Video: David Best on psychosocial interventions

Footnotes

1) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Psychosocial Guideline

In 2007 NICE produced two guidelines on drug misuse. Drug misuse: psychosocial interventions [NICE clinical guideline 51] and Drug misuse: opioid detoxification [NICE clinical guideline 52]. See http://www.nice.org.uk/CG51

2) Clinical trial: Project MATCH

Project MATCH Research Group. (1993). Project MATCH: Rationale and methods for a multisite clinical trial matching patients to alcoholism treatment. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 17, 1130-1145.

3) Clinical Trial: UK Alcohol Treatment Trial (UKATT)

Effectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems: findings of the randomised UK alcohol treatment trial (UKATT). UKATT Research Team

4) Paper: ENABLING DEPENDENT DRUG USERS: A COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL ASSESSMENT

Paper

ENABLING DEPENDENT DRUG USERS: A COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL ASSESSMENT

Julian Buchanan [ Buchanan, J ]

5) Article: It makes you think... MATCH - the untold story (Mike Ashton Drug and Alcohol Findings)

Mike Ashton / Findings

http://www.alcoholpolicy.net/2005/09/it_makes_you_th.html

6) CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

Royal College of Psychiatrists Definition of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

News and articles library

Drug offences definitive guideline - Sentencing Council >>

28th January 12 - Following a 12 week consultation the Sentencing Council is publishing its new definitive guideline on drug offences, which has been issued in accordance with section 120 (4) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

Hepatitis C and HIV Co-infection >>

25th January 12 - NAT is the UK’s leading charity dedicated to trans- forming society’s response to HIV. We provide fresh thinking, expertise and practical resources. We champion the rights of people living with HIV and campaign for change.
National Aids Trust

Voice Audio Bank - Alcohol and Drugs >>

12th December 11 - Voice Audio Bank is brought to you by people with experience of alcohol and drugs problems, volunteers, and Lifeline Project.

A review of the literature: quality of life among opiate-dependent individuals >>

27th October 11 - Methadone saves lives - but does it also make those lives better? The first systematic review of research on the quality of life of opiate users finds this generally improves once they start treatment, but few studies have assessed what counts as a good life from the point of view of the patient rather than the broader society.

View the full library >>

FEAD - Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs

David Best on psychosocial interventions