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Beachfront Addiction Recovery Facility in Thailand with Holina Rehab
[…] breathwork, mindfulness practices, physical wellness activities, creative therapies and structured group work. The programme is designed to address substance addictions alongside behavioural or process addictions and co-occurring mental health challenges such as anxiety, trauma and depression. Treatment typically begins on arrival rather than fixed cohort start dates, allowing flexibility for international admissions. A typical weekday […]
Match Fit
[…] for alcohol dependency. After completing the recovery programme she returned to Get Connected as part of her aftercare for relapse prevention, and to improve her physical and mental health. Kelly is now employed as a peer support worker and supports the service with the delivery of the fitness programme, and she’s also the service manager […]
Deaths involving nitazenes quadruple in a year
[…] had not been referenced in the government’s recent ten-year health plan, he pointed out. Drug use didn’t happen in isolation – ‘it’s linked to housing instability, poverty, poor mental health, and an overwhelmed justice system. Tackling these broader issues will take time, but without urgent action now, drug-related deaths will continue on the same trajectory, with […]
Gordon Moody: treatment for gambling-related harm
[…] soon that the negative impact on their life can be devastating. An all-consuming compulsion to gamble at any cost leads to difficulties which affect employment, family relationships, mental and physical health and our overall quality of life. And of course, problem gambling does not just affect the individual. It is estimated that for every […]
Abbeycare teams up with St Mirren FC Foundation to create new community hub
[…] 3 September. The new hub, delivered in partnership with the Foundation and funded by Renfrewshire Council, aims to support people struggling with a range of addictions and mental health issues. The three-hour Abbeycare Buddies sessions begin with a hot meal and provide a safe, welcoming, and inspiring environment for people in the local community to […]
Up to a quarter of vapes confiscated in schools contain spice
[…] will continue to be exposed to potentially significant risk from this potent substance, to an extent we haven’t seen before.’ Meanwhile, a separate study published in BMJ Mental Health found that people who use cannabis to ‘self-medicate’ are at more risk of side-effects like paranoia. ‘Reasons for first using cannabis may influence later use patterns […]
Moral support
The area of moral injury and staff distress is seldom discussed within the fields of drugs and alcohol, homelessness, and mental health services. Moral injury and moral distress are often mislabelled as PTSD, and while the symptomology may be similar, the process which the distress stems from is very different. While PTSD is usually the […]
Message from the frontline
[…] across the nation – however, I fear this is in spite of the above and not because of it. The norm is an overstretched workforce suffering poor mental health and, in some examples, providing a skeleton service. I’ve heard of people in some areas having caseloads of 80 – and you are literally only doing […]
Lucie Jones – I am a…
[…] to them. We’ve had some amazing responses and this has been the most rewarding thing for me. We’ve had so many good outcomes for people who have mental health issues or learning difficulties, who are neurodivergent, or who have experienced all kinds of trauma. We build the trust, and they start opening up and want […]
The long game
[…] life.’ ‘Ten years ago I was sleeping in my car, now I’ve got my own business, my own house, my partner.’ ‘I’ve got a young man with mental health and his mum is his carer. [LAIB] gives them one less thing to worry about.’ Advances in opioid substitute treatment such as long-acting injectable buprenorphine can […]
Going upstream
[…] been incarcerated; exposure to domestic violence; parental loss through divorce, death or abandonment; and neglect. The more childhood trauma people were exposed to, the worse their health, mental health, and social outcomes were likely to be. ‘So it’s very strange that we still don’t ask people about childhood trauma as a routine part of our […]
Scottish government launches charter of rights for people affected by substance use
[…] of anyone needing support’. The charter contains ‘key human rights’ drawn from national and international law, including the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, the right to a healthy environment and the right to an adequate standard of living. Developed by the National Collaborative, which is made up of service […]
Proud To Say 2024 campaign
[…] has a different story and the things they are proud of demonstrate this diversity. It may be achieving a personal best in recovery, talking openly about their mental health struggles or moving onto more independence. What am I proud of? I am proud to say that in the year of 2023/2024 we supported a total […]
This Remembrance Day, veteran urges military personnel to access life-saving support
[…] 100 members of the armed forces community. Graham, a veteran in Cornwall, is urging serving personnel, veterans and families to seek support with any drug, alcohol or mental health challenges they may be experiencing. Graham, WithYou in Cornwall client, said, ‘The support that I have received from WithYou has been different to what I have […]
Life portrait
[…] to the heart of healing journeys experienced by people in recovery. Chester-based Fallen Angels exists to support people in recovery from addiction and those living with a mental health condition to transform their lives through dance, performance and creativity. Sober Curiosity A digital element to this year’s Recoverist Month was Sober Curiosity, a series of […]
