alcohol
‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 4: SOBELLS DECISIVELY CRACK THE ABSTINENCE CONSENSUS Fourth weekly instalment of the series on controlled drinking as a treatment goal. Published in 1973, hard-to-explain-away results from the solidity of a randomised...
Men’s Alcohol Consumption When Becoming a Father
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP), the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) and the Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) warmly invite you to join us online on Thursday 25 February from 12:30-14:00 GMT for the second Alcohol Occasionals event of 2021.

Organisations Set the Context for Crime-Reducing Treatment. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix, Cell D5
ORGANISATIONS SET THE CONTEXT FOR CRIME-REDUCING TREATMENT Key studies teasing out organisational-level influences on treatment for drinking problems which aims to reduce crime and safeguard family and community. In the context of a market...
‘Dangerous Data’ Part 3: The Gloves Come Off. An Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic
‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 3: THE GLOVES COME OFF Third weekly instalment of the series on controlled drinking as a treatment goal. Controversy moves to the USA, where the 1976 Rand report’s finding that post-treatment remission usually involved...
How can you prioritise the child when your patient is the parent? Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell C5
HOW CAN YOU PRIORITISE THE CHILD WHEN YOUR PATIENT IS THE PARENT? Guidance insists child welfare is paramount, even if your client is not the child, but their parent. The temptation is to sideline this uncomfortable but important work...
The power of virtual communities for real-life change: digital technologies to reach SDG 3.5 and to promote well-being
The 59th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD59) will take place from February 8 to 17 in 2021.
The priority theme is “Socially just transition towards sustainable development: the role of digital technologies on social development and well-being of all.”

Language matters: Contemporary discursive constructions of alcohol use.
Wednesday 17th February 2020, 1-2pm

‘Dangerous data’ Part 2: A Gentlemanly Start. An Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic
‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 2: A GENTLEMANLY START Second weekly instalment of the series on controlled drinking as a treatment goal traces the start of the controversy to early 1960s London, where psychiatrist D.L. Davies opened the first...
Managing to Extract Therapy from Punishment. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix, Cell C5
MANAGING TO EXTRACT THERAPY FROM PUNISHMENT Key studies on the role of management in the treatment of problem drinking in criminal justice settings and/or to safeguard the community. A rare review specific to this context argues that “the...