The ongoing process through which individuals achieve improved health, wellness, and quality of life while striving for abstinence or reduced substance use.
Recovery Support
Anomalies in global network connectivity associated with early recovery from alcohol dependence: A network transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography study
Abstract Although previous research in alcohol dependent populations identified alterations within local structures of the addiction ‘reward’ circuitry, there is limited research into global features of this network, especially in early...
Overcoming the pains of recovery: The management of negative recovery capital during addiction recovery pathways
Abstract: Pains experienced as a result of negative recovery capital are often thought to stimulate motivations for positive behavioural change, usually through a ‘rock bottom’ type moment. Whilst recovery capital and barriers to recovery...
Alcohol related thiamine deficiency
Thiamine, also known as vitamin B1, is an essential nutrient used by the body to convert food into energy. Thiamine deficiency, although rare in most developed countries, is common in people who drink excessive amounts of alcohol.
Defining and implementing evidence-based practice: Reading list
What do we mean by evidence? This ISSUP Reading List has useful resources to help you learn more about evidence-based practice.
Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care: A Perspective on the Past, Present, and Future
ROSC or Recovery Oriented System of Care is a coordinated network of community-based services that is person-centred and builds on the strengths and resilience of individuals, families and communities (1). This paper provides a perspective...
Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) Resource Guide
The purpose of this resource guide is to share an overview of ROSC and illustrate how these systems are an integral part of the new health care environment. This guide will align the tenets of health care reform to the benefits, framework...
From harm to hope: A ten year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives
Here you can read the UK governments 10-year plan to reduce illegal drug use. The 10-year plan is also the formal, substantive response to the Independent Reviews of Drugs led by Dame Carol Black and accepts all of her key recommendations...
Chicken or egg: A dual diagnosis narrative
Summary What is known on the subject? Dual diagnosis is a term used to describe persons who have a co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. It is the cause of significant economic burden to health care, justice and...
Progress of four programs from the comprehensive addiction and recovery act 2021
Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Progress of Four Programs from the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.https://doi.org/10.17226/26060. Substance use...
