Substance Abuse Treatment

Basic aspects and research 1. Is addiction a chronic relapsing disease? Martien Kooyman2. In it for the long haul: recovery capital, addiction theory and the inter-generational transmission of addictive behaviourRowdy Yates3. Self-Medication and addictionsMiquel Casas4. Promoting Best Practice in the drug addiction fi eld: the EMCDDA experienceMarica Ferri5. Chronobiology and addiction: implications for treatment and prevention Ana Adan Sex differences6. Biological bases of sex diff erences in drug addictionMarta Torrens7. Female polydrug abuse and psychopathology - Gender diff erences: an overviewEdle Ravndal8. The impact of motherhood on recovery - Lessons we can learn from the treatment journeys of mothers with problematic substance misuse issuesKaren Biggs Therapeutic communities9. Quality of life in therapeutic communities for substance abuseEric Broekaert10. The essential elements of treatment: a European therapeutic communities perspectiveIlse Goethals11. MECETT, the journeymen model transferred to staff training in TC'sGeorge van der Straten12. The reasons for the rise and fall of the Bremberg empireVera Segraeus Social and politic factors13. The United Nations and drug demand reduction policiesXavier Fernández-Pons14. Factors for eff ective long-term recovery: risk and challenges during the economic crisis in GreeceCharalampos Poulopoulos15. Getting regular, early and brief alcohol interventions into primary care in rural New South Wales: the origins of the Murdi Paaki Drug and Alcohol NetworkRod MacQueen16. Social exclusion and immigration: new patterns of drug use among young marginal migrantsNúria Empez17. Politics and ethics for a journal editorRichard Pates