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The Comparative Effectiveness of Outpatient Treatment for Adolescent Substance Abuse: A Meta-Analysis
Multi-prong therapies centred on the family emerge as probably the most effective in this comprehensive and careful synthesis of the results of trials of non-residential programmes for substance using teenagers - but do the outcomes warrant...
ISSUP Staff in the Spotlight: Jeff Lee
Over many years Jeff has undertaken and managed projects in more than 80 different countries around the world as well as taken the lead role in one national and two international organisations.
Can Drug Prevention Programmes Reduce Substance Use by Participants’ Friends?
Besides reducing substance use between its participants one prevention programme also reduced drug use among the friends of those who took part.
XR-Naltrexone: A Step-by-Step Guide
The Providers' Clinical Support System for Medication Assisted Treatment (PCSS-MAT) experts have recently created a virtual step-by-step XR-Naltrexone User Guide to assist you in your practice in treating opioid use disorder (OUD). XR...
Il problema della droga nelle Americhe: droga e salute pubblica
Sintesi e risultati
La maggior parte delle persone non fa uso di droghe illecite e tra coloro che le provano, solo una frazione svilupperà modelli di dipendenza. Tuttavia, l'uso di droghe costituisce un serio problema di salute per molte...
Il problema punjabi: l'uso di droghe in una delle regioni più ricche dell'India
Secondo la BBC, una recente indagine condotta dal governo suggerisce che più di 860.000 giovani (15-35) nella regione indiana del Punjab assumono droghe. Questo è tre volte la media nazionale. L'eroina è usata dal 53% di tutti i...
Reducing Risk: Assessing the Effectiveness of Computer-Based Interventions
A new study reveals that computer-based intervention programmes could reduce the risk of substance use among early adolescents living in an urban setting.
Whole Family Recovery
This document provides an overview of themes that emerged from the Adfam’s Whole Family Recovery and Alcohol Focus Groups and interviews. This research was conducted to scope the impacts of the recovery of someone with an alcohol problem on...
Manifesto di Adfam per le famiglie: 5 sfide chiave per sostenere le famiglie colpite dall'uso di droghe e alcol
"Non devi usare droghe per esserne influenzato".
Nel 2010 Adfam ha identificato cinque sfide chiave per le famiglie che il governo dovrebbe affrontare, identificate dalle parti interessate in tutta l'Inghilterra. Essi erano:
- Sostenere...
Lavorare con i nonni che crescono i loro nipoti a causa dell'uso di sostanze da parte dei genitori
Questa guida offre consigli e suggerimenti per supportare i fornitori di servizi a fornire servizi efficaci ai nonni che si prendono cura dei loro nipoti a causa dell'abuso di sostanze da parte dei genitori. Si basa fortemente sul lavoro...
Supporting Families Affected by Substance Use and Domestic Violence
This research report analyses how domestic violence and abuse is more likely than not to occur within intimate partner relationships where one partner has a problem with alcohol or drugs. The aims of this research project were:
- To...
Drug and Alcohol Related Bereavement - Scoping Review
Adfam and Cruse Bereavement Care carried out a four year drug and alcohol related bereavement project funded by the Big Lottery and running from 2010-14. The purpose of this review is to create a solid evidence-base from which the project...
Consultation Findings for the BEAD Project
Adfam and Cruse Bereavement Care undertook an exploration of the experiences of families and friends bereaved through drug and/ or alcohol use, with the aim of developing a range of peer support services and targeted information...
Tra l'incudine e il martello: come i genitori si comportano con i bambini che usano sostanze e perpetrano abusi
Questo rapporto è stato scritto da Adfam e Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) e copre i processi e i risultati di un progetto congiunto condotto dalle due organizzazioni nel 2011/12 sulla violenza e l'abuso da bambino a genitore. Rivela che...
Voci reali nel volontariato
Adfam ha pubblicato questo kit di strumenti di volontariato per fornire tutte le informazioni, le politiche, la legge e le risorse necessarie sul volontariato, le famiglie e l'uso di sostanze.
I volontari hanno sempre svolto un ruolo...
Medications in Drug Treatment: Tackling the Risks to Children – One Year on
This ‘One Year On’ report expands upon the findings and recommendations of Adfam’s Medications in Drug Treatment: Tackling the risks to children, published in 2014, and further contributes to the debate on reducing the risks to children...
Families, Drugs and Alcohol - Policy and Research since 1984
The past 30 years has seen a huge amount of change in the policy, practice and politics around both families and drug/alcohol (‘substance’) use. Laws, behaviours and public perceptions have all altered substantially. As part of Adfam’s 30th...
Challenging Stigma: Tackling the Prejudice Experienced by Families of Drug and Alcohol Users
Stigma and drug use have been associated for a long time, and in recent years they have been popular topics of debate and the focus of a growing body of research. But in the same way that families have often been absent in other drug policy...
Becoming Visible: The Somali Community and Substance Use in London
In 2006 Adfam was awarded a three year grant by the Department for Communities and Local Government to work with the Somali community around substance use and family support in London. Becoming visible gives an overview of the issues...
Multiple Fentanyl Overdoses — New Haven, Connecticut, June 23, 2016
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Fentanyl and its analogs have been substituted for heroin and other opioids, and are usually marketed to persons seeking opioids. Because of fentanyl’s high potency compared with heroin...