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Treatment Systems Transcend Individual Services. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell E3

Book

2 September 2020

TREATMENT SYSTEMS TRANSCEND INDIVIDUAL SERVICES Online course on alcohol treatment research moves out to the level of whole treatment systems, highlighting the simple US innovation which routed detoxification recyclers into longer term...

A Review of the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Prevention Systems in Kenya

Scientific article

20 July 2020

Researchers predict that harm from substance use and rates of substance use disorders in sub-Saharan Africa will increase significantly in the next 30 years. In order to have a well-functioning health system that works in harmony, the World...

The Treatment Organisation is the Healing Context. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell D3

Book

19 August 2020

THE TREATMENT ORGANISATION IS THE HEALING CONTEXT We said that of the treatment of problem drinking in general, and it remains the case for specifically medical treatments. Cell D3 focuses on that context at the level of the treatment or...

New Training of Staff in Medication Assisted Treatment

News

Uganda Has now officially started training in harm reduction and has created Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) Clinics in one of its National referral Mental Hospital Alcohol and Drug Unit. The training is ongoing for new and existing...

Highlights from the First ISSUP Nigeria Bi-Monthly Webinar

On 30th July 2020, the Nigerian Society of Substance Use Prevention and Professionals (ISSUP Nigeria Chapter) held its first bi-monthly update webinar series. Here is a roundup of highlights from the event.

How Do You Identify Effective Clinicians? Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell C3

Book

12 August 2020

HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY EFFECTIVE CLINICIANS? They differ greatly in how well their patients do, so how do we identify effective clinicians? In cell C3 the Alcohol Treatment Matrix tackled the critical missing link in improving treatment...

Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change - Applications of Motivational Interviewing

Book

This bestselling work for professionals and students is the authoritative presentation of motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating change. The book elucidates the four processes of MI—engaging, focusing, evoking...

Making the Most of Medical Care. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell C3

Book

5 August 2020

MAKING THE MOST OF MEDICAL CARE Selected, explained and discussed – key research on management of medical interventions and treatment in medical settings. Highlights the remarkable transformation of a US clinic in the 1950s by an open...

The ASAM Alcohol Withdrawal Management Webinar Series - Fundamentals

29 July 2020

Webinar

Alcohol is responsible for a multitude of health conditions, including Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS). While frequently presented in specialty

‘Bedside’ Manner Matters. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell B3

Book

22 July 2020

‘BEDSIDE’ MANNER MATTERS The previous cell of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix looked mainly at the medications clinicians prescribe. Now we look at the clinicians themselves, and discover that for this ‘disease’, bedside manner is not just a...

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