List of WHO publications: Substance abuse: Drugs, Drug Dependence
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Title
Year
2013 Order Number    14000107  
 
Price
CHF 541,66  / US$ 649,99 Developing countries    CHF 541,66
English
This collection contains 80+ WHO publications on mental health, disabilities, substance abuse, tobacco, and alcohol. This collection will be useful to regulators in substance abuse and health personnel dealing with mental problems. Electronic access to these books is available for one year and for single institution access only.
Title
Year
2013 Order Number    14010107  
 
English
This collection contains 80+ WHO publications on mental health, disabilities, substance abuse, tobacco, and alcohol. This collection will be useful to regulators in substance abuse and health personnel dealing with mental problems. Electronic access to these books is available for one year and for single institution access only. .../...
Title
Year
2012 Order Number    11000973 ISBN-13
 9789241209731
Price
CHF 14,00  / US$ 16,80 Developing countries    CHF 9,80
English
This report presents the recommendations of a WHO Expert Committee responsible for reviewing information on psychoactive substances to assess the need for their international control. The report contains a summary of the Committee's evaluations of y-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and ketamine. .../...
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2011 Order Number    15200141 ISBN-13
 9789290615194
Price
CHF 15,00  / US$ 18,00 Developing countries    CHF 10,50
English
This report documents the good practices in harm reduction programmes in Malaysia and the progress to date in addressing the transmission of HIV among people who use drugs. It highlights and discusses how policies and programmes have addressed this through strong and committed leadership, community participation, sustained partnerships, and multisectoral collaboration and coordination. .../...
Title
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2011 Order Number    11500807 ISBN-13
 9789241564175
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 17,50
English
This book provides guidance on policies and legislation with regards to availability, accessibility, affordability and control of medicines made from substances regulated under the international drug control conventions, herein referred to as "controlled medicines". Their scope encompasses "all controlled medicines", but with a specific focus on essential medicines. .../...
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2010 Order Number    15200147 ISBN-13
 9789290614845
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CHF 15,00  / US$ 18,00 Developing countries    CHF 10,50
English
This document is a call to action and a road map to ensure that the HIV and hepatitis epidemics among people who use drugs and their sexual partners in the Asia Pacific region will be halted. It is a collective product prepared on behalf of the United Nations Regional Task Force on Injecting Drug use and HIV for Asia and the Pacific. .../...
Title
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2010 Order Number    13400098 ISBN-13
 9789289042048
Price
CHF 15,00  / US$ 18,00 Developing countries    CHF 10,50
English
The rate of acute drug-related mortality, or overdose deaths, among prisoners in the immediate post-release period is unacceptably high. .../...
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2009 Order Number    16300218 ISBN-13
 9789275130582
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 17,50
English
This report is an epidemiological overview of drug use in the Americas and provides basic information about health consequences and disorders caused by the use of illicit drugs and the non-medical of legal psychoactive drugs by prescription. .../...
Title
Year
2009 Order Number    15200123 ISBN-13
 9789290614302
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
These WHO guidelines are designed to assist staff of closed settings to provide safe and effective withdrawal management and treatment services for people who use drugs in the Western Pacific Region. It provides information about drugs and drug dependence; the management of drug withdrawal; and approaches to treatment for drug dependence. .../...
Title
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2009 Order Number    15200128 ISBN-13
 9789290614319
Price
CHF 15,00  / US$ 18,00 Developing countries    CHF 10,50
English
This training manual has been written as a companion to the WHO Clinical Guidelines for Withdrawal Management and Treatment of Drug Dependence in Closed Settings. It contains comprehensive trainer's notes and participant handouts. A PowerPoint slideshow is also included as a teaching aid. .../...
Title
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2009 Order Number    15200119 ISBN-13
 9789290613985
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
This publication offers basic operational guidance on HIV testing and counseling in settings attended by people who inject drugs (PWID). It is intended for a wide audience, including policy-makers, HIV/AIDS programme planners and coordinators, care providers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) providing services for HIV-related conditions, and civil society groups. .../...
