CONTROLLED DRINKING AIM NO LESS SUCCESSFUL THAN AIMING FOR ABSTINENCE
Using achievement of controlled drinking (including abstinence) as its yardstick, a comprehensive review and amalgamation of research findings concludes that even...
One of the first evidence-based scientific references for both medical providers and non-medical persons with an interest in the issue. Marijuana expansion has failed every metric as it relates to public health and safety and this book...
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COVID-19–associated schooling changes present stressors to children and parents that might increase risks to mental health and well-being.
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An E-book to support people to keep children and adolescents safe and free from problems related to the use of alcohol and other drugs.
In an increasingly fast-paced and dynamic world, more and more people suffer pressures, stress and...
Lower socio‐economic status (SES) is associated with higher alcohol‐related harm despite lower levels of alcohol use. Differential vulnerability due to joint effects of behavioural risk factors is one...
Chronic pain and heavy drinking are conditions that commonly co-occur among primary care patients. Despite the availability of behavioral interventions that target these conditions individually, engagement and...
The ISSUP Kazakhstan team is pleased to welcome you to the upcoming opening ceremony of the National Unit of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) Kazakhstan, which will be held online April 14, 2021 at 10:00 a.m...
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The first cell of row 5 presented a catalogue of negative evaluations of attempts to treat problem drinking among sentenced offenders in Britain, a record also seen...
There is a pressing need for development of novel pharmacology for the treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Given increasing use of medical cannabis among US military veterans to self-treat...
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Public Health England identifies approximately 600,000 dependent drinkers as the target treatment population. However, they identify an additional 1.3 million ‘harmful’ drinkers who do not have serious dependency but are...
‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 8: CONTROLLED DRINKING: WHAT DO THE AUTHORITIES SAY?
Official guidance on controlled drinking as a treatment goal from Britain’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, how the National Treatment Agency...
AFINet’s first Webinar was given by Professor Richard Velleman on 20th October 2020. The topic of this Webinar was “In Their Own Right: Family Members Affected by Alcohol and other Drug Misuse or Gambling”.
Professor Velleman examined...
Alcoholics Anonymous: distance meetings attract hundreds of people
Even with the restrictions caused by the pandemic, Alcoholics Anonymous were able to adapt to the circumstances and did not interrupt their basic service: helping...
Dr Gallus Bischof presented AFINet’s second Webinar on “Evidence and Implementation of family-based interventions in the addiction field”.
Dr Bischof described and reported the results of a systematic review on the evidence of...
Cassandra Borges Bortolon, a Clinical Psychologist, Postgraduate Professor in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Director of Acurarte, President of AMTEPA, Founder of the Acurartech Company, and an Independent Research Consultant, presented...
Most people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) are never treated. Internet‐based interventions are effective in reducing alcohol consumption and could help to overcome some of the barriers to people not...
The use of psychoactive substances is a public health problem with high prevalence in adolescents, a situation that influences individual and social development in adulthood.
Determine...