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An app that keeps track of how much a person is drinking could help reduce their alcohol intake by around two units a week – equivalent to a medium glass of wine, scientists say.

Researchers at UCL said their Drink Less app, which is...

Do you work in, use or design overdose prevention centres (OPCs)? 

Do you work in a position directly related to the outcomes of OPCs (emergency service personnel, public health practitioner or policymaker?)?

Researchers at Queen's...

It has been widely reported that youth alcohol consumption has decreased over recent years. What is the evidence to support this view? What are the implications for alcohol related health harm, promotion of safe drinking and health policy?

The consequences of addiction to substances like drugs and alcohol, or engaging in certain behaviours like gambling, gaming, or sex, can be severe. Addiction is often a response to underlying trauma and social stressors, and continued use...

It has been announced that local authorities across England will benefit from an extra £421 million government funding through to 2025 to improve drug and alcohol addiction treatment and recovery.

The extra funding will enable the creation...

Here you can read a briefing paper put together by Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems that examines minimum unit pricing in Scotland.

The paper provides an overview of:

• Alcohol harm in Scotland
• What is MUP and why was it...

Alcohol and problematic drug use are significant issues in Scotland, causing damage to people’s lives, families and communities, and contributing to violence and crime.

Not only can stigma relating to substance use impact an individuals...

Το 2020 καταγράφηκαν στη Σκωτία 1339 θάνατοι που σχετίζονται με ναρκωτικά.

Πρόκειται για αύξηση 5% σε σύγκριση με τα στοιχεία του 2019.

Άλλα βασικά ευρήματα δείχνουν:

• Ο αριθμός των θανάτων που σχετίζονται με τα ναρκωτικά έχει αυξηθεί...

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1. From 1 May 2021 there has been a change in how you can remain updated on UK-relevant research evaluating interventions to treat or prevent substance use problems and on the meaning and practice implications of the evidence...

Το μοντέλο νεολαίας στην Ισλανδία (YiIM, επίσης γνωστό ως «Planet Youth») είναι μια κοινοτική προσέγγιση που αποσκοπεί στην πρόληψη της χρήσης ουσιών από τους νέους μέσω της μείωσης των παραγόντων κινδύνου και της αύξησης των προστατευτικών...

Το πρόγραμμα «SSA Addictions Professorship» έχει ως στόχο να υποστηρίξει άτομα που είναι ήδη ανώτεροι ακαδημαϊκοί με εδραιωμένη εμπειρογνωμοσύνη και επιθυμούν να κινηθούν για να γίνουν μέρος της ακαδημαϊκής ανάπτυξης του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου...

Applications are now invited for Alcohol Change UK's New Horizons grants programme for innovative and future-facing academic research on 'Groups, Communities and Alcohol Harm'.

The new grants programme will fund up to four research...

Publicado originalmente em acesso aberto em The Lancet Global Health (8:3, PE329-E330, 2020).

Tradução de texto de Robert Marten, Gianna Gayle Herrera Amul, Sally Casswell. Disponível também em: http://bit.ly/3apiouO

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In July 2019, the UK Government set out its ambition for England to be smokefree by 2030. Government guidelines say the next steps should have been announced by 6th January 2020, but it has yet to do so.

Several key charities, including...

Στις 7 Νοεμβρίου 2019, η Δημόσια Υγεία της Αγγλίας δημοσίευσε την έκθεση στατιστικών στοιχείων για τη θεραπεία κατάχρησης ουσιών για ενήλικες. Κατά τη διάρκεια του έτους αναφοράς, συνολικά 268.251 ενήλικες ήρθαν σε επαφή με υπηρεσίες...