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REVIEW 2011 HTM file
Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Alliance in couple and family therapy

This meta-analytic review commissioned by the American Psychological Association revealed that relationships between therapists and couples or families are as important as in individual therapy. Practice recommendations will aid therapists working with couples and families, among the most effective ways to treat substance use problems.

REVIEW 2011 HTM file
Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Empathy

This meta-analytic review commissioned by the American Psychological Association finds that the more therapists communicate their understanding of and compassion for clients, the better the outcomes. Recommendations will aid counsellors and therapists and help workforce development staff foster this important attribute.

REVIEW 2011 HTM file
Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Psychotherapy relationships that work II

Based on new meta-analytic reviews, a US task force has authoritatively assessed what makes for an effective therapeutic relationship. Though not specific to substance use, this work will be critical to the recovery agenda for addiction treatment.

REVIEW 2011 HTM file
Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Alliance in individual psychotherapy

This comprehensive meta-analytic review commissioned by the American Psychological Association finds that the relationship between psychotherapist and client is one of the largest and most consistent indicators of outcomes. Authoritative practice recommendations will aid substance use counsellors and therapists.

REVIEW 2011 HTM file
Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: The alliance in child and adolescent psychotherapy

This meta-analytic review commissioned by the American Psychological Association finds that the relationship between therapist and young clients matters about as much as for adults. Practice recommendations will aid counsellors, therapists and mental health teams dealing with young substance users.

ABSTRACT 2011 HTM file
Guidance for the use of substitute prescribing in the treatment of opioid dependence in primary care

Evidence-based guidance for British GPs on how to withdraw heroin and other opioid addicts from opiate-type drugs or to maintain them by long-term prescribing of legal substitutes, with a focus on the use methadone and buprenorphine, the main medications used for these purposes in the UK.

REVIEW 2011 HTM file
Integrated substance abuse and child welfare services for women: a progress review

This US-focused review calls for parents with substance use problems in the child welfare system to receive integrated services which comprehensively assess health and social problems and systematically match needs to problems in the context of a positive client-provider relationship.

REVIEW 2010 HTM file
Pathways to employment in London: A guide for drug and alcohol services

Recommendations for British drug and alcohol services on how to help their clients gain employment based on field research and review of the literature in substance misuse and related sectors.

DOCUMENT 2010 HTM file
Drug misuse statistics Scotland 2010

Statistical picture of drug misuse in Scotland in 2009 and 2010 including treatment and criminal justice caseloads and health impacts, plus trends over recent years.

REVIEW 2011 HTM file
A new paradigm for long-term recovery

On the basis of three innovative US programmes for offenders or doctors with substance use problems, this analysis concludes that many seriously dependent individuals stop using if non-use is enforced through intensive monitoring and swift, certain but not necessarily severe consequences.


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