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Magazines and Journals: Official Publications etc

This section provides a selection of freely available research and guidance relating to substance misuse published by government agencies and Royal Colleges in the UK, as well as selected publications from overseas, focusing on publications of particular relevance to practitioners. It also includes publications and guidance from FDAP and DDN.

Additional information can be found in the Background Information section of this site.

Click on the relevant link below to view publications in a particular topic area:

Recent additions (all topic areas)
Alcohol
Children & young people
Criminal justice
Diversity
Drug related deaths
Education & prevention
Employment, education & training
Housing & homelessness
Integrated care & case management
Medical matters
Needle exchange
Psychosocial treatment & rehabilitation
Service user engagement
Substance specific publications
Women
Workforce development

Recent additions

• Report of the global commission on drug policy
  Global Commission on Drug Policy - Jun 2011.
  [added Jun 2011]
• Diversity: learning from good practice in the field
  NTA - Jul 2009.
  [added Dec 2009]
• Care & support for people with co-occuring substance misuse & mental health problems (Closing the Gaps)
  Scottish Government - Dec 2007.
  [added Jan 2008]
• NICE guidelines on drug misuse: psychosocial interventions
  NICE - Jul 2007.
  [added Nov 2007]
• NICE guidelines on drug misuse: opioid detoxofication
  NICE - Jul 2007.
  [added Nov 2007]
• NICE guidelines on reducing substance misuse among young people
  NICE - Mar 2007.
  [added Nov 2007]
• Clinical management of drug dependence in the adult prison setting…
  DH, NTA and others - Dec 2006.
  [added Nov 2007]

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Alcohol

• Review of the Effectiveness of Treatment for Alcohol Problems
  NTA - Nov 2006.
• Models of Care for Alcohol Misusers
  DoH - Jun 2006.
• Alcohol Misuse Interventions: Guidance on Developng a Local Programme of Improvement
  DoH - Nov 2005.
• Prevention & reduction of alcohol misuse - 2nd edition
  NICE (England) - Jul 2005.
• Effective and cost-effective measures to reduce alcohol use in Scotland
  Scottish Exec - Jan 2005.
• Promoting safer drinking - A briefing paper for drug workers
  NTA - Mar 2004.
• Alcohol matters - a fact file for professionals
  HPA (N. Ireland) - Mar 2001.
• The prevalence of underage drinking and its relationship with offending
  Home Office - Dec 2000.
• Alcohol and crime: taking stock
  Home Office - Dec 1999.

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Children & young people

[see also the young people's section of the www.drugs.gov.uk website.]

Background

• NICE guidelines on reducing substance misuse among young people
  NICE - Mar 2007.
• Predictive factors for illicit drug use among young people: a literature review
  Home Office, RDS - Apr 2007.
• Risk, protective factors and resilience to drug use
  Home Office, RDS - Apr 2007.
• Understanding problem drug use among young people accessing drug services
  Home Office - Mar 2004.
• First steps in identifying young people's substance related needs
  DoH - Feb 2003.
• The prevalence of underage drinking and its relationship with offending
  Home Office - Dec 2000.

Assessment & treatment

• Evaluation of Drug Interventions Programme pilots for children and young people
  Home Office, RDS - Apr 2007.
• The evaluation of the Restriction on Bail Pilot
  Home Office, RDS - Apr 2007.
• Assessing Young People for Substance Misuse
  NTA - Feb 2007.
• Young people’s substance misuse treatment services - essential elements
  NTA - Jun 2005.
• An evaluation of a brief intervention model for use with young non-injecting stimulant users
  NTA - Nov 2004.
• Young people with / at risk of developing, problematic substance misuse: a guide to assessment
  EIU (Scotland) - Oct 2004.
• First steps in identifying young people's substance related needs
  DoH - Feb 2003.
• Services for young people with problematic drug misuse - a guide to principles and practice
  EIU (Scotland) - Jan 2003.
• Drug treatment services for young people - a research review
  EIU (Scotland) - Jun 2002.

Education & prevention

• See separate section on Education & prevention.

Strategy & policy guidance

• Out of sight? Not out of mind (re volatile substance misuse)
  DoH - Jul 2005.
• Every Child Matters: change for children, young people & drugs
  Home Office - Mar 2005.
• Guidelines for the management of incidents of drug misuse in schools
  Scottish Exec - Jun 2000.

