Treatment

Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.

Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis in the US

Scientific article

3 July 2018

Abstract Purpose of Review: In light of the current crisis in opioid involved overdose deaths, the federal Department of Health and Human Services operating divisions are working together to implement a data-driven, research-based strategy...

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...

Beyond Cure: Patient Reported Outcomes of Hepatitis C Treatment among People who Inject Drugs in Australia

Scientific article

15 August 2018

Abstract Background Recent advances in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection provide the possibility of eliminating HCV as a public health threat. This focus on HCV elimination through treatment, however, is also driving a...

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...

NHS Substance Misuse Providers Alliance Conference 2018

17 September 2018

London

United Kingdom

NHS SMPA Conference 2018: Behaviour Change

The NHS Substance Misuse Providers Alliance (NHS SMPA) invite you to join us for our 2018 conference.

Date: 17th September 2018. 9.30 - 4.00pm

Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London.

Overview of University-Based Addiction Studies Programs in the United States

Scientific article

3 August 2018

This study was designed to identify addiction studies programs in the US.

Short-Term Impact of the EuroPean Accredited Curriculum on Tobacco Treatment Training (EPACTT) Program

Scientific article

1 July 2018

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The aim of this pilot study was to assess the short-term effectiveness of the EuroPean Accredited Curriculum on Tobacco Treatment Training intervention in improving health care providers’ knowledge, attitudes and...

Insights from Individuals Successfully Recovered from Cannabis Use Disorder: Natural versus Treatment-Assisted Recoveries and Abstinent versus Moderation Outcomes

Scientific article

30 July 2018

Abstract Background Increasing understanding of the pathways and processes of recovery from cannabis use disorder may help in designing effective and attractive interventions to promote recovery. We report insights from individuals who had...

Online seminar: "Neuromodulation as a treatment for addiction to substances and neuroimaging biomarcadoresde"

8 August 2018

webinar

Mexico

The Institute for the care and prevention of

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...