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Measuring the Units: A review of patients who died with alcohol-related liver disease
There have been a number of documents over the last decade highlighting the care of this group of patients, making recommendations to improve outcome. The National Plan for Liver Services in England...
No Quick Fix: Exposing the depth of Britain’s drug and alcohol problem
Addiction and alcohol and drug abuse are taking a heavy toll on Britain. One in 20 adults in England (1.6 million) is dependent on alcohol1 and one in 100 (380,000) is addicted to heroin or crack...
The numbers in black and white: Ethnic disparities in the policing and prosecution of drug offences in England and Wales
This report is the second in a series of reports Release has published to support our campaign ‘Drugs - It’s Time for Better Laws’. This campaign was launched in June 2011 and saw the organisation...
A quiet revolution: drug decriminalisation policies across the globe
Over 50 years into the ‘War on Drugs,’ national and international debate on drug policy continues to rage unabated, with few tangible results to show for the effort. Rates of drug use remain high...
Support manual for dealing with substance use issues in and out of school setting
The issues stemming from substance use in contemporary Irish society are a continuing source of concern for policy makers, communities, law enforcement agencies and a range of professional...
At risk, yet dismissed
Public perception is that people with mental health problems are offenders, and historically, policy, research and clinical practice has focused on the risk they pose to others. However, in recent...
Talking to your children about legal highs and club drugs: A parent's handbook
This guidebook aims to provide practical, useful tips for parents wishing to talk to their children about legal highs and club drugs. A survey of young people conducted for the guide found that 58%...
Sobering Up
Britain’s relationship with alcohol is mixed. Alcohol is deeply engrained in the British economy and communal life. Evidence shows that overall we are drinking less than we were a decade ago. Yet,...
Laying the Foundations
Following the publication of new guidance, Sheryl Burton and Emma Sawyer consider how the concept of resilience can help social workers support families with complex needs, including those with...
Drugs, alcohol and postcode lotteries
The shift towards locallydetermined alcohol and drug services in England opens up the possibility of either good or bad news for social work, whether for more therapeutic interventions or the...
Behaviour change: individual approaches
This guidance makes recommendations on individual-level behaviour change interventions aimed at changing the behaviours that can damage people's health. It includes a range of approaches for people...
Demon Drink? A study of alcohol and youth offending in London
Alcohol misuse and youth crime are commonly perceived to be closely associated. Both issues trigger public concern. Yet basic gaps exist in our understanding of how the issues relate. Remarkably...
State of the Sector 2013
Key findings and recommendations • 35% of respondents reported decreased funding, compared to 20% reporting an increase. Around a third to a quarter of services reporting increased or decreased...
Evaluation of ESF Peer Mentoring Wales
This report presents a process and outcome evaluation of the Peer Mentoring Wales (PMW) project. The project, overseen by the Welsh Government, has the primary aim of assisting ex-substance misusers...
Alcohol’s harm to others in Ireland
In Ireland, the burden of alcohol related harm is often experienced by those around the drinker, be they family member, friend, co-worker or innocent ‘bystander’. Alcohol’s harm to others (AH2O)...
Local Alcohol Profiles for England
Local Alcohol Profiles for England have been published on an annual basis since 2006. The latest update, Local Alcohol Profiles for England 2014, was released on 29 April 2014 . The profiles contain...
The High-Way Code: the guide to safer, more enjoyable drug use
What is it? The first guide to safer drug use voted for by people who take drugs. How was it was developed? GDS asked loads of people who take drugs, as well as other experts, what strategies they...
Changing Lifestyles, Keeping Children Safe: an evaluation of the first Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) in care proceedings
This report presents the findings from an independent evaluation of the pilot Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC). FDAC is an innovative approach to care proceedings where parental drug or alcohol...
Introducing the main findings from: Changing Lifestyles, Keeping Children Safe: an evaluation of the first Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) in care proceedings
This report presents the findings from an independent evaluation of the pilot Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC). FDAC is an innovative approach to care proceedings where parental drug or alcohol...
