The training content will include key concepts of MI, developing competence in the pathway to change, developing MI skills and practice an integration plan.
Marc Galanter (2018) Combining medically assisted treatment and Twelve-Step programming: a perspective and review, The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 44:2, 151-159, DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2017.1306747
ABSTRACT
Background: People with severe substance use disorders require long-term rehabilitative care after the initial treatment. There is, however, a deficit in the availability of such care. This may be due both to inadequate medical coverage and insufficient use of community-based Twelve-Step programs in many treatment facilities. In order to address this deficit, rehabilitative care for severe substance use disorders could be promoted through collaboration between practitioners of medically assisted treatment, employing medications, and Twelve-Step-oriented practitioners.
Clients’ perceptions of and reactions to treatment are the focus of this final of four bulletins recapping 16 reviews for the American Psychological Association. Emerging from psychotherapy research worldwide are practical and effective ways to assess, shape and use these perceptions and reactions to improve outcomes for substance use clients. “Essential reading” Dr Luke Mitcheson, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez
- Lun, 22/04/2019 - 02:08
Source: Marc Galanter (2018) Combining medically assisted treatment and Twelve-Step programming: a perspective and review, The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 44:2, 151-159, DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2017.1306747 ABSTRACT Background: People with severe substance use disorders require long...
Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez
- Lun, 15/04/2019 - 04:34
Fuente: El Heraldo 14 / Abril / 2019 En el auditorio del Poder Judicial del Centro de Justicia de la región Metropolitana se desarrolló el Seminario “Relevancia de las buenas prácticas de los Centros de Tratamiento en Tribunales de Tratamiento de Drogas (TTD)”, con el objetivo de dar a conocer y...
People who have experienced serious mental health issues are three times more likely to smoke than the wider population.
This summary, plus infographic, describes the Smoking Cessation Intervention for People with Severe Mental Ill Health trial.
The study, led by the University of York, demonstrated that when people with severe mental ill health issues are provided with a bespoke smoking cessation intervention, smoking quit rates were doubled compared to those who received usual care.
This research highlights the importance of tailored and responsive interventions for people who use...
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health of the Government of Serbia, UNODC supported the implementation of the UNODC/WHO substance use disorder treatment facility survey to map existing treatment capacity. The results of the survey serve national policy makers to enhance the availability and quality of services across the country. This is the first global pilot of the UNODC/WHO survey tool and the first in the country with such an implementation methodology and such an extensive coverage (75% of national treatment facilities reached). The treatment facility survey was acknowledged by the...
Second of four bulletins recapping 16 reviews for the American Psychological Association featuring expert advice and amalgamations of research findings on different aspects of the client-therapist relationship. With the overview of the reviews, these constitute an authoritative resource for treatment staff who want to develop their relationship skills. This second bulletin focuses on major elements which coalesce into the recovery-promoting bond between client and therapist.
“Findings have drawn attention to a significant body of work that seeks to understand what makes psychotherapy...
Research findings amalgamated for the American Psychological Association show that outcomes of psychosocial treatments are substantially improved when clients and therapists agree on goals and methods and form collaborative relationships ... but when illegal drug use is the problem, partnership has its limits.
Impressively wise, unprecedentedly comprehensive, backed by the American Psychological Association, and based on expert assessments and 16 new evidence reviews, the overview featured in this analysis has claims to being the single most important document for treatment practitioners who want to develop their relationship skills based on what works in promoting client welfare.
UNODC has put together a discussion paper that aims to raise awareness about the latest scientific evidence concerning the treatment of psychostimulant use disorders.
Time to Act! outlines pragmatic and concrete actions, following the UN General Assembly Special Session 2016 (UNGASS 2016), for prevention of non-medical use of controlled substances, treatment of drug use disorders, social protection and health care for people affected by drugs.
The resource, designed by UNODC, provides details covering the following 10 actions:
Support for parents
Reduce school dropout
Train teachers to develop3 the personal and social skills of children
Substance use and misuse affect people worldwide, of all ages and from all walks of life, resulting in a substantial burden of ill health and mortality, and presenting big challenges in prevention and treatment.
PLOS Medicineis planning a special issue on this topic and is now calling for research papers from the diverse communities that work to support people and populations affected by substance use and misuse.
The aim is to unite clinicians and researchers from all the specialities involved in caring for people and communities impacted by substance use disorder, to stimulate...
Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez
- Mar, 19/03/2019 - 16:15
Although a significant proportion of people with a substance use disorder also suffer other mental disorders, many treatment programs are not prepared to address both. This piece in the Boston Globe shows how Massachusetts is striving to address this situation, despite the short supply of mental...
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 therapy - though among substance use clients, focusing on emotions has not been universally helpful.
ISSUP and UNODC announce the formation of a pool of Global Trainers with the support of the U.S. State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).
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 with SUDs as the denominator. The current study uses a population-based sample to address three questions: (1) What is the rate of lifetime incarceration among the population of U.S. adults with SUDs?; (2) Among adults with SUDs, what proportion of those with incarceration histories use SUD treatment compared to those without incarceration histories...
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.