All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

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.

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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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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...

A meta-analysis of moral reconation therapy.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Law Enforcement
Probation & Parole
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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This study reports on a meta-analysis of moral reconation therapy (MRT). Recipients of MRT included adult and juvenile offenders who were in custody or in the community, typically on parole or probation. The study considered...

Diverting homeless substance users from hospitalization and incarceration: an innovative agency collaboration.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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In Washington State, U.S., 29 of every 10,000 individuals were homeless in 2019. It has been estimated that over 80% of chronically homeless individuals have experienced substance use disorders. Snohomish County Diversion Center...

Mindfulness-based relapse prevention for substance use disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Objectives: Substance use disorder (SUD) is a prevalent health issue with serious personal and societal consequences. This review aims to estimate the effects and safety of Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) for SUDs.

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Criminal conduct and substance abuse treatment: Strategies for self-improvement and change, pathways to responsible living: The provider's guide, 2nd ed.

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Guide
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change (SSC) provides a standardised, structured and well-defined approach to the treatment of substance abusing judicial clients. The efficacy and effectiveness of SSC depends on developing a...

A meta‐analytic review of the efficacy of psychological treatments for violent offenders in correctional and forensic mental health settings.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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This meta‐analysis examined whether psychological treatments with adult violent offenders in correctional and forensic mental health settings are effective in preventing community recidivism and institutional (hospital/prison)...

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

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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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
Treatment Settings
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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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
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...