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The UNODC Drug Dependence Treatment and Rehabilitation unit has produced and continues to develop a wide range of quality publications, standards and tools that allow for effective dissemination and exchange of technical knowledge and available information on the topic of drug dependence treatment and care.

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Brochure on UNODC E-learning tool "Introduction to Treatnet Family"

November 2024

United Nations

Office on Drugs and Crime

Publications

Brochure on UNODC E-learning tool "Introduction to Treatnet Family"

Brochure on UNODC E-learning tool "Treatment and Care as Alternatives to Conviction or Punishment for People in Contact with the Criminal Justice System"

Brochure on UNODC E-learning tool "Basic Counselling Skills"

Conference room paper: The relationship between person-centred care for substance use disorders and service outcomes: A systematic scoping review

Servicios de tratamiento de los trastornos por el uso de sustancias en el Departamento de Risaralda, Colombia 2023

#ScaleUp – Scalable interventions for the treatment and care of stimulants use disorders

Cartographie des structures de prise en charge des troubles liés à l’usage des substances dans les pays francophones de l’Afrique de l’Ouest

Garantía de calidad en el tratamiento de los trastornos asociados al uso de drogas en América Latina y el Caribe - Informe Regional (2020-2021)

Scientific PosterHealth and justice coordination for increased access to health and social servicesfor people with drug use disorders in contact with the criminal justice system

Treatment services for substance use disorders in Latin American countries - Findings from the UNODC-WHO facility survey for field testing

Conference room paper: The relationship between quality of specialist treatment for substance use disorders and patient outcomes: A scoping review of the literature

Conference room paper: Review of interventions to treat drug use disorders among girls and women in the criminal justice system in low- and middle-income countries

Scientific posterNational school survey on substance use and associated patterns in Senegal, West Africa

Enquete sur la consommation de drogues et la sante chez les eleves des ecoles secondaires du Senegal

Establishing and delivering evidence-based, high-quality opioid agonist therapy services - An operational tool for low- and middle-income countries

Alternatives to conviction or punishment available for people who use drugs and with drug use disorders in contact with the criminal justice system – Draft summary report on available measures based on an analysis of Note Verbale responses by UN Member states to UNODC

Rapid Assessment of Substance Use and Associated Health and Social Services in Selected Relief and Humanitarian (Refugee) Settings and Situations in Uganda

Scientific PosterSubstance Use in Humanitarian Settings

Drug Use Disorder Treatment Services Quality Assurance Toolkit

Drug Use Disorder Treatment Systems Quality Assurance Toolkit

Brochure on Quality Assurance for Treatment of Drug Use Disorders – for Paris Pact meeting

Good Practices in Building Police-Public Partnerships, SPMU Publication Series Vol. 4, 2nd Edition, OSCE

Scientific PosterSubstance Use in Humanitarian Settings

Treatment of Drug Use Disorders and Associated Mental Health Disorders in Prison Settings and Forensic Hospitals

Comorbidities in Drug Use DisordersNo wrong door

Quality assurance in treatment for drug use disorders: key quality standards for service appraisal (pre-publication version)

Scientific PosterFeasibility Studies of Treatnet Family With Elements of Family Therapy for Adolescents with Drug Use Disorders and Behavioral Challenges in Resource Limited Settings

Scientific PosterThe UNODC-WHO Stop Overdose Safely (S-O-S) Initiative

Summary Report: UNODC-WHO Stop-Overdose-Safely (S-O-S) project implementation in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Ukraine

UNODC-WHO Informal Scientific Network (ISN)

Drug Overdose: A Film About Life - Short film showcasing UNODC projects and UNODC/WHO collaboration on overdose prevention

Final ReportTreatnet Family: A Feasibility Study on Training on Elements of Family Therapy for Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders including those in Contact with the Criminal Justice System in Jakarta, Indonesia

UNODC-WHO Quality Assurance Presentation – Quality in Drug Use Disorder Treatment

UNODC 2020 World Drug Report - Booklet 5 - Socioeconomic Characteristics and Drug Use Disorders

Scientific PosterSocioeconomic Inequalities and Drug Use Disorders: Current Knowledge and Future Directions for Research and Action

UNODC Web Seminar - Drug Dependence Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation - 12 June 2020 - SE ASIA

Suggestions about treatment, care and rehabilitation of people with drug use disorder in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

UNODC/WHO International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders

TREATNET Family Brochure - Elements of family therapy for the treatment of adolescents with drug and other substance use disorders including adolescents in contact with or at risk of contact with the criminal justice system

