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Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Authoritative Recommendations on Improving Group Therapy Outcomes

Scientific article

20 November 2018

How can we make the most of group therapy, a common treatment/support format in substance use treatment? Recommendations do not get more authoritative than those advanced in this review commissioned by the American Psychological Association...

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Think More Than Twice Before Detoxifying from Methadone

Book

9 November 2018

Think more than twice before detoxifying from methadone was the message of a study based on the unusually detailed records kept by the Canadian province of British Columbia. It established what seemed the best way to taper from methadone...

Effectiveness Bank Course on Drug Treatment Research

Website

7 November 2018

COURSE ON DRUG TREATMENT RESEARCH REACHES ITS CONCLUSION This instalment ends the 2018 refresh of the Drug Treatment Matrix, reminding you of the issues addressed in its five rows (listed below) intersected by five columns stepping up in...

Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix Row 5: Reducing Crime, Protecting Families

Book

24 October 2018

Time to consolidate the lessons of the last five instalments of our course on drug treatment research. Row 5 explored key studies on treatment in relation to safeguarding the family and the community from crime. A common theme was the...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Crime-Reducing Drug Treatment Systems

Book

10 October 2018

Last of the 25 cells of the Drug Treatment Matrix explores research on how local treatment systems can protect the community – treatment in itself, and treatment offered or imposed by law enforcement authorities. The task is to meld...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Reconciling the Interests of Community, Clients, and Families

Book

12 September 2018

Key studies on the roles of management in treatment’s impacts on crime and safeguarding the community, with a focus on criminal justice and child protection. Explore what research can offer managers who have to reconcile the interests of...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Coercion Tests Therapeutic Skills

Book

29 August 2018

Key studies on the contribution of the practitioner to reducing crime and safeguarding the community. Commentary risks formulating a general rule: The trickier the situation, the more the worker matters. Implication is that therapeutic...

Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic. Naltrexone Treatment of Offenders: Ethics and Evidence

Book

17 August 2018

Opinion is sharply divided on the ethics and effectiveness of pressuring opioid-dependent offenders to take the opiate-blocker naltrexone. Especially sharp is the controversy over long-acting products not approved for medical use in the UK...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Intervening to Safeguard the Community

Book

15 August 2018

Key studies on treatment’s contribution to safeguarding the community and preventing crime. Commentary addresses two highly controversial issues: whether it is ever safe to leave children with seriously problematic drug users, and the...

Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix Row 4: The Talking Road to Recovery

Book

1 August 2018

Consolidates the lessons of the last five instalments of the course on drug treatment research, selecting and discussing key studies on psychosocial therapies for drug dependence. Research teaches us to see these as the enactment of the...