David Best on drug use and a whole systems approach

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David Best
David Best
Location: Birmingham, UK
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VIDEO NUMBER:
82
CATEGORY:
Criminal Justice
DATE ADDED:
30-08-2008
DESCRIPTION

David looks at the Texan model (Texas Christian University Institute of Behavioural Research) which has a hierarchical approach to measuring effectiveness. David suggests that locating all problems between the worker and the client is unhelpful.

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Footnotes
1) Paper: An integrated Approach to treatment for addiction [D.Dwayne Simpson Ph.D Texas Vhristian University]
PDF Dwayne Simpson Ph.D Institute of Behavioural  Research TCU
 
 
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