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Drugs: the complete collection

All Effectiveness Bank analyses to date of documents related to use and problem use of illegal drugs starting with the analyses most recently added or updated, totalling today 815 documents.

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STUDY 2000 PDF file 147Kb
Constructive response to worried parents

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Research on a community reinforcement approach shows that relatives can learn how to engage a problem drug user in treatment without resort to confrontation - and even if the user continues to resist, the relatives feel better and healthier.

STUDY 2000 PDF file 165Kb
Brief 12-step therapy can work for children too

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
The limitations of US health insurance permitted this rare quasi-random test of whether 12-step treatment is effective for adolescents dependent mainly on cannabis or alcohol and of whether doing this in a residential setting improves outcomes.

STUDY 2000 PDF file 147Kb
Throughcare fails to build on prison treatment

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
A UK Home Office report reveals that proactive organisation of post-release treatment following treatment in prison is the exception. Reductions in drug use and crime would probably be greater if the barriers to arranging throughcare could be overcome.

LETTER 2000 PDF file 163Kb
If longer is better for drug users, why not for drinkers?

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Correspondents explore why brief interventions are so prominent in the alcohol field yet not in the drugs field and ask whether the evidence supports this divide.

STUDY 2000 PDF file 559Kb
Education's uncertain saviour

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
A 20-year series of studies evaluating a relatively unsung US programme kept hopes alive that school lessons can prevent drug use. The work is impressive but is it convincing enough to salvage a prevention role for education?

LETTER 2000 PDF file 137Kb
Which outcome tool should you use?

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Correspondents assess the benefits of the simplicity of the Christo Inventory for Substance Misuse Services against the more comprehensive Maudsley Addiction Profile.

STUDY 2000 PDF file 111Kb
Careful induction prevents overdose deaths among methadone patients

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Studies from Australia and Scotland both find that overdose death during methadone maintenance is closely related to continued illegal drug use in the early stages of treatment.

STUDY 2000 PDF file 117Kb
Sympathetic ear helps clients overcome dependence on amphetamine

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
A British study highlights the role of the counselling relationship in the treatment of amphetamine dependence, a drug whose use and transition to non-use seems intimately bound up with social relationships.

STUDY 2000 PDF file 112Kb
Client-receptive treatment more important than treatment-receptive clients

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
A careful analysis of US drug counselling confirms that engaging with treatment is linked to good outcomes and that both depend on how well the counsellor relates to the client, which cannot be reduced to simplistic matching on gender and race.

STUDY 2000 PDF file 117Kb
Acupuncture yet to convince

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Three trials which treated alcohol or cocaine dependent patients with acupuncture at sites on the ear recommended for addiction or at nearby 'sham' sites failed to demonstrate an advantage for the recommended sites.

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