treatment

‘Dangerous Data’: Drinking after Dependence. An Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic

Book

25 January 2021

‘DANGEROUS DATA’: DRINKING AFTER DEPENDENCE First cracked in 1960s London, the orthodoxy that abstinence is the only acceptable and feasible treatment goal for ‘alcoholics’ seemed shattered in 1973 by evidence that even physically dependent...

What if the therapist works for the jailer? Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell B5

Book

20 January 2021

WHAT IF THE THERAPIST WORKS FOR THE JAILER? The title poses the dilemma for alcohol treatment staff (seen as) working for authorities controlling or punishing the ‘client’ or deciding on removing their children. Explores whether in these...

Can it ever be safe to leave children with dependent drinkers? Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell A5

Book

18 January 2021

CAN IT EVER BE SAFE TO LEAVE CHILDREN WITH DEPENDENT DRINKERS? Relapse is common after treatment – so is it simply too risky to leave their children with the most severely problematic drinkers, even if they have done well in treatment? What...

Principles of Care for Young Adults With Substance Use Disorders

Scientific article

Researchers from the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center have published a series of articles in the Pediatrics journal addressing the six principles of care for young adults with substance use disorders. The aim of the...

Fabrication Shadow over NICE-Recommended Family Therapy. Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell A5

Book

15 January 2021

FABRICATION SHADOW OVER NICE-RECOMMENDED FAMILY THERAPY. In Britain and internationally, study after study defies the faith placed in alcohol treatment in the criminal justice system as a way to reduce reoffending. Is it that the intensity...

Alcohol Treatment in the Criminal Justice System: Why Is the Record so Poor? Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell A5

Book

13 January 2021

ALCOHOL TREATMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: WHY IS THE RECORD SO POOR? In Britain and internationally, study after study defies the faith placed in alcohol treatment in the criminal justice system as a way to reduce reoffending. Is it...

Beyond the patient: treatment’s impacts on family and community. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell A5

Book

6 January 2021

BEYOND THE PATIENT: TREATMENT’S IMPACTS ON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY The final row of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix defocuses from the patient to ask what treatment can do for the rest of us, starting with this cell on the impacts of the...

Marta Oliva, Directora de Tratamiento de ISSUP Chile, participó del Seminario Web organizado por ISSUP Argentina

El pasado 3 de diciembre, la señora Marta Oliva, Directora de Tratamiento de ISSUP Chile, participó del Seminario Web organizado por ISSUP Argentina, cuyo objetivo fue presentar el Informe sobre Impacto de la Pandemia en Centros de Tratamiento de América Latina.

14th European Congress on Heroin Addiction & Related Clinical Problems

21 May 2021

Grenoble

France

The vision

EUROPAD exists to improve the lives of opiate non-medical users and their families and to reduce the impact of illicit drug use on society as a whole. The Association works to develop opiate ad- diction