Welcome to Effectiveness Bank alerts from Drug and Alcohol Findings, alerting you to site updates
and new evaluation research. Issue 15 of the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine published in 2006 is
now being made available as free downloadable PDFs (Adobe Acrobat files). These are the second set
of Nuggets, each analysing an evaluation study with important practice implications. To view click
on a link or paste it in to your web browser address box, being sure to enter the whole address as a
single line with no spaces.
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BRITISH STUDY BOLSTERS CASE FOR BUPRENORPHINE-BASED HEROIN DETOX
Compared to a standard lofexidine regime, buprenorphine was preferred by heroin dependent patients
and enabled more to complete outpatient withdrawal, the first stage in achieving an opiate-free
life.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=nug_15_4.pdf
INTEGRATED CARE FOR DUAL DIAGNOSIS BETTERS PARALLEL PROVISION
This rare test of truly integrated substance use and mental health care for severely mentally ill
patients found it cut subsequent psychiatric and legal crises. Even where full integration is not
possible, the same principles could improve the work of mental health and addiction services.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=nug_15_5.pdf
STRIPPED DOWN METHADONE BETTER THAN LEAVING PATIENTS TO WAIT
What can you do if patients have to wait for a methadone slot? This US study found that offering a
bare-bones substitute prescribing service during the waiting period meant patients felt better, used
drugs less and were more likely eventually to enter the fully-fledged programme.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=nug_15_6.pdf
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