This book provides a comprehensive overview of how to provide effective drug treatment in prisons and wider secure environments. The textbook is supported by over 500 references to the international literature which makes it an authoritative textbook that is a "must read" for all who are serious about providing quality drug treatment to drug users in secure environments.
Chapter 1: The Evolution of the Prison: An Overview of Key Historical Development
Chapter 2: Drug Treatment in Prisons: Barriers and the Need for Development
Chapter 3: Initial Engagement with the Drug User: Assessment and Forming a Therepeutic Alliance
Chapter 4: Approaches for Dealing with Challenging Behaviour
Chapter 5: Prescribing for the Drug Using Patient in Prison
Chapter 6: Oraganisation and Delivery of Drug Services in the Prison Setting
Chapter 7: Talking with Drug Users: the Value of Psychosocial Interventions
Chapter 8: Where Drugs and Mental Ill-Health Meet: Addressing the Issue of Dual Diagnosis
Chapter 9: Managment of Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Viruses in Prisons
Chapter10: Manageing Physical co-morbidity in Drug and Alcohol Users
Chapter 11: Addressing the Health Needs of Women Prisoners
Chapter 12: Meeting the Health Need in Young Offender Institutions
Chapter 13: Alternative to Imprisonment: The Offender in the Community
Chapter 14: Multi-agency working
Chapter 15: Future Issues in Drug Treatment for Prisoners: Current Dilemman and Developments
Chapter 16: Sin, deviance, weakness, disease or psychology? Lay and expert considerations on where addiction comes from and the elusive search for cure!
References
Appendices
I thoroughly commend this book as a worthwhile way of reducing the risks to public health from inadequate services in the area of drug treatment and as a way of promoting health and welfare among some highly disadvantaged people.
From the forward by Lars Møller, MD, DMSc, Regional Adviser a.i. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
The textbook is the first of its kind and I understand it to be truly unique. I found myself resonating with all of the book, especially the sections on developing a therapeutic alliance. Organisations in any country, which seek to promote excellence in prison health care and practitioner education, will highly value the publication of this accessible and thorough resource.
Ruth Elwood Martin Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia Department of Family Practice, Vancouver
There is much to like about this book. It contains an informative historical context for English prisons and their provision of drug treatment services. The contents are comprehensive, written from a practitioner's perspective based on years of experience.
Professor Dwayne Simpson, SB Sells Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Addiction Research, Institute of Behavioral Research, Texas Christian University, Dallas
Nat Wright is the clinical director for the Leeds cluster of prisons. Since 2005 he has been a government GP advisor with a remit to support GPs working in secure environments. Initially this work was with the Department of Health Prison Health Unit but latterly with the National Treatment Agency. From 2003-2005 he was the GP advisor to the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse and has been a regular contributor to the development of national and international guidelines.
He is currently a member of the RCGP Secure Environments Group and the RCGP Substance Misuse Unit Executive Committee. He is also the clinical lead for the RCGP Certificate in Substance Misuse part 2 course. From 2003-2008 he was the chair of the RCGP Health Inequalities Standing Group. He has published extensively on the topics of prison healthcare, drug treatment, homelessness and wider health inequalities. In 2004 he was awarded Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP) and in 2008 he was awarded a PhD by publication from Leeds University in recognition of his contributions to the field. He has been supported in writing the text by Dave Marteau and Jan Palmer who both have many years experience as clinical substance misuse leads at the Offender Health Unit in the UK Department of Health. They provide guidance and support to all prisons in England in the development of their clinical practice relating to drug treatment.
