Effectiveness Bank Bulletins

Recent evaluation studies with important practice implications. Latest bulletin listed first. Move mouse over date to see contents list. Click on date for full bulletin or in contents list for selected items. Click HERE and enter e-mail address to receive alerts of new bulletins.

2008

• 7 January
  Patchy performance of UK offender treatment initiatives ... Botched response to crack using offenders ... Treatment on bail makes little discernable difference ... Testing on arrest scatter gun nets some extra treatment entrants ... Testing children pointless but arrest referral offers early intervention opportunities ... ‘Most promising' alcohol prevention programme tried with poor black US families ... Self-financing resident-run houses maintain recovery after treatment ... Concern over abstinence outcomes in Scotland's treatment services ...
• 14 February
  High risk of death for opiate detoxification completers ... Female drinkers also benefit from couples therapy ... Harnessing peer interaction in school-based drug prevention can backfire ... Needle exchange coverage key to reducing infection risk ...
• 9 April
  Style not content key to matching patients to therapeutic approaches ... Still hard to find reasons for matching patients to therapies ... Helping drug treatment patients find work pays (some) dividends in Scotland ... Substance-focused initiatives not only way schools help prevent risky substance use ...
• 7 August
  Universal screening for alcohol problems in primary care fails in Denmark ... School-based smoking prevention: popular peers can help ... Needle exchange helps prevent bacterial as well as viral infections ... Home visits reduce risk to children of drug treatment patients ...

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