The entries below are our accounts of documents collected by Drug and Alcohol Findings as relevant to improving outcomes from drug or alcohol interventions in the UK. The original documents were not published by Findings; click on the Titles to obtain copies. Free reprints may also be available from the authors. If displayed, click prepared e-mail to adapt the pre-prepared e-mail message or compose your own message. The Summary is intended to convey the findings and views expressed in the document. Below may be a commentary from Drug and Alcohol Findings.
Three of the four entries in this bulletin bear further testimony to the power of brief interventions and therapies, the fourth to the general impotence of anti-drug campaigns. For classic British studies on brief interventions, see this Findings review.
Even dependent drinkers respond well to alcohol brief interventions ...
Alcohol brief interventions: doing without the doctor ...
Lasting relief for partners and parents coping with addiction in the family ...