NEWS: Published February 2010 Ghodse's Drugs and Addictive Behaviour A Guide to Treatment, 4th Edition, Cambridge University Press. A classic text this book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of substance misuse and dependence with an emphasis on practical and evidence-based approaches to the assessment, management and prevention of a wide range of substance related problems.
January 2010 - A research paper co authored by members of the National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths
"Overview of Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Mortality Data -UK, 1997-2007" was published online in the journal Neuropsychobiology 61:122-130 (DOI.10.1159/000279302). The research paper shows that, although amphetamine including methylamphetamine kill more people than ecstasy, ecstasy deaths are more likely to involve young, healthy people. They are also less likely to be know as drug addicts.
Drug-related deaths in the UK continue to rise: Drug Related Deaths in the UK: Annual Report 2009 highlights an increase in drug related deaths, rising by 2.7 per cent from 1900 in 2007 to 1,952 in 2008. Press release and Executive Summary
Report 22 -Trends in Deaths Associated with Abuse of Volatile Substances; 1971-2007 reveals that deaths from vsa in the UK rose to 58 from 51 in 2006.
Recent Publications:
International Drug Control into the 21st Century, edited by Professor Hamid Ghodse, provides a comprehensive analysis of drug misuse, dependence and the ways in which different parts of the world have responded to these problems. Aldershot, Ashgate Publishing: 2008. ISBN 978-0-7546-7215-9 further details from http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754672159
RETAD - Reduction in Tobacco Addiction
The Provision of Stop Smoking Interventions in General and Psychiatric Hospital Settings - A Service Delivery Toolkit. RETAD TOOLKIT
Training Manual RETAD TRAINING MANUAL
Send to a friend
Print this page