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Addictions UK supports Ethical Intervention

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 [...]

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Drug Intervention: Do You Need a Professional?

Drug Intervention: Do You Need a Professional?

Most of the time, Intervention is something that a family considers only when a crisis occurs. Our loved one ends up in jail, overdoses, or causes major wreckage and THEN the family decides that it is time to do an intervention. An addiction intervention is a carefully controlled process where a trained professional sets up [...]