New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group (NDSAG) 2012 is fast approaching; this year Professor Stephen Rollnick headlines the main day exploring 21 years of experience and the future for motivational interviewing. The conference takes place from Thursday 24th May 2012 to Sunday 27th, in Llandindrod Wells, Powys, Wales.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, recovery
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Also tagged alcohol-academy, alcohol-action, alcohol-policy, city, health, london-borough, policy, press-release, professor-keith, recovery, recovery-pride
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Patients with relapsing onset Multiple Sclerosis (MS) who consumed alcohol, wine, coffee and fish on a regular basis took four to seven years longer to reach the point where they needed a walking aid than people who never consumed them. However the study, published in the April issue of the European Journal of Neurology, did not observe the same patterns in patients with progressive onset MS…
Findings from the SIPS trial , the largest UK alcohol screening and brief intervention study, have been released. The study took place across key settings of Primary Care, Emergency Departments and Probation and tested the efficacy of a range of brief intervention approaches and screening tools
Abstract: Background: Alcohol related violence is a troubling backdrop to the social lives and relationships of many young people in post-industrial societies. The development of the night-time economy where young people are encouraged to drink heavily in entertainment precincts has increased the risk of violence.Methods: This paper reports on 60 individual structured in-depth interviews about the drinking biographies of young people (aged 20–24) living in Victoria, Australia
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged adventure, alcohol-related, development, mainstream, night, participants, policy-measures, research, settings-whilst, social, the-development
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Background: Medical cannabis dispensaries following the social or hybrid model offer supplementary holistic services in addition to dispensing medical cannabis. Historically, alternative physical health services have been the norm for these dispensaries, including services such as yoga, acupuncture, or chiropractor visits. A clinical service dearth remains for medical cannabis patients seeking substance use, misuse, dependence, and mental health services
Abstract Aims: This study investigated associations between self-reported illness, social factors and health behaviours and non-drinking among young people aged 18 to 34 years.
A st udy by Sussex University has reported that young people underestimate the amount of units in their typical drink. Published in Drug and Alcohol Review, the study found young people underestimated unit content despite a good level of understanding of the recommended guidelines. Senior Psychology lecturer Dr Richard de Visser stated “Our results indicate that young people tend not to possess the knowledge or skills to drink alcohol in accordance with Government guidelines”
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol-review, cambridge, country, drew-attention, duchess, government, knowledge, nightspot-aimed, president, psychology, recommended, the-recommended, university
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
ABSTRACT Aims The aim of the study was to examine the temporal associations between substance use and subclinical psychosis symptoms. Design Data from a prospective community study sampled within a single cohort over 30 years (1978–2008) were analysed with discrete-time hazard models
Filed in Evidence Base, cannabis, tobacco
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Also tagged 30-year-period, analyses-showed, brain-receptors, community-study, drugs, hypothesis, occurrence, sampled-within, temporal, the-hypothesis, the-occurrence, tobacco
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Abstract Aims: To investigate the incidence of dropout and the prevalence of poor adherence among newly admitted first-time clients of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) clinics, and the associations between MMT-related misconceptions and these two treatment outcomes. Design: A cohort study (maximum follow-up period = 17.6 months) was conducted. Setting: Three of the nine MMT clinics in Guangzhou, China participated in the study.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Conclusions: The CM conditions examined in the current study did not emerge as superior to the control condition. The lack of significant differences among study conditions may be attributed, in part, to study sample size. Additionally, methodological issues related to the CM intervention may also have compromised outcomes, including delay in reinforcement following the target behavior and limited contact with the reinforcer
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Also tagged conditions-may, control, current, importance, including-delay, issues-related, reinforcer, study-sample, target, target-behavior, the-control, the-importance
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