GB 0100 KCLCA IOP/NTORS - Institute of Psychiatry, National Treatment Outcome Research Study (NTORS)

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Reference code

GB 0100 KCLCA IOP/NTORS

Title

Institute of Psychiatry, National Treatment Outcome Research Study (NTORS)

Date(s)

  • 1995-2000 (Creation)

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54 boxes or 18 linear metres

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Biographical history

The National Treatment Outcome Research Study (NTORS) project was conducted 1995-2000 to gather information in England and Wales about the treatment outcomes of more than a thousand problem drug users who were recruited into 54 residential or community treatment programmes. It was conducted by the The National Addiction Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry and funded by the Department of Health.

The Substance Misuse Advisory Service (SMAS) was set up, following the review of the Health Advisory Service in 1996, to replace the Drug Advisory
Service. SMAS became operational on 1 Oct 1997 and was a three year, centrally-funded project by the consortium which assumed responsibility for the Health Advisory Service (the Royal College of Psychiatry, the British Geriatric Society and the Office of Public Management). The aim of SMAS was to assist health and local authorities in England in developing their commissioning practice and improving the quality of drug and alcohol treatment services available. It eventually became part of the National Treatment Agency.

Archival history

GB 0100 KCLCA IOP/NTORS 1995-2000 Collection (fonds) 54 boxes or 18 linear metres National Addiction Centre , Institute of Psychiatry

The Substance Misuse Advisory Service

The National Treatment Outcome Research Study (NTORS) project was conducted 1995-2000 to gather information in England and Wales about the treatment outcomes of more than a thousand problem drug users who were recruited into 54 residential or community treatment programmes. It was conducted by the The National Addiction Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry and funded by the Department of Health.

The Substance Misuse Advisory Service (SMAS) was set up, following the review of the Health Advisory Service in 1996, to replace the Drug Advisory
Service. SMAS became operational on 1 Oct 1997 and was a three year, centrally-funded project by the consortium which assumed responsibility for the Health Advisory Service (the Royal College of Psychiatry, the British Geriatric Society and the Office of Public Management). The aim of SMAS was to assist health and local authorities in England in developing their commissioning practice and improving the quality of drug and alcohol treatment services available. It eventually became part of the National Treatment Agency.

Received from the National Addiction Centre, 2007.

Research data from the National Treatment Outcome Research Study and the Substance Misuse Advisory Service, 1995-2000.

Original order. Files are chiefly arranged by region.

The collection contains sensitive personal information, apply to the Director of Archive Services and Information Management, King's College London, for details on access.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services and Information Management, King's College London.

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Box list

Compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Nov 2008. Drug abuse Medical research Addiction National Addiction Centre , Institute of Psychiatry Substance Misuse Advisory Service Social problems

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received from the National Addiction Centre, 2007.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Research data from the National Treatment Outcome Research Study and the Substance Misuse Advisory Service, 1995-2000.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

Original order. Files are chiefly arranged by region.

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Conditions governing access

The collection contains sensitive personal information, apply to the Director of Archive Services and Information Management, King's College London, for details on access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services and Information Management, King's College London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

Box list

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King's College London College Archives

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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