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The Netherlands Drug Situation 2010 - Trimbos-instituut

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Table 11.2.1 Published Dutch guidelines for addiction care*GuidelinePublication year1. Comorbidity: diagnosis and treatment 20032. Compulsory discharge from treatment 20043. Inpatient and outpatient detoxification 20044. RIOB: Methadone maintenance treatment 2005/20065. Case management 20076. Client profiles 20077. Pharmacological treatment for drug dependence in prisoners 20088. Treatment of cannabis problems in youth and young adults 20099. Disorders in alcohol use: diagnosis and treatment 2009*Protocols, manuals and modules are not included. Source: National Branch Organization for Mental HealthCare and Addiction Services (GGZ Nederland).Six of the nine Dutch guidelines for addiction care are initiated and/or (co-)funded by theten-year program Scoring Results, while the guidelines for mental health care were allthe result of the organizational activities of the National Steering Group MultidisciplinaryGuideline Development in Mental Health. <strong>The</strong> guideline for compulsory discharge fromtreatment was realized by the Coordination Group Guideline Development in AddictionCare. A second guideline on pharmacological treatment for drug dependent prisoners wassupported and funded by the Ministry of Security and Justice (see § 11.2.5), and asecond one on disorders in alcohol use was supported by the National Steering GroupMultidisciplinary Guideline Development in Mental Health (see § 11.2.7).It is observed that the sequence of guideline construction is presumably not guided bythe prevalence rates of specific drug problems or disorders that cause most public nuisanceor costs. Contrary to the <strong>Netherlands</strong>, the centralized guideline construction in theUnited Kingdom by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) focuses both onmental health care and addiction care. It should be noted that in the United Kingdom amean amount of £ 480,000 is spent per guideline. This is substantially more than themoney spent on the Dutch guidelines. 111.2.1 Comorbidity: diagnosis and treatment<strong>The</strong> first Dutch guideline in addiction care deals with comorbidity. <strong>The</strong> publication was theresult of a project conducted in a research department of one institute for addiction care(Posthuma et al. 2003). It presents guidelines and instruments for screening and diagnosisof comorbid problems. Manuals and specified recommendations are presented for professionalsin both addiction care and mental health care. Guidelines for professionaltreatment practices are not described.In the first chapter the concept "double diagnosis" is defined, epidemiological data arepresented, and the aetiology of this phenomenon is presented. Chapter two presents theresults of the literature review and the pilot studies, the guidelines and recommendations.Included are also limiting factors and recommendations for the implementation ofthe guidelines. A limiting factor is for instance the existing treatment climate in the organizationsof mental health care that may hamper the treatment of drug problems. For1 Tim Kendall. Joint Director, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, UK. Presentation on NICE guidelines at the BigGuideline Conference in Amsterdam, Dec. 8 th 2009.161

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