Familial substance use

• Evaluation and Description of Drug Projects Working with Young People and Families
  Scottish Exec - Jul 2006.
• Hidden Harm: Next Steps
  Scottish Exec - Apr 2006.
• Government's response to Hidden Harm report on parental drug misuse
  DfES - Mar 2005.
• Hidden Harm - Scottish Executive response
  Scottish Exec - Nov 2004.
• Hidden harm - responding to the needs of children of problem drug users
  ACMD - Jun 2003.
• Getting our priorities right (on addressing needs of children)
  EIU (Scotland) - Feb 2003.
• Supporting families and carers of drug users : a review
  EIU (Scotland) - Nov 2002.

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Criminal justice

General

• National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Drug Strategy
  Home Office (NOMS) - Jan 2005.

Drug Intervention Programme (DIP), Prolific & Priorty Offender Programmes etc

[see also http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/drug-interventions-programme/ for more on the Drug Intervention Programme (DIP)]

• Evaluation of Drug Interventions Programme pilots for children and young people
  Home Office, RDS - Apr 2007.
• The evaluation of the Restriction on Bail Pilot
  Home Office, RDS - Apr 2007.
• DIP and Prolific & Other Priority Offender Programmes - Emerging Practice & Lessons Learnt
  Home Office - Apr 2006.
• The Drugs Intervention Programme
  Home Office, DSD - Jul 2007.

Drug testing & DTTOs

• The impact of mandatory drug testing in prisons
  Home Office - Jan 2005.
• Reconviction following drug treatment and testing orders
  Scottish Exec - Nov 2004.
• Evaluation of drug testing in the criminal justice system
  Home Office - Jul 2004.
• The Drug Treatment and Testing Order: early lessons
  NAO - Mar 2004.
• On-charge drug testing: evaluation of drug testing in the criminal justice system
  Home Office - Jul 2004.
• The impact of DTTOs on offending: two year reconviction results
  Home Office - Sep 2003.
• Evaluation of drug testing in the criminal justice system in nine pilot areas
  Home Office - Mar 2003.
• Drug Treatment and Testing Orders: evaluation of the Scottish pilots
  Scottish Exec - Oct 2002.
• Drug Treatment and Testing Orders: final evaluation report
  Home Office - Oct 2000.

Arrest referral

• Drug arrest referral schemes: a case study of good practice
  Home Office - Jul 2003.
• Arrest referral - a guide to principles and practice
  EIU (Scotland) - Mar 2002.
• Arrest referral: emerging findings from the national monitoring and evaluation programme
  Home Office - Jan 2002.

Prison-based treatment and aftercare

• Clinical management of drug dependence in the adult prison setting…
  DH, NTA and others - Dec 2006.
• Evaluation of Scottish Prison Service Transitional Care Initiative
  Scottish Exec - Feb 2006.
• Prisoners' drug use and treatment: seven research studies
  Home Office - Jan 2004.
• The substance misuse treatment needs of minority prisoner groups.
  Home Office - Jul 2003.
• Research into the nature and effectiveness of drugs throughcare
  Home Office - Apr 2001.
• Impact of methadone treatment on drug misuse and crime
  Home Office - Sep 2000.

Substance use, offending & related issues

• Drug misuse treatment and reductions in crime
  NTA - Jun 2005.
• Tackling street prostitution: towards an holistic approach
  Home Office - Jul 2004.
• Drugs use and begging - a practice guide
  Home Office - Nov 2004.
• Solutions and strategies: drug problems and street sex markets
  Home Office - Jul 2004.
• The results of the first two years of the NEW-ADAM programme
  Home Office - May 2004.
• Vulnerability and involvement in drug use and sex work
  Home Office - Mar 2004.
• Alcohol and intimate partner violence: key findings from the research
• Alcohol and sexual violence: key findings from the research
  Home Office - Mar 2004.
• Prisoners' drug use and treatment: seven research studies
  Home Office - Jan 2004.
• The prevalence of underage drinking and its relationship with offending
  Home Office - Dec 2000.
• Alcohol and crime: taking stock
  Home Office - Dec 1999.

