It is necessary to create systems of care oriented towards the recovery of persons addicted to psychoactive substances, to provide better access to resources in communities, and to make recovery more visible and to celebrate it.
This is the conclusion of the training that the NGO "Preporod" from Nikšić organized for members of multidisciplinary teams to prevent drug abuse for Podgorica, Nikšić, Bar and Cetinje.
The goal of the training, according to the executive director of "Revival", Jovan Bulajić, was to better connect and deepen cooperation between the multidisciplinary teams that were formed in the past two years.
"The training showed that there is a will to improve the situation in this area, and multidisciplinary teams are the first step towards creating inclusive recovery cities. Inclusive recovery cities are aimed at celebrating recovery and creating a wider support network for individuals in recovery," he said. Bulajic.
The training was led by Mulka Nišić, a doctoral student at Derby University from Great Britain, while professor David Best, from Leeds Trinity University, the first professor of addiction recovery in the world and the creator of the concept of inclusive cities, and Charlotte Coleman, national coordinator for the drug issue, spoke via the online platform. in Belgium and professor of drug policy and criminology at Ghent University.
"During the training, participants worked on mapping and identifying available resources in communities that can help people in recovery. Available resources in communities represent capital for recovery, which is why access to these resources is crucial. A special segment is also dedicated to determining the needs of their communities, i.e. of what is missing in the communities and possible solutions," states the "Revival" press release.
The training was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Police Administration, health centers, the Employment Agency, centers for social work, the Office for the Prevention of Addiction Diseases, the Ombudsman Institution and the SOS Center from Nikšić.
Multidisciplinary teams for the prevention of drug abuse were formed as part of the project "I choose recovery", which Preporod implements in partnership with the World Federation against Drugs (WFAD) and the organizations "Celebrate Recovery" from Bosnia and Herzegovina and "Izlakaz" from Serbia.
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