Drug and Alcohol Findings home page in a new window EFFECTIVENESS BANK Bulletin 22 October 2012

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.


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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 ...