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STUDY 2004 PDF file 156Kb
Prison treatment in Scotland fails to impress
The first published findings from the national Scottish drug treatment evaluation highlighted the relative inadequacy and ineffectiveness of treatment inside as opposed to outside prison.
STUDY 2004 PDF file 164Kb
Female crack smokers respond well to standard HIV risk-reduction sessions
Outreach work among inner-city female drug users in Atlanta demonstrated the potential impact of just two standard sessions addressing the sex- and drug-related HIV risk of crack smokers, but also the utility of more customised help, especially for injectors.
STUDY 2004 PDF file 165Kb
Check how your former patients are doing
In Chicago a simple quarterly check up on how former patients were doing doubled the number of relapsers who returned to treatment and hastened their return, in the end cutting the numbers still in need of help.
IN PRACTICE 2003 PDF file 601Kb
Much more than outcomes
The principles behind this treatment monitoring system developed in Leeds remain relevant: grounded in a theory of addiction, it can accommodate the shifting priorities of politicians or commissioners without threatening its scientific integrity.
OFFCUT 2003 PDF file 151Kb
Restricted view creates impression of 'chronic relapsing condition'
New studies suggest that the image of addiction as a 'chronic relapsing condition' is due to seeing it through the narrow slit of treatment populations who lack (or have been denied) the physical, psychological and social resources needed to recover.
STUDY 2003 PDF file 134Kb
Motivational interviews as a standalone or treatment-entry response to stimulant use
US and Australian findings suggest that short motivational interventions can both reinforce stimulant-specific treatment and usefully address stimulant use in settings such as needle exchanges and methadone programmes.
STUDY 2003 PDF file 193Kb
Engaging crack users in treatment: time is of the essence
In a deprived area of New Jersey, next-day appointments quadrupled initial attendance at a cocaine treatment service. More generally, rapid treatment entry means fewer clients drop out early without damaging longer-term retention.
STUDY 2003 PDF file 235Kb
First large-scale randomised trial boosts case for heroin prescribing
From the Netherlands, the first large-scale, randomised trial found that for patients previously failed by oral methadone, prescribing injectable or smokable heroin instead greatly reduces crime and improves health and social functioning.
REVIEW 2003 PDF file 178Kb
Lofexidine safe and effective in opiate detoxification
Cochrane review concludes that lofexidine almost matches methadone for opiate detoxification and has fewer side effects than clonidine, making it preferable when opiate-type drugs are contra-indicated. Extended text includes details of relevant studies.
STUDY 2003 PDF file 177Kb
Systematic but simple way to determine who needs residential care
In this US study the criteria and the methods used to develop them offer a way to reserve expensive residential rehabilitation for those who need it and to improve treatment completion rates in both residential and non-residential settings.
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