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Recovery

Griffith Edwards on history: The development of self help and Alcoholics Anonymous

 Griffith describes the early origins of alcoholics anonymous and the Betty Ford Center

Keith Humphreys on health, spirituality and religion
Keith Humphreys says that there is more tension in the UK than in the US about the connection of spirituality and religion to health
Keith Humphreys compares the evolution of recovery in the US and the UK
Keith explores US and UK recovery in a cultural context, exploring those cultural features, including the differences in the prescribing of methadone



Keith Humphreys on the evidence base for recovery
Keith explores the role science plays in developing policy
Keith Humphreys on recovery community centres
Keith Humphreys looks at the development of recovery community centres and possibilities for evaluating their effectiveness
Ruth Runciman DBE on UK policy and the move towards a focus on abstinence
 Ruth says recovery is 'a process' - it will be a longer process for some, and shorter for others
Neil McKeganey on his latest book 'Controversies in Drugs Policy and Practice'
Neil explains why he was driven to write his book
Neil McKeganey UK Harm Reduction, drug law reform, idealism and Recovery
 Neil explored the connection between UK Harm Reduction and a 'strand of idealism' which made it a 'social movement'. Neil argues the Recovery Movement is also led by idealistic academics and says that he is not sure this is the role of academia.
Neil McKeganey on the 'switch' between harm reduction and abstinence
 Neil gives his view of the 'u-turn' on language at governmental level 
Neil McKeganey on the recovery movement as 'narratives of recovery'
 Neil explains why he thinks the field currently has more questions than answers
Neil McKeganey on numbers in treatment, segmentation, and the role of services
Neil says that the numbers in treatment are the 'elephant in the room' when it comes to recovery orientation 
 
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