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The Use of Medication for Challenging Behaviors in People with Intellectual Disabilities: The Direct Care Providers' Perspective
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Deb, Shoumitro; Limbu, Bharati; Unwin, Gemma L.; Weaver, Tim – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Overmedication of people with intellectual disabilities, particularly when psychotropic medications are used for challenging behavior (CB) in the absence of a psychiatric disorder, is a significant public health concern. Support staff play a pivotal role in influencing the prescribing process. Staff views and attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Intellectual Disability, Behavior Problems, Caregiver Attitudes
The Stigmatization of Problem Drug Users: A Narrative Literature Review
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Lloyd, Charlie – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2013
Background: A stigma is a long-lasting mark of social disgrace that has a profound effect on interactions between the stigmatized and the unstigmatized. Factors governing the extent of stigmatization attached to an individual include the perceived danger posed by that person and the extent to which she/he is seen as being to blame for the stigma.…
Descriptors: Specialists, Drug Use, Social Bias, Negative Attitudes
Report of the Substance Misuse in the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum Project in England
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Notley, Caitlin; Goodair, Christine; Chaytor, Andrew; Carroll, Janine; Ghodse, Hamid; Kopelman, Peter – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2014
Introduction: This article reports on a Department of Health UK funded project to implement consensus substance misuse teaching in undergraduate curricula in medical schools in England. The aim was to better equip practising doctors of the future to deal with substance misuse issues. Method: A project coordinator worked with local curriculum…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Medical Education, Drug Addiction, Foreign Countries
Service Quality in Alcohol Treatment: A Qualitative Study
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Resnick, Sheilagh M.; Griffiths, Mark D. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2010
The objective of the study was to qualitatively evaluate the managerial and organisational issues associated with service quality in a privately funded alcohol treatment centre in the UK. Two different groups of participants at a private treatment clinic were interviewed. The first group comprised 25 of its patients. The second group comprised 15…
Descriptors: Patients, Measurement, Clinics, Evaluation Methods
"Suddenly, I Had a Little Bit of Hope"
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Bryson, Lucy – Adults Learning, 2009
This article shares the story of Lucy Bryson, who was hooked on crack cocaine and heroin when she was 17, and was working the streets to fund her addiction. Her future looked bleak when she was imprisoned four years ago but a project that builds trust and responsibility in young people by teaching them to work with animals has transformed her…
Descriptors: Animals, Role Models, Females, Cocaine
Getting Clean in a Drug Rehabilitation Program in Prison: A Grounded Theory Analysis
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Smith, Sharon; Ferguson, Neil – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
High-risk drug use is prevalent among UK prison populations (Lipton, 1995) while recovery in prison is both complex and variable. Grounded theory methodology was employed to gain a greater understanding of the perceptions and conceptualisations of "risk," "need" and "motivation" in relation to prisoner drug abusing…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Rehabilitation Programs, Correctional Institutions, Drug Use