Treatment Settings

Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse. 

Review of Alternatives to Incarceration Efforts Worldwide

Scientific article
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Research from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in partnership with the Department of State’s Diplomacy Lab Project on the readiness of countries to expand alternatives to incarceration (ATIs) for persons with substance use disorders (SUDs).
John Jay College of Criminal Justice ISSUP

Drug overdose: a film about life

Video and audio recordings
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This is a film about hope and life, it is about people who are making a difference.
WHO ISSUP

Quality and the Workforce

ISSUP Webinar
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ISSUP Quality in Treatment Network and ISSUP UK are pleased to present this Webinar on Quality and the Workforce. This Webinar looks into the role of the workforce in ensuring quality drug use disorder treatment services.

Deconstructing Addiction

Website
This resource has been initiated by Anthony Corballis in conjunction with Dulwich Centre Publications. You’ll find here a range of writings about addiction and ways of responding to alcohol and other drug use.

Alcohol and self-harm: A qualitative study

Scientific article
Executive Summary This qualitative study was commissioned by Alcohol Change UK in Wales to explore how and why alcohol and self-harm are related, and how alcohol, self-harm, and related services, are experienced and understood. Eleven...

Overdose recognition and management: Reading list

Reading List
According to the World Health Organisation, around half a million deaths each year are attributable to drug use. More than 70% of these deaths are related to opioids, with more than 30% of those deaths caused by overdose. Signs, symptoms...

Periods of altered risk for non-fatal drug overdose

Scientific article
The risk of an individual overdosing is influenced by a range of, often overlapping circumstances. Factors such as incarceration, mental and physical health conditions, and the treatments prescribed for these conditions can all affect the...