A special issue of Drugs and Alcohol Today hopes to critically examine international developments in addiction recovery policy and practice. This edition welcomes literature reviews and empirical research using qualitative,
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The Regional Service User Network (RSUN), with support from Council for the Homeless Northern Ireland (CHNI) and the Public Health Agency (PHA), hosted a conference last week to look at
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DrugScope, one of the UK’s leading independent centre’s of expertise on drugs and drug use is closing it doors today. The charity says its trustees have taken the decision because
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Two new projects which will focus on how people can recover from addiction, especially after returning from careers in the Armed Forces, have been launched in Sheffield. Sheffield Hallam University
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Drug use is common, drug addiction is rare. About one adult in three will use an illegal drug in their lifetime and just under 3m people will do so this
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New book is first to examine theory behind recovery capital and contagion through personal accounts of those in recovery. Strength, Support, Setbacks and Solutions is a new handbook from Pavilion
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Professor Jonathan Chick has been appointed as the new medical director of addiction specialist, Castle Craig. Professor Chick is an eminent consultant psychiatrist with a distinguished career in the National
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A Lurgan woman is the first in Northern Ireland to take up a new post to tackle alcohol misuse among pregnant women. Dr Esther Reid has been appointed as alcohol
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PLANS to transform a block of flats in Drumry into supported living accommodation for ex-drug addicts have been given the green-light by planning chiefs.
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