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Diversity

[see also Women]

• Diversity: learning from good practice in the field
  NTA - July 2009

• The impact on violence and abuse on engagement and retention rates for women in substance use treatment
  NTA - May 2007
• Diversity Assessment Package
  NTA - Mar 2006.
• Drug misuse and people with hearing impairment
  Home Office - Oct 2004.
• The substance misuse treatment needs of minority prisoner groups.
  Home Office - Jul 2003.
• BME communities in England: a review of the literature of drug use and related service provision
  NTA - Jun 2003.
• Delivering drug services to Black & Minority Ethnic communities
  Home Office - Jan 2002.

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Drug related deaths

• A psychological autopsy study of non-deliberate fatal opiate-related overdose
  NTA - Apr 2007
• A taxonomy of preventability of overdose death: a multi-method study
  NTA - Apr 2007
• Benzodiazepines and cocaine as risk factors in fatal opioid overdoses
  NTA - Apr 2007
• Does the combined use of heroin or methadone and other substances increase the risk of overdose?
  NTA - Feb 2007
• Reducing drug-related deaths - guidance for drug-treatment providers
  NTA - Feb 2007.
• SACDM Working Group on Drug Related Deaths: Report & Recommendations
  Scottish Exec - Aug 2005.
• Reducing deaths - a resource for A&E staff    
  NTA - Dec 2004.
• Drug overdose: prevention and response
  NTA - Mar 2004.
• Reducing drug related deaths - guidance for drug treatment providers
  NTA - Dec 2003.
• Commissioning services to reduce drug-related deaths
  NTA - Dec 2003.

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Education & prevention

[see also Children & young people and the young people's section of the www.drugs.gov.uk website.]

• Report of the global commission on drug policy
  Global Commission on Drug Policy - Jun 2011.
  [added Jun 2011]
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of drug education in Scottish schools
  Scottish Exec - Feb 2007.
• NE choices:the development of a multicomponent Drugs Prevention Programme for Adolescents
  Home Office - Aug 2005.
• Drugs: guidance for schools
  DfES - Feb 2004.
• Peer education: from evidence to practice
  NCETA (Australia) - Jun 2003.
• The Life Skills Training Drug Education Programme : a review of research summary
  EIU (Scotland) - Jan 2003.
• Services for young people with problematic drug misuse - a guide to principles & practice
  EIU (Scotland) - Jan 2003.
• Providing drug education to meet young people's needs
  Scottish Exec - Dec 2000.
• Doing it for themselves
  Home Office - Feb 2001.
• Taking the message home
  Home Office - Sep 2000.
• Guidelines for the management of incidents of drug misuse in schools
  Scottish Exec - Jun 2000.

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Employment, education & training

• 'Moving On' : Update - employability & employment for recovering drug users
  EIU (Scotland) - Oct 2003.
• A guide to working in partnership: employability provision for drug users
  EIU (Scotland) - Mar 2003.
• 'Moving on': education, training and employment
  EIU (Scotland) - Oct 2001.

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Housing & homlessness

• Housing support options for people who misuse substances
  Home Office - Mar 2005.
• Providing for the housing needs of drug interventions programme clients
  Home Office - Dec 2004.
• Drugs use and begging - a practice guide
  Home Office - Nov 2004.
• Drug services for homeless people - a good practice handbook
  Home Office - Dec 2002.
• Tackling drug use in rented housing
  Home Office - Mar 2002.

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Integrated care & case management

Integrated care

• Good Practice in Care Planning
  NTA - Jul 2007.
• Models of Care for Alcohol Misusers
  DoH - Jun 2006.
• Models of Care (for treatment of adult drug misusers) - Update 2006
  NTA - Jun 2006.
• Working in partnership
  NTA - Apr 2005.
• Integrated Care Pathways guide 4: analysis & review
  EIU (Scotland) - Apr 2004.
• Integrated Care Pathways guide 3: implementing ICPs
  EIU (Scotland) - Jan 2004.
• Integrated Care Pathways guide 2: implementation
  EIU (Scotland) - Jul 2003.
• Integrated Care Pathways guide 1: definitions & concepts
  EIU (Scotland) - Apr 2003.
• Integrated care for drug users
  EIU (Scotland) - Oct 2002.
• Models of Care (for treatment of adult drug misusers) - part two (full version)
  NTA - DEC 2002.
• Models of Care (for treatment of adult drug misusers) - part one (summary)
  NTA - Dec 2002.

