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WHO guidelines on identifying and treating problem drinkers in prison | ||
They are there in abundance, but can problem drinkers
effectively be treated in prison? The cover of these World Health
Organization guidelines poses the key dilemma. Their subtitle (“An
opportunity for intervention”) seems belied by the forbidding, barbed
wire-topped concrete wall, yet the walls create the ‘dry space’ in which
intervention seems possible. We particularly examine the evidence for
brief interventions, candidates for forming the bedrock of prison alcohol
programmes. Click button below for our analysis of the study. | ||
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The alcohol and drug treatment matrices: “Documents you
should read if you read nothing else” – UK Substance Misuse Skills
Consortium Alcohol matrix for alcohol brief interventions and treatment Drug matrix for harm reduction and treatment in relation to illegal drugs | ||
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