Substance misuse services: delivery of psychological interventions

Strategy aimed at increasing access to support for people working to recover from problematic alcohol and drug use.


Footnotes

1. Psychological interventions in this guide refer to both psychological and psychosocial interventions. These terms are often used interchangeably in the literature when describing processes and interventions aimed at enabling psychological and social change.

2. Wanigaratne S, Davis P, Pryce K, Brotchie J. (2005). The effectiveness of psychological therapies with drug misusing clients. Research briefing 11. London: National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse. ( http://www.dldocs.stir.ac.uk/documents/rb11_final.pdf)

3. British Psychological Society. (2012). The contribution of clinical psychologists to recovery-oriented drug and alcohol treatment systems. Leicester: British Psychological Society. ( http://www.nta.nhs.uk/uploads/contributionofcpsychologiststorecoveryorientateddrugandalcoholtreatment2012-022013.pdf)

4. Department of Health. (2017). Drug misuse and dependence. UK guidelines on clinical management. London: Department of Health. ( https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628634/clinical_guidelines_2017.pdf)

5. Scottish Government. (2017). Mental health strategy: 2017–2027. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. ( http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00516047.pdf)

6. NHS Education for Scotland. (2017). Transforming psychological trauma. A knowledge and skills framework for the Scottish workforce. Edinburgh: NHS Education for Scotland. ( http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/media/3971582/nationaltraumatrainingframework.pdf)

7. Scottish Government. (2014). The Quality Principles: standard expectations of care and support in drug and alcohol services. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. ( http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/08/1726)

8. NHS Education for Scotland. (2015). The Matrix: a guide to delivering evidence-based psychological therapies in Scotland. Edinburgh: NHS Education for Scotland. ( http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/media/3325612/matrix_part_1.pdf)

9. National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse/British Psychological Society. (2010). Routes to recovery: psychosocial interventions for drug misuse. London: NTA. ( http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_231394_EN_UK38_Residential%20drug%20treatment%20service_a%20summary%20of%20good%20practice.pdf)

10. Scottish Government. (2014). The Quality Principles: standard expectations of care and support in drug and alcohol services. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. ( http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/08/1726)

11. Scottish Government. (2014). Supporting the development of Scotland’s drug and alcohol workforce. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. ( http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2010/12/AandD)

12. Department of Health. (2017). Drug misuse and dependence. UK guidelines on clinical management. London: Department of Health. ( https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628634/clinical_guidelines_2017.pdf)

13. NHS Education for Scotland. (2015). The Matrix: a guide to delivering evidence-based psychological therapies in Scotland. Edinburgh: NHS Education for Scotland. ( http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/media/3325612/matrix_part_1.pdf)

14. Substance Misuse Skills Consortium. (2017). Skills hub [website]. London: Substance Misuse Skills Consortium. ( http://www.skillsconsortium.org.uk/skillshub.aspx).

15. Competency frameworks for psychological therapies can be accessed at: www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/cehp/research-groups/core/competence-frameworks

16. Details of the interventions listed here are available in the Psychological Therapies Matrix and the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse/ BPS document Routes to recovery: psychosocial interventions for drug misuse, both previously referenced.

17. NHS Education for Scotland. (2017). Transforming psychological trauma. A knowledge and skills framework for the Scottish workforce. Edinburgh: NHS Education for Scotland. ( http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/media/3971582/nationaltraumatrainingframework.pdf)

18. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2011). Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis, assessment and management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence. Clinical guideline CG115. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. ( https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg115)

19. Mioshi E, Dawson K, Mitchell J, Arnold R, Hodges J. (2006). The Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination Revised ( ACE-R): a brief cognitive test battery for dementia screening. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 21: 10.1002/gps.1610.

20. Nasreddine ZS, Phillips NA, Bédirian V, Charbonneau S, Whitehead V, Collin I, Cummings JL, Chertkow H. (2005). The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: a brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 53 (4), 695–699.

21. National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse/British Psychological Society. (2010). Routes to recovery: psychosocial interventions for drug misuse. London: National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse. ( http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_231394_EN_UK38_Residential%20drug%20treatment%20service_a%20summary%20of%20good%20practice.pdf)

22. Kouimtsidis C, Davis P, Reynolds M, Drummond C, Tarrier N. (2007). Cognitive-behavioural therapy in the treatment of addiction: a treatment planner for clinicians . London: Wiley.

23. Adapted from: Fixsen DL, Blase K, Naoom S, Metz A, Louison L, Ward C. (2015). Implementation drivers: assessing best practices. Chapel Hill, NC: National Implementation Research Network, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Moore MH (1995). Organisational strategy in the public sector. In: Budd L, Charlesworth J, Paton R (eds.). (2006). Making policy happen . London: Routledge/Open University.

24. British Psychological Society. (2014) DCP policy on supervision. Leicester: British Psychological Society. ( http://www.bps.org.uk/system/files/Public%20files/inf224_dcp_supervision.pdf).

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