CARES is a Scottish based multi-disciplinary academic centre, integrating clinical, basic and social scientists, with the aim of delivering the highest quality healthcare and improving health outcomes to individuals and the Scottish community through the development of research and education in the field of drug, alcohol and tobacco dependence.
Care Services
Our integrated position within the University of Dundee, NHS Tayside, NHS Fife, and NHS Forth Valley, means that:
	CARES' research comprises both preclinical research and clinical research
	Our clinical services allow us to undertake our own clinical intervention trials
	Our integrated research and clinical staff means that knowledge can be rapidly diseminated to applied practice throughout our addiction services
We are currently developing a close association with the East Central Scotland Addiction Services (ECSAS) Managed Care Network (MCN) giving CARES access to a mixed urban/rural population of over 1 million, served by three NHS Boards, each of which are supportive of clinical academics
Training Resources
Undergraduate Education CARES currently provides the following addictions education to University of Dundee medical students:
	3rd Year: Special Study Component (SSC) in addictions
	4th Year: addictions lecture as part of psychiatry lecture course
	4th Year: project in addictions
	5th Year: SSC in addictions
CARES also contributes to the undergraduate education of those medical students undertaking the medical psychology option in the intercalated batchelor of medical science (BMSc) degree
Current Research Issuses
Co-morbid Mental Health and Substance Use Problems in Scotland To examine and describe the nature and scope of existing service provision in Scotland for people with co-existing mental health and substance use problems, to identify challenges for care and treatment, and identify future research priorities. Integrated Services Aimed at Dual Diagnosis and Optimal Recovery from Addiction (ISADORA) The ISADORA study is a Framework Five European Commission funded project designed to describe service provision for patients with dual diagnosis in seven European settings and to compare morbidity and service use for these patients across the participating centres. This information sheet refers to Scotland. The aim is to map the pattern and distribution of severe psychiatric illness and addiction and to examine the risk factors for subgroups in the samples. The outcomes studied comprise severity of addiction, psychiatric symptoms, treatments compliance psychosocial functioning, social network relapse and mortality. Views of clients and staff of the participating centres are consulted regarding their opinions concerning the adequacy of service provision and how services might be improved. Finally, on the basis of these analyses a training programme is to be developed for dissemination across Europe. Evaluation of East Central Scotland Addiction Services Managed Care Network (ECSASMCN) Methadone Tayside Study
User Partner Organisations