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July 2008

July 23, 2008: GET TREATMENT OR LOSE BENEFITS -
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BUT WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT MEAN BY "TREATMENT"? "For the majority on benefits, it will be clear that State support should be only temporary... Those with drug problems will be offered places on treatment programmes but will have to attend...

July 12, 2008: DRUG OFFENDERS: DETAILS WILL BE MADE PUBLIC
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A rogues' gallery of drug offenders has been launched as part of crackdown on drugs and "drug tourism" in Lambeth. The move is part of a campaign to kill of the borough's reputation as an easy place to buy drugs...

July 8, 2008: CEPTA SAYS UKDPC DEFINITION "NOT THE SOLUTION"
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After a Gatwick meeting on 7 July 2008 of the Council for the Effective Prevention and Treatment of Addiction, Council secretary Rob Thorburn reported that his members had thoroughly evaluated the redefintion of "recovery" proposed by the UK Drug Policy...

July 5, 2008: BEFRIENDING SERVICE TO RECOVER FROM ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
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More than 100 people in the east end of Glasgow are to be given one-to-one help to beat alcohol addiction. A befriending service run by Greater Easterhouse Alcohol Awareness Project has been given £448,083 - five years funding - by...

July 4, 2008: MEDITATION IS GOOD FOr PSYCHIATRISTS’ MENTAL HEALTH
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Meditation sessions are proving a hit for members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists at their Annual Meeting – with a growing number claiming they turn to the spiritual discipline to combat anxiety and burnout. Meditation workshops, run by the...

July 4, 2008: SWPHO: STATISTICS ON HAZARDOUS DRINKERS
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Almost 25% of 16-64-year olds in the south west – about 750,000 people – are "hazardous" drinkers, and over 100,000 are dependent on alcohol, according to statistics from the South West Public Health Observatory. It states that over 500 adolescents...

July 3, 2008: SKUNK INCURS 18 TIMES THE RISK
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People who smoke skunk, the extra strong cannabis grown in hothouse conditions, are 18 times more likely to develop psychosis that those who take the milder forms such as hash (cannabis resin), states a study presented to the Annual Meeting...

July 1, 2008: THEIR FINEST HOUR
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by Jeffrey Kottler and Jon Carlson Published by Crown (books@crownhouse.co.uk) at £16.99. 377 pages. ISBN 978-184590-088-5. 24 therapists – including well-known names such as William Glasser and Albert Ellis – detail in this heavy tome their most professionally rewarding cases...

July 1, 2008: A WOMAN’S GUIDE TO RECOVERY
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by Brenda Iliff Published by Hazelden, (www.eurospanbookstore.com/hazelden) at £9.95. 301+ pages. ISBN 978-1-59285-479-0. “Addiction is 100% percent fatal. It’s traumatic and it kills.” The first line of the opening chapter certainly got my attention. This guide does what it says...

July 1, 2008: IT’S NOT OKAY TO BE A CANNIBAL
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by Andrew Wainwright and Robert Poznanovich Published by Hazelden (www.eurospanbookstore.com/hazelden) at £8.95. 166+ pages. ISBN 978-159285-370-0. This book by two interventions promises to liberate families from the grip of addiction – the authors emphasise the family first and the addict...

July 1, 2008: THE SPORTS LOVER’S GUIDE TO RECOVERY
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by Andrew L Dieden Published by Hazelden and distributed by Eurospan at £9.95 (www.eurospanbookstore.com/hazelden). 166+ pages. ISBN 978-159285-370-0. You do not need to be a sports fan to enjoy this book, but it helps. Having been involved in sport all...

July 1, 2008: TERMINATING PSYCHOTHERAPY
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by William Donohue and Michael Cuccaire Published by Routledge/Taylor Frances at £31.00 (www.routledge.com). 550+ pages. ISBN 978-0-415-95436-3. AS A BELIEVER THAT that every client leaving their therapist should first have a ‘grief’ session, I welcomed this book and wanted to...

July 1, 2008: DATs: "TREBLE PATIENTS IN REHAB"
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10% of the 128,000 people desperately seeking help for their drug problems should be offered rehab or another drug-free choice of treatment by the Drug Action Teams, stated Nick Lawrence, head of Alcohol, Drugs & Tobacco Policy at the Department...