About Treatment
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What is treatment?
Treatments are usually divided into psychosocial and pharmaco-therapies and seen as distinct from self-help or natural recovery processes…
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What is recovery?
Recovery is a journey towards a lifestyle that is not controlled or constrained by alcohol, drugs or tobacco. See how to get there…
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Family and friends
You cannot over estimate the importance of a trusted friend to someone who needs help…
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Effective people
Some addiction practitioners are more effective than others. Who will make things better, who will make things worse…
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Effective places
The culture of a service is as important as the interventions it offers. Which agencies make things better…
How good is treatment?
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12-steps & mutual aid
This approach has stood the test of time. No other intervention has such effectiveness and freely available accessibility.
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Alcohol treatment
Alcohol treatment is probably the most researched and developed of all addiction interventions. There are effective treatments to choose from…
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Opioid treatment
Treatment for opioid addiction tends to be overshadowed by substitute prescribing. There are good alternatives to consider…
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Stimulant treatment
Use of stimulant drugs tends to be self limiting because most people cannot function on a constant high. Limited options…
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Cannabis treatment
Help seeking for cannabis addiction is not so common and nor are specific treatments. Applying general principles is effective…
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Talking therapies
The most effective talking therapies include building support, adopting a motivational style and applying behavioural approaches…