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. 

New Video on Alternatives to Incarceration

Video and audio recordings
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Policies that allow for alternatives to incarceration are a way to link individuals with substance use disorders to supportive treatment and social services. This proven approach increases the number of people in long term recovery and...

Essays on Alcohol-related Harm and Interventions

Book
The Effectiveness Bank features a collection of 45 hot topics – essays written by Drug and Alcohol Findings explaining the background and evidence relating to topics which sometimes prompt heated debate. They are a popular way to get up to...

Drugs and Alcohol: Open Access to Research

Website
"Open Access" resources do not require a university affiliation or expensive journal subscriptions. They are available to anyone with an internet connection. This portal, developed with input from the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows at Virginia...

Sex and Gender Effects in Recovery From Alcohol Use Disorder

Scientific article
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The current article provides a summary of biopsychosocial gender differences in alcohol use disorder (AUD), then reviews existing literature on gender differences in treatment access, retention, outcomes, and longer-term recovery. Among...