...Hugh Asher Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate some of the wider aims and potential consequences of maintaining remand and short-term prisoners on methadone, rather than providing them with a rapid detoxification on first reception into prison. Consideration is given to the effects...

...Ashish Rana; Vikram Luthra; Muhammad Noman Khan Wazir; Rashmi Yadav; Duncan Raistrick Purpose At any one time, 76 million people have an alcohol use disorder. Detoxification is a common intervention for alcohol dependence. There is a need regularly to assess and evaluate detoxification practice...

... presentation with heroin, crack and alcohol use used in dependent patterns when presenting for treatment.There is often a lack of alcohol detoxification treatment packages given to those who are on methadone, and often some prescribers in the area of substance use regard an alcohol detoxification programme...

... detoxification. Clinical implications: This paper outlines an extension of the services routinely provided by statutory services in the community, which would be community psychiatric nurse‐led. The prescribing responsibility should be with the specialist alcohol treatment agency. Suggestions are made to enhance...