Guidance

Routes to recovery from substance addiction

Manual for healthcare practitioners on building and carrying out an effective plan for recovery from substance addiction.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 1 April 2013

Documents

Routes to recovery from substance addiction: mapping user manual

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Details

This manual contains tools and techniques to improve the assessment of substance addicted people and carry out a plan for recovery.

The manual details the common parts of effective treatment. It uses the concept of node-link mapping to support the delivery of these techniques and is organised into sessions.

It covers:

• setting, achieving and rewarding goals
• building social support for change
• providing information to reduce harm
• skills development
• exiting treatment and aftercare

Published 1 April 2013