alcohol

Medical Council on Alcohol: Alcohol and Covid Webinar 2020

11 November 2020

Online

As we enter the 2nd wave of the Covid pandemic, alcohol is much in the news. The relationship between alcohol and Covid is multi-faceted. There is evidence that alcohol consumption has increased during lockdown, as have mental health problems.

Managing the Talking Route to Recovery. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell C4

Book

4 November 2020

MANAGING THE TALKING ROUTE TO RECOVERY Key studies on managing and supervising psychosocial treatments for problem drinking. Starts with an essay from two leading researchers into these treatments, “bravely questioning what it’s all been...

Is Reflective Listening All That’s Needed? Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell B4

Book

28 October 2020

IS REFLECTIVE LISTENING ALL THAT’S NEEDED? Just two alcohol treatment studies have tested Carl Rogers’ classic account of the “necessary and sufficient conditions” for effective therapy. Each stripped out motivational interviewing’s...

European and central Asian Countries Lead the Way in Cost-effective Alcohol Policies

News

A new report published by the World Health Organisation presents the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan...

The Talker in Talking Therapies. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell B4

Book

21 October 2020

THE TALKER IN TALKING THERAPIES Key studies on the impact of the practitioner in psychosocial therapies for alcohol dependence. Structured around Carl Rogers’ classic account of the “necessary and sufficient conditions” for effective...

The Common Core of Effective Therapies. Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell A4

Book

14 October 2020

THE COMMON CORE OF EFFECTIVE THERAPIES Starting point in last week’s exploration of psychosocial therapies was 2018’s “impressively wise overview” of research on ‘common factors’ they share from a task force with the authority of the...

Men and Alcohol: Key Issues Report Launch

Video and audio recordings

The 'Men and Alcohol: Key Issues’ report brings together key findings from the 2019/2020 SHAAP/IAS Men and Alcohol seminar series, and makes recommendations for research, policy and practice. To view/download the report, click here.

The Talking Route to Recovery. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell A4

Book

7 October 2020

THE TALKING ROUTE TO RECOVERY Every treatment involves human interaction, but this cell is about therapies in which interaction is the intended active ingredient – ‘psychosocial’ therapies, the mainstay of alcohol dependence treatment...

The Placebo Effect is the Main Active Ingredient. Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Row 3

Book

23 September 2020

See this message as a web page THE PLACEBO EFFECT *IS* THE MAIN ACTIVE INGREDIENT Medications featured prominently in row 3 of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix on the medical treatment of alcohol dependence. Yet in the first cell we learnt that...

Effect of 2 Integrated Interventions on Alcohol Abstinence and Viral Suppression among Vietnamese Adults with Hazardous Alcohol Use and HIV: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Scientific article

18 September 2020

Abstract Importance Hazardous and heavy alcohol use is common among people living with HIV and may decrease antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, but limited data exist from randomized clinical trials about the effects of interventions on...