We were raped - A NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF WOMEN WHO USE DRUGS IN FOUR CITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Treatment and Care for People with Drug Use Disorders in Contact with the Criminal Justice System - Alternatives to Conviction or Punishment

Scientific Poster

UNODC Treatnet Family Intervention (TFI - formerly known as UNFT) Package for adolescents with drug and other substance use disorders including those in contact or at risk of contact with the criminal justice system

Scientific Poster

Development of Quality Assurance Mechanism and Tools for Drug Use Disorders Treatment: Evaluation of good practices informed by science and ethical principles towards continuous quality improvement

Scientific Posters

Treatment and Care for People with Drug Use Disorders in Contact with the Criminal Justice System: Alternatives to Conviction or Punishment

UNODC - Time to Act!

Pragmatic and concrete actions for prevention of non-medical use of controlled substances, treatment of drug use disorders, social protection and health care for people affected UNGASS 2016 Outcome implementation

UNODC Information and Education Material - Drug Dependence Treatment and Care

UNODC Quality Standards for the Treatment and Care of Drug Use Disorders

UNODC Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders: Current Practices and Promising Perspectives

Drug Treatment Systems in the Western Balkans Outcomes of a Joint EMCDDA-UNODC Survey of Drug Treatment Facilities

UNODC Policymakers Training Package on the Nature, Prevention, and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders - Brochure

Technical Guidance: Increasing Access and Availability of Controlled Medicines

WHO-UNODC Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facility Survey, Draft for Field Testing

UNODC Treatnet Training Package - Updated Edition

Scientific Posters

The S-O-S Initiative -Stop Overdose Safely - UNODC-WHO Multi-site Study on Community Management of Opioid Overdose, Including Emergency Naloxone

Prevention of Drug Use and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders in Rural Settings

Book of Abstracts: Scientific Consultation on Prevention of Drug Use and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders, Vienna International Centre, 8-10 December 2015

Guidelines on drug prevention and treatment for girls and women

Section E. Treatment of drug use - Treatment of drug use disorders and dependence from the UNODC World Drug Report 2015 (page 30 onwards!)

Guidance for Community-Based Treatment and Care Services for People Affected by Drug Use and Dependence in South East Asia

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

Opioid overdose: preventing and reducing opioid overdose mortality

TREATNET Quality Standards for Drug Dependence Treatment and Care Services

Get the Facts about Drugs

Cannabis: a short review

Nonmedical use of prescription drugs Policy Direction Issues

Ensuring availability of controlled medications for the relief of pain and preventing diversion and abuse

Sustainable livelihoods: A broader vision

From Coercion to Cohesion: Treating Drug Dependence Through Health Care, Not Punishment

UNODC-WHO Joint Programme on drug dependence treatment and care - Brochure

Reducing the adverse health and social consequences of drug abuse: a comprehensive approach

Principles of Drug Dependence Treatment - UNODC/WHO Discussion Paper

Guide to implementing family skills training programmes for drug abuse prevention

Scientific Poster
Health and justice coordination for increased access to health and social services
for people with drug use disorders in contact with the criminal justice system

Scientific poster
National school survey on substance use and associated patterns in Senegal, West Africa

Scientific Poster
Substance Use in Humanitarian Settings

Scientific Poster
Substance Use in Humanitarian Settings

Comorbidities in Drug Use Disorders
No wrong door

Scientific Poster
Feasibility Studies of Treatnet Family With Elements of Family Therapy for Adolescents with Drug Use Disorders and Behavioral Challenges in Resource Limited Settings

Scientific Poster
The UNODC-WHO Stop Overdose Safely (S-O-S) Initiative

Final Report
Treatnet Family: A Feasibility Study on Training on Elements of Family Therapy for Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders including those in Contact with the Criminal Justice System in Jakarta, Indonesia

Scientific Poster
Socioeconomic Inequalities and Drug Use Disorders: Current Knowledge and Future Directions for Research and Action

Pragmatic and concrete actions for prevention of non-medical use of controlled substances, treatment of drug use disorders, social protection and health care for people affected
UNGASS 2016 Outcome implementation

Drug Treatment Systems in the Western Balkans
Outcomes of a Joint EMCDDA-UNODC Survey of Drug Treatment Facilities

Section E. Treatment of drug use - Treatment of drug use disorders and dependence
from the UNODC World Drug Report 2015 (page 30 onwards!)