Sentences with phrase «substance misuse programmes»

The London Centre for Psychodrama Group and Individual Psychotherapy offers services in London to the general public and to people in many areas of work including mental health, criminal justice, social services, counselling, youth work, substance misuse programmes, the public and voluntary sectors, schools and universities, therapy and helping professions, business and industry.

She delivers workshops in Broadmoor hospital working collaboratively with staff who deliver substance misuse programmes to patients.

Not exact matches

Also, while 12 step programmes have sponsors, by no means is it obligatory to be in recovery yourself to provide recovery services (and, as far as physicians prescribing substitutes for heroin, having a history of substance misuse would be impossible).

The college's learner journey manager, Ali Hanson, recognised the need for the wellbeing of learners by increasing awareness and understanding of substance misuse in the form of a bespoke multi-layered awareness programme, with the welfare of the learners as its focal point.

Specialist treatment programmes should be holistic in approach, and should not concentrate solely on substance misuse issues but include the treatment of depression, anxiety, sexual disorders and adjustment disorders.

How to Drug Proof Your Kids, unveiled at the Scottish Parliament last week, is specifically designed to educate parents about substance misuse through a series of community - based programmes led by fellow parents trained by the organisation, along with drug education and child care professionals.

Through its national level advocacy programme, NACCHO became aware early in the 2015 calendar year that successive public revelations of governance inadequacies in a number of ACCHOs and other Aboriginal corporations in areas of substance misuse, training and child protection had begun to impact negatively on the «brand» of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations.

Key actions of Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery include: • Introduction of a pilot supervised injecting facility in Dublin's city centre; • Establishment of a Working Group to examine alternative approaches to the possession for personal use of small quantities of illegal drugs; • Funding for a programme to promote community awareness of alcohol - related harm; • A new targeted youth services scheme for young people at risk of substance misuse in socially and economically disadvantaged communities; • Expansion of drug and alcohol addiction services, including residential services; • Recruitment of 4 Clinical Nurse Specialists and 2 Young Persons Counsellors to complement HSE multi-disciplinary teams for under 18s; • Recruitment of 7 additional drug - liaison midwives to support pregnant women with alcohol dependency; • Establishment of a Working Group to explore ways of improving progression options for people exiting treatment, prison or community employment schemes, with a view to developing a new programme of supported care and employment.

These are usually local initiatives, rather than coordinated services.17 Most described programmes primarily target parents, with a focus often on specific conditions, such as substance misuse.18 Other family or child centred programmes have been developed in deprived communities, targeting school exclusion, 19 conduct disorders, 20 or parenting difficulties.21, 22

In order to identify those at risk for developing a mental illness, this study will target personality risk factors, including hopelessness, anxiety sensitivity, impulsivity and sensation seeking, which have been shown to reliably predict substance misuse, anxiety, emotional and behavioural disorders in young people.23 24 It is hypothesised that the intervention cognitive training programme (focusing on executive functioning) will be more effective than the active control cognitive training programme (focusing on cognitive abilities other than executive functioning) in reducing psychopathology.

The same group then undertook a developmental group psychotherapy programme designed to focus on the multiple clinical problems typical in this population (depression, experience of abuse, behavioural disorder, substance misuse, poor self esteem and body image, and family conflict and disruption) and to combine effectively with other interventions (pharmacotherapy, individual and family therapies) using a group therapy format that was cost - effective of clinician time.