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Evaluating the Treatment of Drug Abuse in the European Union

2018

This monograph describes methods, instruments and indicators designed to enhance the evaluation of treatment programmes for drug users in the EU. Through a dozen expert papers and recommendations, the publication explores the theory of drug treatment evaluation and how the principles of such evaluation can be applied in practice and made relevant to practitioners. In particular, the monograph demonstrates how evaluation can help policy-makers take informed and appropriate decisions on treatment and help professionals boost the quality, relevance and cost-effectiveness of treatment services.

Addiction Science: A Rationale and Tools for a Public Health Response to Drug Abuse

Public health reviews

New scientific knowledge and effective, evidence-based interventions have provided health leaders and policymakers a remarkable paradigm to guide the development of addiction treatment services around the world. The definition of addiction as a brain disease, validated screening and assessment tools, medication-assisted treatment, and effective behavioral treatments have served as vehicles for both the United States and other countries to guide the transformation of their substance abuse treatment systems. Seeking to expand international research and infrastructure, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)'s International Program has engaged international investigators and institutions in addiction research to promote dissemination of addiction science globally. This paper presents three mixed-methods case studies to exemplify the use of advancements in evidence-based practice in addiction treatment as guides and tools for the creation or further development of treatment syst...

Principles of Drug Dependence Treatment DISCUSSION PAPER -PRINCIPLES OF DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT

Drug dependence and its associated social and health problems can be treated effectively in the majority of cases if people have access to continuum of available and affordable treatment and rehabilitation services in a timely manner. To this end, all barriers limiting accessibility to treatment services need to be minimized for people to have access to the treatment that best fits their needs.

The Evaluation of Substance User Treatment—A Jubilee Proposal for the 21st Century

Substance Use & Misuse, 2015

This article recommends a longitudinal, national study of the outcomes of substance user treatment, plus a cohort of users who do not enter treatment. Viewing addiction primarily as a brain disease has provided interesting descriptive information but dismisses the psychological, social, political, economic, and legal dimensions of substance user dependence. An increased emphasis on behavioral study of treatment outcomes with a decreased emphasis on brain-focused research on substance use is overdue.

Defining Success: The Politics of Evaluation in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Programs

1994

Les AA. s'interessent aux programmes de desintoxication pour les alcooliques et les drogues. Ils presentent un certain nombre de donnees collectees aux Etats-Unis dans des services medicaux et s'efforcent de comprendre comment sont evalues les traitements, les «guerisons». Ils mettent en doute le bien-fonde du modele qui preconise une stricte abstinence. Ils soulignent que les chances de succes dans ce type de cure sont liees a une reduction progressive de la consommation d'alcool ou de drogue. Ils affirment en effet que les patients alternent au cours des traitements entre des periodes d'abstinence et de consommation