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Module1: Lesson 1: General Information | Read the following sections: Executive summary (Page 1), The issue (Pages 4-5), Opportunities and challenges (Page 7), and Actions (Pages 2 and 9-10). (22 minutes) WHO - 2018 |
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Read from the beginning of the article to the heading "Methods" (Pages 1-3). (5 minutes) Journal of rural health - 2019 |
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Read the preface (pg. iii), the introduction (pgs. 1-4), the module "Essential Care & Practice," (pgs. 5-14), and the "Overview of Priority MNS Conditions" (pgs 16-18) to understand the World Health Organization's recommendations on addressing mental, neurological and substance use disorders in primary care. (35 minutes) WHO - 2015 |
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Read the manual titled "Drugs, Brains, and Behavior" from page 1 to the end of page 25, as this will be your foundation for understanding the science behind addiction and health. (41 minutes) NHI - 2020 |
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Module 2: Lesson 1: Policies and Legislation | Read the entire paper. (18 minutes) Healthcare Management Forum - 2017 |
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Read the entire paper. (10 minutes) StatPearls - 2021 |
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Read the entire webpage. (14 minutes) WHO - 2017 |
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Under "Essential Care & Practice," read the sections "Use effective communication skills" and "Promote respect and dignity" in Module 1: Essentiel care and practice (pgs. 6-7). (4 minutes) WHO - 2015 |
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Read the entire paper. (33 minutes) Asian Journal of Psychiatry - 2021 |
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Module 2: Lesson 2: International and National Standards | Read the entire article. This article will give you an overview of international considerations for mental health human rights, legislations, standards, and policies. (7 minutes) World Psychiatry - 2019 |
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Read the entire article. (14 minutes) Canadian Medical Association - 2017 |
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Read the document to learn about consent. (60 minutes) The Canadian Medical Protective Association-Empowering better healthcare - 2021 |
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Read the entire webpage. (10 minutes) Association of American Colleges - 2019 |
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Module 3: Lesson 1: Tobacco Specific Information and Approaches | In this resource titled "Quitting Tobacco," read the information in the table to learn about the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions. (1 minute) WHO - 2020 |
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Read from the beginning of the article to the heading "Methods." (24 minutes) Nature - 2021 |
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Read the webpage and the first two PDF documents: "You Can Help Your Patients Quit Tobacco Use" and "A Practical Guide to Help Your Patients Quit Using Tobacco." (13 minutes) CDC - 2021 |
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Read the entire webpage titled "Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking" to learn more about the personal health risks of tobacco use. (6 minutes) CDC - 2021 |
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Watch the video and read the entire webpage. (8 minutes) CDC - 2020 |
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Read the entire webpage. (28 minutes) NIH - 2022 |
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Read this resource to learn more about the effects of secondhand smoke on the health of children. (5 minutes) CDC - 2020 |
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This resource titled "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)" provides you with another set of best practices in relation to COPD diagnosis and management. (36 minutes) BCGuidelines - 2017 |
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This webpage lists various smoking cessation tools and resources. In the section "Physician Resources and Tools," read the first document, "Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation Toolkit," and watch the video "Video: Mental Health Conditions and Cigarettes." The American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation - 2020 |
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Module 3: Lesson 2: General Approaches to Address Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders in Primary Care | Read the entire article. (13 minutes) South African Family Practice - 2021 |
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Read the entire article. (8 minutes) American Academy of Family Physicians - 2019 |
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In the "mhGAP Intervention Guide," review the section entitled "Disorders due to substance use" on pages 105 to 130. (51 minutes) WHO - 2015 |
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Read Chapter 2 "Settings, Levels of Care, and Patient Placement" (pages 11 to 21). (35 minutes) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - 2018 |
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Read the entire article plus the section "Drug Use Questionnaire." (10 minutes) National Institute of Drug abuse - 2018 |
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Read the entire article. (5 minutes) University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine - 2016 |
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Read the entire webpage. (5 minutes) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - 2021 |
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Download the PDF and read the entire document. (1 minute) UMass Chan Medical School - 2019 |
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Read the entire document. (35 minutes) American Society of Addiction Medicine - 2020 |
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Read the entire article. (17 minutes) Australian Prescriber - 2018 |
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Module 3: Lesson 3: Alcohol Use Disorder Specific Information | Read the entire webpage. (3 minutes) Health Promotion Agency - 2020 |
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Read the entire webpage. (6 minutes) Australian Government Department of Health - 2021 |
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Read the entire webpage and the video titled: "Video: liver disease." (10 minutes) NHS - 2021 |
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Read the "Introduction" and "Alcohol consumption and ALD" sections. (8 minutes) Elsevier B.V. - 2021 |
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Read the summary of recommendations (pp. 4-15), stop at the Introduction. (55 minutes) The American Society of Addiction Medicine - 2020 |
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Download the document and read the entire scale. (5 minutes) Insight - 2019 |
