MAKING THE MOST OF TREATMENT POUNDS AND THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP
Welcome to Effectiveness Bank alerts from Drug and Alcohol Findings,
alerting you to site updates and new evaluation research. This bulletin
lists the latest documents added to the Effectiveness Bank. This set all
relate to the treatment of substance use problems - how much money it saves
society, how effective it is per pound spent, and how to recognise a high
quality service. From the Netherlands too, a unique spotlight on the degree
to which a clinician influences their patients simply by the kind of person
they are, and how this influence can be supplemented by joint
decision-making.
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UK YOUTH SUBSTANCE MISUSE TREATMENT SAVES SOCIETY MONEY
Study published by the UK government estimates that every pound spent on
specialist substance misuse treatment for under-18s in Britain averts social
costs totalling from four to eight pounds.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Frontier_Economics_1.cab
FIRST-MONTH ATTENDANCE BETTER OUTCOME PREDICTOR THAN RETENTION
Finding that a retention benchmark like that used for years in Britain was
only loosely related to patient improvement led a US health service to start
a comprehensive search for better indicators. Intensity of contact in the
first month best predicted which services most benefited their patients.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Harris_AHS_6.cab
PUTTING PATIENTS IN THE CO-PILOT SEAT BOOSTS CONFIDENCE
An innovative Dutch study tested a systematic way of individualising
treatment to priorities jointly agreed with the patient, spanning the
recovery agenda from substance use to housing, employment, and child care
among other domains. The effect was to give these typically submissive
personalities a greater sense of control over their lives. Just as
influential was the lead offered by the personal style of the clinician.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Joosten_EAG_1.cab
FAMILY THERAPIES EFFECTIVE BUT NOT ALWAYS MOST COST-EFFECTIVE
For suitable patients, family-based therapies are among the most effective -
but are they the most cost-effective? Not always finds this US-focused
review, which argues that to compete in a financially sensitive health care
system, treatments must deliver the most clinical outcomes per unit of cost.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Morgan_TB_1.cab
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