Welcome to Effectiveness Bank alerts from Drug and Alcohol Findings, alerting you to site updates
and new evaluation research. This bulletin lists documents added to the Effectiveness Bank database.
Though all will be related to evaluations of drug or alcohol interventions, they have not been
selected for their particular merit or relevance to Britain and entries make no attempt to validate
the facts or interpretations given by the authors or to offer a critical commentary.
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WHOLE PERSON RECOVERY: A USER-CENTRED SYSTEMS APPROACH
Report on the first phases of the Whole Person Recovery Project in England which aimed to place drug
and alcohol/service users at the centre of an approach to fostering holistic recovery from
addiction.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Daddow_R_1.cab
IS THE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY AN EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT?
By reviewing prominent North American trials and meta-analyses, a leading researcher tries to settle
the issue of whether therapeutic communities effectively treat addiction, so research can move on to
how to make them more effective.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=De_Leon_G_10.cab
THE PATEL REPORT: REDUCING DRUG-RELATED CRIME AND REHABILITATING OFFENDERS
An expert group on drug treatment and interventions for people in prison in England calls for a
clear focus on recovery and for the commissioning and coordination measures needed to improve
outcomes without extra resources.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Patel_K_1.cab
A META-ANALYTIC REVIEW OF SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION FOR CANNABIS USE
Synthesis of research concludes that secondary school cannabis prevention lessons are most effective
when delivered by outside experts who teach in an interactive manner and deliver comprehensive
content which goes beyond resisting peer and other social influences.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Porath_Waller_AJ_1.cab
HOW CLASSIC VIETNAM VETERANS ADDICTION STUDY CHANGED OUR VIEW OF HEROIN
Reprint of a 1977 presentation of one of the most influential studies of heroin addiction ever
conducted. It called in to question the supposed addictive qualities of the drug, the need for
prolonged treatment and abstinence to overcome addiction, and whether heroin use inevitably causes
major social problems.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Robins_LN_3.cab
COMMUNITY REINFORCEMENT AND FAMILY TRAINING ENGAGE THE TREATMENT-RESISTANT
Review concludes that neither confrontation nor disengagement from a family member work as well at
engaging them in treatment as an approach based on systematically reorganising their social
environment to reward steps to treatment entry.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Roozen_HG_5.cab
USER PERCEPTIONS OF TREATMENT STAFF TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
Reviews the literature on what qualities and competences service users would like to see developed
in the staff who counsel and treat them; above all it seems, a positive and humanistic attitude
towards the user.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Wylie_L_2.cab
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