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Read the abstract and the introduction (pages 1 and 2). (10 minutes) Drug and Alcohol Dependence - 2021 |
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Read the entire article. (26 minutes) Alcohol Research - 2019 |
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Module 4: Lesson 1: Ability to Screen Effectively and Quickly for Substance Use Disorders | Read-only the section "How to use the ASSIST-Lite tool: a step-by-step guide." (25 minutes) Public health England - 2021 |
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Read section 2 "The Eight Practice Dimensions of Addiction Counselling" on pages 35 to 48. (20 minutes) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - 2019 |
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Read the section "Key principles for appropriate opioid prescribing in general practice" on page 1, the section "Clinical governance - 2.1 Patient focus" on pages 13 to 15, and the section "2.4 Accountable prescribing of opioids in general practice" on pages 21 to 23. (18 minutes) The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners - 2019 |
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Read the entire webpage. (15 minutes) US Department of Health and Human Services - 2019 |
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Read the entire article. (29 minutes) US National Library of Medicine - 2018 |
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Read the entire webpage on the URICA tool, which can be used to assess the stage of change. (6 minutes) University of Rhide ISland |
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Read Chapter 1 "A New Look at Motivation" from pages 1 to 16, and Chapter 2 "Motivational Counseling and Brief Intervention" from page 17 to page 25. Although not required, you can read the remaining content of chapter 2 from page 26 to page 33. (79 minutes) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - 2019 |
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Module 5: Lesson 1: Mental Health Comorbidities | Read the entire article. (15 minutes) National Institute on Drug Abuse - 2020 |
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Read the sections on self-harm and suicide (pgs. 131-140). (13 minutes) WHO - 2015 |
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Read the entire article. (10 minutes) National Center for Biotechnology Information, US National Library of Medicine - 2021 |
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Read the section on depression (pgs. 19-32). (18 minutes) WHO - 2015 |
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Read the entire article. (22 minutes) Singapore Medical Journal - 2017 |
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Read the entire article. (16 minutes) Singapore Medical Journal - 2017 |
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Read Section 6 (pgs. 46-50). (14 minutes) Royal College of Psychiatrists - 2020 |
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Read the entire article. (35 minutes) BMJ Journals - 2017 |
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Read the entire article. (9 minutes) British Journal of General Practice - 2020 |
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Module 5: Lesson 2: Substance Use and HIV | Read the entire webpage. (42 minutes) HIVinfo.NIH.gov - 2021 |
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Read the entire article. (13 minutes) AIDS Research and Therapy - 2018 |
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Read the entire webpage. (2 minutes) CDC - 2021 |
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Read the entire webpage. (4 minutes) HIVinfo.NIH.gov - 2018 |
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Read the following sections "Introduction," "Results" and "Discussion." (19 minutes) Dove Press - 2017 |
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Read pages 3-9. (19 minutes) The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is - 2020 |
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Read the entire webpage. (6 minutes) HIVinfo.NIH.gov - 2021 |
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Read the entire webpage. (9 minutes) NAM - 2020 |
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Read the Abstract, Background, Discussion, and Conclusion of the article. (18 minutes) Harm Reduction Journal - 2019 |
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Read the Abstract, Background, Discussion, and Conclusion of the article. (11 minutes) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - 2019 |
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Read the entire article. (37 minutes) PLOS One - 2022 |
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Module 5: Lesson 3: Substance Use and Pregnancy | Read the sections "Introduction" and "Conclusions." (10 minutes) Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology - 2020 |
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Read the sections "Background" and "Conclusions." Also, have a look at Figure 1, "Effects of smoking, alcohol and drug abuse on spermatogenesis (left) and hormonal parameters (right) in males." (5 minutes) Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology - 2018 |
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Read the entire document. (7 minutes) SAMHSA - 2019 |
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Read "Substance Use While Pregnant and Breastfeeding" on pages 12-23. (19 minutes) National institute on drug abuse - 2020 |
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Read the entire webpage. (9 minutes) CDC - 2022 |
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Read the entire article. (10 minutes) Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry - 2017 |
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Read the entire article. (12 minutes) StatPearls Publishing - 2021 |
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Read the flowchart on page 3, as well as Section 2 "Initial newborn care," Section 3 "assessment," and Section 4 "Supportive care" on pages 8-15. (23 minutes) Queensland Health - 2021 |
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Module 5: Lesson 4: Substance Use Follow-Up, Self-Help, Well-Being, and the Community | Read the entire webpage. (5 minutes) The University of Arizona - 2019 |
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Read the entire webpage. (7 minutes) National Institutes of Health - 2020 |
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Read the entire webpage. (3 minutes) camh - 2021 |
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Read No.5 "Follow-up" in the "Essential care and practice" section (pg. 13), as well as Sub 3 "Follow up" in the Disorders due to substance use" section (pgs. 128-129). (6 minutes) WHO - 2016 |
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Read the entire article. (43 minutes) NCBI - 2021 |
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Read the sections "Introduction," "Findings" and "Discussion." (35 minutes) SAGE Publications Ltd - 2020 |
