National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2020) Drug misuse overview. NICE Pathways.
External website: http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/drug-misuse
This pathway covers psychosocial interventions and opioid detoxification for drug misuse.
The pathway makes recommendations for the use of psychosocial interventions in the treatment of people who misuse opioids, stimulants and cannabis in the healthcare and criminal justice systems. It also covers treatment of people who are undergoing detoxification for opioid dependence arising from the misuse of illicit drugs. Opioid detoxification refers to the process by which the effects of opioid drugs are eliminated from dependent opioid users in a safe and effective manner, such that withdrawal symptoms are minimised.
This pathway should be used in conjunction with 'Drug misuse and dependence – UK guidelines on clinical management: update 2007', also known as the 'Orange Book', which provides advice to healthcare professionals on the delivery and implementation of a broad range of interventions for drug misuse, including those interventions covered in the present guideline.
B Substances > CNS stimulants
B Substances > Opioids (opiates)
HJ Treatment method > Substance disorder treatment method
HJ Treatment method > Substance disorder treatment method > Substance disorder drug therapy
HJ Treatment method > Substance disorder treatment method > Substance replacement method (substitution) > Opioid agonist treatment (methadone maintenance / buprenorphine)
HJ Treatment method > Substance disorder treatment method > Detoxification method
HJ Treatment method > Psychosocial treatment method
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and rehabilitation > Identification and screening > Identification and screening for substance use
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and rehabilitation > Patient / client care management
L Social psychology and related concepts > Family > Family and kinship > Family support
T Demographic characteristics > Substance or health care worker / provider
T Demographic characteristics > Nurse / Midwife
T Demographic characteristics > Prevention / youth worker
T Demographic characteristics > Social worker
VA Geographic area > International
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