How the drug strategy can support Labour’s growth agenda
[…] of people accessing support. This includes progress on a central aim of the drug strategy, which is to provide holistic support through “employment opportunities, accommodation and their mental health”. It is essential the Autumn Spending Review commits to continuing drug strategy funding At Turning Point, we know the value of employment in promoting good health […]
On track
In prison settings, addiction, substance misuse, mental health issues, self-harm and violence are unfortunately all too common. Self-tracking tools provide a way for people with issues such as these to gain insight into aspects of their life that are important to their wellbeing, personal development, and behaviour modification. Simple self-tracking tools are something prison residents […]
Begin your healing journey with Gladstones Clinic
[…] team are only a phone call away to talk to you about your concerns for yourself or a loved one. We help people struggling with addiction and mental health issues to get their lives back through our detox and rehabilitation services. Our team of experts includes therapists, psychiatrists, nurses and recovery specialists, and our holistic […]
Birchwood @ Kaleidoscope House – a beautiful place to recover
[…] including detoxification and stabilisation of pregnant women. We also provide a 10 bed Therapeutic Community residential rehabilitation service for 3-6 month treatment programmes. We have an on-site mental health practitioner and an extensive group work programme that encompasses 1:1 counselling, therapeutic activities, access to mutual aid groups and a structured timetable designed to put recovery […]
Working models
[…] knew this would be better delivered by people familiar with the ups and downs of people in recovery. I’d previously commissioned an IPS service for people with mental health issues so when I read Professor Dame Carol Black’s Independent review of drugs recommend that IPS be trialled with people with experience of drug and alcohol […]
DDN publication dates 2025
[…] adverts is available here. ———— Editorial features schedule 2025 February: Alcohol, Fitness and wellbeing March: Early trauma, women’s services April: Training and careers, family and carers May: Mental health, criminal justice June: June: Volunteering, lung health July/August: Early trauma, criminal justice September: DDN Conference Special issue October: Gambling, homelessness November:Alcohol, Veteran support December/Jan: Training and careers, […]
WithYou announce the appointment of Simon Phillips as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
[…] commented: ‘Simon’s experience means he is the ideal person to lead WithYou on the next phase of our journey as a provider of expert drug, alcohol and mental health recovery services. He has a considerable breadth and depth of charity experience in health and social care, supporting people in what could be the most challenging […]
Dorset Council residents continue to be supported for drug and alcohol use
[…] works with the whole family. In addition, the service works in harmony with Dorset Social Care and NHS England through the Safeguarding Families Together team and the Mental Health Treatment Requirement service. Ted Haughey, Executive Director of Operations at Humankind, added, “This is great news for Dorset. REACH is a service that is genuinely embedded […]
Letters
[…] the group but didn’t have much time to ruminate as the first Friday soon approached. I had decided to talk about the link between substance misuse and mental health. I was struck by how honest the service users were about their personal experiences and my feelings of nervousness quickly diminished. There were a couple of […]
DDN May 2023
[…] for many people involved with treatment services, the dice have been loaded against them from the minute they were born. But as we look for opportunities around Mental Health Awareness Week (9-15 May) she offers advice on developing strategies to boost resilience and improve wellbeing. The model is based on identifying character strengths so we […]
The apprentices shining at Humankind
[…] our County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service, Liaison and Diversion, and Crisis teams, there are 15 apprentices with lived experience of drug and alcohol use, recovery, mental health, or experience of the criminal justice system completing a Level 2 in Adult Care. These apprentices were specifically recruited for their unique experiences, each bringing empathy, […]
British Army extends funding for Project Reset
[…] It uses presentations to whole units around the dangers and consequences of alcohol use, gambling, and other addictive behaviours, while also educating people how these link to mental health, self-harm, and suicide. Working in partnership with Departments of Community Mental Health, Unit Welfare Officers, and military Medical Centres, the project has played a pivotal role in […]
The Ley Community development update
[…] service should be a specialist women’s service. This complements the other specialist residential services the Phoenix Group deliver including New Oakwood Lodge an Enhanced Therapeutic Community (TC) offering combined mental health and substance use care, Harper House, Specialist Family Service Scotland and The Specialist Family Service England and Wales. We know that people who come to residential treatment benefit from […]
Time for a complete culture change, says Drug Deaths Taskforce’s final report
[…] the evidence and come to the same conclusions – what matters now is that action is taken.’ ‘We know that factors such as poverty and inequality, trauma, mental ill health, alcohol and drug dependency are all closely linked,’ said taskforce chair David Strang. ‘Addiction is not a crime and you cannot punish people out […]
Visible Recovery
