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STUDY 2002 PDF file 183Kb
No harm and some benefit in letting methadone patients choose their dose
US study shows that methadone maintenance patients allowed to set their own doses do not escalate excessively. Benefits may include improved patient-therapist relations and reduced illicit drug use. Extended text reviews other relevant studies.
STUDY 2008 HTM file
Self-financing resident-run houses maintain recovery after treatment
A US recovery model has proved its effectiveness in a rare randomised trial of a mutual aid intervention. The self-financing structure may help overcome restrictions on the supply and duration of residential rehabilitation in the UK.
IN PRACTICE 2000 PDF file 665Kb
Oiling the wheels
From the south west of England, a frank account what it takes to get treatment services to accept the judgements of their peers and to make this an engine for improvement rather than a source of conflict.
STUDY 2000 PDF file 179Kb
Mutual support helps sustain treatment gains
Three reports from the Los Angeles Target Cities Project suggest that attendance at mutual aid groups acts in synergy with formal treatment for stimulant dependence to improve and sustain outcomes.
STUDY 2000 PDF file 150Kb
Quality drug counselling can be at least as effective as professional psychotherapy
A major US government attempt to refine drug-free treatments for cocaine addiction confounded expectations by showing that well structured counselling approaches can better professionally delivered psychotherapies.
REVIEW 2000 PDF file 140Kb
Attending AA: encourage but don't coerce
A synthesis of studies which tested Alcoholics Anonymous groups or AA-based residential programmes against formal/no treatment suggests outcomes are similar to other treatments when the drinker chooses these options. Coercion may be counterproductive.
REVIEW 2000 PDF file 108Kb
Not just for the patients: community health and safety benefit from alcohol treatment
A review by two leading researchers convincingly argues that treating heavy drinkers not only helps the patients but also reduces the overall level of alcohol-related problems across a community, particularly the burden of liver disease.
STUDY 1999 PDF file 182Kb
Heroin prescribing can help methadone's failures
Studies in UK and Switzerland show that many opiate-dependent patients failed by oral methadone, or seeking treatment but unwilling to give up heroin, do better if prescribed heroin in terms of crime, illicit opiate use and psychological wellbeing.
STUDY 1999 PDF file 250Kb
Innovative brief intervention could help stop drug users starting to inject
British study found that an hour-long information and training session helped prevent injectors initiating other drug users into the practice, intercepting progression to the most dangerous form of drug use.
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