Thursday, February 2, 2012
The British Liver Trust have released a new report outlining the need for a comprehensive approach to tackling alcohol misuse. It warns against a “one size fits all approach for treatment” for a range of problem drinkers “each of whom will need tailored approach with the interventions and appropriate treatment goals.” Download 'Reducing alcohol harm: recovery and informed choice for those with alcohol related health problems' A supporting commentary piece by Andrew Langford , Chief Executive of the British Liver Trust also appeared in the Guardian .
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy, recovery
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Also tagged alcohol-concern, british, british-liver, chief-executive, guardian, Guidance, harmful-levels, health, informed-choice, interventions, learning, policy, public-health, the-prevention
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Monday, December 19, 2011
The NHS Operating Framework 2012/13 was recently published and sets out business planning arrangements and national priorities for the year ahead. The framework contains a number of 'Domain areas' within which there is scope to consider implications for alcohol harm reduction. Domain One is prevention of premature death, which strongly advocates the early recognition and treatment of chronic conditions.
Filed in Guidance, Harm Reduction, UK Alcohol Policy, recovery
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Also tagged domain-four, Guidance, health, innovation, joint-strategic, mental, nuffield-trust, prevention, safeguarding, the-enhancement, the-fulfillment
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Abstract Aims: To conduct a randomized, controlled trial of abstinence-contingent recovery housing delivered with or without intensive day treatment among individuals exiting residential opioid detoxification. Design: Random assignment to one of three conditions: Recovery housing alone (RH), abstinence-contingent recovery housing with RBT (RH+RBT), or usual care (UC). RH and RH+RBT participants received 12 weeks of paid recovery housing contingent upon drug abstinence.
Filed in Evidence Base, cocaine, recovery
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Also tagged day-treatment, drug-abstinence, improves, meet-abstinence, paid-recovery, random, rbt, recovery-house, remained-more
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Courtesy of Laura Pechey, HAGA's Brief Interventions Specialist: Earlier this month, as part of their Alcohol Awareness Week activity, HAGA celebrated its thirtieth anniversary with an exciting programme of events as part of its Annual Public Meeting (APM). All HAGA’s services and projects were showcased, as well as a service-user art exhibition focusing on stigma, “Growing Recovery” gardening workshops and a mocktail bar.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, recovery
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Also tagged alcohol campaigns, alcohol-academy, field, london, matthew-andrews, north, price, professor-betsy, public-health, public-services, treatment
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Young adults undergoing addiction treatment arrive ready and willing to make the personal changes that bring about recovery, but it’s the help and guidance received during treatment that build and sustain those changes, according to a longitudinal study published electronically and in press within the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence…
Filed in Guidance, Uncategorized, recovery
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Also tagged addiction-treatment, alcohol, arrive-ready, Guidance, journal, make-the-personal, personal, press-within, received-during, study-published, the-help, the-journal
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
Alcohol is known to worsen the effects of disease, resulting in longer recovery period after trauma, injury or burns. It is also known to impair the anti-viral immune response, especially in the liver, including response against Hepatitis C (HCV) and HIV…
Filed in Uncategorized, recovery
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Also tagged anti, anti-viral-immune, effects, hcv, hepatitis, hiv, impair-the-anti, including-response, injury-or-burns, liver, longer-recovery, the-liver, worsen-the-effects
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Chronic alcoholism is often associated with a disturbed gait and balance, likely caused by alcohol damage to neural systems.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Abstract: Background: From the mid-1990s, UK governments developed partnerships to tackle drugs nationally and locally. Over time, increased resources focused on communities and localities in greatest need
Filed in Evidence Base, crime, recovery
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Also tagged both-the-real, cities-or-outer, dangerous-drugs, democrat, drug-treatment, future-adequacy, government, local-variation, poorly-educated, reflected
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
ABSTRACT Aims: Examine the reciprocal effects between the onset and course of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and normative changes in personality traits of behavioral disinhibition and negative emotionality during the transition between adolescence and young adulthood. Design: Longitudinal-epidemiological study assessing AUD and personality at age 17 and 24. Setting: Participants were recruited from the community and took part in a day-long, in-person assessment
ABSTRACT Aims HPA axis activity may prove a viable biomarker for identifying those susceptible to alcohol use disorders.
Filed in Evidence Base, recovery
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Also tagged after-the-tasks, begin-drinking, consumed-varied, cortisol-levels, first-alcoholic, netherlands, onset, relation, stress-cortisol, stressful, the-stressful, well-as-during
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