Educational materials support addiction rehabilitation in Assam, India

A research project supported by the Leeds Institute for Societal Futures explored how educational materials could support drug rehabilitation for young people in Assam, India.

Professor Anna Madill and her research team worked with young people in recovery from drug addiction and those at risk, but who had stayed clean, to understand their resilience and the support they needed.

We wanted to understand how these young people had managed to be so resilient and to learn from them how best to support others facing similar challenges.

— Professor Anna Madill

The educational materials, as well as findings from work with vulnerable young people, contributed to Assam's anti-drugs policy.

Impact

• Engaged policymakers in Assam with educational materials and evidence-based policy implications, contributing to the development of the government's drug policy
• Collaborated with young people in India and the UK to develop effective pathways to recovery, improving physical and mental health, wellbeing, and quality of life.

Key information

• Major funders: Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account
• Partners and collaborators: Assam government, MIND India, NIRMAAN Rehabilitation Facility, Forward Leeds
• Disciplines: psychology, healthcare, social sciences
• Investigators: Professor Anna Madill, Dr Raginie Duara, Dr Radhika Goswami.

This project was sponsored by the UKRI Impact Acceleration Account.

Keywords: drug addiction, addiction recovery, rehabilitation, mental health, mental illness, resilience, wellbeing, health and social care, international collaboration, international research, global research, international partners, South Asia, policy impact