A review of the literature on drug-free units, detoxification and maintenance prescribing in prisons

NDARC Staff

Kate Dolan, Sarah Larney, Effat Merghati and Bradley Mathers

Other Investigators

Benjamin Phillips (St. Vincent’s Hospital Alcohol and Drug Service)

Aims

• to prepare a review of the international literature on drug-free units, detoxification services and maintenance prescribing in prisons to inform a revision of the UK Drug Misuse and Dependence Guidelines on Clinical Management
• to provide recommendations for best-practice in drug detoxification and treatment in prisons

  Design and Method

  
  

An extensive literature review was carried out and a report compiled.

Output

Larney, S., Phillips, B., Merghati, E., Mathers, B. & Dolan, K. (2006). Drug treatment in prisons: A review of the literature on drug-free units, detoxification and maintenance prescribing. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.

Permission will be sought to publish the review as an NDARC Technical Report and/or one or more papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Funding

National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (United Kingdom)