Tackling addiction pathways to recovery (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Introduction / Margaret S. Malloch and Rowdy Yates -- The road less travelled? A short history of addiction recovery / Rowdy Yates and Margaret S. Malloch -- Mapping routes to recovery: the role of recovery groups and communities / David Best -- Recovery in the project: a south east alternatives journey / Dharmacarini Kuladharini -- Women in recovery / Betsy Thom -- The therapeutic community: a recovery-oriented treatment pathway and the emergence of a recovery-oriented integrated system / George De Leon -- NW ROIS: recovery-oriented integrated systems in north west England / Mark Gilman and Rowdy Yates -- The therapeutic community as a method of intervention / Wendy Dawson and Albert Zandvoort -- Voices of recovery / Davis Bryce [and others] -- Recovery, a clinical reality / Brian Kidd -- Evidence and policy: crime and public health in UK drug policy / Alex Stevens -- Recovery, desistance and 'coerced' drug treatment / Tim McSweeney -- Some concluding thoughts / Margaret S. Malloch and Rowdy Yates
The issue of 'recovery' has been increasingly prioritized by policymakers in recent years, but the meaning of the concept remains ambiguous. This edited collection brings together the thoughts and experiences of researchers, practitioners and service users from the fields of health, addiction and criminal justice and centres on current developments in addiction policy and practice. "Tackling Addiction" examines what recovery, addiction and dependence really mean, not only to the professional involved in rehabilitation but also to each individual client, and how 'coerced treatment' fa