The report “Alcohol and the coronavirus pandemic: individual, societal and policy perspectives” is the latest research publication in the series “Alcohol and Society” that has been published since 2013 to annually collate the latest evidence about alcohol’s harm on people and society.

It is the hope that this report will help increase knowledge and awareness of alcohol-related risks in connection with both this and future pandemics, both in purely physical terms – in that alcohol weakens the immune system – as well as increased risk of the spread of infection, due to alcohol’s effect on human...

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THE TALKING ROUTE TO RECOVERY

Time to consolidate the lessons of row 4 of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix, all about therapies in which human interaction is intended to be the main active ingredient - psychosocial or ‘talking’ therapies, the mainstay of alcohol dependence treatment. Via key studies, reviews and guidance, the row walks you through what we know, from the therapies themselves to the influence of practitioners, management, organisational context, and their place in the surrounding treatment system.

See the row highlighted at:
https://findings.org.uk...

The Effectiveness Bank features a collection of 45 hot topics – essays written by Drug and Alcohol Findings explaining the background and evidence relating to topics which sometimes prompt heated debate.

They are a popular way to get up to speed on the issues which matter in drug and alcohol policy and practice in Britain, and often too internationally. 

In this collection, the Effectiveness Bank team have produced 5 essays examining alcohol-related harm and alcohol interventions.

1. The politics and science of alcohol-related harm
2. Should dependent drinkers always try for abstinence?
3. Contr...

The focus in this webinar is the links between alcohol and cancer and the forthcoming Europe Beating Cancer Plan.

ORGANISATIONAL CLIMATE UNDERLIES INNOVATION ADOPTION

Key studies on how treatment organisations affect implementation and effectiveness of psychosocial therapies. Starts with the contention from an influential research stable that “organizational climate underlies the entire process of innovation adoption,” and highlights the study which forcefully brought that home to US researchers. Then addresses three key issues:
- Is your service even ready to *attempt* to change?
- Change driven by money versus humanitarian mission; just as good for patients?
- The stultifying effect of high staff...