...R. Curtis Ellison; Morten Grønbæk; Erik Skovenborg Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the use of Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses for judging the effects of alcohol consumption on the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a review...

...Tore Bonsaksen; Trond Heir; Laila Skogstad; Tine K. Grimholt; Øivind Ekeberg; Anners Lerdal; Inger Schou-Bredal Purpose Harmful use of alcohol is a major public health problem. While harm is often researched in the context of heavy drinking episodes, high-frequency drinking, even when drinking...

...George Benson; Andrew McPherson; Jacqueline McCallum; Nicola Roberts Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an alcohol withdrawal syndrome risk stratification tool that could support the safe discharge of low risk patients from the emergency department. Design/methodology/approach...

...George Benson; Nicola Roberts; Jacqueline McCallum; Andrew McPherson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify published literature from a general hospital setting that may highlight variables implicated in the development of severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome (SAWS) in patients who have...

...Lynne Wood; Isabella McMurray Purpose A continuing challenge in the design of effective interventions to prevent adolescents’ alcohol misuse is understanding adolescent drinking behaviour. Although previous research has indicated a number of factors that might predict drinking behaviour, there has...

... as having multiple substance use disorders. A great variety of substance combinations was identified and alcohol was found in the majority of them. Practical implications Treatment strategies targeting accurately substance-related disorders as a whole complex should be promoted. In particular...

... to a greater use of prescription and non-prescription medication by the elderly. Besides, older drinkers consume alcohol often regardless of the medication they consume. The purpose of this paper is to examine the intake of medication and alcohol simultaneously in a group of elderly in the community of Madrid...

...Andrew Misell Purpose Programmes to promote alcohol awareness and harm reduction in the general population often take an atomised approach, encouraging individual drinkers to understand their unit intake and adjust it accordingly. Although many public health practitioners harbour doubts about...

... strengths for researching into young people’s alcohol consumption practices and experiences. Yet, each of the methods utilised in this study also had specific drawbacks for researching substance use. Offering a palette of methods for participants to “opt into” was thus beneficial in: offsetting...

... re-use rights only Alcohol Drug policy Evidence Drug-related deaths ACMD Drug users John Major’s Conservative government published the UK’s first national drugs policy in 1995. Early strategy titles reflected initial ambitions – Tackling Drugs Together (1995), Tackling Drugs...

...Abigail Yang; Stefanie Leung; Apo Demirkol Purpose Across the world, 3.3 million people die every year as a result of harmful use of alcohol. In Australia, excessive alcohol intake is responsible for 3.2 percent of the total burden of disease and injury. Disulfiram is one of the few...

..., was described by the German Pathologist, Carl Wernicke, in 1881 and the Russian Neuropsychiatrist, Sergei Korsakoff, in 1887. Whilst Wernicke localised a lesion in the brains of the patients showing this picture, Korsakoff went on to relate this condition to heavy alcohol drinking. Since these two conditions...

...Geoff McCombe; Anne Marie Henihan; Jan Klimas; Davina Swan; Dorothy Leahy; Rolande Anderson; Gerard Bury; Colum Dunne; Eamon Keenan; David Meagher; Clodagh O’Gorman; Tom O’Toole; Jean Saunders; Bobby P. Smyth; John S. Lambert; Eileen Kaner; Walter Cullen Purpose Problem alcohol use (PAU) is common...

...Emma Louise Davies Purpose There is a lack of evidence for effective school-based prevention programmes to reduce alcohol misuse in adolescents. The purpose of this paper is to explore teacher’s views about alcohol education in secondary schools in order to inform the subsequent development of new...

...Tom Parkman It does, however, possess weaknesses. First, the book’s stated goal is to develop “our understanding of 12-step recovery as originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous” (p. 1). Its focus, however, is how recovery unfolds in communal living settings, with little attention...

... throughout England, supplemented by 20 in-depth interviews. The paper also draws on learning from the practical implementation of the Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service (ADEPIS). Findings – The research provides insight into the current status of drug education provision...

...Indiresh Anand; Avril Smith; Kelly-Jo Charge; Christos Kouimtsidis Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to evaluate and improve the quality of the aftercare services we provide for alcohol dependence. This presentation discusses the patient satisfaction of the Relapse Prevention Group...

...Jamshid Nazari; Duncan Raistrick Purpose – Physical comorbidities of alcohol misuse are common and result in frequent attendance to hospitals with estimated £3.5bn annual cost to the NHS in England. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of the hospital in-reach team of the Leeds...

... in the absence of external control, leading to problems when the drinkers enter the public sphere. Moreover, pre-loading has become a key aspect in the drinking patterns of many of the Night Time Economy (NTE) population with around 60-70 per cent of people drinking some alcohol prior to going out...

... practitioners (GPs) identify and manage problem alcohol use among problem drug users. Design/methodology/approach – The educational session was developed as part of a complex intervention which was informed by the Medical Research Council framework for complex interventions. A Cochrane review...