Developing substance misuse services in United Arab Emirates: the National Rehabilitation Centre experience
In 2001 a directive was issued to establish the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) to deal with the growing problem of substance misuse in the United Arab Emirates. The NRC has achieved many goals as a treatment and rehabilitation facility as well as a drug and alcohol demand reduction response ce...
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| author | Hamad A. Al Ghaferi Ahmed Y. Ali Tarek A. Gawad Shamil Wanigaratne |
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| description | In 2001 a directive was issued to establish the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) to deal with the growing problem of substance misuse in the United Arab Emirates. The NRC has achieved many goals as a treatment and rehabilitation facility as well as a drug and alcohol demand reduction response centre. It is now working towards being an international centre of excellence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14776184cb0a4cb1b647e5cde81319c82023-03-09T12:28:30ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych International2056-47402058-62642017-11-0114929610.1192/S2056474000002105Developing substance misuse services in United Arab Emirates: the National Rehabilitation Centre experienceHamad A. Al Ghaferi0Ahmed Y. Ali1Tarek A. Gawad2Shamil Wanigaratne3National Rehabilitation Centre, Abu DhabiNational Rehabilitation Centre, Abu DhabiNational Rehabilitation Centre, Abu DhabiNational Rehabilitation Centre, Abu Dhabi; United Arab Emirates University; King's College London, UK, emailIn 2001 a directive was issued to establish the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) to deal with the growing problem of substance misuse in the United Arab Emirates. The NRC has achieved many goals as a treatment and rehabilitation facility as well as a drug and alcohol demand reduction response centre. It is now working towards being an international centre of excellence.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056474000002105/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Hamad A. Al Ghaferi Ahmed Y. Ali Tarek A. Gawad Shamil Wanigaratne Developing substance misuse services in United Arab Emirates: the National Rehabilitation Centre experience BJPsych International |
| title | Developing substance misuse services in United Arab Emirates: the National Rehabilitation Centre experience |
| title_full | Developing substance misuse services in United Arab Emirates: the National Rehabilitation Centre experience |
| title_fullStr | Developing substance misuse services in United Arab Emirates: the National Rehabilitation Centre experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing substance misuse services in United Arab Emirates: the National Rehabilitation Centre experience |
| title_short | Developing substance misuse services in United Arab Emirates: the National Rehabilitation Centre experience |
| title_sort | developing substance misuse services in united arab emirates the national rehabilitation centre experience |
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