Abstract

Addictive behaviours treatment networks are composed by harm reduction services and recovery oriented programmes. Recovery is a perspective in addictive behaviours intervention based on empowerment, competences and life skills of person with addictive behaviours. Recovery oriented programmes have advanced from traditional therapeutic communities to actual integral services, which are integrated in main international standards and manuals about addictive behaviours intervention. There are different experiences valid to define proper recovery treatments. Different methodologies have been used to study addictive behaviours recovery programmes, either quantitative or qualitative strategies. Main conclusions are: recovery oriented programs must be integrated and connected with harm reduction networks, social services, health system and employment service; recovery is based in empowerment and peer social support, so it´s necessary to develop structured programs for these topics; it´s also necessary to create specific actions for several collectives, as develop evaluation systems to validate efficiency and adequacy of recovery oriented programmes. As main conclusion, HERMESS recovery model was developed to be a reference for new recovery-oriented programmes.