Drug addiction

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The database was a project run by the Scottish Home and Health Department to which Lothian Health Board contributed. Includes correspondence and administration papers, forms for surveyed individuals to fill in and notes on other sample databases.

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Report covering drug-related deaths in Lothian, with a focus on: number, location, trends and demographics of deceased individuals; types of drug involved in deaths; social circumstances at time of death; and conclusions and recommendations.

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Report (November 2023) by Niall Moloney, Drug Related Death Coordinator, Public Health & Health Policy; Flora Ogilvie, Consultant in Public Health, Public Health and Health Policy. Covers drug-related deaths in Lothian, with a focus on: number, location, trends and demographics of deceased individuals; types of drug involved in deaths; and social circumstances at time of death.

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Papers on the establishment of a Scottish Home and Health Department database on drug misuse, to which Lothian Health Board contributed. Includes correspondence and notes on the database and its use.

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Agenda papers, 1997-1999.

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Books, booklets, reports and teaching aids on sexual health and other public health issues collected by the Health Promotional Department.

Scope and Contents Reference material relating to health services, addiction, mental health services, and services for those with disabilities.Publications: Ontario Association of Social Workers Statement on General Welfare Assistance (1966); The Canadian Welfare Council Annual Reports (1959, 1960, 1963); Work for Relief: A Policy Statement by the Canadian Welfare Council (1963); Programme for the Canadian Conference on Social Welfare (1966); A Brief History of the Ontario Welfare Council (1959);...

Scope and Contents Reference material relating to health services, addiction, mental health services, and services for those with disabilities.Published material: Campaign for the Mentally Handicapped (1972); Working together for the Disabled in Scotland: The role of voluntary organisations (c.1971); Wood, ERic, Browne, Megan, Blackie, J.c., Haldane, J.D., Psychotherapy Casework Counselling Contact (April 1966); Scottish Association for Mental Health annual report (1966);...

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Report by the Lothian Health Board HIV/AIDS and Drugs Team.

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Annual reports, correspondence, and information leaflets.