Debating with your team…
An important, and enjoyable, part of professional life is to discuss and think about controversial issues with people who you trust and respect - your team.
Our collection of addiction courses, hosted by the Open University, ask students to make a case for their point of view on some of these knotty issues. From here you can discuss with your team the same dilemmas that are raised in the courses…
Addiction Conversations
Motion▷ creating rapport is more important than getting on with treatment resources
Motion▷ a non-directive approach is the only way to maintain client autonomy and agency resources
Motion▷ informal talk, or chat, is a crucial to building a working alliance between practitioner and service user resources
Motion▷ everybody should be encouraged to use social media as part of their support network resources
Addiction Interventions
Motion▷ motivating people to change can only happen on a one-to-one basis resources
Motion▷ structured therapies are too rigid to be useful in the real world resources
Motion▷ mutual aid and fellowship support replace the need for treatment services resources
Motion▷ the briefer the intervention, the more experienced and skilful practitioners need to be resources
Addiction Psycho-pharmacology
Motion▷ alcohol minimum pricing is the best way to reduce alcohol related harms resources
Motion▷ categorical diagnostic data are the backbone of good prescribing practice resources
Motion▷ drug consumption rooms should be available to everybody with an addiction problem resources
Motion▷ psychoactive drugs should be available over the counter resources
Addiction Comorbidity
Motion▷ lifestyle change is the only intervention needed for the treatment of anxiety and depression resources
Motion▷ specialist services are not specialist enough if they fail to give vitamin prophylaxis and treatment resources
Motion▷ the stigma attached to personality disorder is inevitable resources
Motion▷ not everybody who has experienced trauma needs or wishes to have trauma treatment resources