Alcohol: the complete collection
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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 2007 HTM file
A randomized controlled trial of intensive referral to 12-step self-help groups: one-year outcomes

Timko C., DeBenedetti A.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: 2007, 90, p. 270–279.
Even in a largely 12-step oriented programme, this US study showed that persistent and practical efforts can modestly strengthen 12-step group involvement after treatment and improve outcomes.

STUDY 2009 HTM file
Blueprint drugs education: the response of pupils and parents to the programme

Blueprint Evaluation Team.
Blueprint Evaluation Team, 2009.
In the British context, it was expected to decide whether an evidence-based, well structured and well resourced drug education programme could contribute to reducing youth substance use, yet the multi-million pound Blueprint study never got near fulfilling its promise.

REVIEW 2009 HTM file
The state of pharmacotherapy for the treatment of alcohol dependence

Garbutt J.C.
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment: 2009, 36(suppl. 1), p. S15–S23.
Review finds some but inconsistent and often modest support for each of the four medications approved by the US administration for the treatment of alcohol dependence: disulfiram; acamprosate; oral naltrexone; and once-monthly, injectable, extended-release naltrexone.

REVIEW ABSTRACT 2009 HTM file
Continuing care research: what we have learned and where we are going

McKay J.R.
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment: 2009, 36, p. 131–145.
Are alcohol and drug dependence best treated as chronic conditions needing extended care, or should we expect patients to recover and leave treatment? Whatever the answer, this review finds that generally the offer of long-term continuing care leads to better outcomes.

STUDY 2005 PDF file 104Kb
Drug prevention best done by school's own teachers not outside specialists

McNeal R.B.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
An evaluation of the US All Stars programme for early secondary school provided a rare opportunity to test whether drug prevention is best done by outside specialists or a school's own teachers; the teachers won out, despite needing less training.

STUDY 2005 PDF file 108Kb
Feedback to police and licensees helps cut alcohol-related violence and crime

Wiggers J.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Asking alcohol-related offenders where they last drank enabled police to target licensed premises associated with alcohol-related crime. After a trial showed it was feasible and reduced alcohol-related incidents, the system was implemented across New South Wales.

STUDY 2005 PDF file 112Kb
Normative education works in school but often fails to reduce drinking at college

Stamper G.A. Wechsler H.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Despite successes with schoolchildren, two recent US studies have shown that 'normative' education correcting overestimations of youth drinking does not reduce drinking at colleges, where heavy drinking is both more common and more valued.

STUDY 2005 PDF file 153Kb
Communities can reduce drink-driving deaths

Hingson R.W.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
A multi-million dollar attempt to equip US communities to tackle substance misuse only succeeded in reducing alcohol-related traffic deaths when treatment initiatives were supplemented by measures to limit the availability of alcohol.

STUDY 2005 PDF file 156Kb
High-risk youngsters respond to coherent, consistent and interactive after-school activities

Springer J.F.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Analyses of 48 US government-funded after-school and youth work projects for 9–18-year-olds at high risk of drug problems found that only interactive, well structured projects with supported and engaged staff curbed progression to more frequent substance use.

STUDY 2005 PDF file 172Kb
Naltrexone specially helps poor prognosis patients avoid relapse to heavy drinking

Rubio G. Kiefer F.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Two European studies confirm that the opiate-blocking drug naltrexone particularly helps alcohol-dependent patients who respond least well to therapy (marked partly by early onset drinking problems), elevating in-treatment outcomes to those of more promising clients.


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