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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.
‘Dangerous Data’ Part 1: Why the Heat? An Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic
‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 1: WHY THE HEAT?
Each Monday over the next eight weeks we divide up the hot topic released last week on controlled drinking as a treatment goal and serve it to you in bite-size chunks. The series starts with part 1,...
Use of Technology in Psychosocial Treatment for Methamphetamine Use
This webinar describes how telephone, mHealth (text-messaging and apps), and computer-based interventions are used in the treatment of methamphetamine use. Key elements of the webinar include
- the research supporting each modality
- sug...
The Trickier the Situation, the More the Worker Matters. Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell B5
THE TRICKIER THE SITUATION, THE MORE THE WORKER MATTERS
Cell B5’s research-derived understandings of therapeutic work in a criminal justice or family protection context funnelled into the final section, tempting the formulation of a...
ترکی کی غیر متعدی بیماریوں کی پالیسی کے اہداف کے حصول کے اثرات کا تخمینہ
ورلڈ ہیلتھ آرگنائزیشن کے مطابق اگر ترکی تمباکو اور نمک کے استعمال میں 30 فیصد اور جسمانی غیر فعالیت میں 10 فیصد کمی لانے کے اپنے موجودہ اہداف کو حاصل کر لیتا تو 2017 میں ترکی میں تقریبا 20 ہزار اموات کو روکا جا سکتا تھا۔
ڈبلیو ایچ او کے...
Global Drug Survey 2020
Global Drug Survey (GDS) runs the world’s largest survey.
GDS believes that the expertise and experience of people who use alcohol and other drugs can be used to inform the creation of better drug policy.
The GDS 2020 includes data from...
‘Dangerous Data’: Drinking after Dependence. An Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic
‘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...
Providing addiction services during a pandemic: Lessons learned from COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing measures have made in-person mutual help groups inaccessible to many individuals struggling with substance use disorders (SUDs). In this paper, we share our experience training volunteers to facilitate SMART Recovery groups and SMARTline
بدنامی پڑھنے کی فہرست
بدنامی ایک پیچیدہ تعمیر ہے جو معاشروں کے اندر مختلف سطحوں پر موجود ہے۔ بدنامی کے اثرات افراد اور برادریوں کو شدید نقصان پہنچا سکتے ہیں۔ جو لوگ منشیات کا استعمال کرتے ہیں وہ اکثر عام لوگوں سے لے کر صحت کی دیکھ بھال کے پیشہ ور افراد اور سیاست...
What if the therapist works for the jailer? Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell B5
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...
Stigma and people who inject drugs: surveillance and interventions to reduce stigma
While the National BBV/STI Strategies have emphasised the importance of stigma for people who inject drugs.
However, until recently there has not been a system to measure and report on the experience of stigma.
This presentation will...
Promoting and Broadening the Horizons of UNODC Drug Prevention Methodologies for Working with Adolescents, Youth and Families in Uzbekistan
Every morning, Dr. Lilia Muzaffarova walks to work at the Tashkent City Narcological Dispensary. During her walk regardless of the season, Lilia admires the beauty of nature, which she loves very much, and also gazes into the faces of...
Can it ever be safe to leave children with dependent drinkers? Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell A5
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...
Principles of Care for Young Adults With Substance Use Disorders
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
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...
Measuring Organized Crime in the Western Balkans
Executive Summary
The findings of this report are based on a statistical and analytical framework to measure and assess organized crime in the Western Balkans.
Six countries and territories are included: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Combination Medication Therapy for Methamphetamine Use Disorder
A combination therapy of injectable naltrexone and oral bupropion was found in a randomized clinical trial to improve outcomes for patients with methamphetamine use disorder. This is important because there are no widely approved medication...
'صرف ایک خوشی کی گھڑی': شراب کا خاموش خطرہ
یہ ایک طویل عرصے سے انتظار کیا جانے والا جمعہ ہے اور کام سے دوستوں کے ساتھ خوشی کا وقت ہے. ایک، دو، تین، دس اور جلد ہی آپ نشے میں ہیں۔ مزید دن اسی طرح اپنے آپ کو دہرانا شروع کر دیتے ہیں، تاکہ 'مسائل کو بھول جائیں' یا 'دنیا کی ذمہ داریوں سے...
Alcohol Treatment in the Criminal Justice System: Why Is the Record so Poor? Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell A5
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...