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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[...]Article : Périodique
Recovery from illicit drug and alcohol use takes place over time and is characterised by a dynamic interaction between internal and external components. An integral part of all recovery journeys is effective community reintegration. After all, r[...]Périodique
J. STRANG ; J. McCAMBRIDGE ; D. BEST ; T. BESWICK ; J. BEARN ; S. REES ; M. GOSSOP | 2003Une étude longitudinale a été menée sur 20 mois auprès de 137 usagers dépendants aux opiacés, suivis après une cure de désintoxication en traitement résidentiel. Les résultats mettent en évidence que seuls certains patients ayant mené à bien leu[...]Périodique
ENGLISH : Sleep disturbance experienced during methadone or lofexidine opiate detoxification was investigated in 118 opiate-dependent patients receiving inpatient detoxification treatment. Sleep was assessed at four time points during opiate d[...]Bulletin : Périodique
Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, Vol.28, n°5 - October 2021 - Mechanisms and mediators of addiction recovery
D. BEST, Éditeur scientifique ; W. VANDERPLASSCHEN, Éditeur scientifique | 2021Périodique
T. BESWICK ; D. BEST ; S. REES ; R. COOMBER ; M. GOSSOP ; J. STRANG | 2001FRANÇAIS : En interviewant 116 patients toxicomanes fréquentant les services de soins au Sud de Londres, on relève parmi ce groupe, 90% d'usagers d'héroïne dans le mois précédant l'interview, 60% d'usagers de crack et 58% d'usagers d'alcool. P[...]Périodique
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D. BEST ; M. GOSSOP ; L. H. MAN ; G. STILLWELL ; R. COOMBER ; J. STRANG | 2002ENGLISH : One hundred and thirty five drug users in contact with treatment services in Scotland and England were interviewed about their experiences of witnessing overdoses-both overdoses resolved successfully and those leading to death-and ac[...]Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Les auteurs présentent les résultats d'une enquête menée auprès de 454 usagers de drogue par voie intraveineuse, afin de déterminer d'une part l'étendue des surdoses en présence de témoins, d'autre part l'acceptabilité et l'impact d'[...]Article : Périodique
The aim of this study was to predict retention in residential rehabilitation (RR) services for drug users, focusing on service provider factors. A national postal survey of RR services in England and Wales was carried out and information was obt[...]Article : Périodique
A number of risk factors have been identified that increase the potential for overdose events to occur, however in-depth studies exploring multiple Drug-Related Death (DRD) risk factors simultaneously are less prevalent and mainly conducted amon[...]Article : Périodique
D. BEST ; W. VANDERPLASSCHEN ; D. VAN DE MHEEN ; J. DE MAEYER ; C. COLMAN ; F. VANDER LAENEN ; J. IRVING ; C. ANDERSSON ; M. EDWARDS ; L. BELLAERT ; T. MARTINELLI ; S. GRAHAM ; R. HAMER ; G. E. NAGELHOUT |Although there has been a growth in recent years in recovery research, much of this has been from the United States, and there is very little comparative research in this area. This article describes the rationale, conceptual foundations and met[...]Article : Périodique
While it is increasingly recognized that recovery from dependent use of heroin or alcohol is possible, little is known about the long-term process of recovery. A study in Glasgow, Scotland used interviews and self-completed questionnaires to inv[...]Périodique
L. H. MAN ; D. BEST ; M. GOSSOP ; G. STILLWELL ; J. STRANG | 2004ENGLISH : Opiate users (n = 135) from southern England, Glasgow and Edinburgh were interviewed about opiate overdose (lifetime). Fifty-six percent had overdosed. The majority (66%) reported mixing opiates with at least one other drug (mainly a[...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : One hundred and sixteen methadone maintenance clients were interviewed about experiences of personal and witnesses overdoses. Almost half (n=57.49%) had experiences 201 personal overdoses, 10 of whom (17.5%) had overdosed in the prev[...]Périodique
ENGLISH : In a study of patients attending a methadone maintenance clinic in South London, 66 of 114 (58%) had previously attempted to detoxify themselves from opiates without medical assistance. The total number of self-detoxification attempt[...]Périodique
R. COOMBER ; K. MOORE ; S. MILES ; N. SOUTH ; J. WITTON ; J. STRANG ; D. BEST ; T. BESWICK ; M. GOSSOP ; S. REES ; T. MAY ; M. HOUGH ; G. PEARSON ; D. HOBBS ; MC ELRATH K. | 2004Périodique
C. O'GARA ; F. KEANEY ; D. BEST ; J. HARRIS ; A. BOYS ; F. LEONARD ; M. KELLEHER ; J. STRANG | 2005ENGLISH : Background: Health professionals play an important role in the detection and subsequent management of individuals who misuse substances. Aim: This article aimed to assess self reported levels of training received by psychiatric docto[...]Périodique
ENGLISH : The efficacy of lofexidine/naloxone was compared with lofexidine/placebo in a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial in 89 opiate-dependent patients. There were no significant differences between the two groups in the pro[...]Périodique
J. MARSDEN ; M. GOSSOP ; D. STEWART ; D. BEST ; M. FARRELL ; P. LEHMANN ; C. EDWARDS ; J. STRANG | 1998FRANÇAIS : Le MAP est un test multi-dimensionnel de 60 items, simple et rapide à appliquer en début, en cours ou en fin de traitement. Sa pertinence est évaluée auprès de 160 usagers de drogues et 80 usagers d'alcool dans deux services hospital[...]Périodique
D. BEST ; M. GOSSOP ; J. MARSDEN ; M. FARRELL ; J. STRANG | 1997FRANÇAIS : Chez une centaine de patients, on étudie la relation entre la dose de méthadone et le moment de la journée où ils la prennent, et l'usage d'héroïne et d'autres drogues illicites. 47% d'entre-eux consomment de l'héroïne plusieurs fois[...]Périodique
ENGLISH : The study investigates developmental associations in the relationship between drug use and crime among 100 treatment-seeking opiate addicts. While 56% of the sample report having committed 2,785 acquisitive crimes in the previous mon[...]Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Les indicateurs d'usage de drogues illicites sont évalués pendant 6 mois dans une cohorte de 100 patients. L'usage d'alcool et d'héroïne ne change pas de façon significative, alors que la fréquence d'usage du cannabis, de crack et de[...]