Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Treatment
Medications in Drug Treatment – Tackling the Risks to Children
This report examines cases where children have died or come to harm from ingesting Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) medicines prescribed to help people overcome drug addiction. There have been 17 Serious Case Reviews involving the...
Webinar: Enhancing Residential Addiction Treatment Services
Date & Time:
Fri, 3 February 2017
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Systemic and Individual Factors in the Buprenorphine Treatment-Seeking Process: A Qualitative Study
Abstract Background: Opioid use is a significant problem in Alaska. Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use, including buprenorphine, reduces withdrawal symptoms and the harm associated with opioid abuse. Understanding consumers’...
Reviewing England's Drug Misuse Treatment System
Public Health England’s recently published review reveals that the country’s drug misuse treatment system is performing well. However, there are still several areas that call for improvements. Amongst the report’s findings, notable are: 60%...
New Online Training for Practitioners, Peer Mentors and Service Managers
This new platform allows substance misuse, probation and prison services to upskill their workforces in a scalable and consistent way, and optimise their use of the digital behaviour change programme Breaking Free. Service providers can now...
Webinar "Change is in the Air: Taking Initiative Towards a Tobacco-Free Texas"
Webinar date and time:
Tue, Feb 7, 2017: 2 pm EST
Free Resource for Evaluating Drug Prevention and Treatment Interventions
The Evaluation Instruments Bank (EIB) is an online database of freely available resources for evaluating drug prevention and treatment programmes and initiatives. You can search the archive by type of intervention (treatment or prevention)...
New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group (NDSAG) Conference
This conference explores the pressures on drinkers and providers of alcohol services, through exploration of current and emerging best policy, practice and research considerations.
Readiness and Barriers to Adopt Evidence-Based Practices for Substance Abuse Treatment in Mexico
Evidence shows a lag in the adoption of evidence-based practices for substance abuse treatment and supports the need for studying the factors involved in this worldwide problem.
Treating Alcohol Addiction with Positive Relationships
A ‘therapeutic alliance’, or in other words, a positive and trusting relationship between counsellor and patient, could be the key to successful treatment of alcohol addiction, according to a new study. Patients who reported a more positive...