Connection, hope, and reciprocal valuation: Experiences of participating in the peer-led course "Recovery is up to you".

Peer support is a recommended approach within mental health and substance use policy and practice. The aim of this study is to explore how the peer-led, manual-based course, "Recovery is up to you," developed in the Netherlands, is experienced in a Norwegian context. Qualitative semi-structured individual and group interviews involving eight-course attendees and 12 course leaders, recruited from two community services where the course was implemented.

What is known about persons with co-occurring problems' experiences with supported housing, recovery, and health promotion? A scoping review.

Background: Having a home is the foundation of most people's lives. People with co-occurring substance use and mental health problems may experience challenges in acquiring and keeping housing. Many also have major health challenges.

Rettigheter og tvang i kommunale hjelpetilbud til personer med alvorlige samtidige rus- og psykiske lidelser: erfaringer med regelverket, i lys av menneskerettigheter.

Rights and coercion in municipal services for persons with co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorders - experiences with legal framework, in light of human rights. Persons with co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorders can have a considerable need for municipal health and care services but can be difficult to reach with such services. In Norway, there are known perceived ambiguities and obscurities in the legal framework for such services.

Do Differences in Drinking Attitudes and Alcohol-Related Problems Explain Differences in Sick Leave? A Multilevel Analysis of 95 Work Units Within 14 Companies From the WIRUS Study.

Background: Systematic reviews have shown a strong relationship between alcohol consumption and sick leave. The effect of alcohol consumption on sick leave may, however, vary according to the work environment. While attitudes toward drinking may impact sick leave, there is little research on the contribution of drinking attitudes to sick leave.

A systematic review and meta-analysis uncovering the relationship between alcohol consumption and sickness absence. When type of design, data, and sickness absence make a difference.

Aim: Earlier research has revealed a strong relationship between alcohol use and sickness absence. The aim of this review was to explore and uncover this relationship by looking at differences in type of design (cross-sectional vs. longitudinal), type of data (self-reported vs.

Post-incident reviews after restraints-Potential and pitfalls. Patients' experiences and considerations.

WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE SUBJECT?: Restraint has negative psychological, physical and relational consequences for mental health patients and care providers. Several countries have implemented seclusion and restraint (S/R) reduction programmes in which post-incident reviews (PIRs) including patients and care providers are one of several strategies. Existing knowledge indicates that PIRs have the potential to contribute to S/R prevention, but knowledge of the patients' perspectives on PIRs is scarce.

Interaction rituals in an open drug scene.

Aims: Open drug scenes can be found in most major cities in Europe. Despite often being closed down by the police, the drug community continues to exist, and the drug scenes reappear elsewhere. There seem to be forces that hold these communities together, regardless of the substances used.

Gender Differences in the Association between Positive Drinking Attitudes and Alcohol-Related Problems. The WIRUS Study.

Alcohol consumption is deeply integrated in people's social- and work lives and, thus, constitutes a serious public health challenge. Attitudes toward drinking stand out as important predictors of drinking, but have to date been sparsely studied in employee populations. This study explores the association of employees' attitudes toward drinking with their alcohol-related problems, and whether this association is moderated by gender and employment sector.

Post-incident reviews-a gift to the Ward or just another procedure? Care providers' experiences and considerations regarding post-incident reviews after restraint in mental health services. A qualitative study.

Unlabelled: Public guidelines in many western countries recommend post-incident reviews (PIRs) with patients after restraint use in mental health care. PIRs are one of several elements of seclusion and restraint reduction in internationally used programmes. PIRs may improve restraint prevention, patients' recovery processes and care providers' ethical mindfulness.

Six shades of grey: Identifying drinking culture and potentially risky drinking behaviour in the grey zone between work and leisure. The WIRUS culture study.

The aim of this study was to explore drinking culture and drinking situations that employers and employees encounter in the grey zone between work and leisure, and identify what might affect employees' risky drinking behaviour. We used eight focus groups to interview 61 core company informants from eight Norwegian companies (private and public sector) participating in the WIRUS - Workplace-based interventions preventing risky alcohol use and sick leave - project. The informants represented employers and employees with a diversity of roles at multiple organisational levels.

Post-incident review after restraint in mental health care -a potential for knowledge development, recovery promotion and restraint prevention. A scoping review.

Background: Use of physical restraint is a common practice in mental healthcare, but is controversial due to risk of physical and psychological harm to patients and creating ethical dilemmas for care providers. Post-incident review (PIR), that involve patient and care providers after restraints, have been deployed to prevent harm and to reduce restraint use. However, this intervention has an unclear scientific knowledge base.

Empowerment and pathologization: A case study in Norwegian mental health and substance abuse services.

Context: Service user involvement in service development and research is an international goal. However, research illuminating the patient stakeholder role is limited.

Objective: The aim was to explore what may hinder patients' voices being heard when collaborating with staff and leaders to improve services.

The influence of alcohol consumption on sickness presenteeism and impaired daily activities. The WIRUS screening study.

Background: Alcohol use is a global health issue and may influence activity performance in a variety of domains, including the occupational and domestic spheres. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of annual drinking frequency and binge drinking (≥6 units at one occasion) on activity impairments both at work (sickness presenteeism) and outside the workplace.

Methods: Employees (n = 3278), recruited from 14 Norwegian private and public companies, responded to a questionnaire containing questions from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and the Workplace Productivity and Activity Impairment questionnaire (WPAI).

Who initiates and organises situations for work-related alcohol use? The WIRUS culture study.

Aims: Alcohol is one of the leading causes of ill health and premature death in the world. Several studies indicate that working life might influence employees' alcohol consumption and drinking patterns. The aim of this study was to explore work-related drinking situations, with a special focus on answering who initiates and organises these situations.

Stuck in limbo: illicit drug users' experiences with opioid maintenance treatment and the relation to recovery.

Objective: The objective of this article is to gain insight into how individuals who frequent open illicit drug scenes experience opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) and investigate how this appears to affect their recovery processes.

Method: By means of the ethnographic method, one of the researchers spent time in an open illicit drug scene over a 1-year span, and gathered data on individuals who frequent the scene on a regular basis, and their experiences with OMT. The data are based on field notes and audiotaped interviews.

Troubled families and individualised solutions: an institutional discourse analysis of alcohol and drug treatment practices involving affected others.

Research shows that members of the families with patients suffering from alcohol and other drug-related issues (AOD) experience stress and strain. An important question is, what options do AOD treatment have for them when it comes to support? To answer this, we interviewed directors and clinicians from three AOD treatment institutions in Norway. The study revealed that family-oriented practices are gaining ground as a 'going concern'.