All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Psycho-education for substance use and antisocial personality disorder: a randomized trial.

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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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...

The Broker of Reality”: A Scoping Review of Moral Reconation Therapy.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Purpose

This scoping review aims to identify the evidence-based literature supporting Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT), a cognitive-behavioral treatment program created in 1987 and implemented in correctional-treatment settings...

A theoretically informed meta-analysis of the risk for general and violent recidivism for mentally disordered offenders.

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Treatment
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Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) pose a significant challenge for forensic and correctional staff charged with managing them in a safe and humane manner. As with non-disordered offenders, it is important to identify the...

Mindfulness treatment for substance misuse: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Highlights

•First meta-analysis of mindfulness treatment for substance misuse.

•Mindfulness treatment is a positive intervention for substance use disorders.

•Mindfulness treatment had a significant small effect on reducing substance...

A systematic review of motivational interviewing to address substance use with justice-involved adults.

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Treatment
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Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

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...

A meta-analysis of cognitive-behavioral therapy for alcohol or other drug use disorders: Treatment efficacy by contrast condition.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Objective.

This meta-analysis examined 30 randomized controlled trials (32 study sites; 35 study arms) that tested the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for alcohol or other drug use disorders (AUD/SUD). The study...

Psychological interventions for antisocial personality disorder.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
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Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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...

Evidence-based treatment and supervision practices for co-occurring mental and substance use disorders in the criminal justice system.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

ABSTRACT

Background:

Over seven million persons in the United States are supervised by the criminal justice system, including many who have co-occurring mental and substance use disorders (CODs). This population is at high risk for...

Evidence-based treatment and supervision practices for co-occurring mental and substance use disorders in the criminal justice system.

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Abstract

Background: Over seven million persons in the United States are supervised by the criminal justice system, including many who have co-occurring mental and substance use disorders (CODs). This population is at high risk for...

Effectiveness of mindfulness-based relapse prevention in individuals with substance use disorders:

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Abstract

Objectives: This systematic review aimed to understand the current state of the art about the effectiveness of mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) on individuals with substance use disorders (SUD), taking into account not...