Drug abuse treatment

C) Treatment for Drug Addicted women

Adherence, treatment success and antiretroviral drug resistance

(a) Treatment home for young drug users.

Thematic debate on drug abuse prevention, treatment and rehabilitation

Thematic debate on drug abuse prevention, treatment and rehabilitation

III. Treatment, rehabilitation and social reintegration of drug addicts

III. Treatment, rehabilitation and social reintegration of drug addicts

In addition to drug treatment, drug abusing inmates require specific pre release psychological and vocational programmes.

3. Thematic debate on drug abuse prevention, treatment and rehabilitation

Intervention focusing on the treatment and rehabilitation of drug abusers

UNDCP was also engaged in demand reduction activities aimed at improving and strengthening the research and treatment capacity of the Yangon Drug Treatment and Research Unit, so that it could become the resource centre for treatment of drug abusers and the focal point for regional cooperation among drug treatment institutions in the country.

(c) Helping to stop ongoing recidivism by high cost drug abusing offenders, through drug treatment court programmes

UNDCP supported a drug abuse assessment study that had established the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Research and Treatment Center (AMATEM) as the national focal point for activities involving the treatment and rehabilitation of drug abusers.

Treatment for drug abuse is carried out in psychiatric hospitals, in general hospitals and in residential treatment centres.

Many Governments have reported activities involving the treatment of drug addicts.

The Government had set up rehabilitation and treatment centres for drug addicts.

In order to successfully address drug demand, more should be done in the areas of drug abuse prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

G) Sexually Transmitted Diseases AIDS. Treatment of infectious diseases in drug addicted people.

Rehabilitation efforts can target drug dependent persons who have not undergone prior treatment.

Further, drug abusing inmates need health treatment and rehabilitation provided by specialized personnel.

Robert L. Hubbard and others, quot Treatment outcome prospective study (TOPS) client characteristics and behaviours before, during and after treatment quot , Drug Abuse Treatment Evaluation ..., pp. 42 68.

Because drug abusers often attend different treatment centres in the course of a year, there is a risk of double counting, thus overestimating the total number of people seeking treatment for their drug problems.

Representatives also delineated the approach of their Governments to the prevention of drug abuse and the treatment and rehabilitation of drug abusers.

Representatives also delineated the approach of their Governments to the prevention of drug abuse and the treatment and rehabilitation of drug abusers.

Drug free treatments include therapeutic communities and out patient drug free treatment, where counselling, group therapy, information or support may be provided.

Initial drug offenders were committed to a drug rehabilitation centre for treatment and repeated offenders were subject to a penal like regime.

(e) Design and implementation of model programmes for the treatment, rehabilitation and social reintegration of drug abusing offenders and drug law offenders

Many countries collect data on the activities and characteristics of drug treatment services and their clients in order to inform planning and develop policy in the area of drug demand reduction, although the concept and the modalities of drug treatment may vary between countries.

As part of a drug prevention, rehabilitation and treatment programme, a nationwide anti drug campaign was launched that included issuing guidelines on minimum standards for treatment facilities, developing plans for a national drug education programme in schools and providing community based services to drug abusers and at risk youth in disadvantaged areas.

Mean age of persons in treatment for drug abuse, by region, latest estimates available

Secondary prevention consists of reducing drug abuse through different forms of treatment and rehabilitation.

Treatment, rehabilitation and social reintegration of former drug abusers have received even less attention.

Secondly, the drug abuser population covered by treatment demand data is dependent on the availability and accessibility of treatment services in different countries.

(c) Men account for the majority of the drug abusing population and of those persons seeking treatment for drug abuse in all regions.

In many regions, data on demand for drug abuse treatment are the main type of data that are routinely available on drug abuse.

In Japan, methamphetamine is the primary drug of abuse for 51 per cent of the people entering drug abuse treatment facilities in 2003.

Preventive education was targeted at the general public, particularly schools, while drug rehabilitation centres tailored their treatment to different categories of drug abusers.

6. Treatment for drug abusers has been provided by the majority of Governments and, in some countries, specialized training has also been provided for personnel employed in the treatment, rehabilitation and social reintegration of drug abusers.

For many countries, some of the data are based on treatment admissions some countries have national registries of people undergoing treatment for drug abuse.

However, there has been an increasing number of people receiving treatment primarily for cannabis use in specialized drug abuse treatment centres and psychiatric institutions.

Raise awareness of the detrimental side effects to drug use, implement tough measures against drug abusers, and refer abusers to treatment and rehabilitation programs.

It is also aimed at expanding facilities for the treatment of drug abusers and raising public awareness of the dangers posed by drug abuse.

The activities of specialised (drug related and psychiatric) daytime inpatient treatment facilities receded in 2000.

The quality treatment of drug resistant cases has been increased by some 50 per cent.