Forthcoming events The 72nd Alcohol Problems Research Symposium is calling for abstracts or other presentation suggestions for the Spring 2012 meeting to take place Stonecross Manor Hotel in Cumbria on the 14th and 15th March. The meeting is part of a long-running series of friendly events in which Alcohol Research UK is helping to organise with Professor Moira Plant, Emerita Professor of Alcohol Studies at the University of the West of England.
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol-group, alcohol-studies, charity, frequent-fliers, hotel, kechnie-prize, professor, professor-moira, research, spring, study, sunday, university
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The role of online peer-support? A new Insight from Alcohol Research UK has explored the value of alcohol-related online support groups to their users
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Also tagged alcohol-research, cited-as-ready, experiences, given-the-rise, health, potential, research, small-reduction, the-experiences, the-feasibility, work
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Background: Cannabis intoxication is related to a number of physical and mental health risks with ensuing social costs. However, little attention has been given to the investigation of possible pharmacological interactions in this condition. Objective: To review the available scientific literature concerning pharmacological interventions for the treatment of the acute effects of cannabis
Filed in Harm Reduction, cannabis
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Also tagged clinical-trials, condition, effectiveness, evidence, investigation, management, mental-health, physiological, pubmed, reference, review, search, their-reference
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Harvard scientists have developed the fullest picture yet of how neurons in the brain interact to reinforce behaviors ranging from learning to drug use, a finding that might open the door to possible breakthroughs in the treatment of addiction…
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Also tagged brain, developed-the-fullest, door, drug-use, fullest, open-the-door, possible-breakthroughs, reinforce-behaviors, the-brain, the-door, the-treatment
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Conclusions and Significance: Methamphetamine-dependent individuals exhibit cognitive performance deficits that are more pronounced during exposure to methamphetamine-related cues. Interventions that reduce cue reactivity may have utility in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence. PMID: 22257306 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)
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, recovery
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group (NDSAG) has announced its 2012 conference which will explore 21 years of experience and the future for motivational interviewing. The conference will include a keynote from Professor Stephen Rollnick, author of ‘Behaviour Change: a guide for health care professionals’ and co-author with Bill Miller of the seminal ‘Motivational Interviewing’. Download the flyer New Directions and Motivational Interviewing 21 years of experience and the future for motivational interviewing or the Welsh verison here
Monday, November 21, 2011
Recent research bulletins from the drug and alcohol Bank : Blockages to adequate alcohol-related services for offenders Based on exhaustive consultations in the south west of England, this report diagnoses the blockages to providing adequate alcohol-related services to offenders and makes recommendations to improve commissioning, coordination and practice. No prison-community care pathway in north east England Problem drinking offenders in north east England benefit from creative partnership working, but still this report baldly states that for prisoners whose sole substance use problem is drinking, a prison-community care pathway simply does not exist.
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol-findings, blockages, brief-course, courses, fines, learning, offender-health, report, research
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
The Health Committee has voiced concerns over plans to pass control of Public Health budgets to Local Government in a new Public Health report . Launching the
Thursday, October 27, 2011
In an experiment on rats, European researchers have proved that eating strawberries reduces the harm that alcohol can cause to the stomach mucous membrane. Published in the open access journal Plos One, the study may contribute to improving the treatment of stomach ulcers…
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Also tagged access-journal, european, experiment-on-rats, harm, improving-the-treatment, may-contribute, open, reduces-the-harm, stomach, study, the-open, the-stomach, the-study
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