First Drugs, Alcohol, Women and Families Conference
The first Drugs, Alcohol, Women and Families Conference will focus on women, families and young people affected by
alcohol
Risk Thresholds for Alcohol Consumption: Combined Analysis of Individual-Participant Data for 599,912 Current Drinkers in 83 Prospective Studies
Summary Background Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, we studied...
Thresholds for Safer Alcohol Use Might Need Lowering
Summary Guidelines for levels of alcohol use that pose a low risk to drinkers' health are provided by many countries, usually based on meta-analyses of epidemiological studies.1–3 However, to devise such guidelines is challenging because...
The Economic Impact of Changes in Alcohol Consumption in the UK
Executive Summary The alcohol industry (both manufacturing and sales) is important to the UK Economy as it supports thousands of jobs (IAS, 2017a; Oxford Economics, 2016). However, there are many well documented adverse effects of high...
Guidelines on the Management of Co-Occurring Alcohol and Other Drug and Mental Health Conditions in Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Settings
In a nutshell... These Guidelines aim to provide alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers with evidence-based information to assist with the management of co-occurring, or comorbid, AOD and mental health conditions. They represent an update and...
Alcohol Policy in Practice 2018
The UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies has announced that its 5th annual Alcohol Policy in Practice course will be held in Bath, UK, from 11 - 13th Sept 2018.
Impact of Binge Drinking in Adolescence. Are we doing it right?
Abstract Nowadays, one of the most prevalent patterns of alcohol consumption is called binge drinking (BD). In 2015, the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Drugs (ESPAD) Group estimated that about 35% of adolescents of 15-16...
5º Congresso Internacional Freemind 2018
Entre os dias 19 e 22 de setembro de 2018, em Campos do Jordão, no Convention Center, acontecerá um dos maiores eventos sobre drogadição do mundo, com foco em tratamento, prevenção e mobilização.
InterAction 2018
With generous support from Alcohol Research UK, the purpose of the day is to encourage the interplay and exchange of knowledge and ideas around the subject of drugs and alcohol. Speakers will be provocative and challenge received wisdoms with counter narratives.
8th European Alcohol Policy Conference
SHAAP (Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems) and Eurocare (The European Alcohol Policy Alliance) are the organisers of the 8th European Alcohol Policy Conference (8EAPC), which will be hosted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Scotland, on 20th and 21st November 2018.
