alcohol

2018 Congress of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA)

9 September 2018

Kyoto

Japan

Alcohol is raising serious health and social concerns across the globe. According to the WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health in 2014, the harmful use of alcohol is a component cause of more than 200 disease and injury conditions. In 2012, around 3.3 million deaths, or 5.9% of all global deaths, were attributable to alcohol consumption.

Supporting Nurse Mentors to Reduce the Barriers to Implementing Alcohol Interventions and Brief Advice (IBA) in Primary Care

Book

1 February 2018

Key Findings The findings of this project suggest that providing a relatively low level of support to nurse mentors based in primary care leads to a significant increase in the delivery of IBA. There was a marked increase in the percentage...

Steps Towards Alcohol Misuse Prevention Programme (STAMPP): A School-Based and Community-Based Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Scientific article

9 March 2018

Abstract Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of a combined classroom curriculum and parental intervention (the Steps Towards Alcohol Misuse Prevention Programme (STAMPP)), compared with alcohol education as normal (EAN), in reducing...

Make a difference, talk to your children about the use of alcohol

Book

Many people think that to avoid or keep away a problem, the best thing you can do is not to talk about it. Unfortunately, this idea is very common when it comes to consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, especially among young...

Clinical practice guidelines: treatment of alcohol withdrawal, 2 Edition

Scientific article

This document responds to the need to have tools that are standardized for the comprehensive management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in clinical practice. The working group that developed this document was based on the clinical practice...

Contribution of Alcohol Use Disorders to the Burden of Dementia in France 2008–13

Scientific article

20 February 2018

Summary Background Dementia is a prevalent condition, affecting 5–7% of people aged 60 years and older, and a leading cause of disability in people aged 60 years and older globally. We aimed to examine the association between alcohol use...

Alcohol and Drugs Prevention, Treatment and Recovery: Why Invest?

Book

12 February 2018

Estimates show that in the UK the social and economic costs of alcohol related harm amount to £21.5bn, while harm from illicit drug use costs £10.7bn. These include costs associated with deaths, the NHS, crime and, in the case of alcohol...

Guide for health care professionals - helping patients who drink too much

Book

1 January 2007

Guide aimed at professionals of health to work with people from drinking alcohol in excess This guide has been written for primary care health and mental health professionals. It has been produced by the National Institute on the Alcohol...

Dual Disorders in Individuals under Treatment for both Alcohol and Cocaine

Scientific article

1 November 2017

Abstract Introduction: Descriptive data about co-occurrence of alcohol and cocaine consumption is scarce, despite its important prevalence. Dual disorders show high prevalence in clinical samples, and patients report worse evolution and...