[…] funding, what could be done to improve access to alcohol treatment? ‘One thing I’m fighting for now is a change to the Equality Act, which covers other mental health conditions, because currently addiction is excluded,’ he says. The act legally protects people from discrimination and ‘if we could make that change – so that the […]
Treatment service cuts contributing to deaths among homeless people
[…] cent up on 2020 and a ‘staggering’ 80 per cent increase on 2019. While just seven deaths were the result of COVID, cuts to substance misuse and mental health services had ‘taken their toll’, says the charity, with the result that that ‘too many people don’t get the support they need’. Of the cases where […]
Why community matters this LGBTQ+ History Month
[…] them losing their job. My experience of this institutionalised homophobia is something I would later understand to have had a hugely negative impact on my life: my mental health, my sense of identity and belonging, contributing to my experience of addiction and then recovery. On the 18 February this year I celebrated three years sober. […]
Inside a SIG peer mentorship initiative in Medway
SIG Medway outreach peer mentor coordinator, Donna Payne, has been looking at ways to engage peer mentors and clients and increase their mental and physical health wellbeing. Below, you can read an update from Donna of a successful initiative that did just that. Since I became the recovery peer mentor coordinator for Medway, I […]
Filling the prescription
[…] to go out and get something.’ ‘I tried to get onto buprenorphine three times. This was seven or eight years ago.’ ‘I prefer the methadone. It’s something mental I suppose, I’ve been on it for so long.’ —————– Buprenorphine Chemistry Buprenorphine is a partial agonist at the mu opioid receptor and an antagonist at […]
One in ten affected by a loved one’s drinking, drug use or gambling
[…] acted as a trigger – 12 per cent said the situation had caused their loved one to relapse. More than 30 per cent of those affected said their mental health had suffered, while just under 20 per cent reported feeling more isolated. Fifteen per cent said they had suffered more verbal and physical abuse since the […]
Recovery looks different for everyone
Following Recovery Month, With You celebrates stories of recovery. Recovery looks different for everyone. The people who access drug, alcohol and mental health support come from a range of backgrounds, and all have their own unique relationship with these issues, and experience of accessing support. September is Recovery Month and we’re highlighting some of the […]
Sector welcomes Black’s ‘gamechanger’
[…] six department of government would contribute, with the input of other departments at different times – would ensure that key issues were addressed. Employment, housing, and addressing mental health and physical care together were vital elements of whole system change, which Dame Carol stressed was absolutely essential. ‘You can’t pull off one or two of […]
‘Appreciating nature soothes my soul’
For Mental Health Awareness Week, staff and clients of The Forward Trust shared examples of how connecting with nature supports their wellbeing. JP, client, Forward at The Bridges residential rehab Over the past few years, I have lived a chaotic lifestyle and as a result, my mind tends to drift off quite a lot. Nature […]
Nurture from nature
Jon Hall, Phoenix’s environment and sustainability manager, reflects on the value of nature to aid recovery from addiction and poor mental health. Phoenix Futures’ Recovery through Nature (RtN) programme model has three key elements that act as catalysts for self-efficacy and self-actualisation during someone’s recovery: Producing/doing something positive and tangible Engaging with nature Working as […]
More support is needed for people with complex needs and their end of life...
[…] and being able to talk openly with close friends and family about our dying wishes. People we support at Turning Point with a learning disability or autism, mental health or drug and alcohol problems often experience poor end of life care. This can be due to limited healthcare knowledge on the part of their primary […]
Community Support
[…] services in East Kent and Hull as well as multiple prison locations. Find out more National charity providing free confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing or mental health. Find a service National charity providing treatment and support services for people with drug and alcohol problems in a number of regions across […]
Urgent funding needed for young people’s substance services, says RCPsych
[…] to the fact that money spent on addictions services saves the NHS a whole lot more in the long run, whether that’s in A&E or in other mental health services. On top of all this, the pandemic has made a dire situation even worse, as even more young people have been left unable to access […]
Treatment services risk being overwhelmed, warns royal college
[…] syndrome, the royal college warns. Prof Julia Sinclair: Government needs to act quickly or death rates will ‘rise exponentially’. A recent RCPsych report, Next steps for funding mental health care in England, also called for an extra £43m for children’s drug and alcohol services along with £30m to improve existing ones. ‘COVID-19 has shown just […]
Gambling Addiction Guide
[…] a gambling disorder can be severe enough to lead to ‘significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning’, states WHO. The mental health issues associated with problem gambling, meanwhile, can be severe enough to result in suicide. Do you have a gambling Problem? Try this questionnaire Read Owen Baily’s personal […]
As a straight man I never thought I’d end up running a chemsex service
Because of people like Joe it’s been the most rewarding experience of my career. By Peter Sheath, Specialist Mental Health Link Worker When I first met Joe* he had recently been diagnosed with HIV. My colleague had spoken to him at the local sexual health clinic and had referred him to me. He turned up […]
