Links
Below are a selection of links taken from personal favourites of the ADAT support team. They are broken down into general categories, and should be useful for all, whether a professional researcher, practitioner in the substance misuse field, or a member of the public interested in finding out more.
Professionals & Researchers| General Information | Statistics | National/International
Professionals & Researchers
Effective Interventions Unit
The Effective Interventions Unit identify and disseminate effective practice to support the implementation of the national drug misuse strategy.
Drug Scope Filter
DrugScope Filter harnesses Google's search power and functionality to search top-quality UK-based sites from the alcohol and other drug sector.
Institute of Alcohol Studies
The aim of the Institute is to provide information which will increase the understanding of alcohol and public policies necessary to reduce the problems associated with its use.
NHS e-library
The NHS Scotland e-Librarys aim is to provide equitable access to knowledge support for all NHS staff regardless of geographic location, staff category or discipline.
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
The role of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland is to improve the quality of healthcare acrossScotlandby working with NHS professionals and the public in developing and putting into practice a national strategy.
reSearchWeb
This web site has been established with funding from the Scottish Executive, and is being developed as a tool for the informed social work professional.
Scottish Association of Alcohol Action Teams
The Scottish Association of Alcohol Action Teams is a voluntary association representing all Alcohol Action Teams or their equivalent.
Scottish Executive Alcohol Problems Website
This website is aimed a variety of organisations and individuals including the Executive, NHS boards, local authorities, the police, the drinks industry and licensed trade, businesses and the voluntary sector. Although this site does not provide information for those with an alcohol problem, there are links to organisations that can help.
STRADA
STRADAs aims are to improve the skills of professional staff addressing drug and alcohol misuse inScotland; and to ensure that interventions introduced are based on evidence.
Related links for professionals and researchers
Addiction Arena
This website provides professionals and researchers with a range of addiction treatment and intervention resources. You will find a list of the book, journal and test publications on subjects such as gambling, alcohol addiction, drug and substance abuse, as well as the psychology of addiction.
Alcohol Education and Research Council
The AERC administers the Alcohol Education and Research Fund, which finances projects within theUnited Kingdomfor education and research and for novel forms of help to those with drinking problems.
Bill Trochims Center for Social Research Methods
A website for people involved in applied social research and evaluation, it provides published and unpublished papers; detailed examples of current research projects; useful tools for researchers; an extensive online textbook and a bulletin board for discussions.
British National Formulary
The BNF providesUKhealthcare professionals with authoritative and practical information on the selection and clinical use of medicines.
Centre for Drug Misuse Research
The Centre for Drug Misuse Research Centre is committed to providing those working in the drug misuse field with accurate and up to date information on the nature of the drug problem inScotland, and the effectiveness of their efforts at tackling drug misuse.
Chief Scientist Office
The Chief Scientist Office supports and promotes high quality research aimed at improving the services offered by NHSScotland, and the health of the people ofScotland.
CHRISTO Research Systems
Quick and easy treatment evaluation, assessment, treatment outcome monitoring and clinical audit for substance misuse and other addictive behaviours services.
Cochrane Collaboration
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit organisation, providing up-to-date information about the effects of health care.
DrugNet
DrugNet has been designed to support professionals working with drug users including non-drug specialists.
Health Care Needs Assessment: Drug Misuse
The Health Care Needs Assessment series combines epidemiological literature and products of the evidence-based health care movement, and offers a perspective across an entire disease, service area or specialty.
Independent Drug Monitoring Unit
The Independent Drug Monitoring Unit is an independent research consultancy which provides advice and information on issues surrounding illegal drugs to all parties within the debate on drugs policy.
Medical Council on Alcohol
Founded by and directed towards doctors, the Medical Council on Alcohol co-ordinate effort to achieve better understanding of alcoholism, its prevention and the treatment and after-care of alcoholics.
NHS e-library
The NHS Scotland e-Librarys aim is to provide equitable access to knowledge support for all NHS staff regardless of geographic location, staff category or discipline.
NHS Health Development Agency
The national authority on what works to improve peoples health and reduce health inequalities, and providing advice for policy makers, professionals and practitioners and working alongside them to get evidence into practice.
