Coordinated efforts between law enforcement, courts, treatment providers, and social services to reduce reoffending, promote recovery, and address the underlying causes of drug-related crime.
Responding to Drug-Related Offending
The impulsive lifestyle counseling program for antisocial behaviour in outpatient substance abuse treatment.
Abstract Patients with antisocial personality disorder in outpatient treatment for substance use disorders are at high risk of drop-out. Using a randomized design, this study tested the impact of adding a brief psycho-educational program...
Seeking Safety A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse
SUMMARY This manual presents the most widely adopted evidence-based treatment for co-occurring trauma and addiction. For clients facing one or both of these issues, the most urgent clinical need is to establish safety—to reduce addictive...
Psychological interventions for antisocial personality disorder.
Abstract Background: Antisocial personality disorder (AsPD) is associated with poor mental health, criminality, substance use and relationship difficulties. This review updates Gibbon 2010 (previous version of the review). Objectives: To...
Psycho-education for substance use and antisocial personality disorder: a randomized trial.
Abstract Background Antisocial personality disorder often co-exists with drug and alcohol use disorders. Methods This trial examined the effectiveness of offering psycho-education for antisocial personality disorder in community substance...
Impulsive Lifestyle Counselling versus treatment as usual to reduce offending in people with co-occurring antisocial personality disorder and substance use disorder: a post hoc analysis.
Abstract Objectives: To assess the impact of a short psychoeducation intervention for antisocial personality disorder on offending after randomization to treatment. Design: Multicentre, superiority, non-blinded randomized controlled trial...
The outcome of integrated motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavioral therapy in Egyptian patients with substance use disorder.
Abstract Objectives The authors aimed to evaluate the outcome of combined motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavioural therapy (MICBT) for substance use disorder compared to the twelve-step facilitation (TSF) therapy in terms of...
Effectiveness of motivational interviewing with justice-involved people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
ABSTRACT Objective: Motivational interviewing (MI) is increasingly recognized as an effective approach in forensic settings, particularly for overcoming resistance by avoiding confrontation and fostering intrinsic motivation. Research shows...
Motivational interview techniques and the effectiveness of intervention programs with perpetrators of intimate partner violence: A systematic review.
Abstract Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is widely recognised as a severe public health issue. Perpetrators’ Intervention Programs (PIPs) have been essential to prevent recidivism, and the incorporation of Motivational Interview Techniques...
A systematic review of motivational interviewing to address substance use with justice-involved adults.
Background: Motivational Interviewing (MI) is widely used in substance abuse treatment, possibly due to the short sessions and the treatment’s cost-effectiveness. Previous research has established the efficacy of MI among a broad range of...
Motivational interviewing: Helping people change
A must-read for anyone interested in facilitating change with individuals, groups, organizations, and institutions. Miller and Rollnick explain how to work through ambivalence to facilitate change. They present detailed guidelines for using...