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Alcohol: the complete collection

All Effectiveness Bank analyses to date of documents related to alcohol compiled for our partner Alcohol Change UK, starting with the analyses most recently added or updated, totalling today 793 documents.

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STUDY 2005 PDF file 118Kb
Therapist directiveness is an important influence on outcomes

Karno M.P.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
One of the few 'matches' found by the huge US Project MATCH alcohol treatment trial was that motivational therapy bettered CBT for clients prone to anger. One of the clinics has shown why – because motivational therapists were less directive.

STUDY 2005 PDF file 102Kb
Communities that Care aims for science-based community action

Shiner M. Crow I.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
When the Communities that Care prevention methodology was tried in Britain, the existing community development infrastructure determined whether local coalitions could implement its risk profiling tools and effectively generate action to address identified risks.

STUDY 2005 PDF file 104Kb
Phone reminders cut 'no shows' by nearly two-thirds

Booth P.G.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
By introducing a phoned reminder, an alcohol treatment clinic in Liverpool cut by nearly two-thirds the number of patients who simply failed to turn up for assessment, avoiding wastage of staff time due to missed appointments.

STUDY 2005 PDF file 112Kb
Pharmacotherapies which work with men do not help women

Nich C. Pettinati H.M.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Emerging indications from studies of disulfiram treatment of cocaine dependence and sertraline for alcohol dependence that pharmacotherapies which work for men do not always help women.

STUDY 2005 PDF file 113Kb
Lasting benefits nine years after a brief alcohol intervention

Nilssen O.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
A unique study from Norway discerned lasting benefits from a brief alcohol intervention nine years after risky drinkers had been identified during mass screening for heart disease and other medical risk factors.

OFFCUT 2005 PDF file 98Kb
Crime and disorder partnerships yet to commit to tackling alcohol

Richardson A.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
When in 2001/02 the Home Office analysed the plans of crime and disorder reduction partnerships in England and Wales they found most linked alcohol to violence and disorder or anti-social behaviour, but few prioritised tackling the link or set explicit targets.

STUDY 2005 PDF file 156Kb
Preventive impact of computer simulations

Steven Schinke
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
US pre-teens 'prevented themselves' from going on to drink (and smoke or use cannabis) through computerised scenarios involving decisions over drinking, offering a way to introduce education and prevention in youth facilities without expert teaching staff.

ABSTRACT 2008 HTM file
Improving public addiction treatment through performance contracting: the Delaware experiment

McLellan A.T., Kemp J., Brooks A. et al.
Health Policy: 2008, 87, p. 296–308.
Instead of telling addiction treatment providers what to do to qualify for funding, the US state of Delaware set recruitment and engagement targets and largely left the methods up to the services. Result: more and more engaging treatment without stifling innovation.

STUDY 2005 PDF file 146Kb
Heavily drinking emergency patients cut down after referral for counselling

Crawford
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Latest in a series of studies at a London emergency unit found drinking reductions and reduced re-attendance after referring heavy drinkers for brief counselling. Screening and referral were routine at the unit, suggesting the model could be widely implemented.

STUDY 2005 PDF file 175Kb
Match motivational interviews to the client

Damaris J. Rohsenow
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Motivational interviews are not universally beneficial or at worst neutral – sometimes they make things worse. In this US study they helped ambivalent patients make the most of their treatment but impeded the recovery of those already committed to change.

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