ArticleBJPsych open2024
The UK National Recovery Survey: nationally representative survey of people overcoming a drug or alcohol problem.
Article in BJPsych open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- On the need and contents of a specific addiction recovery research agenda.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Article
- Inclusive approaches to research and healthcare for nitrous oxide users: lessons from a longitudinal study.BMJ neurology open · 2026Article
- Experiences of a lived experience recovery organisation for those in abstinence-based substance use recovery: a thematic analysis.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025Article
- Recovery support services as part of the continuum of care for alcohol or drug use disorders.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- To determine whether the whole recovery-oriented system of care is greater than the sum of its parts, we must start by describing the parts.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- Remission from addiction: erasing the wrong circuits or making new ones?Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2025Review
- Assisted resolution and self-change: differences between healthcare systems.BJPsych open · 2024Article
- A UK national study of prevalence and correlates of adopting or not adopting a recovery identity among individuals who have overcome a drug or alcohol problem.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlcohol or drug (AOD) problems are a significant health burden in the UK population, and understanding pathways to remission is important.
aimsTo determine the UK population prevalence of overcoming an AOD problem and the prevalence and correlates of 'assisted' pathways to problem resolution.
methodStage 1: a screening question was administered in a national telephone survey to provide (a) an estimate of the UK prevalence of AOD problem resolution; and (b) a demographic profile of those reporting problem resolution. Stage 2: social surveying organisation YouGov used the demographic data from stage 1 to guide the administration of the UK National Recovery Survey to a representative subsample from its online panel.
resultsIn stage 1 (
conclusionNearly three million people have resolved an AOD problem in the UK. Findings challenge the therapeutic pessimism sometimes associated with these problems and suggest a need to learn from community-based self-change that can supplement and enhance existing treatment modalities.
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