Tackling Addiction

Acknowledgements.; List of Contributors.; Introduction. Margaret S. Malloch, University Of Stirling, UK and Rowdy Yates, University Of Stirling, UK.; 1. The Road Less Travelled? A Short History of Addiction Recovery. Rowdy Yates and Margaret S. Malloch.; 2. Mapping Routes to Recovery: The Role of Recovery Groups and Communities. David Best, University of The West Of Scotland, UK.; 3. Recovery in the Project: A South East Alternative Journey. Dharmacarini Khuladarini, Turning Point Scotland, UK.; 4. Women in Recovery. Betsy Thom, Middlesex University, UK.; 5. The Therapeutic Community as a Recovery Oriented Treatment Pathway and the Emergence of a Recovery Oriented Integrated System. George De Leon, NYU School Of Medicine, USA.; 6. NW ROIS: Recovery Oriented Integrated Systems in North-West England. Mark Gilman, National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, UK and Rowdy Yates.; 7. The Therapeutic Community as a Method of Intervention. Wendy Dawson, Ley Community, Oxford, UK and Albert Zandvoort, The Bayberry Clinic, UK.; 8. Voices of Recovery. David Bryce, Carl Edwards, Maggie, Mary G. and Annemarie W.; 9. Recovery, a Clinical Reality. Brian Kidd, University Of Dundee and NHS Tayside Substance Misuse Services, UK.; 10. Evidence and Policy - Crime and Public Health in UK Drug Policy. Alex Stevens, University Of Kent, UK.; 11. Recovery, Desistance and 'Coerced' Drug Treatment. Tim McSweeney, King's College London, UK.; 12. Some Concluding Reflections and Future Considerations. Margaret S. Malloch and Rowdy Yates.

This is a powerful book, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to refresh their motivation to work therapeutically in addiction.