Addiction and Recovery in the UK

Jeffrey D. Roth, MD, FASAM, FAGPA is the medical director of Working Sobriety Chicago, an outpatient treatment program for addiction in the USA. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery and author of Group Psychotherapy and Recovery from Addiction: Carrying the Message (2004).David Best is Associate Professor of Addiction Studies at Monash University and Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre in Melbourne, Australia. He works in the areas of recovery research and treatment effectiveness and is a Chartered Psychologist and Criminologist.

• Foreword: The Emerging UK Recovery Movement William L. White 1. Carrying the Message of Recovery across Political Boundaries Jeffrey D. Roth Part I: Recovery and Public Policy 2. Recovery and Public Policy: Driving the Strategy by Raising Political Awareness David Best and Grace Ball 3. The Evolution of a UK Evidence Base for Substance Misuse Recovery Teodora Groshkova and David Best 4. A Discussion of the Origins of The Road to Recovery – the Scottish Government’s Recovery Policy for Drugs Ria Din 5. North West Recovery Forum: Recovery and Harm Reduction, the Odd Couple of Drug Treatment? Mark Gilman and Rowdy Yates 6. LEAP and the Recovery Community in Edinburgh David McCartney Part II: Developing Systems of Mutual Support 7. Recovery Group Participation Scale (RGPS): Factor Structure in Alcohol and Heroin Recovery Populations Teodora Groshkova, David Best and William White 8. Community Rehabilitation in the United Kingdom – What Place Does It Have? Marion Logan 9. Therapeutic Communities: Can-Do Attitudes for Must-Have Recovery Rowdy Yates 10. The Challenge of Developing and Sustaining a Recovery Group in Glasgow: Calton Athletic Recovery Group Margaret S. Malloch 11. Serenity Café – on the Road to Recovery Capital Ruth Campbell, Kane Duffy, Michael Gaughan and Michael Mochrie 12. A Firsthand Account of Service User Groups in the United Kingdom: An Evaluation of Their Purpose, Effectiveness, and Place Within the Recovery Movement Matthew Kidd 13. A Tale of the Spontaneous Emergence of a Recovery Group and the Characteristics That Are Making It Thrive: Exploring the Politics and Knowledge of Recovery Wulf Livingston, Matt Baker, Sidney Jobber and Bob Atkins