Assessment

• ICP guide 9: single shared assessment for drug users
  EIU (Scotland) - Mar 2005.
• Integrated care for drug users - digest of tools used in the assessment process & core data sets
  EIU (Scotland) - May 2003.
• Access & waiting times
• Outcome of waiting lists (OWL) study
  NTA - Apr 2005.
• Drug misuse 2004 - reducing the local impact
  Audit Commission - Oct 2004.
• Evaluation of why individuals present to and drop out of drug treatment services
  Scottish Exec - Jun 2004. 

Retention

• Retaining clients in drug treatment
  NTA - Jun 2005.
• A national survey of retention in residential rehabilitation services
  NTA - Jun 2005.
• Engaging and retaining clients in drug treatment
  NTA - May 2004.

Throughcare & aftercare

• Evaluation of Scottish Prison Service Transitional Care Initiative
  Scottish Exec - Feb 2006.
• Developing peer led support for individuals leaving substance misuse treatment
  Home Office, DSD - Apr 2005.
• Throughcare & aftercare - approaches & promising practice...
  Home Office - Feb 2005.
• Research into the nature and effectiveness of drugs throughcare
  Home Office - Apr 2001.

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Medical matters

General

• Drug Misuse & Dependence –UK Guidelines for Clinical Management
  NTA - Sep 2007.
• Treating drug misuse problems: evidence of effectiveness
  NTA - Apr 2006.

Detox & prescribing

• NICE guidelines on drug misuse: opioid detoxofication
  NICE - Jul 2007.
• NICE guidelines: Drug Misuse - Naltrexone
  NICE - Nov 2006.
• Nice guidelines: Drug Misuse - Buprenorphine & Methadone
  NICE - Nov 2006.
• Best practice guidance for commissioners and providers of pharmaceutical services for drug users
  NTA - Feb 2006.
• Opiate detox in an inpatient setting
  NTA - Jun 2005.
• Nurse prescribing in substance misuse
  NTA - Feb 2005.
• Residential detoxification & rehabilitation services for drug users: a review
  EIU (Scotland) - Nov 2004.
• Methadone dose and methadone maintenance treatment
• More than just methadone dose
• Engaging and retaining clients in drug treatment
  NTA - May 2004.
• Guidance for use of buprenorphine for treatment of opioid dependence in primary care
  RCGP - Jun 2004.
• ICP guide 5: community detox pathways
  EIU (Scotland) - May 2004.
• Injectable heroin (and injectable methadone): potential roles in drug treatment
  NTA - May 2003.
• Research in to practice - prescribing services for drug misuse
  NTA - Jan 2003.
• Research in to practice - treating cocaine/crack dependence
  NTA - Aug 2002.
• The effectiveness of treatment for opiate dependent drug users
  EIU (Scotland) - Jul 2002.
• Impact of methadone treatment on drug misuse and crime
  Home Office - Sep 2000.

Dual diagnosis

• Care & support for people with co-occuring substance misuse & mental health problems (Closing the Gaps)
  Scottish Government - Dec 2007.
• Dual diagnosis in a primary care group (PCG)
  NTA - Nov 2004.
• Comorbidity of substance use and mental illness...
  NTA - Aug 2004.
• ICP guide 6: drug misuse in acute psychiatric settings
  EIU (Scotland) - Aug 2004.
• Meeting the needs of people with co-occurring substance misuse & mental health problems
  Scottish Exec - Oct 2003.

Hepatitis C & other health issues

• ICP guide 8: problem substance use in pregnancy & reproductive health
  EIU (Scotland) - Mar 2005.
• Guidance for hepatitis A & B vaccination of drug users...
  RCGP - Nov 2004.
• Examining the injecting practices of injecting drug users in Scotland - summary report
  EIU (Scotland) - Feb 2004.
• Hepatitis C: risks and prevention strategies in injecting drug users
  EIU (Scotland) - Apr 2002.
• Hepatitis C - guidance for those working with drug users
  DoH - Apr 2001.

Other publications

• Roles and Responsibilities of Doctors in the Provision of Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Misusers
  NTA - Sep 2005.
• ICP guide 7: care of people with drug prob/s in general hospital settings
  EIU (Scotland) - Jan 2005.
• Reducing deaths - a resource for A&E staff    
  NTA - Dec 2004.
• Guidance for working with cocaine & crack users in primary care
  RCGP - Sep 2004.

