Guidance: Drug misuse and dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management

Updated: Updated with latest version of guidelines.

Often called the Orange Book, this is guidance for clinicians treating people with drug problems.

This 2017 version offers new guidelines on:

prison-based treatment new psychoactive substances and club drugs mental health co-morbidity misuse of prescribed and over-the-counter medicines stopping smoking preventing drug-related deaths, including naloxone provision

The new guidelines also have a stronger emphasis on recovery and a holistic approach to the interventions that can support recovery.

Local copy of clinical_guidelines_2017.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-misuse-and-dependence-uk-guidelines-on-clinical-management

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