> NEW ISSUE ALERT
> DRUG AND ALCOHOL FINDINGS ISSUE 10
>
> The latest issue of DRUG AND ALCOHOL FINDINGS is now available.
> FINDINGS expertly packages the latest research on 'what works' drawing
> out practice-relevant implications for practitioners, managers, and
> commissioners in treatment, education, prevention and enforcement. It
> is backed by the authority of three leading UK drug and alcohol
> charities: DrugScope, Alcohol Concern and the National Addiction
> Centre. For sample copy and free downloads visit
> www.drugandalcoholfindings.org or phone DRUG AND ALCOHOL FINDINGS c/o
> Alcohol Concern, +44(0)20 7928 7377.
>
> 4 TAKE THE NETWORK INTO TREATMENT
> A trio of US authors including Bill Miller of motivational
> interviewing fame summarise the evidence for a new direction in the
> treatment of substance abuse problems - harnessing friends, lovers,
> sons, daughters and workmates to reconstruct the incentives in a
> client's life.
>
> 8 NUGGETS
> 11 of the latest and most practice-relevant evaluation studies. Star
> entry - an "impressive" series of studies on behavioural couples
> therapy. The approach differs from other family therapies in its focus
> on changing behaviour so that the couple respond positively to each
> other. Its concrete nature should make it easier to learn and apply
> than other family therapies and probably also explains why it has
> produced unusually positive results. Two firsts exemplify why the
> randomised trial was invented; one clears away the confounds from
> needle exchange, the other from prison methadone. Another two studies
> show that youth drug prevention doesn't have to done in classes or
> involve teachers.
>
> 16 DOING IT TOGETHER STRENGTHENS FAMILIES AND HELPS PREVENT SUBSTANCE
> USE
> Origins and achievements of the US programme singled out by British
> reviewers as the most promising "effective intervention over the
> longer-term for the primary prevention of alcohol misuse". The
> programme is particularly suited to helping parents who themselves
> have drug problems and whose children are at high risk of problem drug
> use.
>
> 22 HEPATITIS C AND NEEDLE EXCHANGE: PART 3. THE BRITISH RECORD
> Shocking but true - there is very little evidence that exchanges in
> Britain have directly reduced risk behaviour or infection spread, and
> the early pilot study on which so much was built was deeply flawed. As
> elsewhere, resource limitations and lack of support (or outright
> hostility) from agencies and communities have pressured services into
> restricting operations to the point where effectiveness is hard to
> demonstrate.
> **DOWNLOAD FREE FROM www.drugandalcoholfindings.org**
>
> 30 REVIEWS & RESOURCES
> Accumulated knowledge in condensed form. Latest reviews of the
> literature, meta-analyses and evidence-based resources.
>
>
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