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Needle exchange

• Examining the injecting practices of injecting drug users in Scotland - summary report
  EIU (Scotland) - Feb 2004.
• Evaluation of the provision of single use citric acid sachets to injecting drug users
  EIU (Scotland) - Mar 2003.
• Evaluation of the Greater Glasgow pharmacy needle exchange scheme
  EIU (Scotland) - Feb 2003.
• Hepatitis C: risks and prevention strategies in injecting drug users
  EIU (Scotland) - Apr 2002.
• Hepatitis C - guidance for those working with drug users
  DoH - Apr 2001.

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Psychosocial treatment & rehabilitation

• NICE guidelines on drug misuse: psychosocial interventions
  NICE - Jul 2007.
• National Evaluation of Crack Cocaine Treatment and Outcome Study (NECTOS)
  NTA & Home Office - Apr 2007.
• Models of Residential Rehab for Drug & Alcohol Misusers
  NTA - Oct 2006.
• Treating drug misuse problems: evidence of effectiveness
  NTA - Apr 2006.
• National Needs Assessment of Tier 4 Services in England
  NTA - Sep 2005.
• Tier 4 services in England: Summary of needs assessment and inpatient review
  NTA - Jun 2005.
• A national survey of retention in residential rehabilitation services
  NTA - Jun 2005.
• The effectiveness of psychological therapies on drug misusing clients
  NTA - Jun 2005.
• Residential detoxification & rehabilitation services for drug users: a review
  EIU (Scotland) - Nov 2004.
• An evaluation of a brief intervention model for use with young non-injecting stimulant users
  NTA - Nov 2004.
• Prisoners' drug use and treatment: seven research studies
  Home Office - Jan 2004.
• Research in to practice - treating cocaine/crack dependence
  NTA - Aug 2002.
• The effectiveness of treatment for opiate dependent drug users
  EIU (Scotland) - Jul 2002.

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Service user engagement

• NTA guidance for local partnerships on user and carer involvement
  NTA - Jan 2007.
• Supporting and involving carer
  NTA - Sep 2006.
• Retaining clients in drug treatment
  NTA - Jun 2005.
• Developing peer led support for individuals leaving substance misuse treatment
  Home Office & NTA - May 2005.
• User feedback and complaints
  NTA - Apr 2005.
• Advocacy for drug users: a guide
  EIU (Scotland) - Jul 2004.
• Engaging and retaining clients in drug treatment
  NTA - May 2004.
• Effective engagement : a guide to principles and practice
  EIU (Scotland) - Jan 2002.

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Substance specific publications

• National Evaluation of Crack Cocaine Treatment and Outcome Study (NECTOS)
  NTA & Home Office - Mar 2007.
• Khat Report 2005
  ACMD - Jan 2006.
• Further consideration of the classification of cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act
  ACMD - Jan 2006.
• Methylamphetamine Review
  ACMD - Nov 2005.
• Out of sight? Not out of mind
  DoH - Jul 2005.
• Opiate detox in an inpatient setting
  NTA - Jun 2005.
• Tackling crack - a national plan
  Home Office - Dec 2002.
• Guidance for working with cocaine & crack users in primary care
  RCGP - Sep 2004.
• Cannabis an update 1999-2002
  Home Office - Mar 2003.
• An evaluation of a brief intervention model for use with young non-injecting stimulant users
  NTA - Nov 2004.
• Ketamine
  ACMD - Apr 2004.
• Psychostimulants: a practical guide
  EIU (Scotland) - Oct 2002.
• Volatile substance abuse - a professional's guide
  HPA (N. Ireland) - Sep 2002.
• Research in to practice - treating cocaine/crack dependence
  NTA - Aug 2002.
• The effectiveness of treatment for opiate dependent drug users
  EIU (Scotland) - Jul 2002.
• The Classification of Cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act
  ACMD - Jun 2002.

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Women

• The impact on violence and abuse on engagement and retention rates for women in substance use treatment
  NTA - May 2007
• The impact of treatment on female drug-using sex workers
  NTA - Apr 2006
• Women in drug treatment services
  NTA - Jun 2005.
• ICP guide 8: problem substance use in pregnancy & reproductive health
  EIU (Scotland) - Mar 2005.
• Solutions and strategies: drug problems and street sex markets
  Home Office - Jul 2004.
• Vulnerability and involvement in drug use and sex work
  Home Office - Mar 2004.
• Women drug users and drugs service provision
  Home Office - Feb 2002.

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Workforce development

[See under resources in the Workforce Development section of this site.]

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