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NEWS FOCUS
Research findings about mothers having multiple babies removed by the family courts
recently hit headlines. DDN hears about some of the issues the newspapers overlooked.
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CATCHING THE WAVE
The British recovery movement has a vital role to play in looking for ‘the good, the true and
the beautiful’ in our deficit-based society, says Alistair Sinclair.
13 THE BUDDHIST WAY
The practice of mindfulness can be a powerful tool in preventing relapse and supporting
recovery, says Dr Paramabandhu Groves.
14 MIND OVER MATTER
This year’s Kaleidoscope Conference looked at how spiritual practices could link to harm
reduction to improve the treatment landscape. Martin Blakebrough reports.
16 ALL CHANGE
The Care Quality Commission is about to unveil new plans for inspecting substance misuse
treatment services, as David Finney explains.
18 PRIMARY POSITION
Dr Judith Yates talks to David Gilliver about swapping the GP surgery for the international policy
arena, and the vital role of primary care.
REGULARS
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NEWS ROUND-UP
: Drug policy reform calls gather momentum • West Africa ‘should decriminalise’
low-level drug offences • PHE: Increase hep C treatment or face liver cancer timebomb • News in brief.
10 OBITUARY
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Caroline Blackburn, 26 July 1977 – 7 June 2014.
10 LETTERS
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Applying with conviction; Once removed; Getting perspective; Banana splits;
Competition update.
12 OBITUARY
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Phil Fox, 8 June 1959 – 16 June 2014.
15 POST-ITS FROM PRACTICE
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Although primary care is an ideal place for treating substance problems,
sometimes extra support is needed, says Dr Steve Brinksman.
17 MEDIA SAVVY
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Who’s been saying what..?
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Mindfulness
is a word that’s started to appear more regularly in a treatment context, so it was helpful to have Dr
Paramabandhu Groves’ explanation of how it can be used to help avoid relapse and improve wellbeing (page 13).
Apart from the therapeutic components, we can learn much from the Buddhist practice of ‘paying deliberate
attention to our experience as it unfolds moment by moment, with an attitude of friendliness and curiosity’. It’s a
mindset that might at first seem to fit more readily with a ‘recovery’ approach – Alistair Sinclair explores new
integrative methods that are ‘creative, ecological, ethical and beautiful’ on page 8, while looking at the suggestion
that we need a ‘fifth wave of public health’ to challenge our culture of ‘rampant individualistic consumerism’. Yet
interestingly, the Kaleidoscope conference (page 14) links mindfulness to harm reduction, helping people to
understand themselves better, and opening channels to reflect, contemplate and meditate.
Sadly, this issue contains tributes to two special individuals who left us too young, but made their mark on so
many of those who knew them (page 10). Their work and outlook on life are a reminder to be passionate about
our beliefs, as they were, while treasuring our diverse friendships – and the importance of living in the moment.