Title
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2009 Order Number    11500745 ISBN-13
 9789241547543
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 21,00
English
These Guidelines review the use of medicines such as methadone, buprenorphine, naltrexone and clonidine in combination with psychosocial support in the treatment of people dependent on heroin or other opioids. .../...
Title
Year
2009 Order Number    11500756 ISBN-13
 9789241547697
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 15,00
English
This manual attempts to provide simple, adequate and evidence-based information to health care professionals in primary health care especially in low- and middle-income countries to be able to provide pharmacological treatment to persons with mental disorders. .../...
Title
Year
2008 Order Number    15200116 ISBN-13
 9789290613206
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
This guide is based on the discussions with health care workers, researchers and programme managers from South-East Asia and the Western Pacific Regions and the experiences from scaling-up ART and harm reduction services. .../...
Title
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2008 Order Number    15400003 ISBN-13
 9789290223306
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
The South-East Asia Region is home to between 3.4 and 5.6 million injecting drug users. A large proportion of them resort to unsafe injecting practices such as sharing of needles and syringes. This has led to the rapid and large-scale transmission of HIV and hepatitis C in this population and their partners. .../...
Title
Year
2008 Order Number    15700056 ISBN-13
 9789290222927
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
Primary health care for drug users aims to promote health by providing a comprehensive harm-reduction package including outreach; peer-led interventions; information, education and communication; condoms; sterile injection equipment; and effective drug treatment including opioid substitution therapy. .../...
Title
Year
2008 Order Number    15202113 ISBN-13
 9789290613084
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
This training package has been produced for audiences unfamiliar with harm reduction for injecting drug users. It provides an introduction to important concepts in HIV prevention for injecting drug users. The package contains five training modules with slides that can be delivered separately or in one session. .../...
Title
Year
2007 Order Number    15200113 ISBN-13
 9789290613077
Price
CHF 15,00  / US$ 18,00 Developing countries    CHF 10,50
English
This training package has been produced for audiences unfamiliar with harm reduction for injecting drug users. It provides an introduction to important concepts in HIV prevention for injecting drug users. The package contains five training modules with slides that can be delivered separately or in one session. .../...
Title
Year
2007 Order Number    15201113 ISBN-13
 9789290613060
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
This training package has been produced for audiences unfamiliar with harm reduction for injecting drug users. It provides an introduction to important concepts in HIV prevention for injecting drug users. The package contains five training modules with slides that can be delivered separately or in one session. .../...
Title
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2007 Order Number    15200106 ISBN-13
 9789290612216
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CHF 15,00  / US$ 18,00 Developing countries    CHF 10,50
English
Compulsory drug treatment and rehabilitation centres provide a significant opportunity to use education and training as a harm reduction approach. This package is written to help staff who work in drug treatment and rehabilitation centres develop and deliver staff training and resident education to reduce HIV transmission. .../...
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2006 Order Number    11000942 ISBN-13
 9789241209427
Price
CHF 14,00  / US$ 16,80 Developing countries    CHF 9,80
English
This report presents the recommendations of a WHO Expert Committee responsible for reviewing information on dependence-producing drugs to assess the need for their international control. The first part of the report contains a summary of the Committee's evaluations of seven substances (dronabinol, oripavine, buprenorphine, butorphanol, ketamine, khat and zopiclone). .../...
Title
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2006 Order Number    15200089 ISBN-13
 9789290612209
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
The spread of HIV among drug users through the use of contaminated needles and syringes has been responsible for most HIV infections in many Asian countries. It is the major contributor to new cases and threatens the significant gains made in HIV prevention in other. .../...
Title
Year
2005 Order Number    15200064 ISBN-13
 9789290611950
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
Harm reduction is a comprehensive package of policies and programmes to reduce the adverse health, social and economic consequences of mood altering substances to individuals, drug users, their families and their communities. .../...
