Treatment Settings

Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.

Decisions in Recovery: Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Book

5 December 2016

This handbook provides guidance on using the web-based, multimedia tool 'Decisions in Recovery: Medications for Opioid Addiction'. This handbook and the web-based tool offer information about medication-assisted treatment. Both resources...

Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix 2017

Book

8 August 2017

Time for a résumé of the 2017 refresh of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. Released fortnightly, the 25 cells and ‘bite’ commentaries cumulated to a course reflecting on the most significant research underpinning practice, leading you through...

How to Tackle America’s Opioid Crisis?

Scientific article

7 August 2017

Much the result of a poor understanding of how to treat chronic pain, the United States has in recent years been rocked by an unprecedented drug crisis: The opioid epidemic. Opioids include drugs derived from opium, such as heroin, as well...

Implementation & Evaluation of an Intervention for Children in Afghanistan

Scientific article

5 July 2017

The present study examined the impact of a novel intervention for children at risk for substance use or actively using substances that was provided to 783 children between 4 and 18 years of age in Afghanistan. They received the Child...

Morphine versus Methadone Treatment for Neonatal Withdrawal and Impact on Early Infant Development

Scientific article

25 July 2017

Abstract Objective: Compare developmental outcomes in infants treated with morphine versus methadone. Method: Retrospective chart review of newborns identified through use of ICD-9 code for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Thirty-six...

Final Report: Opioid Use, Misuse, and Overdose in Women

Book

19 July 2017

Executive Summary This report was developed as part of an initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH) to examine prevention, treatment, and recovery issues for women who misuse opioids...

Towards a New Consensus for Addiction Medicine Training

Scientific article

2 August 2017

A new study asks for the opinions of addiction experts, with a view to reaching a consensus on the necessary core skills that medical education ought to cover.

Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on Clinical Management

Book

24 July 2017

There is no more important document for doctors treating problem drug use in the UK than the so-called ‘Orange guidelines’. This major update will substantially inform judgements of what constitutes acceptable medical practice - should...

Tackling Youth Substance Use with 12-Step Programmes

Scientific article

1 August 2017

A new study recently published in the academic journal Addiction suggests that substance use treatment programmes that incorporate 12-step practices, such as that used by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), are more effective for combatting...

Review: Pharmacogenetics of Alcoholism Treatment: Implications of Ethnic Diversity

Scientific article

4 November 2016

Abstract Background and Objectives Pharmacogenetic studies of alcohol use disorder (AUD) have suggested that the efficacy of treatments for AUD is, in part, influenced by the genetic background of an individual. Since the frequency of...