What works in drug addiction?

What works in drug addiction?

Substance dependence, or ‘addiction’, is diagnosed taking several factors into consideration (Box 1). Substance misuse refers to the non-therapeutic use of drugs in a manner that is potentially harmful, but does not meet criteria for dependence. Guidelines for drug addiction treatment have been published by the Department of Health (1999). Many trials report significant benefits of addiction tr...

What works in addiction treatment and what doesn't: is the best therapy no therapy?

The current trend toward treating drug and alcohol (and other) addictions in disease-oriented, 12-step programs has had less success than most people believe. Treatments that teach coping skills, mobilize community forces, and instill values toward prosocial behavior have had success rates far superior to therapies that instruct individuals that they take drugs or drink excessively because they...

What works, and what really works.

In recent development discourse, much has been debated and written about evidence-based actions, defined as: ‘the application of the best available systematically assembled evidence in setting policy and practice’. Nutrition is clearly not exempt from justifying itself, and it is important that Public Health Nutrition has addressed this in recent issues. Much of our knowledge of ‘what works’ de...

What Works Well Tells Us What Works Better

What Works in Professional Development?

hat do we really know about the relationship between professional development and improvements in student learning? What evidence validates that relationship, and how trustworthy is that evidence? What does that evidence tell us about the characteristics of truly effective professional development activities? These questions guided one of the largest and most inclusive syntheses of research on ...