Treatment

The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing.

Webinar: Technology-based Contingency Management to Promote Smoking Cessation

13 March 2019

Webinar

Contingency management (CM) is one of the most efficacious interventions to promote drug abstinence. Under CM interventions, desirable consequences such as goods or services are provided contingent on objective evidence of abstinence.

Utilization of Addiction Treatment among U.S. Adults with History of Incarceration and Substance Use Disorders

Scientific article

5 March 2019

Abstract Background The high prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) among incarcerated adults in the U.S. is well-known, but there has been less examination of SUD treatment and rates of incarceration among the population of adults...

Invitation to Participate: How do we support people with intellectual disability and addictive behaviours?: An exploratory study of addiction counsellors

News

This study is concerned with the experiences of professionals in the field of intellectual or developmental disability, and professionals in the field of addiction in working with people with learning and developmental disability who...

Supporting Young People who Hear Voices & Use Drugs or Alcohol

20 May 2019

London

United Kingdom

There has been increasing awareness of the relationship between drugs and hearing voices in young people, but much less is said about what it might be like for a young person who uses drugs and hears voices, and even less about ways to support a young person in this situation.

Reinforcing Behaviour Change in Addiction Treatment

5 April 2019

London

United Kingdom

Reinforcing Behaviour Change in Addiction Treatment' will present findings from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme grant which sought to develop an evidence base for contingency management in addiction services in the UK.

NWATTC Webinar: Teens R' Us and the SBIRT Model

27 March 2019

Webinar

This webinar will provide an overview of the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model for use with adolescents suspected of substance abuse. An emphasis will be placed on clinical applications of SBIRT.

Mar 27, 2019 12:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada).

Treatment of Cannabis-related Problems in the Nordic Countries

Book

28 February 2019

After alcohol, cannabis is the second most common intoxicant in the Nordics. In Denmark cannabis is by far the principle issue among newcomers to drug treatment, in Iceland, more than one-third of all addiction patients have cannabis as a...

17th EFTC Conference 2019

19 September 2019

Thessaloniki

Greece

The European Federation of Therapeutic Communities (EFTC) Conference aims to provide to member organizations and colleagues from all disciplines of drug treatment the opportunity to present, question, clarify and communicate the results, and evaluation of the processes of addiction recovery achieved in therapeutic communities.

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Feedback on Client Progress among Most Effective Ways to Improve Outcomes

Scientific article

22 February 2019

Findings amalgamated for the American Psychological Association show that providing therapists real-time feedback from the client (including substance use clients ) on their progress and how to improve it is among the most effective ways...

Webinar: An Overview of CDC’s Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance (ESOOS) Program

5 March 2019

Webinar

United States

March 5th 11:00am-12:00pm

Drs. Kariisa and Roehler will provide an overview of CDC’s Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance (ESOOS) program. We will highlight the three key strategies CDC is employing to improve opioid-related overdose surveillance.