alcohol

Parents often receive conflicting information regarding what’s best for their child when it comes to alcohol. This session dispels a number of myths surrounding the topic and provides practical tips to parents for preventing alcohol use and...

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...

The 8th Awareness Week on Alcohol related Harm will be held from 16th to 20th November.

COACHING IS THE KEY TO EFFECTIVE THERAPISTS One-off training ticks the boxes but just doesn’t cut it if the aim is to produce effective counsellors and therapists. We ask whether managers “have to take a deep breath” and accept that it...

There is growing evidence of the role workplaces play in shaping alcohol and other drug (AOD)-related behaviours and how to intervene to prevent or minimise problems. This presentation outlines patterns and prevalence of AOD use among...

MANAGING THE TALKING ROUTE TO RECOVERY Key studies on managing and supervising psychosocial treatments for problem drinking. Starts with an essay from two leading researchers into these treatments, “bravely questioning what it’s all been...

IS REFLECTIVE LISTENING ALL THAT’S NEEDED? Just two alcohol treatment studies have tested Carl Rogers’ classic account of the “necessary and sufficient conditions” for effective therapy. Each stripped out motivational interviewing’s...

A new report published by the World Health Organisation presents the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan...