ALCOHOL REPORTS: Research on treatment systems for substance abuse

6/10 Volume 27

All Nordic countries, as many other Western countries, have recently reformed treatment systems for substance abuse, looking for the most cost-efficient mix and model of organisation. For some time now, the focus of research on treatment has moved away from evaluations of specific clinical techniques to real-world-settings. But still, we don’t know what really works in reducing problems on the population level (Babor & Poznyak 2011).

This issue of NAD proves a rich collection of empirical examples and theoretical perspectives on treatment systems from many countries.

Editorial - Alcohol and drug treatment systems research:
a question of money, professionals, and democracy (PDF)

Research reports and commentaries

PART I Theoretical perspectives on systems and models – critique and practice

Harold D. Holder Substance abuse treatment as part of a total system of community response

Anders Bergmark On the idea of treatment systems

Robin Room Alcohol and drug treatment systems: What is meant, and what determines their development

PART II Comparing national systems or part of systems – descriptions and analysis

Astrid Skretting & Pia Rosenqvist Shifting focus in substitution treatment in the Nordic countries

Lynda Berends & Barbara Hunter It seemed like a good idea at the time: Experiences in centralised intake for alcohol and drug treatment across three jurisdictions

Jacek Moskalewicz The forgotten stakeholders in the drug treatment system

Brian Rush Tiered frameworks for planning substance use service delivery systems: Origins and key principles