Reports March 2011 |
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Re-think needed on health and social care outcomes
The King’s Fund has called for a single performance framework to ensure that NHS and social care services work together to improve outcomes for patients and service users in a new paper published today - Integrating health and social care: Where next? [The King's Fund, UK]
Allies for Recovery Comorbidity Family Information Pack
PDF [Criminology Research Unit, University of Tasmania]
Comorbidity Competencies Skills Indicators
PDF [Criminology Research Unit, University of Tasmania]
Leading Change: A Plan for SAMHSA's Roles and Actions 2011-2014
Full document or Executive Summary [SAMHSA, USA]
Developing Service User Focused Outcomes in Dual Diagnosis: A Practical Tool
The purpose of this outcomes tool is to support the delivery of quality services for people with co-existing mental health and substance misuse difficulties (dual diagnosis), through a better understanding of service user perspectives [National Mental Health Development Unit, UK]
National drug treatment waiting times
Period ending Oct - Dec 2010 Statistical Publication Notice [ISD Scotland, UK]
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children
Substance use chapter 12 - Findings from the 2010 [HBSC Survey in Scotland]
An assessment of illicit drug policy in Australia (1985-2010)
This monograph forms part of the Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) Monograph Series [DPMP, Australia]
Psychosis with coexisting substance misuse
This guideline offers best practice advice on the assessment and management of people with psychosis and coexisting substance misuse [NICE, UK]
Government's Response to the Reports by Sir Peter North and the Transport Select Committee on Drink and Drug Driving
This is the Government's response to the independent report on drink and drug driving in Great Britain commissioned by the previous Government from Sir Peter North in December 2009. PDF [Department of Transport, UK]
Social Work Services and Recovery from Substance Misuse
A review of the evidence [Scottish Government, UK]
Social Work Services and Recovery from Substance Misuse
Research Findings [Scottish Government, UK]
Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy.
Setting the Scene: Theory of change and baseline picture PDF [NHS Health Scotland]
Adult and juvenile reoffending statistics 2009
Adult and juvenile reoffending statistics for 2009 show a fall in re-offending by adults and juveniles [Ministry of Justice , UK]
Social care funding and the NHS
An impending crisis? PDF [The King's Fund, UK]
Adults represent a majority of inhalant treatment admissions
Over 1 million adults abuse inhalants each year - Spotlight Study PDF [SAMHSA, USA]
Health protection in prisons report 2009-2010
The work programme for 2009-2010 covered three key areas: improving infectious disease surveillance, the hepatitis B vaccination monitoring programme, and information and communication. This report outlines the progress made in meeting the objectives of the work programme in these key areas [Health Protection Agency, UK]
Social networks: their role in addressing poverty
Can social networks help people cope with or move out of poverty, and if so how? - PDF [Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK]
National Drug Strategy 2010-2015
The Strategy is the result of an of an extensive consultation process that began in December 2009 with the release of a consultation paper and concluded in December 2010 with the close of comments on a draft of the Strategy. Full Strategy [Australian Government]
Needle and Syringe Program
Treatment service users (TSU) project: phase two [Department of Health and Ageing, Australia]
The Drug War in Mexico: Confronting a Shared Threat
This 35-page US report analyzes the drug war in Mexico [Council on Foreign Relations, USA]
New plans announced to tackle smoking challenge
‘Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A Tobacco Control Plan for England’ sets out how tobacco control will be delivered over the next five years. Download and Academic review of smokefree legislation [Department of Health, UK]
2011 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
The 2011 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. Volume I and Volume II [Department of State, USA]
INCSR - United Kingdom section
[Department of State, USA]
Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act 2010
The Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act 2010 (the Act) came into effect in Victoria on 1 March 2011 - Summary PDF [Department of Health, Victoria, Australia]
Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Regulations 2011
Authorised by the [Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Australia]
"Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction"
How Science Has Revolutionized the Understanding of Drug Addiction - PDF [NIDA, USA]
INCB Annual Report 2010
The report highlights the Board's concerns about issues such as designer drugs, synthetic cannabinoids and precursor chemicals and also presents regional developments and recommendations for Governments [INCB]
Continued cannabis use and risk of incidence and persistence of psychotic symptoms: 10 year follow-up cohort study
Conclusion Cannabis use is a risk factor for the development of incident psychotic symptoms. Continued cannabis use might increase the risk for psychotic disorder by impacting on the persistence of symptoms [British Medical Journal]
Managing Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Treatment Services
The audit found that the Department of Health has no assurance that the service system objectives, of effective case management and continuity of care for clients, and consistent, high quality services, are being achieved. Full report - Summary [Victorian Auditor-General's Office, Australia]
EMCDDA meeting on wastewater analysis
A list of downloads from 28 January 2011, Lisbon [EMCDDA]
Evaluation of the Alcohol Treatment Requirement in Five Sites Across the Lancashire Probation Area
Delivery of the partnership working between Probation and alcohol treatment services was generally excellent and was underpinned by good quality communication [Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK]