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The Philippine Experience on the 'Basic Training Course for Rehabilitation Workers on the Assessment and Management of Drug Dependence', 2013-2016
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Antonio, Carl Abelardo T.; Guevarra, Jonathan P.; Cavinta, Lolita L.; Cabrera, Patrik James D. L.; Castillo, Eleanor C.; Hembra, Mariano S.; Fuderanan, Clara H.; Reyes-Sare, Ma. Lourdes; Vista, Salvador Benjamin D. – International Journal of Training Research, 2019
Rehabilitation for persons who use drugs in the Philippines is premised on a multidisciplinary team approach to treatment, where delivery of services is collaboratively undertaken by physicians and rehabilitation practitioners. In 2013, a government-academe-civil society collaborative developed a customized training program for nurses,…
Descriptors: Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions
Report of the Substance Misuse in the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum Project in England
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Notley, Caitlin; Goodair, Christine; Chaytor, Andrew; Carroll, Janine; Ghodse, Hamid; Kopelman, Peter – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2014
Introduction: This article reports on a Department of Health UK funded project to implement consensus substance misuse teaching in undergraduate curricula in medical schools in England. The aim was to better equip practising doctors of the future to deal with substance misuse issues. Method: A project coordinator worked with local curriculum…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Medical Education, Drug Addiction, Foreign Countries
Treatment Issues for Aboriginal Mothers with Substance Use Problems and Their Children
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Niccols, Alison; Dell, Colleen Anne; Clarke, Sharon – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2010
In many cultures, approximately one third of people with drug dependence are women of child-bearing age. Substance use among pregnant and parenting women is a major public health concern. Aboriginal people have some of the highest rates of substance abuse in Canada, increasing concern for detrimental health impacts, including those for women and…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Indigenous Populations, Mothers, Public Health
Boundaries Instead of Walls: The Rehabilitation of Prisoner Drug Addicts.
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Teichman, Meir; Kadmon, Anna – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1998
Describes an experimental rehabilitation program for drug addict prisoners which is based on Winnicott's propositions on "object relationships" and was carried out in a hostel in Israel. The program applies a variety of therapeutic modalities, from education to individual, group to family therapy, and evaluates and screens potential…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Foreign Countries