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In February 2009, over 60 people contributed to the various 12 parallel sessions at SRNs national conference ‘Making Recovery Real’. We recorded the audio from each presentation audio and are pleased to announce that they now available on our website [Scottish Recovery Network, UK]
Being ill with any form of mental distress is incredibly lonely, isolating and frightening. After 18 years of experience of seeing my daughter manage her recovery, I firmly believe this is a journey that can only be managed with the support of others – the carers – be they family, friends or professionals aided by the medical profession: Jean Johnston, The Carin [Scottish Recovery Network, UK]
James from RIOT (Recovery Is Out There), recalls his journey from addiction to recovery. From prison and overdoses, James now shows people in the tier system that recovery is achievable for all and is ‘everything you dream of’ {4’36”} [Inexcess TV, UK]
by Denise Donovan: The Institute of Medicine and others have suggested three stages of a comprehensive assessment for all individuals seeking specialized treatment for alcohol problems: a screening stage, a problem assessment stage, and a personal assessment stage [NIAAA, USA]
The issue before Congress is whether to continue the federal prosecution of medical marijuana patients and their providers, in accordance with the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), or whether to relax federal marijuana prohibition enough to permit the medicinal use of botanical cannabis products when recommended by a physician, especially where permitted under state law [Congressional Research Service, USA]
Of Substance covers the latest Australian news and research on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs [Australian Drug Foundation]
Recovery was referenced, more than perhaps might have happened in the past, and applauded, but still struggling for space amongst conversations about contingency management and intensive surveillance. I guess folk are under the cosh to just do [Wulf, Wired In]
I have now realised that Derek was right in his comments about how being evangelical about recovery can put people off. People in real life aren’t ridiculously happy all the time. There is no inherent reason why recovery should be any different [Matthew, Wired In]
These thoughts were in my prayer time today and I wanted to share them with you. Please take what you will from it and discard what you don’t want. It’s our own personal choice as we strive towards that word with meaning – Recovery [Chris Donnelly, Wired In]
The heaviest substance users were teenagers from families with more favourable, tolerant attitudes to alcohol and intoxication and among students who failed to answer the questions about parental guidance [Journal of Adolescence, UK]
Compiled by Peter Miller, Molly Jarvis and Louisa Strain [Addiction, UK]
In order to understand local social norms amongst teenagers and to effectively target a social norms campaign, Sefton Primary Care Trust (PCT) commissioned the Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University to investigate prevailing attitudes and norms in local schools via an online survey [Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK]
This report summarises Substance Misuse Statistics for Wales for 2008-09 [Welsh Assembly Government, UK]
Florida’s 12 Step Music Fest offers good tunes, good times and plenty of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings [Guardian, UK]
The corpus of formal psychometric instruments, research on these measures, and conceptual frameworks on psychological assessment is extensive [NIAAA, USA]
By Linda and Mark Sobell: When selecting a drinking measure, a decision must be made about the type of information needed (e.g., level of precision, timeframe, amount of time that can be devoted to data collection) [NIAAA, USA]
Dr. Allen Berger is the author of Hazelden’s Best Seller, 12 Stupid Things that Mess Up Recovery [The Afflicted & Affected, UK]
We report quantitative data from surveys of elite Australian athletes, and qualitative data from a sample of key experts, defined as those who through the nature of their work come into contact with elite athletes [NDARC, University of New South Wales, Australia]
Children as young as five have attempted suicide or are severely depressed while on drugs to treat ADHD [Adelaide Advertiser, Australia]
It’s probably impossible to eliminate smoking and risky alcohol drinking (not that we should stop trying), but what are the benefits of reaching achievable targets for reducing risk factors that cause disease? [The Australian]