Title
Year
2004 Order Number    11500520 ISBN-13
 9789241562355
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 17,50
English
Neuroscience of Psychoactive Substance Use and Dependence provides an authoritative summary of current knowledge of the biological basis of substance use behaviours, including their relationship with environmental factors. The report focuses on a wide range of psychoactive substances, including tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. .../...
Title
Author da Costa e Silva, V.
Year
2003 Order Number    11500587 ISBN-13
 9789241562409
Price
CHF 45,00  / US$ 54,00 Developing countries    CHF 31,50
English
Along with an individual approach (behavioural and/or pharmacological interventions) to smoking cessation and treatment of tobacco dependence, a supportive environment is needed to encourage tobacco consumers in their attempts to quit. .../...
Title
Author Single, E., Collins, D., Easton, B., Harwood, H., Lapsley, H., Kopp, P., Wilson, E.
Year
2003 Order Number    11500561 ISBN-13
 9789241545822
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
The International guidelines for estimating the costs of substance abuse presents a general framework for the development of cost estimates. .../...
Title
Year
2003 Order Number    11000915 ISBN-13
 9789241209151
Price
CHF 14,00  / US$ 16,80 Developing countries    CHF 9,80
English
This report presents the recommendations of a WHO Expert Committee responsible for reviewing information on dependence-producing drugs to assess the need for their international control. The first part of the report contains a description of the procedure for the review of dependence-producing substances. .../...
Title
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2002 Order Number    19300195 ISBN-13
 9789241545587
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 21,00
English
This guide provides practical guidance on the use of Rapid Assessment and Response (RAR), a method specially designed to generate information that can help the planning and development of health policies and programmes as well as specific health interventions and services. .../...
Title
Year
2001 Order Number    11000903 ISBN-13
 9789241209038
Price
CHF 14,00  / US$ 16,80 Developing countries    CHF 9,80
English
This report presents the recommendations of a WHO Expert Committee responsible for reviewing information on dependence-producing drugs to assess the need for their international control. .../...
Title
Year
1999 Order Number    11000887 ISBN-13
 9789241208871
Price
CHF 14,00  / US$ 16,80 Developing countries    CHF 9,80
English
This book records the recommendations of a WHO expert committee commissioned to evaluate selected psychoactive substances and recommend an appropriate level of control under the international conventions on narcotic drugs and psychoactive substances. .../...
Title
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1998 Order Number    11000873 ISBN-13
 9789241208734
Price
CHF 14,00  / US$ 16,80 Developing countries    CHF 9,80
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Reports the conclusions reached by a WHO expert committee commissioned to review current options for the treatment of drug dependence and make appropriate recommendations. The report draws on considerable recent advances in the development and evaluation of treatment methods, including several promising new pharmacological tools. .../...
Title
Year
1995 Order Number    11000856 ISBN-13
 9789241208567
Price
CHF 6,00  / US$ 7,20 Developing countries    CHF 4,20
English
Records the recommendations of a WHO expert committee commissioned to review information on psychoactive substances and issue advice on the need for their international control under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971. .../...
Title
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1993 Order Number    11000833 ISBN-13
 9789241208338
Price
CHF 7,00  / US$ 8,40 Developing countries    CHF 4,90
English
Outlines a range of health promotion initiatives that can be used at the workplace to combat alcohol- and drug-related problems. .../...
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Year
1990 Order Number    16100522 ISBN-13
 9789275115220
Price
CHF 50,00  / US$ 60,00 Developing countries    CHF 35,00
English
Presents the results of epidemiological studies designed to assess the extent of the drug abuse problem in the Americas and identify lines of preventive action. The book has two parts. The first is a multi-authored collection of studies in three main groups. .../...
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Author Rexed, B., Edmondson, K., Khan, I., Samson, R.J.
Year
1984 Order Number    11500215 ISBN-13
 9789241541725
Price
CHF 17,00  / US$ 20,40 Developing countries    CHF 11,90
English
Presents and explains the international legal framework established to facilitate the control of narcotic and psychotropic substances. The book explains the obligations of parties to the conventions and shows how parties should formulate their national drug policies and legislation to conform with the aims and purposes of the international drug conventions. .../...
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