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Remember George W Bush? For him it was simple. If a scientist told him an inconvenient truth, the messenger was fired, and someone more compliant got the job [British Medical Journal, UK]
Changes in consumption associated with onset and offset of alcohol-use disorder are substantial enough to have important implications for the risk of associated physical and psychological harm [Journal of Studies of Alcohol & Drugs, USA]
The proportion of alcohol consumption that is above government guidelines (‘risky drinking’) has been estimated in several countries, suggesting that reductions in risky drinking would lead to significant declines in total alcohol consumption. However, this has not previously been conducted transparently in the UK [Alcohol & Alcoholism, USA]
Computer-delivered interventions (CDIs) reduce the quantity and frequency of drinking among college students. CDIs are generally equivalent to alternative alcohol-related comparison interventions [Addiction, UK]
We examined prescriptions for oral naltrexone in a large, nationally distributed treatment population to identify characteristics and healthcare utilization patterns associated with persistence [Addiction, UK]
The perceived drinking practices of peers is a potentially important mediator of how a low low level of response to alcohol relates to drinking practices during early adolescence [Addiction, UK]
Smoking of crack cocaine was found to be an independent risk factor for HIV seroconversion among people who were injection drug users. This finding points to the urgent need for evidence-based public health initiatives targeted at people who smoke crack cocaine [Canadian Medical Association]
This article considers recent policing and regulatory responses to the night-time economy in England and Wales [Criminology and Criminal Justice, UK]
Rather, the dramatic changes in antidepressant prescribing volumes between 1993 and 2005 seem to be largely because more patients are on long term medication and this group consumes the most drugs [British Medical Journal, UK]
Both tackling smoking during pregnancy and reducing infants’ exposure to tobacco smoke in the postnatal environment may help to reduce stillbirths and infant deaths overall and to reduce the socioeconomic inequalities in stillbirths and infant deaths perhaps by as much as 30-40%. However, action on smoking on its own is unlikely to be sufficient and other measures to improve the social circumstances, social support, and health of
mothers and infants are needed [British Medical Journal, UK]
This study shows a changing disease profile among the homeless population consistent with a growing drug using population. It confirms that the homeless population in Dublin in terms of health remain excluded from
the benefits of an economic boom despite a government policy aimed at redressing social inclusion [European Journal of Public Health, UK]
The article concludes by suggesting that prolific and enduring weekend polydrug repertoires within local leisure scenes increasingly polarize such scenes from drug use in the general population, with implications for policing and governance, alongside the need for a more nuanced understanding of the night time economy as an analytical concept in social research [Criminology and Criminal Justice, UK]
An emergent theory of motivational interviewing MI is proposed, emphasizing two specific active components: a relational component focused on empathy and the interpersonal spirit of MI, and a technical component involving the differential evocation and reinforcement of client change talk [American Psychologist, USA]
Both pharmacotherapy and behavioural treatment are required to relieve the symptoms of addictive disorders [Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, UK]
The major influences on risk, regardless of markers for socioeconomic deprivation, are amenable to change and specific advice needs to be given, particularly on use of alcohol or drugs before cosleeping and cosleeping on a sofa [British Medical Journal, UK]
Policy makers need to work with all stakeholders to establish a concrete agenda for developing, piloting and implementing performance measures that include co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders [Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy, USA]
More comprehensive and stringent alcohol control policies, particularly policies affecting alcohol availability and marketing, are associated with lower prevalence and frequency of adolescent alcohol consumption and age of first alcohol use [Addiction Abstract, UK]
This study surveyed with quantitative and qualitative methodology current (n = 79) and previous (alumni) adult residents (n = 29) of self-governed, mutually supportive recovery homes for alcohol and other drug abuse [Alcohollsm Treatment Quarterly Abstract, USA]
Students who are in recovery from alcohol and other drug addictions face special challenges in a university setting, yet we know little about how they negotiate recovery maintenance within this context [Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly Abstract, USA]
The heaviest substance users were teenagers from families with more favourable, tolerant attitudes to alcohol and intoxication and among students who failed to answer the questions about parental guidance [Journal of Adolescence, UK]
