Debating with your team…
An important, and enjoyable, part of professional life is to discuss and think about controversial issues with people you trust and respect.
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 debate with your team or in supervision the same dilemmas that are raised in the courses…
Addiction Conversations
► What is the best way to create rapport? resources
► Who should decide on the goals of treatment? resources
► How much treatment time is used up with chat? resources
► Are social media the ideal support for addicts? resources
Addiction Interventions
► Does motivation for change only come from the individual? resources
► Are structured therapies the best kind of intervention? resources
► Do addiction services add anything to mutual aid? resources
► Who is best placed to deliver brief interventions? resources
Addiction Psycho-pharmacology
► Is minimum pricing the best way to reduce alcohol consumption? resources
► Is it a good idea to provide opioid substitution therapy on day one at a service? resources
► Are drug consumption rooms an effective harm reduction strategy? resources
► Should psychoactive drugs be more available over the counter? resources
Addiction Comorbidity
► Is lifestyle change an adequate intervention for anxiety or depression? resources
► Should specialist addiction services provide parenteral vitamins? resources
► Is the stigma attached to personality disorder inevitable? resources
► Is it inevitable that trauma is the result of or reason for addiction problems? resources