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Footnotes

1) Website: Substance abuse and mental health services administration

Trends in Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use and Treatment

Substance abuse and mental health services administration website (SAMHSA) USA

2) Report: NTA Annual Report 2007/8

NTA Annual Report 2007/8

3) Strategy: Models of care for treatment of adult drug misusers (NTA 2006)

‘This update is also set in the context of the NTA’s Treatment Effectiveness strategy, which identifies some of the critical success factors to improving drug treatment…The success factors fall into two main groups: Improving clients’ journeys through treatment, and Improving local drug treatment systems.

The strategy is designed to deliver a more dynamic treatment system by focusing on the service user’s “treatment journey”, together with a focus on individuals’ holistic needs (including housing, education and employment) to maximise the benefits of treatment.’

4) Statistical and Guidance Reports: Waiting times and Retention [NTA Website]

1) Waiting Times

Data

2) Retention

Retaining clients in Drug Treatment

NTA website

5) Reports: Drug Misuse Information Framework Scotland

National drug treatment waiting times framework

National reports

Drug Misuse Information Scotland

6) Website: DATOS USA

Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies USA

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