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Implications of COVID-19 for People who Use Drugs
16/05/2020 - Publications by other organizations
How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting drug users and those who provide services to them?
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The Role of Social Networks & Alternative Media in the Field of Drugs
26/03/2020 - Studies, articles and research
Author: Kristina Stankova, Research Assistant, Dianova International Introduction Nowadays social networks and alternative media occupy a huge part of our lives. According to STATISTA, a German statistic agency, the predictions are that in 2021 more than 3 billion people will be using social networks. (1) Compared to world population which for March, 2020 is 7…. Read more »
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Gender Perspective in Drug Addiction Programs and Services
16/12/2019 - Studies, articles and research
The lack of a gender perspective in addiction treatment programmes contributes to the invisibilization of women’s needs
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Gender and Addictions
07/02/2019 - Studies, articles and research
The gender approach provides a guide for interpreting differences related to sexual identity, enabling a more comprehensive understanding of how the traditional approach of gender negatively impacts problematic drug use.
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EXIT Magazine #31
13/09/2018 - Studies, articles and research
We’d like to invite you to read the EXIT® online magazine’s new issue published by the association Dianova Portugal in the English language. The 31st issue of the magazine focuses on “Mental health care: the benefits of addiction treatment for people, communities and governments”. In this edition of the EXIT magazine, we bring you news… Read more »
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Gender Violence from a Symbolic Viewpoint
14/12/2017 - Studies, articles and research
A Discourse Analysis and Social Capital based approach By Natalie Arriagada Araya, Social Worker – The rise of the concept of “gender” and the ideas generated by feminist thought can largely be attributed to the seventies in Latin America, mainly as a result of the First International Conference of Women held in Mexico in 1975, as… Read more »
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Death after Treatment for Heroin Dependence
27/10/2017 - Studies, articles and research - Publications by other organizations
Methadone maintenance treatment programs (MMTs) and therapeutic communities (TCs) which offer long term stays have been shown to have a strong protective effect against drug poisoning deaths for heroin users for as long as users remain in treatment.
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Addiction & Art Therapy
20/10/2017 - Studies, articles and research
“I feel that the workshops have done me good because I can communicate and vent feelings. In fact when I don’t come, I feel drowned”.
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Dianova and the Challenges of the Third Sector
09/05/2017 - Studies, articles and research
A study by sociologist José Carrón provides information and thoughts on the history and development of the social state and the third sector in Europe and the Americas The public policies implemented in recent years have been characterized by a set of measures or cutbacks which have greatly affected society in general, our various social… Read more »
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Substance Use Disorders & Violence Against Women
23/03/2017 - Studies, articles and research
By Maria de los Angeles Lobos Palacios, Psychologist (University of Chile). Dianova Outpatient Treatment Centre Director, Viña del Mar Within mental health disorders, the problem of drug consumption has become more visible in recent years in the female population. It is a complex and multi-causal phenomenon, and tends to be interlaced with other problems of… Read more »
