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May 2011

May 28, 2011: ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS IN THE RIGHT WAY
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Treatment research has been asking the wrong questions in the wrong way, resulting in “disappointingly negative results”, reveals a paper* by Jim Orford. We summarise the need for a “paradigm shift” in research on psychological treatments for addiction, and a...

May 27, 2011: RESIDENTIAL REHAB BRIEFING
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by THE CONCORDAT OF PROVIDERS OF FULL RECOVERY May 2011 CONTENTS / AGENDA 1 Introduction: What residential rehabs offer 2 Evidence base for outcomes 3 Costs: cost of rehab, cost of patients prior to/ not going to rehab, added value...

May 27, 2011: RESIDENTIAL REHAB BRIEFING: Introduction
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by THE CONCORDAT OF PROVIDERS OF FULL RECOVERY Click Residential Rehab Briefing for Contents list of all 6 sections. Or Download Residential Rehab Core Briefing May 2011 1. INTRODUCTION: WHAT REHABS OFFER. Residential rehab’ (rehabilitation) – offering addicts a 4-52...

May 27, 2011: RESIDENTIAL REHAB BRIEFING: Evidence base
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by THE CONCORDAT OF PROVIDERS OF FULL RECOVERY Click Residential Rehab Briefing for Contents list of all 6 sections. Or Download Residential Rehab Core Briefing May 2011 2. EVIDENCE BASE. There is a paucity of research about residential rehab in...

May 27, 2011: RESIDENTIAL REHAB BRIEFING: Costs
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by THE CONCORDAT OF PROVIDERS OF FULL RECOVERY Click Residential Rehab Briefing for Contents list of all 6 sections. Or Download Residential Rehab Core Briefing May 2011 and Download Cross Departmental Financial Benefits Full-Recovery 3. COSTS Cost of rehab, cost...

May 27, 2011: RESIDENTIAL REHAB BRIEFING: Myths vs facts
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by THE CONCORDAT OF PROVIDERS OF FULL RECOVERY Click Residential Rehab Briefing for Contents list of all 6 sections. Or Download Residential Rehab Core Briefing May 2011 4. POPULAR MYTHS ABOUT REHABS VS FACTS “Residential rehab doesn’t work”; “There’s no...

May 27, 2011: RESIDENTIAL REHAB BRIEFING: Barriers to access
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by THE CONCORDAT OF PROVIDERS OF FULL RECOVERY Click Residential Rehab Briefing for Contents list of all 6 sections. Or Download Residential Rehab Core Briefing May 2011 5. BARRIERS TO ACCESSING RESIDENTIAL REHAB “It is ideological/extremist to recommend rehab/abstinence for...

May 11, 2011: BIONIC BRAINS: WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO REBUILD YOU
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Therapist Sarah Graham offered up her brain for a battery of tests – and was shocked to find that her memory systems were damaged not so much by years of using cocaine, ecstasy, cannabis and LSD but by her teenage...