Physical health

Health & Wellness in Recovery: Programs & Topics

Guide

13 September 2022

The American Addictions Centers provide insights into how a healthy diet and exercise can enhance overall health and recovery. This resource offers an overview of the root of addiction and how to overcome it through healthy life habits...

Multiple health behaviour change: perspectives from the field

23 November 2021

Online

By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

Stimulant Use: Current Trends, Impact on the Brain and Body, and Implications for Treatment

Video and audio recordings

The CHILD Intervention for Living Drug-Free Comprehensive Assessment of Risk, Resilience, and Experience (CHILD CARRE) Measure: Initial Findings

Scientific article

20 May 2020

This paper summarizes the development and evaluation of an assessment instrument for children ages 7–12. The CHILD CARRE measure is a semi-structured interview with 7 domains. Children from the USA and Argentina (N¼134) completed baseline...

Self-Care: 12 Ways to Take Better Care of Yourself

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It is vital we practice self-care in order to protect our physical and mental wellbeing. Unfortunately, we fail to practice self-care, leading to fatigue, stress and ill-health. In this blog post, Tchiki Davis, Ph.D. describes the...

Alcohol and You: An Interactive Body

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Almost every organ system is affected by alcohol. Drinking in moderation may cause problems to one's body, and drinking heavily over the years can cause irreversible damage. However, most diseases caused by excessive drinking can be...

Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in a Large National Sample of Patients Receiving Opioid Substitution Treatment in Germany

Scientific article

3 January 2019

Abstract Background Knowledge of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients receiving opioid substitution treatment (OST) is limited and fragmented. The present study examines the HRQOL of a large national sample of OST patients in...

Physical health

Health & Wellness in Recovery: Programs & Topics (link is external)

Multiple health behaviour change: perspectives from the field

Stimulant Use: Current Trends, Impact on the Brain and Body, and Implications for Treatment (link is external)

The CHILD Intervention for Living Drug-Free Comprehensive Assessment of Risk, Resilience, and Experience (CHILD CARRE) Measure: Initial Findings (link is external)

Self-Care: 12 Ways to Take Better Care of Yourself (link is external)

Alcohol and You: An Interactive Body (link is external)