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
Opioid substitution treatment (OST) for opiate dependent pregnant women for treatment and obstetrical outcomes Treatment opioids women Beneficial
Substitution agonist treatments for opiate dependent pregnant women over assisted withdrawal Treatment opioids women Beneficial
Technology-based interventions to reduce substance use in women Treatment pregnant women, women Likely to be beneficial
Assertive community treatment (ACT) for substance use disorders Treatment alcohol, co-morbidity, not-drug specific, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, new psychoactive substances (NPS), opioids, prescription medicines, tobacco communities, dual-diagnosis patients, emergency department, ethnic minority, families, law enforcement, pregnant women, PWID – people who inject drugs, school, women, prison, young people, partygoers/nightlife Unknown effectiveness
Nonpharmacological adjunctive treatment for postpartum women to reduce opioid use Treatment opioids women Unknown effectiveness
Pyschosocial interventions versus comprehensive standard care for pregnant women for treatment and obstetrical outcomes Treatment cocaine, opioids women Unknown effectiveness
Psychosocial interventions vs treatment as usual to reduce criminal activity (re-incarceration) in female drug-using offenders Treatment not-drug specific women, prison Unknown effectiveness
Pharmacological treatment (OST) vs placebo treatment to reduce use in female drug-using offenders Treatment opioids women, prison Unknown effectiveness
Psychosocial interventions to reduce use in female drug-using offenders Treatment opioids women, prison Unknown effectiveness
Integrated care of infectious diseases and substance use disorders to improve infectious disease treatment outcomes Treatment alcohol, co-morbidity, not-drug specific, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, new psychoactive substances (NPS), opioids, prescription medicines, tobacco communities, dual-diagnosis patients, emergency department, ethnic minority, families, law enforcement, pregnant women, PWID – people who inject drugs, school, women, prison, young people, partygoers/nightlife Unknown effectiveness
Telemedicine-delivered treatment interventions for substance use disorders Treatment alcohol, opioids, tobacco communities, dual-diagnosis patients, emergency department, ethnic minority, families, law enforcement, pregnant women, PWID – people who inject drugs, school, women, prison, young people, partygoers/nightlife Unknown effectiveness
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