RECENT SCIENCE ON THE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF DRUG USE DISORDERS

UNODC Scientific Consultation – December 2015

RECENT SCIENCE ON THE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF DRUG USE DISORDERS

Phaedon Kaloterakis Assistant Director, KETHEA; Member, Board of Directors, International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium; Member, Board of European Federation of Therapeutic Communities; International Consultant

As the substance abuse service system shifts from primarily residential to primarily non- residential settings (mainly for economic reasons), it becomes important to understand how substance abuse treatment processes and outcomes may vary across service settings.

Taking also into account that drug dependence is considered a multi-functional health disorder that often follows the course of a relapsing and remitting chronic disease, the treatment setting is of paramount importance and significance. Thus the presentation elaborates on the following issues:

                          the origins of the residential treatment/therapeutic community (TC) model 


                          active components of treatment in residential settings 


                          types and most recent modifications of residential treatment services 


                          evaluating residential treatment settings 


                          strengths and weaknesses of residential treatment 


                          the future of the residential treatment of drug use disorders 


                          the latest example of a TC in a Greek prison (October 2015) 


About the author 
Phaedon Kaloterakis is the Assistant Director of KETHEA and has been involved with the drug addiction field since 1981. KETHEA with 110 units nationwide is the oldest NGO of its kind in Greece, one of the largest in Europe and a Special Consultant to the ECOSOC of the UN. 
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium (ICRC) for Greece, Cyprus, Malta and Bulgaria, member of the Board of the European Federation of Therapeutic Communities (EFTC) and member of the Therapeutic Communities Journal’s International Editorial Advisory Group. 
Mr. Kaloterakis is a much sought after speaker in international conferences on Addiction, assigned by the UNODC for various trainings globally and has published many articles and scientific papers, his most recent publication for Edizioni Erickson in Italy. 
He has lectured at UCSD (Department of Psychiatry) and is often invited to teach at Democritus University (Social Administration and Law), the National School of Judges and the National Police Academy in Greece. 


He is the coordinator of the Addictions Course for the Open University of Thessaloniki, the Chairman of the Municipal Committee for Addictions and Juvenile Delinquency and also serves as an external supervisor of the National Centre for Addictions in Bulgaria.