…and how long does it take? The answers have important practical considerations Does recovery happen in NA? (PDF)
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Druglink article 1993 – Discordant defence by Alison Chesney
Poor coordination and lack of funding is leaving rehabs at the mercy of the market Discordant defence (PDF)
Druglink article 1993 – Hepatitis C: time to wake up by Tom Waller and Roger Holmes
As many as half the drug injectors in Britain may be infected with hepatitis C, a virus which can lead to cirrhosis and fatal liver cancer. Treatment is successful in only a minority of cases. As with HIV, the body’s…
Druglink article 1993 – Escape from the therapy trap, part 2 by Rowdy Yeates
Part 2 of a personal history of the Lifeline Project in Manchester Escape from the therapy trap, part 2 (PDF)
Druglink article 1993 – Working with HIV illness by Patrick Coyne and Gul Dhanani
A London drug dependency unit where a fifth of the clients were known to be HIV positive emphasises that these clients should have access to the full range of treatment opportunities available to other clients. Experience is that among clients…
Druglink article 1993 – The therapy trap by Rowdy Yates
Part 1 of a series of extracts from an outspoken account of voluntary sector drugs work in Manchester. The therapy trap (PDF)
Druglink article 1992 – ‘Nightmare scenario’ for rehabs next April
Wholesale closures predicted as DoH ‘reneges’ on grant ‘Nightmare scenario’ for rehabs next April (PDF) Additional keywords: funding
Druglink article 1992 – Family problem, family therapy by John Fitzgerald and Alistair Sutherland
Therapeutic approaches that fail to see problem drug users in their family and social contexts reinforce stereotypes of drug users as social drop-outs. Approaches which recognise the central role of the family in the genesis and maintenance of drug problems…
Druglink article 1991 – From addiction to control by Henk Van Bilsen and Brian Whitehead
Motivational interviewing as a technique for leading the sceptical heroin addict towards self-control. Although behavioural self-control training has proven to be one of the most effective methods for creating change in addictive behaviours, it is not as widely used as…
Druglink article 1990 – The cost of prescribing by Mike Smith
Using methadone to attract and maintain clients may make good anti HIV sense – but who is going to pay the drug bill? The cost of prescribing (PDF) Additional keywords: budgets / costs / methadone maintenance