Pharmacotherapies outcomes resources

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The tasks for this th topic are...
  1. To think about measuring addiction outcomes and how to do it.
  2. To see how good different pharmacotherapies are.
  3. Debate the motion: ‘Psychoactive drugs should be available over the counter’.
  4. Finally, discussion with your study group or mentor about the importance of treatment outcomes and how to measure them.

 

Resources for the Pharmacotherapy Outcomes topic

 

Measuring addiction outcomes is difficult because there is no single metric that covers all the important domains. On the About Addiction Outcomes page ...

  • Look at the outcome domains suggested by taking a rational approach to choosing measures.
  • Understand the questions that are answered by each kind of measure.
  • Consider the four measures chosen as a minimum dataset.
  • Be sure to click on the links to see the scales used to measure these outcomes.
  • At the bottom of the page you can see the kind of charts this simple dataset can produce.

This link will take you to ▶︎ About Addiction Outcomes

 

Now have a look at the treatment outcomes for different classes of drugs. These evidence pages include summaries of selected outcome research articles including particular pharmacotherapies. 

This link will take you to ▶︎ Alcohol Treatment Outcomes

This link will take you to ▶︎ Opiod Treatment Outcomes

This link will take you to ▶︎ StimulantTreatment Outcomes

This link will take you to ▶︎ Cannabis Treatment Outcomes

This link will take you to ▶︎ Psychedelics Treatment Outcomes

 

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Last modified: Friday, 7 August 2026, 1:05 PM