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McVey, Richard – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2010
I have been delivering the flexible family work approaches outlined in this supplement at Aquarius for the past 8 years. Aquarius is an English Midlands-based addictions charity working with people who have problems with alcohol, drugs, or gambling and supporting their family members/concerned others. I have been a practitioner participating in…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Barriers, Action Research, Foreign Countries
Leonardi, Andrea; Fioravanti, Paolo; Scavelli, Sonia; Velicogna, Francesco – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2009
The 2005 EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Annual report 2005: the state of the drugs problem in Europe, from http://ar2005.emcdda.europa.eu/en/home-en.html?CFID=5556438&CFTOKEN=9393b63b806e64c7-FB015A79-E157-F9DE-99626FADD9F4C983&jsessionid=2e30185a01447c413a1e) annual report remarks the dearth of options…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Cocaine, Drug Addiction, Foreign Countries
Reyes, Cassandra L. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2009
The incarceration binge between 1980 and 2000 resulted in a rate of incarceration of 100 to over 500 people per 100,000 (Irwin, 2005). Specifically, from 1980 to 1997, the number of drug offenders increased 1,040% (Petersilia, 2003). Not only is the number of drug offending inmates an issue, so is the cost of drug addiction, prompting a need for…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Crime, Prevention, Drug Addiction
Cook, Jana; McClure, Scott; Koutsenok, Igor; Lord, Scot – Journal of Teaching in the Addictions, 2008
In October 2006, the California Men's Colony (CMC) in San Luis Obispo, faced with staff recruitment and retention difficulties, took an innovative step to utilize long-term sentenced inmates as peer mentors and primary counselors to lead their prison-based therapeutic community (TC) program. The program was designed, developed, and implemented…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Mentors, Substance Abuse, Program Improvement
O'Brien, Thomas – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2007
This paper critically examines methadone treatment from the perspective of adult and community education and questions the absence of rehabilitation. It identifies biomedicine and the methodology of evidence based medicine as the discourses that determine our understanding of addiction and treatment. It is especially critical of psychiatry for the…
Descriptors: Community Education, Adult Education, Psychiatry, Drug Therapy

Baird, Francis X.; Frankel, Arthur J. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2001
Reviews the history of community-based treatment for offenders with drug and alcohol addiction. Describes the treatment regimen in two residential programs for offenders with drug and alcohol problems, including a description of the components of the residential treatment model utilized in these two programs. Findings support the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Correctional Rehabilitation, Drug Addiction, Program Effectiveness
Gonzalez-Prendes, A. Antonio – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Two experimental conditions, a manualized cognitive-behavioral anger-control treatment incorporating empowerment strategies and a relapse-prevention treatment without the anger-control component, were compared to assess their impact on levels of trait anger and attributional styles of women recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. Participants…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Prevention, Drug Addiction, Group Counseling
Babor, Thomas F. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
This study evaluated the efficacy of 2 brief interventions for cannabis-dependent adults. A multisite randomized controlled trial compared cannabis use outcomes across 3 study conditions: (a) 2 sessions of motivational enhancement therapy (MET); (b) 9 sessions of multicomponent therapy that included MET, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and case…
Descriptors: Therapy, Mental Disorders, Marijuana, Behavior Modification
Simpson, D. Dwayne; Sells, S. B. – 1982
The Drug Abuse Reporting Program (DARP) was initiated in 1969 as a federally supported client reporting system for community-based drug abuse treatment programs. Posttreatment follow-up interviews were conducted with over 4,000 persons from 34 treatment agencies to describe major findings from the drug abuse treatment research of the DARP relating…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Followup Studies

Knight, Kevin; Simpson, D. Dwayne; Chatham, Lois R.; Camacho, L. Mabel – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1997
Provides an overview of a comprehensive, prison-based treatment assessment, including a six-month follow-up study. Results show that 80% of the inmates referred to the program graduated. Graduates demonstrated marked reductions in criminal and drug-use activity and had lower relapse and recidivism rates when compared to other parolees. (RJM)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Crime Prevention, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation
Columbia Univ., New York, NY. National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. – 2003
Previous research has found that 80 percent of all adults incarcerated for felonies either had regularly used illegal drugs or abused alcohol, been convicted of a drug or alcohol violation, were under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol at the time of their crime, committed a crime to support their habit, or exhibited some combination of these…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation

Andrews, Arlene Bowers; And Others – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1995
A multimedia campaign led to a 62 percent increase in number of people who called for information about how to aid abused/neglected children in one U.S. community. Analysis suggested that such campaigns should focus on helping actions rather than the problem, should use client-based market research, and should rely on public-private-nonprofit…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Citizen Participation, Community Programs
Maynard, Rebecca; And Others – 1979
An interim evaluation was conducted to determine the impact of the National Supported Work Demonstration (NSWD) on employment of four target groups: Aid for Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients, ex-drug-addicts, ex-offenders, and youths. The evaluation was based on data collected in interviews with 2,830 persons--1,419 of whom were offered…
Descriptors: Adults, Control Groups, Crime, Demonstration Programs

Moon, Melissa M.; Latessa, Edward J. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
The effectiveness of an innovative outpatient drug-free treatment facility serving felony drug offenders who are placed on probation is evaluated. Treatment included educational and group therapy as well as acupuncture. Background characteristics, levels of treatment, and selected outcomes are described. Principles of successful interventions are…
Descriptors: Adults, Crime, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
Gutman, Marjorie A.; Ketterlinus, Robert D.; McLellan, A. Thomas – Evaluation Review, 2003
Aim: To describe and compare the characteristics and needs of substance-abusing women on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) who enroll in a multi-service "welfare to work" program (n = 673) with two other relevant groups: (a) women from the general TANF population in the same locales (n = 157) and (b) a sample of…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Intervention, Females, Physical Health
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