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Drug misuse and dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management
How clinicians should treat people with drug misuse and drug dependence problems.
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Often called the Orange Book, this is guidance for clinicians treating people with drug problems.
This 2017 version offers new guidelines on:
- prison-based treatment
- new psychoactive substances and club drugs
- mental health co-morbidity
- misuse of prescribed and over-the-counter medicines
- stopping smoking
- preventing drug-related deaths, including naloxone provision
The new guidelines also have a stronger emphasis on recovery and a holistic approach to the interventions that can support recovery.
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Published 14 July 2017Last updated 15 December 2017 + show all updates
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