Services failing vulnerable people with alcohol problems
[…] dependency and self-neglect as personal choices. Professionals also need more guidance to help them use legal powers to mandate alcohol-related interventions, says the report, with the recent Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 an opportunity for change. Dr Richard Piper: These recommendations are workable and urgent. ‘Our report reveals the tragic stories of lives lost […]
CZAR GAZING – A hopeful sign
[…] homelessness, worklessness and alienation, and unwilling to engage in mainstream services – decide to make contact with drug/alcohol services, presenting an opportunity to improve their physical and mental health, and start a journey towards recovery and reintegration. When this works, the government reaps rewards in terms of reduced crime, improved public health, reduced homelessness, reduced […]
Another Story – Social media is stigmatising drug users
[…] people’s minds can be changed if we start to understand how the feelings and attitudes that lead to stigma are formed. Stigma can be seen as a mental short cut. It bypasses nuanced understanding of complex issues and, upon hearing the word ‘drugs’, leads our thought processes directly to a sense of threat and […]
Number of over-40s in opiate treatment triples in a decade
[…] in future’, says ACMD. Owen Bowden-Jones: ageing cohort is likely to dominate future demand Despite having ‘multiple additional risk factors’ as a result of worsening physical and mental health, ageing opiate users are less likely to have access to the resources they need, the document says. Reasons for this can include difficulty in navigating complex […]
The power of connection
[…] to treat sexually transmitted diseases, infections and HIV, and working with sexual health and homeless health teams helps with access to testing and healthcare. There are often mental health issues to address, particularly where distress has led to suicidal thoughts. Tackling clients’ addiction can be a gradual step-by-step process that needs support from different partner […]
Media Savvy
[…] or are in some form of denial. We tend to downplay or underestimate both how much we drink and the impact it has on our finances and mental health – which is why facts are useful when creating policies that are designed to tackle the issue. Darren McGarvey, Guardian, 3 May By some malign alchemy […]
Partner up
[…] to prison for short periods’, she says, which mainly serves to ‘disrupt already unstable lives further’. Far more people would benefit from intensive drug and alcohol treatment, mental health treatment or both, she states. ‘I am determined for Penrose Criminal Justice Services to successfully develop and promote alternatives to prison for this cohort – and […]
More questions than answers
[…] effective legalisation of cannabis in certain countries and states in the US comes at a time when we are beginning to understand the nature and extent of mental health problems associated with it. While prohibition remains the cornerstone of drug control, laissez faire continues to characterise the approach taken to alcohol, particularly in England. Is […]
Older drinkers account for majority of 7,000-plus deaths
[…] is ‘damaging the lives’ of around 700,000 UK teenagers. The pressures on teenagers in homes where alcohol or drugs are being misused can lead to them ‘developing mental health problems, running away from home or being excluded from school’, says the charity, which surveyed 3,000 teenagers and their parents. Nearly a quarter of teens in […]
Market forces
[…] agencies. ‘We want to develop a shared statement,’ said Hayes. ‘We’re not just looking at overdoses, but excess deaths. This is a population with compromised hearts, lungs, mental health problems, who are in and out of prison and whom the rest of the population shuns.’ There were key areas to look at. These included helping […]
Speaker Biographies
[…] system in the UK, which aims to harness the experience of service users and carers to transform healthcare. Jason has extensive experience from working with recovery and mental health services. He is harnessing his experiences and empowering others to do the same, to help change policy and practice. Listening to carers and understanding their needs […]
October issue
[…] every 100 Americans is incarcerated… we have broken families… a lot of fragmentation all over the place.’ Once again tackling this starts with communication, getting substance and mental health services to integrate so they can reach out effectively. It’s a cohesive ethos that many UK services are doing their best to foster in an attempt […]
Homelessness report slammed
[…] housing charities have warned that cuts to services and benefit reforms risk dramatically worsening homelessness rates. The report pledges earlier support for people with drug, alcohol and mental health issues, young people and prisoners, as well as improved joint working between the health, criminal justice, local government and voluntary sectors. Housing minister Grant Shapps also […]
Are you involved?
[…] involving people in the planning, evaluation and development of future provision. We run long-standing service user forums for those with issues around drug and alcohol use and mental health, which provides a continuous consultation function. At a policy level, we work with Public Health England to promote good practice through regional forums for service users […]
Words for the wise
[…] one was to be the advocacy agency for drug and alcohol treatment and focus on the attendant policy issues affecting drug users, such as welfare reform and mental health. The other half of our work focused around general drug information in all its various manifestations, for anybody who needed it – information that was up […]