Best practice portal – evidence database

This database gives you access to the latest evidence on drug-related interventions. The information is based on systematic searches is updated regularly. To get started use the search boxes below. Click here for more information about the Evidence database (including methods).

List of Evidence Summaries
Title Area Substance Target group(s) or setting(s) Evidence rating
Residential treatment to improve treatment outcomes Treatment not-drug specific Unknown effectiveness
Pharmacotherapies to reduce stimulant use Treatment amphetamines, cocaine Unknown effectiveness
Anti-alcohol/cannabis community interventions Prevention alcohol, cannabis communities, PWID – people who inject drugs Unknown effectiveness
Brief interventions to reduce benzodiazepine use Treatment prescription medicines Unknown effectiveness
Family- or individual-level multiple risk behaviour interventions to prevent tobacco use Prevention tobacco young people Unknown effectiveness
Media campaigns for the prevention of illicit drug use in young people Prevention not-drug specific young people Unknown effectiveness
Booster sessions Prevention not-drug specific school Unknown effectiveness
Adjunctive formal psychotherapy to contingency management (CM) to improve outcomes Treatment not-drug specific Unknown effectiveness
Psychosocial treatments for depression and substance use disorders Treatment co-morbidity dual-diagnosis patients Unknown effectiveness
Syringe provision through pharamcies, vending machines and mobile vans to reduce HIV, HCV and injecting risk behaviour Harm reduction amphetamines, opioids PWID – people who inject drugs Unknown effectiveness
Treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and substance use disorders in adolescents Treatment co-morbidity, not-drug specific dual-diagnosis patients Unknown effectiveness
Non-pharmacological interventions for deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs Treatment prescription medicines Unknown effectiveness
Shared decision-making tools to reduce substance use Treatment not-drug specific Unknown effectiveness
Behavioural harm reduction interventions to reduce HIV risk outcomes in crack/cocaine users Harm reduction cocaine Unknown effectiveness
Mentoring for preventing drug use in young people Prevention not-drug specific communities, young people Unknown effectiveness
Family- or individual-level multiple risk behaviour interventions to prevent illicit drug use Prevention not-drug specific young people Unknown effectiveness

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