Results for Alcohol Drug Prevention Education

We provide prevention programs, intervention, dual diagnosis, alcohol and drug education, psychiatric groups, gambling addiction, adolescent drug prevention and group therapy.

We provide prevention programs, intervention, dual diagnosis, alcohol and drug education, psychiatric groups, gambling addiction, adolescent drug prevention and group therapy.

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Workshops include current trends and relevant issues facing parents, educators and caregivers, including substance abuse, family engagement, empowering youth, mental health, self care, conscious discipline, and more. Participants will leave with practical, inspirational, and creative ideas to use throughout the year! Keynote: Social Distancing with Families—The Covert Pandemic, Barb Flis, Founder, Parent Action for Healthy Kids. Breakout sessions on Risk-Taking and Substance Abuse; Programming in the…

Alcohol and HIV/AIDS: Intertwining Stories Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)âthe pathogen responsible for the current pandemic of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)âtargets the bodyâs immune system. HIV infection puts a person at risk for a multitude of diseases that someone with a healthy immune system generally would fight off. When HIV was recognized in the 1980s, testing positive for HIV infection was, in fact, a death sentence…

Parents and Prevention - What We Know Parents and families make all the difference when it comes to keeping kids safe from substance abuse. Research shows that many students do not drink alcohol or use other drugs because they do not want to disappoint their parents. The positive influence of strong parental support in making healthy decisions has been long stated by research. The Partnership at…

Most people look back on college as one of the best times of their lives. This is where their career path started, many met their spouses there and college was a good experience for them. For others the path is much different, that is the point in time where their addictions started. Young people between 18-24 are already at higher risk for addiction and college students make up one of the largest groups of abusers of drugs and alcohol in the nation. College…

Who should attend this seminar? Any practitioner and commissioner working in drug and alcohol education and early intervention. The seminar will be especially useful for: public health leaders who will hold responsibility for commissioning services Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) wider local authority commissioners and voluntary and independent sector organisations Seminar Background Choosing the right prevention and early intervention programme is important when it comes to young…

The Genetics of Alcoholism Why can some people have a glass of wine or beer with their meal without feeling compelled to drink more, whereas others canât seem to stop drinking? Can some people âholdâ their liquor better than others? Does alcoholism tend to run in families? Does genetics hold the key to developing medications to treat alcoholism and its effects on the body? Researchers have been trying to find answers to questions such as these for several decades, seeking to…

In todayâs modern age, with the entire human genetic makeup (the genome) decoded and genetic testing more and more common, most people understand that changes, or mutations, in genes can lead to death, disease, and disorder. But there is another way our genes play a role in physical dysfunction, and that occurs without direct alterations to DNA, the substance that makes up genes. Increasingly, researchers and…