Weekly news - 15th April 2011 |
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Treating drug dependence - New habits for old
The extension of “payment by results” to the treatment of drug addicts will test the method’s limits | The Economist
Treating drug dependence in Britain
Martin Barnes of DrugScope on the challenges of paying by results when helping people recover from drug addiction - Audio | The Economist
Payment by results pilot schemes announced
Bracknell Forest, Enfield, Kent, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Stockport, Wakefield and Wigan have been chosen to test innovative new ways to help drug addicts recover and achieve a sustained recovery, Public Health Minister Anne Milton announced - Paul Hayes' letter to partnerships | NTA, UK
Radical approach to drugs recovery piloted
Eight areas in England will test innovative new ways to help drug addicts recover and achieve a sustained recovery, Public Health Minister Anne Milton announced | Department of Health, UK
FundingWatch: Drug and alcohol treatment and supporting recovery
DrugScope is monitoring the impact of changes in commissioning, funding and spending cuts affecting the drug and alcohol sector and other services important for supporting recovery. If your service is not affected, we want to hear from you if cuts elsewhere are impacting on your work and/or service users. Please complete our online survey – all information will be confidential | DrugScope, UK
Supporting the Supporters: mapping services for adult family members of people with drug problems
If you are a service that provides support to adult family members and/or carers of people with drug problems, we would be very grateful if you could complete a short survey | UKDPC
Drug Deaths' Conference Presentations now available
Presentations, in PDF format, from the above Conference are now available to view | Scottish Drugs Forum, UK
Adult Consequences of Late Adolescent Alcohol Consumption
A Systematic Review of Cohort Studies | Alcohol Education and Research Council, UK
An Assessment of the Scientific Support Underlying the FY2011 Budget Priorities of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Testimony presented before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy - Full document | RAND, USA
The Influence of Personal, Family, and School Factors on Early Adolescent Substance Use
US study of middle school students in Southern California | RAND, USA
NDARC Annual Report
Throughout 2010 NDARC has provided Australia with a strong research base to address drug and alcohol problems | National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Australia