NHS Improvement Leaders Guides
A summary of current thinking and practical advice and tips for improvement for everyone involved in improving patient care and experience.
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
The role of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland is to improve the quality of healthcare acrossScotlandby working with NHS professionals and the public in developing and putting into practice a national strategy.
Performance Assessment Framework
This package of information has been provided as part of the support to NHS Boards in preparation for their 2004 Accountability Reviews, and in addition to be a source of information for ongoing performance management.
Scottish Addiction Studies
This website provides on-line teaching and information services for practitioners, students and researchers. The Centre also occasionally provides a series of free research seminars called Bridging the Gaps, and are responsible for two electronic discussion lists.
Scottish Executive Health Department
The Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) is responsible for health policy and the administration of the National Health Service inScotland.
Scottish Executive Social Research
Social Research aims to provide high quality research-based evidence and advice for Ministers and officials to inform policy development, implementation and evaluation.
SOSIG
This service aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law.
Substance Misuse Management in General Practice (SMMGP)
SMMGP is a developing network to support GPs and other members of the primary health care team who work with substance misuse. The project team produces the Substance Misuse Management in General Practice newsletter (Network), and organises the annual conference 'Managing Drug Users in General Practice'.
General Information
Alcohol Concern
Alcohol Concern is the national agency on alcohol misuse, who provide information and encourage debate on the wide range of public policy issues affected by alcohol.
Drugscope
DrugScopes aim is to inform policy development and reduce drug-related risk. They provide quality drug information, promote effective responses to drug taking, undertake research at local, national and international levels, advise on policy-making, encourage informed debate and speak for member organisations working on the ground.
National Alcohol Information Resource (NAIR)
This website provides a wide range of information on alcohol forScotlandincluding statistics, research, publications, key policy documents, practice guidelines and links to useful websites, meant for anyone with an interest in alcohol issues.
Scottish Drugs Forum
Scottish Drugs Forum is the national non-government drugs policy and information agency. It supports and represents, at local and national levels, a wide range of interests, promoting collaborative, evidence-based responses to drug use.
Related general information links
Alcohol and Families
Alcohol Concern's alcohol and families website is dedicated to supporting professionals working with children and their parents health, education and social sector in understanding and working with the issues involved in parental alcohol misuse.
Alcohol Focus Scotland
Alcohol FocusScotlandis Scotlands national alcohol charity, whose main aims are to promote a responsible attitude to drinking in Scotland and to reduce the effects of alcohol misuse on all those affected by their own or anothers drinking.
Drinkwise
The Drinkwise campaign aims to promote the re-appraisal of personal drinking behaviour and personal responsibility for drinking and its consequences whether good, bad or indifferent.
DOH substance misuse
Substance misuse guidance and resources for professionals and managers involved in preventing and treating drug misuse. May also be of interest to members of the public whose lives are affected by drugs.
HEBS: Health Topics
A range of different information sources around priority health topics, including information extracted from data sets and some relevant publications as well as more specific HEBSWEB resources.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is one of the largest social policy research and development charities in theUK. It spends about 7 million a year on a research and development programme that seeks to better understand the causes of social difficulties and explore ways of better overcoming them.
KFx Learning of Substance
KFx seeks to balance a large amount of common sense with up-to-date harm reduction and drug policy information within an accessible format for both specialists and non-specialists alike.
Know the Score
This portal web site provides facts on drugs inScotlandfor all public and professionals.
Mature Enjoyment of Alcohol in Society Limited
MEAS is the Irish word for respect, and is the working name for this organisation. Respect encapsulates a core value of MEAS people must respect alcohol and when it is consumed, people must respect themselves and respect others. MEAS envisions an Irish society where alcohol is enjoyed in a mature, sensible and appropriate manner.
Portman Group
The Portman Group is made up of the UK's leading drinks producers, whose purpose is to promote responsible drinking; help prevent misuse of alcohol; encourage responsible marketing; and foster a balanced understanding of alcohol-related issues.
Scotlands health on the web
Online health information provided by NHSScotland.
