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Effective Criminal Justice Intervention: The Risk-Need-Responsivity Model
Nowhere is the issue of "What works" so tested than in Criminal Justice interventions. One of the most effective approaches is the The...
Phil Harris
Jul 13, 20231 min read
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What Matters? The Alliance Once Again
A trusting therapeutic relationship and outcome-oriented collaboration between therapist and patient are critical for the successful...
Phil Harris
Aug 19, 20203 min read
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Anti-Antipsychiatry
A psychiatrist once told me that the only thing that would constitute a radical opinion in Psychiatry today was actually agreeing with...
Phil Harris
Jul 6, 20201 min read
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Buvidal: A One Shot Opiate Replacement Therapy
Lockdown has had a big impact on everyone but especially those who are in receipt of opiate prescribing treatments. Daily administration...
Phil Harris
May 21, 20203 min read
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Down Your Drink: Free Online Alcohol Self-Help Programme
During the lockdown there is undoubted escalation in drinking. This may bring the use of online digital treatments to the fore. At...
Phil Harris
May 1, 20204 min read
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Can Low Empathy Be Toxic?
In Training and in Reflective Practice sessions the issue of empathy, relationships and outcomes is often discussed. This is...
Phil Harris
Apr 29, 20201 min read
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Holistic Approaches Work Best for Drug Recovery
A new study finds that interventions that take a multidimensional approach -- tackling the biological, social, environmental and mental...
Phil Harris
Apr 27, 20203 min read
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Alcohol Recovery: Is it All That?
A great word I heard recently was anticipointment. This when you find that something you thought would be great turns out to be rubbish....
Phil Harris
Feb 12, 20201 min read
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Rehabs: What the Latest Research Studies Tell Us About Their Effectiveness?
Rehabs are often believed to ineffective or only as effective as community based treatments. There are a lot of myths about rehabs and...
Phil Harris
Sep 5, 20191 min read
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ODHIN Trial: Do Alcohol Brief Interventions Work?
The ODHIN Trials are a large scale study exploring the effectiveness of brief interventions in primary care for alcohol problems. As...
Phil Harris
Sep 2, 20191 min read
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Non-Fatal Overdose: Is it a Window of Opportunity for Change?
Opioid-related deaths continue to take the lives of thousands in the U.S. each year, with non-fatal opioid overdoses as a significant...
Phil Harris
Sep 2, 20193 min read
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Evidence Based Practice: The Limits of Modality
As I have often discuss in this blog, modality-or type of therapy-adds little to clinical outcomes with clients. For example, Orlinsky's...
Phil Harris
Jul 1, 20194 min read
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Addiction is a Disease Concept Backfires
Research finds that people with substance-use problems who read a message describing addiction as a disease are less likely to report...
Phil Harris
May 30, 20193 min read
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Artificial Intelligence Therapist are on Their Way-But What are the Rules?
Interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) will become an increasingly common aspect of our lives. A team at the Technical University...
Phil Harris
May 19, 20193 min read
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Innovative New Programme at Bosence Farm About to Launch
I have just completed the design of a hugely innovative detoxification programme with Bosence Farm in Cornwall. The programme takes a...
Phil Harris
May 7, 20191 min read
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Creating Helping Relationships That Matter
Relationships in and of themselves make a huge difference to treatment outcomes. The American Psychological Association have just...
Phil Harris
Mar 28, 20191 min read
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The Role of Emotional Expression in Treatment Outcomes
I discuss the role of emotions in change and treatment outcomes. Particularly the importance of naming emotions in the here and now in...
Phil Harris
Mar 20, 20191 min read
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Addiction Dreams Haunt Recovery
Vivid dreams involving drinking and drug use are common among individuals in recovery. A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital...
Phil Harris
Feb 13, 20192 min read
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Women in Recovery More Prone to Cocaine Relapse?
Women's hormonal cycles may not only make them more prone to drug addiction but also more affected by triggers that lead to relapse, a...
Phil Harris
Feb 11, 20193 min read
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Have I Told You About My Self-Disclosure?
I get asked about the issue of self-disclosure a lot in training. It is one of those difficult grey areas where people are never sure of...
Phil Harris
Jan 24, 20192 min read
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