Topic Four - how good are pharmacotherapies?
1. You will find pages focussed on alcohol, opioids, stimulants and cannabis.
Read each of the treatment research evidence pages. The evidence for effectiveness is uneven, pretty much lacking for stimulants and cannabis, but there are some useful summaries of key findings for pharmacotherapies…
Alcohol
Opioids
Stimulants
Cannabis
2. When you go to the Alcohol Treatment - relapse prevention medication page…
Read the story behind the medications and note how they each have different indications for use.
Read the ‘How to do it’ sections and see how motivational dialogue is used. Notice the large psychological component to prescribing for relapse prevention.
Reflect on the effectiveness of pharmacotherapies and how your understanding might change your practice?
