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By d.mccann, 11 Oct 2011
The Concordat Graduates is a group of former patients of rehab centres who have made it their mission to ensure that more people are offered the opportunity to go into residential rehab treatment.
By d.mccann, 31 Aug 2011
Recovery Month has been a national celebration in America for 22 years – Castle Craig Hospital launches the event in Scotland.
By d.mccann, 28 Jul 2011
What can we learn from the tragic death of Amy Winehouse?
Perhaps the most striking lesson is that the public’s perception of rehab is formed almost entirely by the media – through celebrity scandal and, in this case, death.
By Rupert Wolfe Murray, 6 Jul 2011
Elderly people should reduce their drinking from 4 units a day, which is the current recommendation for adults, to just 1.5 units (the equivalent of half a pint of beer).
A recent report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists backs up this recommendation with a battery of facts and figures, for example 14% of men over 65 binge drink, many of them at home. To see some of the negative reactions to this new report in the British media, as well as Castle Craig’s take on the issue, read the main article.
By Victoria McCann, 4 Jul 2011
29th June 2011: Prime Minister David Cameron answered a question from Dr Julian Huppert, Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge, on the UK's failed drugs policy.
David Cameron stated "we have spent too much time on heroin replacement and methadone rather than on trying to get people clean and clear up all the things in their lives that perhaps cause them to take drugs in the first place."
Peter McCann, Chairman at Castle Craig Hospital, gives his view.
By Rupert Wolfe Murray, 30 Jun 2011
Most people in Scotland were aware of The Scheme, a BBC Scotland documentary series which followed the “emotional highs and lows of six different families all living in one large housing scheme in Kilmarnock.”
After The Scheme was aired BBC Scotland hosted a debate to focus on the social issues raised. Naomi Tomlinson, a participant, described her addiction in calm but horrendous detail.
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