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31st APS Annual Convention

Global Mental Health and Substance Use: Considerations Regarding the Prevalence, Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Low-and-Middle Income Countries

Friday, May 24, 2019 · Washington, DC

Oral · General

The global burden of substance use disorders (SUDs) demonstrates a need for identifying, evaluating, and scaling up successful interventions for prevention and treatment in low and middle income countries (LMICs). This symposium will address sociocultural context of SUDs, prevalence, and prevention and treatment efforts across several LMICs.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Sagal AhmedChair
    Fordham University
  • Andrew RasmussenDiscussant
    Fordham University

Presentations

  1. Non-Fatal Overdose Prevalence Among People Who Inject Drugs – a Global Systematic ReviewSamantha Colledge
  2. Implementation and Evaluation of Interventions to Prevent and Treat Substance Use Disorder in Refugee and Conflict-Affected Populations: A Scoping ReviewClaire Greene
  3. Khat Use Norms and Dependence Among Somalis in MogadishuSagal Ahmed
  4. Feasibility of a Pragmatic Randomized Adaptive Clinical Trial Investigating Controlling Alcohol Use and Related Harms in a Low-Income SettingJoao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci