What Is There to Know About Psychosocial Interventions in Drug Treatment?

Psychosocial interventions are psychological or social interventions used to tackle issues related to substance abuse and behavioural addictions. They can be employed to identify and treat problems, as well as to assist with user reintegration back into wider society.

Part of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction’s (EMCDDA) Perspectives on Drugs (PODs) series, this resource addresses two key questions:

1. What are the main psychosocial interventions?
2. To whom are they provided?

The publication is available in PDF and web-based formats.

Click here to access them.

Please note that the online version contains additional interactive or audiovisual material not available in the PDF version.