Comunicações provenientes do workshop EMCDDA que teve lugar em Atenas, Grécia, entre 17 e 18 de Março de 1997.

Acknowledgements. General introduction (Margareta Nilson). Part I - The theory of drug-treatment evaluation: Introduction. Chapter 1 - Evaluating drug-abuse treatment: current and future perspectives (Vincent Hendriks). Chapter 2 - Treatment-evaluation literature (Petra Paula Merino). Chapter 3 - Evaluating residential and institutional treatment (Mats Fridell). Chapter 4 - Methodological aspects of treatment evaluation (Fabio Mariani). Chapter 5 - Applying economic evaluation in teh substance-misuse field (Evi Hatziandreou). Part II - Treatment evaluation in practice: Introduction. Chapter 6 - Using evaluation results in treating drug addiction (Heinrich Küfner). Chapter 7 - Treatment information systems: the Emilia-Romagna experience (Umberto NIzzoli). Chapter 8 - Treatment evaluation in the UK: the National Treatment Outcome Research Study (Michael Gossop; John Marsden; Duncan Stewart; Petra Lehmann; Carolyn Edwards; Alison Wilson; Graham Segar). Part III - Treatment evaluation and policy: introduction. Chapter 9 - The policy-maker's perspective. (Elfriede Koller). Chapter 10 - COST A-6's contribution to treatment evaluation (Ambros Uchtenhagen). Chapter 11 - World Health Organisation Programme on Substance Abuse (Maristela Monteiro). Part IV - Workshop conclusions: Workshop summary (Anna Kokkevi). Recommendations. Latest perspectives. Bibliography. Contributors.