An Interim Evaluation of the Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) Coalition
This interim evaluation was commissioned jointly by MEAM and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The brief was to explore the three phases of MEAM’s work since 2009 (policy, practice and...
NIASW Response to The Donaldson Report Recommendations
The NIASW response to The Donaldson Report Recommendations consultation questionnaire. In general NIASW welcome the implementation of a shift from hospital to community based care. This report is...
The Alcohol and Crime Commission Report
In early 2011, Addaction noticed a significant gap in service provision for prisoners suffering from alcohol abuse – in particular through-the-gate services. In an attempt to tackle some of these...
Families and substance use.
A Measure of Change: an evaluation of the public health transfer to local authorities on alcohol
Alcohol misuse is having a significant impact on communities throughout England, severely affecting the health of local populations There were approximately 1.2 million alcohol-related hospital...
National Forum on Drug -Related Deaths in Scotland: Annual Report 2013
This is the sixth report of the Forum and reflects on the important work done by the members and their associated organisation in 2013. The work of the Forum extends into many areas of clinical...
Out of your mind: Improving provision of drug & alcohol treatment for lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans people
This scoping study set out to examine how drug and alcohol treatment services could better meet the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans (LGBT) people. It sought to explore models of provision...
Adfam discussion paper: Troubled Families Update
The Troubled Families Programme (TFP) was launched in April 2012 as a response to the riots in England in the summer of 2011. It sought to ‘turn around’ the lives of 120,000 ‘troubled families’ in...
Ambitious for Recovery: Tackling drug and alcohol addiction in the UK
Addiction to drugs and alcohol is destroying lives and blighting communities. Today, 300,000= people in England are addicted to opiates and/or crack and 1.6 million are dependent on alcohol. The cost...
Bereaved by Addiction
This booklet is for anyone bereaved through drug or alcohol use, including parents, siblings, partners, grandparents, children, friends or anyone else. Through reading it, we hope you will find some...
Young People and Drugs
Drug use and drug-related problems continue to be a major concern for EU citizens, as well as being a significant public health and public safety issue. Around one quarter of the adult population is...
The Forgotten People: Drug Problems in Later Life
This study is about older people with drug problems. Older people, like younger people, use a variety of drugs from cannabis to heroin. Some older people develop a drug problem for the first time in...
World Drug Report 2004
The World Drug Report provides an annual overview of the major developments in drug markets for the various drug categories, ranging from production to trafficking, including development of new...
Statistics on Alcohol: England, 2014
This product may be of interest to stakeholders, policy officials, commissioners and members of the public to gain a comprehensive picture of society at regional and national level and understand the...
Alcohol, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault
Alcohol harm is experienced not only by drinkers but by those around them including families, friends, colleagues and strangers. There is a strong relationship between alcohol and domestic abuse,...
Drunken Nights Out: Motivations, norms and rituals in the night-time economy
This strategic review, undertaken for Drinkaware, addressed the question: ‘what role could and should Drinkaware play in reducing the harms associated with drunken nights out?’ The review draws on...
Markets for good: the next generation of public service reform
This report is about reform of ‘human’ public services only: health and education, and poverty-fighting services such as addiction support, social work, prisoner rehabilitation, skills training and...
“I think you need someone to show you what help there is”: Parental Alcohol Misuse: Uncovering and responding to children’s needs at a local level.
The project aimed to identify and promote good practice in response to the needs of children affected by parental alcohol misuse and their families, with key questions as to how local areas can...
Roles of Alcohol in Intimate Partner Abuse
There is a consistent link between violence and alcohol consumption. Alcohol was reported to be involved in just over 900,000 violent incidents in 2011/12, and has been noted in between 40 and 50% of...
Medications in Drug Treatment: Tackling the Risks to Children
Since the publication of Hidden Harm by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in 2003, the needs of children of problem drug users have received much greater attention in policy and practice,...
Making the case: A practical guide to promoting drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services locally
Now, more than ever before, drug and alcohol services need to make friends and influence people. Over the last few years, we have seen big changes in policy and funding structures. Local decision...
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco joint strategic needs assessment support pack
As part of their public health remit, local authorities are responsible for commissioning tobacco control, alcohol and drug interventions and services. This joint strategic needs assessment (JSNA)...
