Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 7 Issue 4

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Treatment for opioids dependence: prisoners' experiences in Wandsworth prison

Clarissa Broderick, Christos Kouimtsidis

Little research has been done on treatment for opioids dependence in prisons in the UK. Treatment programmes are coercive and are abstinence‐orientated, and maintenance…

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How should the effectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems be evaluated?

Nick Heather

In times of information overload, researchers have found ways to synthesise a large amount of data from numerous studies bearing on the effectiveness of treatment for alcohol…

Dual diagnosis: a challenging therapeutic issue of our time

Jane Askey

Dual diagnosis (DD) has become a challenging therapeutic issue of our time. As a substance misuse practitioner, I, like many of my colleagues have often been frustrated with the…

A project description of Outlook

Alison Wilson, Ian Paylor

The Outlook project based in Manchester offers a range of activities, support and skills training to people over the age of 17 with ongoing or previous drug or alcohol issues. The…

ISSN:

1745-9265

Online date, start – end:

2001 – 2022

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Editors:

  • Dr Axel Klein
  • Mr Blaine Stothard
  • Dr Aysel Sultan