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We
are touched by Peter's kind remarks |
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To say that Daily Dose provides a unique and
useful service is a masterpiece of understatement. I find it
indispensable not only in keeping me informed and up to date,
but it is completely unbiased in what it ‘flags’.
When one considers that Daily Dose is published 365 days of the
year - which is only possible by the personal efforts
and dedication of Jim Young and Professor David Clark -
it has to be considered as an accomplishment which defies the
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us might be willing to invest, I hope therefore, that
everyone will join me in making a financial donation within one’s
own resources, that will ensure the continuing publication of
Daily Dose. Donate
here [Peter O’Loughlin. The Eden Lodge Practice, UK] |
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Up
to the job? |
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Is the drug and alcohol workforce fit for purpose
or fit for change? asks Professor Neil McKeganey ... DDN briefings
from Professor David Clark who virtually single-handedly
has taken on the role of increasing the drug and alcohol workers’ knowledge of
the results of that massive body of addictions research [Drink
and Drugs News, UK] |
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Background
briefing |
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Professor David Clark continues his reflections
on treatment of substance misuse problems (part 2) [Drink and
Drugs News, UK] |
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Daily
Dose sponsorship details |
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WIRED is
appealing for sponsors whose support is absolutely essential
for the continued publication of Daily Dose [Editor] |
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The
drug strategy game |
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The government unveiled its new ten-year drug
strategy on 27 February, following a seven-month consultation
exercise. DDN invites you to roll dice through its main elements,
to take a turn at seeing what's on offer [Drink and Drugs News,
UK] |
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Holiday
in Cambodia |
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London drug worker Lee Sugden reveals how his
unforgettable trip to the drug-littered streets of Phnom Penh
took him to the frontline of harm reduction [Drink and Drugs
News, UK] |
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Streets
of shame |
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Issues of stigmatisation can act as a barrier
to stop people from accessing and remaining in treatment. Norman
Raishbrooke tells David Gilliver about tackling problems in the
Asian community [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Notes
from the Alliance |
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Peter McDermott examines the drug strategy
and asks why undermine its highs? [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Letters |
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Responses to recent DDN features [Drink and
Drugs News, UK] |
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When
offering advice on drugs, it's tough being a role model |
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It happened, as I always knew it would. My
daughter, aged 15, finally asked me about my experiences with
drugs [Comment - Guardian, UK] |
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11-year-olds
treated for alcoholism |
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Chilren as young as 11 are being treated in
Wales by a children’s version of Alcoholics Anonymous [icWales,
UK] |
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Written
questions and statements from Jim Dobbin MP |
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Includes all written questions and statements
from this MP during the current session [Parliament, UK] |
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Parliamentary
letters concerning involuntary tranquilliser addiction |
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A chronological listing of letters written
by Jim Dobbin MP [A>MAD, UK] |
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The
Seroxat timeline |
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Campaigning on Seroxat and other SSRI antidepressants – a
chronology [Mind, UK] |
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The following 5 publications are from
the Manners
Matter series - Drug and Alcohol Findings, print publication
2004-2006 |
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Waiting
times, appointment reminders, post-treatment check-ups |
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In seemingly mundane tasks like reminding patients
of appointments and checking how they are doing after they leave,
individualised and welcoming communications characterise effective
services [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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Practical
help with children and transport also show you care |
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Explores the less glamorous elements of service
delivery - how to help people get there and get there on time.
Transport and childcare are key ingredients but a helping hand
does more than help carry the load - it shows that you care [Drug
and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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Motivational
interviewing best without the manual |
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Investigates motivational interviewing as a
way of engaging new patients in treatment, the role for which
the most influential counselling style in addiction treatment
was created. At first we couldn't believe what we'd found - but
it really has worked best without a manual. Bill Miller agreed
[Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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Can
you really do motivational interviewing with clients forced
to attend? |
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Probes the research to discover whether motivational
interviewing can overcome the hostile prison environment and
the distrust of youngsters, drink drivers and other offenders
pressured into counselling by the criminal justice system [Drug
and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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The
complex of issue when to take the lead and when to sit back |
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Do you bristle when someone else takes the
lead or gladly take a back seat? In therapy too, directiveness
matters, and in a surprisingly consistent way. This last part
of the series unpicks the important common threads from the literature
[Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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Drug
test controversy |
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Controversy has come regarding Milan’s
decision to offer parents of teenagers free kits to test their
children for drugs [New Europe] |
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CAMH
applauds the move to protect children from second-hand smoke |
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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
applauds the provincial government's decision to introduce legislation
banning smoking in private vehicles carrying children, to ensure
that they are protected from the harms of second-hand smoke [CAMH,
Canada] |
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Quantity
and Frequency of Drinking Influence Mortality Risk |
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How much and how often people drink – not
just the average amount of alcohol they consume over time – independently
influence the risk of death from several causes [NIH, USA] |
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Can
Recovering Drug Addicts Drink? |
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The twin purposes of this article are to recount
the evolving policies toward alcohol within therapeutic communities
and to offer reflections on the lessons that can be extracted
from this interesting footnote in the history of addiction treatment
and recovery in America [Counselor, USA] |
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Chemical
Dependency and the Family |
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The children of alcoholics movement was a very
unique mental health movement, as it was not started or guided
by mental health professionals, but rather, began as a grassroots
movement driven primarily by adult children of alcoholics who
felt the need to be heard, and who wanted recovery for themselves,
as well as for the many children of alcoholics to follow [Counselor,
USA] |
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Brief
Interventions and Goal Setting |
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Brief interventions are a treatment modality
that has been well studied in the clinical research setting [Counselor,
USA] |
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Sober
Second Thoughts |
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A legislative reversal pumps life into a Virginia
DUI bill that had been left for dead [Washington Post, USA] |
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Blessing
in disguise? |
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On Saturday, President Evo Morales of Bolivia
sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon rejecting the
recommendations of the International Narcotics Control Board
(INCB) to "abolish or prohibit coca leaf chewing and the
manufacture of coca tea." ... In a blog by Jim Shultz of
the Democracy Center he argues that the Board’s recommendations
may be a blessing in disguise. According to him the Board "never
argued that chewing coca leaves or drinking coca tea was unhealthful
or dangerous. No, the logic of the panel was just one of consistency." [TNI
- UNGASS] |
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Hepatitis
C in Australian Prisons: A Terminal Sentence |
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Terminal Sentence' DVD has now been converted
and uploaded to Google Video [Hepatitis Australia] |
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