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.
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30 REVIEWS & RESOURCES
Accumulated knowledge in condensed form. Latest reviews of the
literature, meta-analyses and evidence-based resources.
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