perspective and the principles of public health and human rights into drug policy.

Page type:

Policy and advocacy

Approach:

Policy and legislation

Human rights

Advocacy

Treatment, care and rehabilitation

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WHO Guidelines for identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders in pregnancy

Guidelines with recommendations to assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or drugs or who have a substance use disorder.

Page type:

Implementation

Approach:

Task sharing

Prevention and promotion

Detection and diagnosis

Treatment, care and rehabilitation

Training, education and capacity building

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WHO ATLAS-SU 2010: Global report on substance use disorders

World Health Organization first report on resources currently in use to better prevent and treat alcohol and illicit drug use disorders.

Page type:

Evaluation

Approach:

Policy and legislation

Human rights

Advocacy

Prevention and promotion

Detection and diagnosis

Treatment, care and rehabilitation

Training, education and capacity building

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The Psychosocial Impact of Humanitarian Crises - A Better Understanding for Better Interventions

In this document, we describe the different crises situations in which ACF intervenes: natural disasters, conflicts, totalitarianism and extremism. We introduce the specific psychosocial impact on communities, families and children for each crisis situation.

Page type:

Implementation

Approach:

Treatment, care and rehabilitation

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Community management of opioid overdose

These guidelines recommend that people who are likely to witness an opioid overdose, including people who use opioids, and their family and friends should be given access to naloxone and training in its use so that they can respond to opioid overdose in an emergency if a medical response is not available

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Implementation

Approach:

Treatment, care and rehabilitation

Training, education and capacity building

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Treatment and Prevention of Mental Disorders in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries

Review of the evidence on effectiveness of interventions for the treatment and prevention of selected mental disorders in LAMIC

Page type:

Research summaries and systematic reviews

Approach:

Prevention and promotion

Treatment, care and rehabilitation

Resources

Resource type

Region

Disorder

Approach

Population

Evidence Review on Associations between Alcohol, Poor Mental Health and Intimate Partner Violence

Inclusion of people with psychosocial disability in low and middle income contexts: a practice review

Drug policy in Africa: Health and human rights

Alcohol and substance use in humanitarian and post-conflict situations

Gender and drug policy: Exploring global innovative approaches to drug policy and incarceration

WHO Guidelines for identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders in pregnancy

WHO ATLAS-SU 2010: Global report on substance use disorders

The Psychosocial Impact of Humanitarian Crises - A Better Understanding for Better Interventions

Community management of opioid overdose

Treatment and Prevention of Mental Disorders in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries