Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy (MESAS) Report
The Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy (MESAS) monitoring report 2019 presents all the latest available data on key alcohol indicators in Scotland.
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NG-CDF Conference Mombasa
The NG-CDF held a conference at Mombasa, Kenya which included a section on addiction, drug and substance abuse. Facilitating this was an interactive and informative experience. Questions on drug and substance abuse effects on the work...
Effectiveness Bank Analysis: ‘No Effect’ from Targeting Child Drinking via the Parents
Findings of this comprehensive review seem to almost entirely deflate what in the mid-2000s was a bubble of enthusiasm for parental programmes as a way to prevent or reduce drinking among teenagers - but despite this overall verdict, some...
Global Research Mapping of Substance Use Disorder and Treatment 1971–2017: Implications for Priority Setting
Abstract Background Globally, substance use disorders are prevalent and remain an intractable public health problem for health care systems. This study aims to provide a global picture of substance use disorders research. Methods The Web of...
Does Occupational Distress Raise the Risk of Alcohol Use, Binge-Eating, Ill Health and Sleep Problems among Medical Doctors? A UK Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract Objectives: This study aims to assess the prevalence of health problems (eg, insomnia, binge-eating, substance use and ill health) among UK doctors and to investigate whether occupational distress increases the risk of health...
Not without my Mobile Phone: Alcohol Binge Drinking, Gender Violence and Technology in the Spanish Culture of Intoxication
Abstract The practice of binge drinking has in recent decades consolidated what is known as the ‘culture of intoxication’ among young people of Spain. This has coincided with the increase in the use of mobile-phone technology and of social...
Workplace Alcohol and Other Drug Factsheets
To assist workplaces to respond to alcohol and other drug-related harm in the workplace, The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, has produced a series of factsheets about commonly used drugs and their impact on safety...
Effectiveness Bank Additions: Therapy Relationships that Work 4: Managing Perceptions of the Treatment
Clients’ perceptions of and reactions to treatment are the focus of this final of four bulletins recapping 16 reviews for the American Psychological Association. Emerging from psychotherapy research worldwide are practical and effective...
¿Qué funciona en la prevención selectiva del consumo de alcohol y cánnabis en jóvenes vulnerables?
ABSTRACT What works in selective prevention of alcohol and cannabis use among vulnerable young people? Background: Selective prevention tackle vulnerable factors associated to problem consumption and social exclusion. There are few...
Effectiveness Bank Additions: Therapy Relationships that Work 3: Managing the Relationship
How therapists can build and manage the recovery-promoting relationship with the client is the focus of this third bulletin recapping 16 reviews for the American Psychological Association, each featuring expert advice based on amalgamations...
