rss

Category: Addiction News

0
Commissioning in the Public Sector: GPs to Commission Health Services Unveiled Today
By on December 14th, 2010

Commissioning in the Public Sector: GPs to Commission Health Services Unveiled Today

The first groups of GPs to commission health services under radical plans from the government’s health department have been unveiled today. The 52 groups of GPs from 1,860 practices across England, known as pathfinders, will manage local budgets and commission services, including services from local social enterprises, for the NHS and local authorities. Collectively, the [...]

Addiction News
Full Story
0
Public Health England (PHE)
By on December 14th, 2010

Public Health England (PHE)

“Healthy Lives, Healthy People…” Lindsay Yates, Office Intern On 30 November 2010 the Department of Health released a white paper entitled, “Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Our strategy for public health in England.” The Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley, forewords the document by calling for a radical shift in the approach to health challenges, [...]

Addiction News
Full Story
4
Addictions UK supports Ethical Intervention
By on November 02nd, 2010

Addictions UK supports Ethical Intervention

Ethical, accredited interventionists can accelerate addicts into treatment –maverick ones can harm the whole family. So leading players have signed up to become board-registered interventionists with an agreed Code of Ethics. Deirdre Boyd reports on the birth of AIS International. Structured ‘interventions’ – organised by families or employers of an addict, with a professional specialist [...]

Addiction News
Full Story
0
Drug Addict Paid £200 to have Vasectomy: AddictionsUK Interview
By on October 22nd, 2010

Drug Addict Paid £200 to have Vasectomy: AddictionsUK Interview

US charity Project Prevention have paid a 38 year old British man to have a vasectomy, as part of a project to stop drug addicts from having children. Simon Stephens from AddictionsUK speaks to BBC Tees on the controversy this has caused.

Addiction News • Addiction Videos • Addictions UK • Drug Addiction
Full Story
1
Addiction and the Elderly
By on September 14th, 2010

Addiction and the Elderly

Rising numbers of the over 50s contact Addictions UK for help with a variety of problems with alcohol dependency, and drug addiction. It is a common myth that elderly people grow out of drug addiction – many treatment centre clients have been using drugs (and alcohol) since their early teens. Elderly clients often confess that [...]

Addiction News • Addiction Treatment • Addictions UK • Alcohol Addiction • Drug Addiction
Full Story
6
A New Government – Will this bring new Addiction Treatment Policies?
By on May 13th, 2010

A New Government – Will this bring new Addiction Treatment Policies?

Now that we have a new Government, when will the Army of Civil Servants and Public Sector Administrators within the Addictions Industry be swept away by the forthcoming cuts? Will the NTA and Drug and Alcohol Action Teams be served notice to quit – and how will previously agreed budgets be revamped and change main [...]

Addiction News • General
Full Story
0
Can Women Be Alcoholics? Addiction in the News
By on March 26th, 2010

Can Women Be Alcoholics? Addiction in the News

“Adult Children of Alcoholics” – Real or Myth? Dr. James West, a retired medical director of the Betty Ford Center writes about the concept of a syndrome specifically affecting the children of alcoholics. Although it is not yet widely accepted, “More and more data is accumulating… that such a cluster of symptoms does indeed exist [...]

Addiction News • Alcohol Addiction • Work Addiction
Full Story
1
Sex Addiction? Really? Addiction in the News
By on March 12th, 2010

Sex Addiction? Really? Addiction in the News

Sex Addiction? Really? Society may have become more accepting of the concept of addiction in areas other than drugs and alcohol – gambling and shoplifting, for example – but the idea of sex addiction is often treated with a heavy dose of scepticism. In part this may be a reaction to the media’s cynical insinuation [...]

Addiction News • Nicotine Addiction • Sex & Love Addiction • Sugar Addiction
Full Story
Page 2 of 212