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Includes a trenchant critique of the kind of cost-benefit calculations which have influenced national alcohol policy, a resource-light way to deliver alcohol interventions at emergency departments, and a review and first evaluation of positive psychology in the treatment of substance use problems.
Social cost of drinking totals little better than nonsense ...
Mailed alcohol screening feedback more realistic for emergency departments ...
Evidence for positive psychology and overlaps with recovery movement ...
First trial finds positive psychology aids troubled young drinkers ...