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FRANÇAIS : La distinction entre overdoses accidentelles et intentionnelles des patients sous méthadone est souvent difficile à évaluer. La fréquence des overdoses accidentelles ou intentionnelles a été étudiée à partir d'une population de 200 [...]Rapport
D. BEST ; E. DAY ; B. MORGAN | London : National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) | Research briefing | 2006This briefing discusses the evidence supporting the theory that most drug misusers will mature out of their drug use albeit after many years in some cases while recognising there will be a number of problem users who, from choice or circumstan[...]Périodique
The study assessed prevalence of volatile substance abuse (VSA), and its link to other forms of psychoactive substance use and to other problem behaviours among 14-15 year olds recruited from sixteen secondary schools in south-west London. Lifet[...]Article : Périodique
K. HALL ; P. K. STAIGER ; A. SIMPSON ; D. BEST ; D. I. LUBMAN |Aims: Motivational interviewing (MI) is the most successfully disseminated evidence-based practice in the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment field. This systematic review considers two questions relevant to policymakers and service providers[...]NouveautéArticle : Périodique
An increasing body of evidence shows that informal mutual aid groups benefit those in addiction recovery. However, attention for mutual aid groups in practice and policy varies internationally and is only recently emerging in continental Europe.[...]Article : Périodique
D. BEST ; D. WALKER ; E. ASTON ; C. PEGRAM ; G. O'DONNELL |While there is a considerable evidence base showing links between drug use and offending and clear evidence of the impact of treatment engagement on drug-related offending, there is a much smaller UK evidence base on 'what works' in treatment an[...]Périodique
D. BEST ; M. GOSSOP ; J. GREENWOOD ; J. MARSDEN ; P. LEHMANN ; J. STRANG | 1999FRANÇAIS : 200 toxicomanes aux opiacés en traitement ambulatoire par la méthadone ont été classés en trois groupes: les non-usagers de cannabis (40,5%), les usagers quotidiens (40%) et les usagers occasionnels (19,5%). Les non-usagers de cannab[...]Périodique
FRANÇAIS : La prévalence de la consommation de tabac de 135 patients hospitalisés pour désintoxication de l'alcool et/ou de la drogue, dont 92 % sont des fumeurs, a été étudiée lors de deux entretiens à une semaine d'intervalle. Avant admission[...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : The publication of Hidden Harm [Advisory Counsil on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), 2003] was an attempt to increase awareness of the risks to children of parental drug use, and the need for a coherent response across services to this is[...]Article : Périodique
E. DAY ; D. BEST ; A. COPELLO ; H. YOUNG ; KHOOSAL N. ; MODERN N. |ENGLISH : Background: The expansion of drug treatment services has outstripped the capacity of specialist prescribers in the UK, and GPs have increasingly been recruited as prescribers of substitution therapies. Local circumstances have usuall[...]Article : Périodique
Many studies on addiction recovery focus on recovery initiation and short-term outcomes for alcohol addictions. In this study, we examine associations between three recovery stages and recovery markers for persons in drug addiction recovery. Dat[...]Article : Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Cette étude porte sur la prévalence, les modèles et les problèmes d'abus de consommation de témazépam. Une même série d'entretiens structurés auprès de 100 toxicomanes dans trois centres de traitement de Londres, et une autre série d[...]Périodique
J. STRANG ; F. KEANEY ; G. BUTTERWORTH ; A. NOBLE ; D. BEST | 2001ENGLISH : Recent reports of the use of lemon juice in the preparation of heroin for injection have failed to recognize the importance of the different forms of heroin (in the form of the salt or the base) and the impact of this on the chemical[...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : One of the most striking changes in UK treatment of opiate addiction in the last 20 years has been the increasing prominence of maintenance prescribing as the dominant philosophy and the default treatment offered to new clients acces[...]Périodique
FRANÇAIS : 2971 adolescents londoniens d'âge moyen 13,6 ans ont été interrogés à l'aide d'un questionnaire anonyme sur leurs connaissances et leurs comportements face aux drogues. 25 % font un usage régulier d'alcool et 9% de tabac. 7 % du tota[...]Périodique
ENGLISH : The study investigates the prevalence of illicit drug use beyond that of mere experimentation, examining the 'capture-rates' of cannabis, amphetamines, ecstasy and cocaine used in a cohort of 14-16-year-old adolescents. The data are [...]Périodique
FRANÇAIS : L'expérience et le comportement vis-à-vis d'un pair victime d'overdose sont recueillis auprès de 155 patients en traitement ambulatoire dans un hôpital spécialisé londonien. Environ la moitié de l'échantillon a déjà fait une overdose[...]Article : Périodique
V. C. MANNING ; G. STRATHDEE ; D. BEST ; F. KEANEY ; McGILLIVRAY L. ; J. WITTON |ENGLISH : While dual diagnosis research has often focussed on substance misuse disorders among mental health clients, relatively little is known about comparable rates of dual diagnosis in community mental health and substance misuse settings [...]Périodique
D. BEST ; V. MANNING ; M. GOSSOP ; GROSS S. ; J. STRANG | 2006The study investigates excessive drinking and associations with other problem behaviours in 2078 school students aged 14-16 years in seven London secondary schools. Using a cross-sectional design, a self completion questionnaire assessed lifetim[...]Article : Périodique
M. SAVIC ; D. BEST ; S. RODDA ; D. I. LUBMAN |Addiction recovery Smartphone applications (apps) (n = 87) identified on the Google Play store in 2012 were coded, along with app user reviews, to explore functions, foci, and user experiences. Content analysis revealed that apps typically provi[...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : Patterns of prescribed and non-prescribed benzodiazepine use among 100 patients in methadone maintenance treatment were tracked over a 2-year period. Ninety-one participants were re-interviewed 6 months after initial interview and 76[...]Périodique
T. BESWICK ; D. BEST ; J. BEARN ; S. REES ; M. GOSSOP ; R. COOMBER ; J. STRANG | 2002ENGLISH : One hundred and eight opiate addicts attending an in-patient opiate treatment unit were interviewed, using a mixed quantitative-qualitative approach, to investigate their experiences of witnessing overdoses, the associated interpreta[...]Article : Périodique
C. ANDERSSON ; E. WINCUP ; D. BEST ; J. IRVING |Recovery is now the defining feature of UK drug and alcohol policy. Despite this policy emphasis, little attention has been paid to the lived experience of those in recovery. Instead, research has typically concentrated on treatment populations,[...]Périodique
D. BEST ; R. HERNANDO ; M. GOSSOP ; C. SIDWELL ; J. STRANG | 2003ENGLISH : This study investigates the links between social networks of drug users and criminal activity. Opiate misusers (n = 128) receiving in-patient treatment were interviewed about substance use, social networks, and crime in the month bef[...]Périodique
D. BEST ; A. NOBLE ; M. GOSSOP ; E. FINCH ; C. SIDWELL ; J. MARSDEN ; J. STRANG | 2003ENGLISH : Alcohol consumption and patterns of use were examined in a cohort of 108 patients in methadone maintenance treatment in South London. Measures of alcohol consumption, alcohol dependence, liver dysfunction and blood alcohol levels wer[...]