Treatment

The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing.

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Emotions Thought to Drive Effective Therapy

Scientific article

14 March 2019

Research findings amalgamated for the American Psychological Association show that the outcomes of psychotherapy are substantially and significantly better the more the therapist or especially the client display emotional arousal during...

Hazardous Alcohol Use among Patients with Schizophrenia and Depression

Scientific article

22 September 2017

Harmful alcohol use is known to increase the risk of alcohol dependence as well as physical conditions such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and cirrhosis. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a common co-occurring disorder in people with...

Webinar: Technology-based Contingency Management to Promote Smoking Cessation

13 March 2019

Webinar

Contingency management (CM) is one of the most efficacious interventions to promote drug abstinence. Under CM interventions, desirable consequences such as goods or services are provided contingent on objective evidence of abstinence.

Utilization of Addiction Treatment among U.S. Adults with History of Incarceration and Substance Use Disorders

Scientific article

5 March 2019

Abstract Background The high prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) among incarcerated adults in the U.S. is well-known, but there has been less examination of SUD treatment and rates of incarceration among the population of adults...

Invitation to Participate: How do we support people with intellectual disability and addictive behaviours?: An exploratory study of addiction counsellors

News

This study is concerned with the experiences of professionals in the field of intellectual or developmental disability, and professionals in the field of addiction in working with people with learning and developmental disability who...

Supporting Young People who Hear Voices & Use Drugs or Alcohol

20 May 2019

London

United Kingdom

There has been increasing awareness of the relationship between drugs and hearing voices in young people, but much less is said about what it might be like for a young person who uses drugs and hears voices, and even less about ways to support a young person in this situation.

Reinforcing Behaviour Change in Addiction Treatment

5 April 2019

London

United Kingdom

Reinforcing Behaviour Change in Addiction Treatment' will present findings from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme grant which sought to develop an evidence base for contingency management in addiction services in the UK.

NWATTC Webinar: Teens R' Us and the SBIRT Model

27 March 2019

Webinar

This webinar will provide an overview of the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model for use with adolescents suspected of substance abuse. An emphasis will be placed on clinical applications of SBIRT.

Mar 27, 2019 12:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada).

Substance Use among Youth with Chronic Medical Conditions

Scientific article

23 January 2019

Adolescence is generally associated with health, development and growth. However, a great number of adolescents are affected by chronic illness - defined as a disability interfering with normal life and/or demanding treatment. Substance use...

Treatment of Cannabis-related Problems in the Nordic Countries

Book

28 February 2019

After alcohol, cannabis is the second most common intoxicant in the Nordics. In Denmark cannabis is by far the principle issue among newcomers to drug treatment, in Iceland, more than one-third of all addiction patients have cannabis as a...