Involving families affected by substance use in alcohol and drug education
Using visitors to enhance alcohol and drug education sessions is a common approach taken by many schools, with teachers feeling that people with direct experience can bring a valuable ‘real life’...
State of the Sector 2014 — 15
The first State of the Sector report was published early in 2014 and provided a snapshot of the drug and alcohol treatment sector as it entered into new and uncharted territories. 2013 had seen some...
A councillors’ guide to tackling new psychoactive substances
The last decade has seen the emergence of a number of new drugs which have similar effects to ones that are prohibited by international agreement. These new substances have driven a change in drug...
Hard Edges: Mapping severe and multiple disadvantage
This study sought to provide a statistical profile of a key manifestation of ‘severe and multiple disadvantage’ (SMD) in England. In this report, SMD is a shorthand term used to signify the problems...
Drug and Alcohol Prevention: Intergenerational factors and the role of the family
When talking about the prevention of substance use, it is useful firstly to unpick what we actually mean by the term ‘prevention’: what are we trying to prevent? What is the ultimate aim – and how is...
Comprehensive services for complex needs: A summary of the evidence
Research estimates that there are approximately 60,000 people across England facing multiple and complex needs, with many more at risk of entering this situation. Their needs often include mental...
Is there really no substitute for abstinence?
The question of how best to deal with drug addiction is much debated among professionals. Here former addict Ian Young argues the only way to stop taking drugs is to stop taking drugs, while Yasmin...
Alcohol: preventing harmful alcohol use in the community
This quality standard covers a range of approaches at a population level to prevent harmful alcohol use in the community by children, young people and adults. These statements are particularly...
Constructing alcohol identities
In recent years, Social Network Sites (SNS) have become an important aspect of young people’s leisure and friendship networks, including peer drinking culture. Thus, the intoxigenic spaces in which...
Guidance for local authorities on taking action against ‘head shops’ selling new psychoactive substances - working with local partners.
1. New psychoactive substances, also known as ‘legal highs’, are an emerging threat, both in the UK and worldwide. New psychoactive substances are drugs, of which the majority are not currently...
Women and alcohol: social perspectives
Presentation by Patsy Staddon, PhD Chair, Women’s Independent Alcohol Support at the “Revisiting Social Models of Mental Health Social Work” conference 17th March 2015
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Resource pack for informal educators and practitioners
Children and young people growing up in the 21st Century are exposed to risk. Risk and risk-taking are a natural part of the transition into adulthood. But what do we mean by risk? In young people’s...
The Evidence of Effectiveness & Minimum Standards for the Provision of Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice in Community Health Settings
Around 9 million people in England regularly drink above the Government’s sensible drinking guidelines. Alcohol use is one of the three biggest lifestyle risk factors for disease and death after...
Alcohol and other Drug Use: The Roles and Capabilities of Social Workers
The aim of this document is to set out the roles and capabilities of social workers in relation to substance use. The document is not a guide to substances and their effects, nor does it provide...
Mental health and substance misuse
The issue of complex needs and how to best meet the challenges posed arguably falls into the definition of a ‘wicked’ problem. Wicked problems occur in situations where information is incomplete,...
Body confidence campaign: Progress report 2015
The government’s body confidence campaign was established in November 2010 to: • Respond to public concerns and raise public debate to promote cultural change • Support efforts to promote media...
Local Solutions, Healthy Lives: council’s role in drug and alcohol services
Drug and alcohol dependency is a complex health disorder with social causes and consequences. No single factor can predict whether or not a person will become addicted. Following the transfer of...
Review of Drug and Alcohol Commissioning A joint review conducted by Public Health England and the Association of Directors of Public Health
The continuing importance and emphasis attached to improving outcomes for those who require treatment for alcohol or drug use has further intensified following the changes made to commissioning...
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS): Resource pack for informal educators and practitioners
Children and young people growing up in the 21st century are exposed to risk. Risk and risk-taking are a natural part of the transition into adulthood. But what do we mean by risk? In young people’s...
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