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This evaluation of an intensive child protection service for the children of substance misusing parents was the first in Britain to recruit an adequate comparison sample, a vital step in assessing effectiveness. Main finding was reduced need for long-term removal from the home [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
In this first US randomised trial, starting methadone maintenance in prison radically improved treatment uptake on release, cut heroin and cocaine use, and may have saved lives [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Few studies can manage the painstaking analyses needed to identify what makes for successful counselling. This Swiss study broke new ground in dissecting why in brief motivational interviews, some staff had far better results than others with risky drinking A&E patients [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
In Sweden routine parent-school meetings incorporating parenting advice and encouraging commitment to take a strong stand against underage drinking had a remarkable impact on adolescent drunkenness – but would this simple, low-cost tactic work in other cultures? [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
As concern mounts over the recent growth in drug-related deaths, the first large scale UK follow-up study has assessed the impact of training in overdose recognition and management featuring the opiate blocking drug naloxone [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
How to save lives [Drug & Alcohol Findings, UK]
Do you bristle when someone else takes the lead or gladly take a back seat? In therapy too, directiveness matters, and in a surprisingly consistent way. Part 5 of the Manners Matter series unpicks the common thread from the literature [Drug & Alcohol Findings, UK]
Placing staff in their clients’ shoes through role-play exercises was the key tactic in this national US treatment improvement programme which more than halved waiting times and increased retention without limiting patient numbers [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
The world’s most thorough review of how overdose happens and how they can be prevented [Drug & Alcohol Findings, UK]
Part 4 of the Manners Matter series asks whether motivational interviewing can overcome the hostile prison environment and the distrust of youngsters, drink drivers and other offenders pressured into counselling by the criminal justice system [Drug & Alcohol Findings, UK]
Part 3 of the Manners Matter series investigates motivational interviewing, the most influential counselling style in addiction treatment. At first we couldn’t believe what we’d found – but it really has worked best without a manual [Drug & Alcohol Findings, UK]
Part 2 of the Manners Matter series explores the neglected parts of service delivery – how to help people get there on time. Transport and childcare are key ingredients but a helping hand does more than help carry the load; it shows that you care [Drug & Alcohol Findings, UK]
The Manners Matter review is about how treatment services can encourage clients who make an initial contact to return and stay on course [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
An exhaustive multi-country and multi-language trawl for randomised trials of acupuncture in the treatment of alcohol dependence found just 11 studies, which overall offered little support to any form of the therapy [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
New guidance on managing pregnant women dependent on heroin and allied drugs emphasises that maintenance prescribing is the core treatment but holistic, individualised care is essential. However, its warnings about the dangers of detoxification are not universally accepted [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Heavy drinking hospital inpatients, many with alcohol-related disorders, ought to be prime candidates for advice on their drinking. But this new synthesis of studies found impacts were often lacking; the jolt of a serious injury may have been the best platform for intervention [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
This comprehensive Australian review garnered the lessons from across health promotion and medical care on how best to improve practice by introducing research-based innovations, and then assessed them for their applicability to substance misuse [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Comprehensive calculations from Australia offer clues to what would make the biggest dent in alcohol-related harm at the lowest cost; top of the list were alcohol tax rises, advertising bans, licensing controls, and random breath testing [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Comprehensive and thoughtful review of the UK-relevant literature warns that services which impose rigid and unrealistic expectations of abstinence or independent living on homeless addicts would deny treatment and housing to vulnerable adults with complex needs [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Cognitive-behavioural therapies are among the most widespread and influential approaches to substance use, yet this analysis found they conferred a surprisingly small advantage over other therapies. Perhaps other features are more important than the therapeutic ‘brand’ [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
