alcohol

Moving beyond Patient and Public Involvement in Alcohol Research

15 June 2017

London

United Kingdom

Alcohol Research UK and Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, are delighted to announce a joint one day workshop on patient and public involvement in research where we will explore different ways to design and assess research that aims for co-production.

Britain and the Booze: New Stats Reveal a Fall in Alcohol Consumption Nationwide

News

British people love an alcoholic beverage or two (or three, or four), so the stereotype goes. New statistics from the Office for National Statistics, however, suggest a decrease in levels of alcohol consumption across the country. The...

New Publication: EMCDDA’s Prevention of Addictive Behaviours

Book

26 April 2017

An updated version of the publication Prevention of Substance Abuse by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is now available in English. Global in scope, it provides an up-to-date review of prevention science...

Alcohol Consumption as a Cause of Cancer

Scientific article

21 July 2016

Background and aims: There is increasing research evidence about the causal role of alcohol in cancer, accompanied by unclear and conflicting messages in the media. This paper aimed to clarify the strength of the evidence for alcohol as a...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Psychosocial Therapies in the Treatment System

Book

19 April 2017

This is one of 25 cells in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. The cell discusses key research relating to the roles of psychosocial therapies in local treatment systems. In particular, their role in creating a cost-effective mix of services...

Can Abstaining from Alcohol Help to Fight the Spread of HIV?

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Studies have shown that alcohol may play a role in more that 13% of deaths resulting from infectious diseases, including HIV. Evidence suggests that alcohol consumption negatively affects the fight against HIV primarily by: Increasing the...

Young People are More Likely to Report Seeing Alcohol Advertising Online, Pilot Study Finds

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An American pilot study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research has found that underage youngsters between 13 and 20 years old are more likely than adults to report seeing alcohol marketing online. The...

Organisational Influences on Psychosocial Therapies

Book

5 April 2017

Latest instalment of online course on alcohol treatment research. See if you agree with influential US researchers that “organizational climate underlies the entire process of innovation adoption”, appreciate the effect of high staff...

Wide Eyes and Slurred Words: The Dangers of Mixing Alcohol with Energy Drinks

News

Mixing energy drinks with alcohol is becoming increasingly popular. And yet, recent research suggests that combining the two could be risky, more so than drinking alcohol on its own or with more traditional mixers such as coca-cola or...

The Comparative Effectiveness of Outpatient Treatment for Adolescent Substance Abuse: A Meta-Analysis

Scientific article

1 January 2013

Multi-prong therapies centred on the family emerge as probably the most effective in this comprehensive and careful synthesis of the results of trials of non-residential programmes for substance using teenagers - but do the outcomes warrant...