Treatment

The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing.

New Resource: Time to Act!

Book

1 March 2019

Time to Act! outlines pragmatic and concrete actions, following the UN General Assembly Special Session 2016 (UNGASS 2016), for prevention of non-medical use of controlled substances, treatment of drug use disorders, social protection and...

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Make Patients Partners in Therapy

Scientific article

25 March 2019

Research findings amalgamated for the American Psychological Association show that outcomes of psychosocial treatments are substantially improved when clients and therapists agree on goals and methods and form collaborative relationships...

A Cross-Journal Call for Papers- Substance Use, Misuse and Dependence: Prevention and Treatment

News

Substance use and misuse affect people worldwide, of all ages and from all walks of life, resulting in a substantial burden of ill health and mortality, and presenting big challenges in prevention and treatment. PLOS Medicine is planning a...

United Nations Toolkit on Synthetic Drugs

Website

18 March 2019

The UN Synthetic Drugs Toolkit is a group of electronic resources carefully put together by organisations such as UNODC, WHO and INCB.

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Emotions Thought to Drive Effective Therapy

Scientific article

14 March 2019

Research findings amalgamated for the American Psychological Association show that the outcomes of psychotherapy are substantially and significantly better the more the therapist or especially the client display emotional arousal during...

Webinar: Technology-based Contingency Management to Promote Smoking Cessation

13 March 2019

Webinar

Contingency management (CM) is one of the most efficacious interventions to promote drug abstinence. Under CM interventions, desirable consequences such as goods or services are provided contingent on objective evidence of abstinence.

Utilization of Addiction Treatment among U.S. Adults with History of Incarceration and Substance Use Disorders

Scientific article

5 March 2019

Abstract Background The high prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) among incarcerated adults in the U.S. is well-known, but there has been less examination of SUD treatment and rates of incarceration among the population of adults...

Invitation to Participate: How do we support people with intellectual disability and addictive behaviours?: An exploratory study of addiction counsellors

News

This study is concerned with the experiences of professionals in the field of intellectual or developmental disability, and professionals in the field of addiction in working with people with learning and developmental disability who...

Supporting Young People who Hear Voices & Use Drugs or Alcohol

20 May 2019

London

United Kingdom

There has been increasing awareness of the relationship between drugs and hearing voices in young people, but much less is said about what it might be like for a young person who uses drugs and hears voices, and even less about ways to support a young person in this situation.

Reinforcing Behaviour Change in Addiction Treatment

5 April 2019

London

United Kingdom

Reinforcing Behaviour Change in Addiction Treatment' will present findings from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme grant which sought to develop an evidence base for contingency management in addiction services in the UK.