New fund to deliver Active and Independent Living programme
A new £3 million fund has been announced to enable active and independent living for people who are recovering from illness or injury. The fund will be used to deliver
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Tag: Recovery
Exhibition explores art and substance abuse recovery
A new exhibition highlights how exploring ceramic materials, methods and processes can be a catalyst for positive change for people in recovery from substance abuse. Typecast-Manchester, at the Manchester School
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Project explores mental health recovery through hip-hop lyrics
Kendrick Lamar’s major-label debut album good kid m.A.A.d. city, released in October 2012, provides rich narratives relating to important mental health themes, including addiction, depression and stress resilience, according to
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Webwatch – Aftertrauma
Queen Mary University of London’s Barts Centre for Trauma Sciences (C4TS) has launched the new website Aftertrauma.org, a comprehensive online resource dedicated to helping trauma survivors – and their families,
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Facebook can aid some mental health conditions but deepen others
Facebook can help people recover from mental health problems but it needs to be used cautiously and strategically as it can also make symptoms worse, new research shows. The effects
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Professor urges heroin assisted treatment over methodone
Prescribing heroin to addicts could be cheaper than methadone, an expert on addiction has suggested. Professor Martin Schechter, who has long campaigned on the issue, said the drug substitute did
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Engage: Is there a spiritual dimension to recovery from substance use disorder?
A senior University of Chester lecturer made a major contribution to a broadcast that explored the spiritual dimension of Alcoholics Anonymous’ famous recovery programme. Dr Wendy Dossett, Senior Lecturer in
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Call for papers: Recovery in addictions policy and practice
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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Two new projects explore addiction and recovery in Sheffield
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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Webwatch – Write to Recovery
On 12 June 2014, the Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) launched its Write to Recovery website at The Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. The launch forms part of the organisation’s 10-year
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