alcohol

The absence of mandatory pregnancy warning labels in online alcohol purchasing contexts

Report

19 March 2024

Introduction: As people increasingly migrate to online shopping platforms, hard-won improvements in requirements for consumer information provision at the point of sale are being eroded. An example is the alcohol pregnancy warning label for...

Alcohol intake app Drink Less could cut down unhealthy drinking, say scientists

News

An app that keeps track of how much a person is drinking could help reduce their alcohol intake by around two units a week – equivalent to a medium glass of wine, scientists say. Researchers at UCL said their Drink Less app, which is...

Microglia activity in the human basal ganglia is altered in alcohol use disorder and reversed with remission from alcohol

Scientific article

8 February 2024

Abstract Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is characterized by cycles of abuse, withdrawal, and relapse. Neuroadaptations in the basal ganglia are observed in AUD; specifically in the putamen, globus pallidus (GP), and ventral pallidum (VP). These...

Patterns of remission from alcohol dependence in the United Kingdom: results from an online panel general population survey

Scientific article

4 January 2024

Background Previous research has demonstrated that remissions from alcohol use disorders can occur without accessing treatment. The current study explored the prevalence of such untreated remissions in the UK and further, examined the...

Behavioural Insights into Alcohol Use among Young Adults in the Czech Republic: Study Protocol

Scientific article

27 August 2023

INTRODUCTION: A recent survey of alcohol use in the Czech Republic representative for the adult online population presented some worrying findings about the use of alcohol during and in the last stages of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic among...

The WHO ASSIST package for hazardous and harmful substance use

Toolkit

The ASSIST package, which consists of a brief questionnaire, a guide for health professionals on how to use the questionnaire in detecting and responding to substance use and also a self-help manual for cutting down or stopping substance...

AUDIT : the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test : guidelines for use in primary health care

Guide

18 November 2001

This manual introduces the AUDIT, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, and describes how to use it to identify persons with hazardous and harmful patterns of alcohol consumption. It is distributed with "Brief intervention for...

SCHARR Mini Master Class in Health Research - Changing alcohol serving size to reduce drinking

12 December 2023

Online, https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/fbae374ad6ed4eeea1ed792b69cc2b6c

Join this online for a monthly online masterclass by health research experts based in The Sheffield Centre for Health-Related Research (ScHARR) at The University of Sheffield as we explore topics in the changing world of public health research.

Open Consultation: UK clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment

News

16 October 2023

The consultation on the UK clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment is now open. Consultation description This consultation asks you to review individual chapters from the draft UK clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment. Each chapter of...

Performing solidarity? A scoping review of alcohol marketing to sexual and gender minorities

Scientific article

3 October 2023

Background Harmful alcohol use is more prevalent among sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) than their cisgender/heterosexual counterparts. The reasons for this are complex, incorporating alcohol’s normalization and availability in social...

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Epidemiology and Etiology

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