Two ordinary Brisbane residents are sharing their stories of battling the demon drink with the help of the Queensland University of Technology Psychology and Counselling Clinic. Jonathon and Lauren took advantage of up to 10 free individual therapy sessions that are still available to people concerned about their drinking…
Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) the study designed the two programmes and examined their effectiveness in helping excessive drinkers reduce their drinking. The AACTP and LEAP programmes address the challenges faced by excessive drinkers, including a preoccupation with drinking made worse by alcohol-related stimuli around them…
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The Home Office have opened consultation on government plans to overhaul the current licensing regime, following the Home Secretary's announcement earlier this week: 'Rebalancing the Licensing Act – a consultation on empowering individuals, families and local communities to shape and determine local licensing' [pdf] The consultation page highlights the main commitments identified in reforming the Licensing Act, but stresses '… we're interested in what you think the implications of implementing the proposals will be, rather than your views on the commitments themselves: overhauling the
Objective We hypothesized that the drinking behavior of adolescents in China is influenced by expectancies and self-efficacy and that adolescents’ cultural orientation towards western versus traditional Chinese values influences expectancies, self-efficacy and drinking behavior, with western values leading to more dysfunctional patterns of beliefs and drinking, and that these beliefs are influenced by students’ gender and school environment.Methods A total of 1020 high school students from Beijing completed the Chinese Adolescent Alcohol Expectancy, the Chinese Cultural Orientation and the Chinese Self-regulation Self-efficacy questionnaires.Results Results generally confirmed our hypotheses. Higher negative expectancies and higher self-efficacy reduced the likelihood of drinking significantly. Higher positive expectancies increased the likelihood of regular drinking but not occasional drinking
A new report released las week on the state of Australia’s health shows half of all Australians (48.2 per cent) are taking action to reduce their drinking…
The aim of this paper is to present a concise account of the history, mission, structure and some recent achievements of the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Created by the US Congress 40 years ago, the NIAAA has evolved from an entity charged mainly with building a national system of alcoholism treatment services to one with responsibility for developing, nurturing and supporting the biomedical and behavioral science foundation necessary to reduce the significant domestic and global public health impact of alcohol use disorders.
The UK drug and alcohol research bank Findings has released the bulletin 'Translating effective web-based self-help for problem drinking into the real world' . According to the Findings bulletin: 'The researchers concluded that the featured study had shown that the benefits established by the randomised controlled trial would be sustained when the intervention was made routinely and generally available to the public
The loutish and drunken behaviour of some of our sporting heroes – routinely reported in the media – has little or no effect on the drinking habits of young people, new research has found…
A new study found that the influence of your friends and people you have connections with can affect your health just as much as your family history or your genetic background. According to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine the drinking habits of the people in your extended social group can determine if you’re likely to drink heavily or not at all…
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The current NHS alcohol campaign 'Drinking causes damage you can't see' is backed by the release of a range of new materials . The materials will soon be available to order or can be downloaded as PDFs, including the key 'Your drinking and you' booklet (pdf). The campaign, which includes two TV ads , builds on the previous units campaign and aims to raise awareness of the hidden health harm that can be caused by regularly drinking too much.
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