Transform Drug Policy Foundation
Transform Drug Policy Foundation exists to minimise drug-related harm to individuals and communities by bringing about a just, humane and effective system to regulate and control drugs at national and international levels.
Statistics
ISD online
ISD Scotland are proactive in determining and advising NHSScotland and the Scottish Executive Health Department how best to use information and Information Technology to ensure efficient, effective delivery of patient care.
General Register Office for Scotland
The General Register Office for Scotland responsible for the registration of births, marriages, deaths, divorces and adoptions in Scotland, and for carrying out periodic censuses of Scotland's population.
Related statistical links
Census atlas
CensusAtlas is a web-based spatial reporting application which allows users to select local government areas, display aggregate population statistics and view population distribution on choropleth maps, using the first 'live' outputs from the 2001 Census.
Home Office Research Development Statistics
We provide information that helps Ministers and policy makers take evidence-based decisions, and also help the police, probation service, the courts and immigration officials to do their jobs as effectively as possible
Neighbourhood Statistics
Use this site to view, compare or download statistics for local areas on a wide range of subjects including population, crime, health and housing.
North Lanarkshire Partnership Information Sub Group
The North Lanarkshire Information Sub-group works to support the North Lanarkshire Partnership by developing information sharing amongst partner organisations to inform the development and monitoring of the North Lanarkshire Community Plan.
Scotlands census results on-line
This website has been created as part of an initiative to encourage the use of, and widen access to, the results of the 2001 Census inScotland.
SCOTSTAT - Scottish Statistics User / Provider Consultation Network
SCOTSTAT is a network for users and providers of Scottish Official statistics. It aims to improve communication amongst those interested in particular statistics and facilitate the setting up of working groups of specific statistical issues.
National/International
Drug Misuse Information Scotland
The Drug Misuse Information Scotland site provides information, statistics and research on drug misuse inScotland. The target audience are policy makers, professionals, researchers, employers and the wider community.
ELISAD Gateway
European gateway on alcohol, drugs and addiction.
The EMCDDA is an information centre founded by the European Union in 1993 to provide objective, reliable and comparable data on drugs and drug addiction inEurope.
National Advisory Committee on Drugs (Eire)
The NACD was established to assist in the continued need to improve knowledge and understanding of problem drug use, and advise the Government on problem drug use inIrelandin relation to prevalence, prevention consequences and treatment based on analysis and interpretation of research findings.
National Clearing House for Alcohol & Drug Information (USA)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and SAMHSA National Clearinghouse for alcohol and drug information.
National Treatment Agency (England)
The NTA aims to increase the availability, capacity and effectiveness of treatment for drug misuse inEngland. This site includes details of the NTA's work programme, as well as publications and guidance for those in the drug treatment sector.
WHO management of substance abuse (Europe)
This website contains information pertaining to psychoactive substance use and abuse, and also information about the World Health Organization's projects and activities in the areas of substance use and substance dependence.
Related national/international links
Department of Health (UK)
Providing health and social care policy, guidance and publications.
Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals (UK)
This site is intended for anyone working with clients with drug and alcohol problems, as well as those providing substance misuse education and prevention services.
National Drug Strategy (Australia)
The National Drug Strategy was created with strong bipartisan political support and involve a cooperative venture between the Australian and State/Territory governments as well as the non-government sector.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (USA)
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism contributes to the American effort to reduce alcohol-related problems by conducting and supporting collaborative research and disseminating findings to health care providers, researchers, policymakers, and the public.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (USA)
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Preventing substance use problems among young people A compendium of best practices (Canada)
This compendium presents evidence-based direction to effective programming for a broad range of prevention activities and should be of interest to educators, community developers, health promoters, law enforcement officers and public health nurses.
Tackling drugs (UK)
This is the cross-government national drug strategy website for drug prevention and treatment professionals and others interested in the drug strategy.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Europe)
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is the umbrella organization that makes up the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention . It also includes the Terrorism Prevention Branch and the Global Programmes against Money Laundering, Corruption, Organized Crime and Trafficking in Human Beings.
WHO Statistical Information System
The WHO Statistical Information System is the guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization.