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October 2008

October 31, 2008: WINTHROP HALL CELEBRATES 1st BIRTHDAY
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Jon Moulton, managing partner of Alchemy Partners and Lesley Reardon, CEO of Winthrop Hall, cut the birthday cake xxx xxx xxx Pioneering drug and alcohol treatment centre, Winthrop Hall in Staplehurst, Kent celebrated its first birthday this week with a...

October 30, 2008: 6 NOVEMBER 2008
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ADOPTION AND ADDICTION Understanding the impact of early trauma on personality and recovery Presented by Paul Sunderland Lecture: 7.00-8.00pm Fellowship & Refreshments: 8.00-9.00pm Venue: The Lecture Hall Kensington Central Library Phillimore Walk, London, W8 7RX Tube: Kensington High Street Entrance...

October 30, 2008: 1st & 3rd TUESDAYS: SIERRA TUCSON
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Sierra Tucson London Aftercare Group For Sierra Tucson Alumni and their families The first and third Tuesdays of each month at 18:00 A reminder to join Sierra Tucson’s newest offering in London, beginning Tuesday 4 November. Max Cohen MBACP, NCAC,...

October 29, 2008: PROBLEM GAMBLING RESOURCES October 2008 newsletter
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Keeping you informed on problem gambling Issues with news articles from around the world. Click here for stories on: Gambling curse hits 280,000 Problem gamblers waiting too long to seek help, study finds Gambling legislators urged: terminate the terminals College...

October 24, 2008: NTA: ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2007-8
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The most recent audited accounts were presented to Parliament on July 8 and published as House of Commons paper 730, pursuant to Schedule 15 of the National Health Service Act 2006. Click on the hyperlink to the accounts here: File...

October 24, 2008: APPLE OF OUR EYE
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A major report by the NW Drug Treatment Commission calls for “massive investment” in treatment. and aims to “influence government thinking”. Deirdre Boyd finds its advocacy tempting. This article was first published in March 2002, Addiction Today issue 75. Its...

October 24, 2008: NATIONAL TREATMENT AGENCY: the beginning
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This article was published in March 2001. It is still relevant today. Its expert recommendations were ignored – leading, seven years later, to the predicted inconsistent practice and resultant disillusion with NTA and purchasing/ commissioning procedures ***** What is the...

October 23, 2008: HELP CLIENTS TO SURVIVE THE 'FESTIVE SEASON'
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Christmas and the new year are the riskiest times of the year for relapse back into addiction. Here are some top hints and tips on how to survive it - or help your clients to survive it - from past...

October 19, 2008: PRISONS AND BEYOND
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Links to the Addiction Today article on NOMS' conference and to its presentations will be published here as soon as they are available.

October 17, 2008: GAMBLING ADDICTS SOAR BY 25%
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The number of problem gamblers seeking help rocketed by 25% since Labour controversially relaxed the laws. According to Gamcare's annual report, almost 38,000 people called its betting addiction hotline last year, compared with just over 30,000 the previous year. There...

October 16, 2008: 1-YEAR OLDS TREATED FOR ALCOHOL
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Children as young as one are being treated in hospital after accidentally drinking alcohol, according to a survey, writes Daniel Martin. University College Hospital London treated the one-year old, while Chelsea & Westminster Hospital reported treating two-year old toddlers. Other...

October 8, 2008: TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS:
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ALCOHOL SERVICES The National Treatment Agency has released its Review of the effectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems. It is mostly excellent and a great reference tool – but some conclusions have led to a judicial review being explored by...

October 8, 2008: MENDACIOUS OR JUST STRAIGHT FOOLISH
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HOW THE NTA IS AVOIDING TREATMENT TRUTHS Centre for Policy Studies blog by Kathy Gyngell “A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It...

October 4, 2008: NTA ISSUES GUIDE TO SUPPORT REHAB REFERRALS
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After Addiction Today's highlighting of the lack of referrals to abstinence-based rehabs and consequent closures of these much-needed services, the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse issued Improving the quality and provision of Tier 4 interventions as part of client...

October 3, 2008: THE NTA: SUCCESS OR FAILURE?
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MARK EASTON'S UK Excerpt from Today programme, BBC Radio 4 "Drug treatment officials were busy rubbishing my journalism yesterday afternoon, telling anyone who would listen that the man from the BBC had got his figures wrong. (Listen to my report...

October 3, 2008: BAD PRACTICE IN PRESCRIBING
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Comment piece by MELANIE REID, The Times, 3 October 2008 (this story has not been edited/altered by Addiction Today). "The methadone lobby has built a pharmaceutical holding pen that keeps addicts addicted" This year's award for Least Impressive Interviewee on...

October 2, 2008: BBC RADIO4's TODAY SHOW, 2 October 2008
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“TREATMENT WORKS” – BUT ONLY IF IT IS APPROPRIATE, BEST-PRACTICE TREATMENT. John Humphries and Mark Easton interviewed National Treatment Agency CEO Paul Hayes on BBC4 Radio’s Today programme on the morning of 2 October 2008. Below are some corrections to...