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Read the Rational (pg. 163), Document Focus (pg. 163), and Clinical Recommendations 1, 2, and 3 (pgs. 165-168). (19 minutes) Journal of addiction medicine - 2017 |
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Read the sections "Abstract," "Introduction" and "Methodological considerations" with Tables 1-5. (13 minutes) Elsevier B.V. - 2018 |
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Read the entire webpage. (6 minutes) Alcohol and Drug Foundation - 2021 |
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Read Sections 1 "Monitoring, support and review," 2 "What to do when a treatment and recovery care plan is not working?" and 3 "How to respond if OST is not working?" (34 minutes) Public health England - 2021 |
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Read the entire webpage. (15 minutes) US Department of Veterans Affairs - 2020 |
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Read the entire webpage and watch the videos "Video: Family Drama" and "Can We Talk?" (3 minutes) SAMHSA - 2021 |
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Read section 4.2 "Vocational, educational, and housing support" on pgs. 83-84. (4 minutes) WHO - 2019 |
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Read pages 1 to 7. (19 minutes) SAMHSA - 2021 |
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Read the entire webpage. (4 minutes) SAMHSA - 2020 |
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Read the sections "Using Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMAs) to self-monitor and change behavior" and "Using EMA responses to predict risk" on page 2. (2 minutes) Trials - 2017 |
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Read the introduction on pages 1-2. (9 minutes) BMJ Open - 2018 |
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Read the section "Autonomy" on pages 5 to 9. (19 minutes) Quantum Units Education - 2018 |
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Read the sheets under the sections "Lifestyle: Exercise, diet & sleep" and "Meditation and relaxation." Although not required, you may read the other sheets from this resource. (30 minutes) Black Dog Institute - 2017 |
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Read the webpage, and have a look at the tools "Alcohol and you Self Help" (click on "Alcohol and you Self Help" and then "Score yourself now" to access the tool) and "Cannabis and You Self Help." (30 minutes) DACT (Drug and Alcohol Coordination Teams) - 2019 |
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Read the introduction (pgs.1-3), discussion, and conclusion (pgs. 27-31). (28 minutes) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2020 |
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Read the entire webpage. (7 minutes) State Government of Victoria - 2021 |
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Read the entire webpage. (11 minutes) Utah State University - 2020 |
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Read the sections "Introduction," "A neurocognitive perspective on the etiology of SUDs" and "Mindfulness meditation (MM)" on pages 103-105. (11 minutes) Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation - 2018 |
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Read the entire webpage. (2 minutes) CDC - 2021 |
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Read the entire webpage. (2 minutes) CDC - 2022 |
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Read Chapter 3: "Screening and Assessment of Co-Occurring Disorders" (pages 31-68). (132 minutes) SAMHSA - 2020 |
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Module 6: Lesson 1: Communication Strategies | Read the entire article. (7 minutes) Indian Journal of Ophthalmology - 2018 |
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Read the overview, download and read the factsheet titled "Improving Oral Communication to Promote Health Literacy" and watch the video "Health literacy skit." (12 minutes) Pacific University of Oregon - 2017 |
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Read the entire webpage. (7 minutes) NIH - 2021 |
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Read the article from the Introduction to the end of the section "Many tools have emerged to aid in doctor-patient communication." (13 minutes) Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - 2020 |
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Read the Introduction (pgs. 1-2) and discussion (pgs. 4-8). (25 minutes) Science Advances - 2021 |
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Read the entire article. (3 minutes) Medical Economics Journal - 2021 |
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Read the entire webpage. (15 minutes) CPD Online College - 2021 |
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Read the entire article. (25 minutes) American association of family physicians - 2017 |
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Read the entire webpage. (2 minutes) Minnesota Department of Health - 2022 |
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Read the entire webpage. (4 minutes) NIH - 2021 |
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Watch the video entitled "In Your Words." (7 minutes) US Department of Health & Human Services - 2020 |
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Read the entire article. (10 minutes) Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research - 2020 |
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Read the entire webpage. (12 minutes) NIH - 2017 |
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Read pages 13-22, as well as Appendix 1 on page 26. (25 minutes) Royal College of Nursing - 2020 |
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Read the entire webpage. (5 minutes) Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership - 2020 |
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Read the entire webpage. (13 minutes) General Medical Council - 2017 |
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Read "Section Five: Relationships with Family." (30 minutes) Social Care Institute for Excellence - 2022 |
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Read the entire resource, which covers how to talk to children of adults who drink too much. The way the questions are answered can be applied to other types of substance use as well (besides alcohol), providing that the relevant information for the substance is given instead. (15 minutes) camh - 2022 |
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Read the entire webpage. (3 minutes) Adfam - 2018 |
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Read the introduction (pages 1-2), results (pages 7-10) and conclusion (pages 11-12). (22 minutes) Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy - 2020 |
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Read the entire webpage, paying special attention to the section "Sharing information with those close to the patient." (12 minutes) General Medical Council - 2018 |
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Read the entire webpage. (3 minutes) CDC - 2022 |
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