Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:52:12
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Subject: Re: [EFTC] EFFECTIVENESS BANK alert: Group CBT fails to reduce reconviction rate among UK offenders
Hello Stuart
At my last count (october 2011) there were 70 SMART meetings in England and 14 in Scotland. These are the independent meetings: I have not counted the Addaction 'in-house' meetings and similar. The North West and North East of England and the West Midlands have the most SMART, with more meetings starting in the SW. For some reason it hasn't taken off so much in London or Eastern England.
There are probably more now than I found just a few months ago, and you can find meetings on their website.
All the best
Tim
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On 19 Feb 2012, at 07:19, "Stuart Rose" <
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> Hi Tim! Can't help agreeing with u, and would like 2 know how many "Smart" groups approx: there r in the UK, & is there a sort of Directory for them, available,
> Was good 2 c u at the EFTC,
> Best Wishes,
> Stuart Rose
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> I think to the extent that this study has validity (and despite the problem with comparability it probably is telling us something of importance) it only applies to re-offending/reconviction, and does not add to the evidence about whether SMART groups help people maintain abstinence and avert relapse. There is a reasonably robust evidence base for group and individual CBT as far as alcohol and drug outcomes are concerned. Also because SMART is a kind of 'fellowship' there are most likely other mechanisms of action at work, such as group cohesiveness and changes in social networks which may a account for some (most? all?) of SMART's effectiveness.
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> I am personally not really surprised by the results of this study and most likely some of the reasons for them can be found embedded in Mike's analysis.
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> Where does this leave SMART Recovery? Isn't that Group CBT?
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> Subject: [EFTC] EFFECTIVENESS BANK alert: Group CBT fails to reduce
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> GROUP CBT FAILS TO REDUCE RECONVICTION RATE AMONG UK OFFENDERS
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> Cognitive-behavioural group programmes have been relied on to improve
> the anti-offending record of
> UK probation services, but this first independent evaluation of the main
> substance use programme
> found no anti-crime impact even when offenders completed the 20 sessions
> - a finding so unexpected
> that it casts doubt on the validity of the study.
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> Associated with this entry we have uploaded an analysis of a synthesis
> of 129 studies of offender
> treatment for problems such as substance use which found increasing
> treatment impact as the degree
> to which the offender was free to choose the treatment increased:
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http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Parhar_KK_1.txt
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