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From harm to hope: A ten year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives
Here you can read the UK governments 10-year plan to reduce illegal drug use.
The 10-year plan is also the formal, substantive response to the Independent Reviews of Drugs led by Dame Carol Black and accepts all of her key...
Chicken or egg: A dual diagnosis narrative
Summary
What is known on the subject?
- Dual diagnosis is a term used to describe persons who have a co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
- It is the cause of significant economic burden to health care, justice and...
Progress of four programs from the comprehensive addiction and recovery act 2021
Strategies Adopted by Addiction Facilities during the Coronavirus Pandemic to Support Treatment for Individuals in Recovery or Struggling with a Substance Use Disorder: A Scoping Review
ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual) Session 4 - Recovery: Evidence-based principles - theory and application
Substance Use Disorders Recovery with a Focus on Employment and Education
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has issued Evidence-Based Resources Guide Series. The Guide Series is a comprehensive and modular set of resources intended to support health care providers, health care...
Mechanisms and mediators of addiction recovery
"Addiction recovery is a complex, dynamic and non-linear process of change on multiple life domains, and in substance use patterns in particular."
In this special issue of Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, researchers from around...
Advances in Addiction and Recovery
Advances in Addiction & Recovery, the official publication of NAADAC, is a quarterly digital magazine focused on providing useful, innovative and timely information on trends and best practices in the profession that are beneficial for...
Are former heavy drinkers in the UK less likely to identify as being in recovery compared to those in the USA? A pilot test
The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) movement created the term "in recovery" to express the continuing requirement for vigilance in order to sustain sobriety (which includes abstinence from alcohol intake) and avoid a return to dangerous drinking...
Research led by people who use drugs: centering the expertise of lived experience
Despite a long history of successful, community-led harm reduction programs and rising health inequalities suffered by PWUD, research collaborations between PWUD and researchers remain generally ignored. PWUDs are crucial in identifying...
Recognising the human need for community in addiction treatment
Over the past two years, in an attempt to reduce the spread of coronavirus, countries around the world have imposed a range of restrictions and social distancing measures. For social scientists and practitioners, this has led to discussion...
Launch event: Dame Carol Black’s independent review of drugs, part 2
Advances in Addiction & Recovery- Latest Edition
Advances in Addiction & Recovery, the official publication of NAADAC, is a quarterly digital magazine focused on providing useful, innovative and timely information on trends and best practices in the profession that are beneficial for...
Dame Carol Black's Independent Review of Drugs in England
The second part of Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs has been published. This report is the second part of a major independent review by Professor Dame Carol Black into the misuse of illegal drugs in England.
The first part...
Substance Use Treatment and Stigma in Afghanistan: Challenges and Solutions
Dame Carol Black's Independent Review of drugs part two: prevention, treatment, and recovery
Basics of Pharmacotherapy in SUD Treatment
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement Remediates Hedonic Dysregulation in Opioid Users: Neural and Affective Evidence of Target Engagement
Abstract
Addiction neuroscience models posit that recurrent drug use increases reactivity to drug-related cues and blunts responsiveness to natural rewards, propelling a cycle of hedonic dysregulation that drives addictive behavior. Here...
Natural Recovery by the Liver and Other Organs After Chronic Alcohol Use
ABSTRACT
Chronic, heavy alcohol consumption disrupts normal organ function and causes structural damage in virtually every tissue of the body. Current diagnostic terminology states that a person who drinks alcohol excessively has alcohol...
Using Nutrition to Promote Addiction Recovery
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