alcohol

Highs and Lows: Substance Use and Academic Performance

Scientific article

21 March 2017

According to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, US college students who consume medium-to-high levels of alcohol and marijuana have a consistently lower grade point average (GPA). The investigation compared students...

New Alcohol Awareness Website

News

The Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) has launched a new alcohol awareness website. ‘Ask About Alcohol’ provides information on health risks associated with drinking alcohol to enable people to manage their own health better. Furthermore...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: The Talker in the Talking Route to Recovery

Book

8 March 2017

In psychosocial therapies, the enactment of the client-worker relationship is the treatment. Structured around Carl Rogers’ classic formulation of the “necessary and sufficient conditions” for therapeutic progress, the cell in the Alcohol...

Does AA Really Help Drinkers Stop?

Scientific article

28 February 2017

12-step fellowships offer a way to reconcile shrunken resources with the desire to get more patients safely out of treatment. Accounting for the self-selection bias which has obscured AA’s impacts, this synthesis of US trials finds that...

Splitting the Bill: Alcohol's Impact on the UK Economy

Book

28 February 2017

Economic questions are central to the formation of alcohol policies, such as the setting of alcohol taxes, licensing requirements and marketing regulations. In particular, arguments around income, employment and trade are regularly used by...

Socioeconomic Status and Non-Communicable Disease Behavioural Risk Factors in Low-Income and Lower-Middle-Income Countries

Scientific article

1 March 2017

FINDINGS Low socioeconomic groups were found to have a significantly higher prevalence of tobacco and alcohol use than did high socioeconomic groups. These groups also consumed less fruits, vegetables, fish, and fibre than those of high...

Seminar on Cost-Effective Measures for Reducing Harmful Use of Alcohol

28 February 2017

Bogota

Colombia

In 2016, Colombia’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection, in collaboration with PAHO, developed a strategic and management framework to manage the harmful use of alcohol in the country. This framework is aligned with the National Plan for Health Promotion, Prevention, and Care for Psychoactive Substances, and draws on global guidelines and recommendations.

Whole Family Recovery

Book

1 October 2013

This document provides an overview of themes that emerged from the Adfam’s Whole Family Recovery and Alcohol Focus Groups and interviews. This research was conducted to scope the impacts of the recovery of someone with an alcohol problem on...

Adfam’s Manifesto for Families: 5 Key Challenges for Supporting Families Affected by Drug and Alcohol Use

Book

1 January 2010

“You don’t have to use drugs to be affected by them.” In 2010 Adfam identified five key challenges for families that the Government should address, identified by stakeholders across England. They were: Supporting families in their own right...

Drug and Alcohol Related Bereavement - Scoping Review

Book

1 October 2014

Adfam and Cruse Bereavement Care carried out a four year drug and alcohol related bereavement project funded by the Big Lottery and running from 2010-14. The purpose of this review is to create a solid evidence-base from which the project...