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IN THIS ISSUE
ON THE COVER : Recovery on the inside
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Getting mothers back on track
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Neil Woods and the ‘ war on drugs ’
INSIDE
4 NEWS Class A prosecution shift in Scotland ; need for prison mental health overhaul
16 COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF REHAB How do the numbers stack up ?
18 WORKING TOGETHER Co-production in action
19 PARLIAMENT Learning from DRD data
20 EMOTIONAL RESCUE Tips for safeguarding mental health
21 REVIEW Three Syllables Describing Addiction
The big conversation : a call to action
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The courage to collaborate
This issue we ’ re stepping inside the criminal justice system to ask ‘ How are you coping ?’ ( p6 ), ‘ Do you think this is working ?’ ( p8 ), ‘ Should you be here at all ?’ ( p14 ). The voices speak clearly from every page .
We offer valuable coping mechanisms for looking after mental health ( p20 ) and a highly motivating demonstration of coproduction ( p18 ), as well as an extremely useful breakdown of the costs of rehab – which the author fed into Dame Carol Black ’ s review – to help us to assess its value ( p16 ).
On p12 we invite you to join a conversation that we , along with many others throughout the sector , are finding essential . We ’ re used to presenting one side of ourselves at a time – a treatment professional , a commissioner , a person with lived experience , maybe even an editor . But life ’ s not like that . It ’ s time we not just acknowledge the fact , but embrace it . As multipurpose human beings we have life experience and empathy as well as professional learning . ‘ It goes back to why we got into this field in the first place – because we care , we have a heart , we have a passion ,’ said Dave Higham . Do we have the courage to trust each other , collaborate and join the call for action ?
Claire Brown , editor Keep in touch at www . drinkanddrugsnews . com and @ DDNmagazine
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