Residential drug rehab programs usually last for around eight weeks and include everything from counselling sessions to household chores, which help build connections and support between residents.
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The absence of Indigenous Australians in rehabilitation services has created the belief they don’t want therapy. The reality is they want services which better meet their cultural needs.
A recent damning report on probation shows the need to reassess outsourcing by the public sector.
In a pilot program, older prisoners sentenced to life mentor younger prisoners who have a chance to lead productive, lawful lives when they get out. The focus is on healing trauma.
With more cases of women such as Shamima Begum expected, the UK is under legal obligations to protect the rights of any children involved.
Multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams could help cancer survivors to recover from the toxic side-effects of their treatments and return to their lives.
The British justice secretary’s proposal to make short prison sentences a last resort is the right idea at the worst possible time.
Introducing colour and light to a traditionally dark place.
Bears in Asia are trapped in bile farms, where they are kept in small cages for decades.
Politicians’ knee jerk dismissal of an idea that could help rehabilitate ex-offenders is
unhelpful.
Well trained and experienced staff are a crucial part of improvements.
Breaking a bone is never a good thing, but breaking a hip is particularly bad. One in three older adults who break a hip will die within 12 months of the injury.
There are many good private alcohol and drug treatment providers, but lack of regulation means some unethical practices are being uncovered. Here’s what you should know about treatment.
Without public pressure, politicians won’t make improving conditions in prisons a priority.
Smartphones are new tools for body rehabilitation, sports training and motor development.
Private patients who stay in hospital for costly rehab after major knee surgery recover just as fast as people who go home and have physiotherapy. So, why pay more?
The privatisation of the probation service is failing both offenders and victims.
The ancient Greeks knew the medical benefits of electrical stimulation. Now researchers are trying it for people who are too ill to get physically active.
Highly trained dancers provide insights for researchers helping design improved rehab programs for people with mobility impairments. The next step could include rehab robots as dance partners.
Devices created for service members and veterans also help civilian children, elderly people and young adults maximize their mobility.
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy, Loughborough University
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Research fellow, North-West University
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
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Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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PhD Candidate, Criminal Justice, University of Canterbury
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Research Fellow in Brain Plasticity and Pain, Neuroscience Research Australia
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Dean, School of Law, Deakin University
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Senior lecturer, The Open University
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Professor of Cognitive Science, Western Sydney University
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Research Assistant, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
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Adjunct assistant professor and Statewide Medical Director VPRS, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Career Development Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Population Health, New York University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford