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1 Introduction 2
2 Rights, Respect and Recovery, Scottish Government 3
3 Drug Reported Deaths in Scotland 3

4 What are Stimulant Drugs? 4
4.1 Stimulant Drug Referrals received by MELD 5
4.2 Barriers to service engagement 6
5 Funding 6
6 Stimulant Service Aims 6
6.1 Interviews 7
6.2 Approach 7
7 Complementary Therapies 8
7.1 Treatments 9
8 Complementary Therapy Outcomes 10
8.1 Holistic Treatments accessed 10
8.2 Positive Coping Strategies 11
8.3 Referrals and signposting to other services 11
8.4 Complementary Therapy Quotes 12
9 Evaluation tools 13
10 Reported Substance Use 13
10.1 Cocaine and alcohol Use 13
10.2 Poly Drug Use Feedback 14

11 Outcomes 15
11.1 Substance Use Outcome Table 15
11.2 The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) Table 16
11.3 Graph 1: First Treatment – Stress, Anxiety and Cravings 16
11.4 Graph 2: Last Treatment – Stress, Anxiety and Cravings 17
11.5 Graph 3: First Treatment – Mood, Sleep, Motivation,
Energy Levels and Concentration 17
11.6 Graph 4: Last Treatment – Mood, Sleep, Motivation,
Energy Levels and Concentration 18
11.7 Graph 5: Overall Treatment Benefits 18
11.8 Graph 6: Appointment Satisfaction 19
11.9 Other positive outcomes 19
11.10 Other findings 19

12 Focus Group Summary 20
13 Case Studies 22
14 Conclusion 26

15 Recommendations 28
Appendix 1 WEMWBS Scale 29
Appendix 2 Internal MELD Evaluation 30
Appendix 3 Internal Complementary Therapy Evaluation 31