alcohol

DOCTORS AND DRUGS; MEDICAL TREATMENT OF DEPENDENT DRINKING Seminal and key research selected, explained and explored. First cell of row three enters the domain of doctors and drugs, starting with the study from 1970s London bold enough to...

FUNDAMENTALS OF ALCOHOL TREATMENT Time to extract lessons from the five instalments of row 2 of the matrix, exploring key research on the shared elements of effective treatment. Driven by the ‘negative’ findings of a huge US trial, a...

DID PAYMENT-BY-RESULTS REALLY MAKE THINGS WORSE? Payment-by-results was the UK government’s favoured commissioning mechanism for improving the performance of substance use treatment services - but according to their own yardstick of success...

Alcohol is the leading risk factor for death and disability for persons aged 15-49 throughout the world. Recent summaries of the research literature have concluded that exposure to alcohol marketing plays a causal role in whether and how...

This webinar is for teachers, school staff, parents and others who are interested in understanding the effect of drugs on adolescent brain. It explores the development of adolescent brain and how this process is interrupted by the use of...

GETTING THE (TREATMENT) SYSTEM RIGHT Key research on improving local alcohol treatment systems, mechanisms for establishing recovery-generating care with diminished resources. Starts with what has become seen as the ‘bible’ of recovery...