Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on Clinical Management
Submitted by Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez
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Often called the Orange Book, this is guidance for clinicians treating people with drug problems.
This 2017 version offers new guidelines on:
- prison-based treatment
- new psychoactive substances and club drugs
- mental health co-morbidity
- misuse of prescribed and over-the-counter medicines
- stopping smoking
- preventing drug-related deaths, including naloxone provision
The new guidelines also have a stronger emphasis on recovery and a holistic approach to the interventions that can support recovery.