We have published two related reviews that report our findings on the impacts and experiences of mandatory non-custodial drug and alcohol treatment orders on the health and well-being of the people participating in these. Both publications are freely available and you can access each review by following the links below:Understanding health and well-being related to legally-mandated non-custodial drug and alcohol treatment for justice-involved adults: a qualitative evidence synthesisEffectiveness of legally mandated non-custodial drug and alcohol treatment orders for improved health, well-being, global functioning and quality of life: A systematic review and meta-analysis You can download a copy of the papers here: Document France et al 2025 (2.37 MB / PDF) Document Campbell et al 2026 (2.32 MB / PDF) You can read a blog post summarising our findings here. The protocol for this research project was prospectively registered. The protocol describes in detail the methods we planned to use and is freely available.Drug and alcohol treatment orders for improving health outcomes for adults mandated to participate in treatment as part of non-custodial sentence conditions: a protocol for two complementary evidence synthesesPROSPERO registration number: CRD42023484923We have a series of blogs that dive deeper into this research. Each post describes a different aspect of our work:Why this matters: find out more about the aims of this projectStep by step: a lot happens in a project before we get to the resultsInsight from our Patient and Public Involvement group: how input from our Patient and Public Involvement group has shaped our workLatest update: where are we now?Follow us on social media to stay updated as we share the findings of this research.Click here for links to social media This article was published on 2024-09-24
