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Added on 24/12/2009
Updated on 26/01/2010

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World Health Organisation Publications

WHO handbook for action to reduce alcohol-related harm.

The WHO european guidance reports on a comprehensive assessment and recommends ten key areas for action: alcohol pricing the availability of alcohol the marketing of alcoholic beverages illegally...

WHO Evidence for the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm.

The WHO Abstract for this European report on alcohol interventions states, 'There is a substantial evidence base on the effectiveness of different policies in reducing the harm done by alcohol. Policies...

Effects of alcohol tax and price policies on morbidity and mortality: a systematic review.

Am J Public Health. 2010 Nov;100(11):2270-8

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Systematic review of the effects of alcohol taxes and prices on alcohol-related morbidity and mortality to assess their public health impact. Results suggest that doubling the alcohol tax would reduce alcohol-related mortality by an average of 35%, traffic crash deaths by 11%, sexually transmitted disease by 6%, violence by 2%, and crime by 1.4%.

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From in-session behaviors to drinking outcomes: A causal chain for motivational interviewing

Moyers TB et al., Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol 77(6), Dec 2009, 1113-1124.

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This paper describes how specific therapist behaviors predict client change talk. Support was found for a mediational role for change talk between therapist behavior and client drinking outcomes.

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Drug harms in the UK: a multicriteria decision analysis

Nutt DJ et al.The Lancet, Volume 376, Issue 9752, Pages 1558 - 1565 (2010)

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An assessment of the harms caused by the misuse of drugs (including alcohol) using the scoring and weighting approach of multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) modelling to a range of drug harms in the UK.

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Withdrawal from alcohol using monitored alcohol consumption: a case report

Wright NR & Thompson C Alcohol Alcohol. 2002 Jul-Aug;37(4):344-6

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A single case study of alcohol withdrawal through monitored alcohol consumption in a hostel resident.

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Effectiveness of a nurse-led alcohol liaison service in a secondary care medical unit

Ryder, SD; Aithal, GP; Holmes, M; Burrows, M; Wright, NR, Clinical Medicine, Oct 2010

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This article examines if the provision of specialised alcohol services can reduce alcohol intake in an acute hospital setting. Nottingham hospitals initiated such a service in 2002-3 based around two nurse specialists. This service assessed 3,632 patients over five years and has seen a reduction in hospital admissions, violent incidents against staff and primary care attendances.

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Alcohol: no ordinary commodity--a summary of the second edition

Alcohol and Public Policy Group; Addiction. 2010 May;105(5):769-79.

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This article summarizes the contents of the book Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity (2nd edn). The first part describes why alcohol is not an ordinary commodity, and reviews epidemiological data that establish alcohol as a major contributor to the global burden of disease. The second part looks at the scientific evidence for strategies and interventions that can prevent or minimize alcohol-related harm is reviewed critically in seven key areas. The book then addresses the policy-making process at the local, national and international levels.

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Managed alcohol as a harm reduction intervention for alcohol addiction in populations at high risk for substance abuse

Muckle, W et al; Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 4, 2009

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Examines the effectiveness of Managed Alcohol treatment regimes (serving limited quantities of alcohol daily to alcoholics) on their own or as compared to moderate drinking (self controlled drinking), screening and brief intervention using a harm reduction approach and traditional abstinence based interventions

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Alcohol-related harm in the EU - Key data

European Commission; 01 Oct 2006

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This is a factsheet from the European Commission that covers alcohol-related harm in Europe. It covers alcohol and disease, alcohol consumption, binge drinking in the adult population, and alcohol-related harm and the economy. (2006)

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Reducing harm and changing culture: Scotland's National Plan for Action on Alcohol Problems

O'Donnell, B; International Journal of Drug Policy Volume 17, Issue 4, Pages 367-372 (July 2006)

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The prime purpose of the Scottish National Plan for Action on Alcohol Problems is 'to reduce alcohol-related harm in Scotland' through prevention and education, protection and control, and the provision of services bound in the need to change the local drinking culture and attitudes.

Harm reduction in the context of this article considers reducing harm to individuals, whether they are drinkers or non-drinkers, which is explicit within the five objectives of the new licensing legislation.

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Alcohol supply, demand, and harm reduction: What is the strongest cocktail?

Stockwell T; International Journal of Drug Policy,Volume 17, Issue 4, Pages 269-277 (July 2006)

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This paper presents evidence to suggest that, in order to be most effective, a comprehensive policy to reduce alcohol-related harm needs also to include interventions to reduce the quantity of alcohol consumed per occasion.

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Harm Reduction and Individually Focused Alcohol Prevention

Neighbors,C. Et al, International Journal of Drug Policy (IJDP); 17(4); 304-309; July 2006

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This article reviews recent empirical articles and scholarly reviews of harm reduction treatments for alcohol abuse and dependence.

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Alcohol-related harm - a growing crisis: time for action

Verrill, C. Sheron, N.; Clinical Medicine 2005, VOL 5; No 2, p 154-158

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The legacy of a community mobilisation project to reduce alcohol related harm

Midford R et al ; Drug and Alcohol Review 2005, Vol. 24, No. 1, Pages 3-1

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This research seeks to identify the legacy of COMPARI from interviews with 23 key informants and from serial measures of alcohol consumption and harm.

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Alcohol Use in Early Adolescence: The Effect of Changes in Risk Taking, Perceived Harm and Friends' Alcohol Use

Henry KL; Journal of Studies On Alcohol & Drugs Volume 66, 2005 > Issue 2: March 2005

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This study instead explores the effects of changes in risk factors for individual adolescents.

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Preventing alcohol-related harm in college students: Alcohol-related Harm Prevention program effects on hypothesized mediating variables.

Graham JW; Health Education Research, Vol. 19, No. 1, 71-84, February 1, 2004

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The AHP program is a two-session, in-class intervention that corrects misperceived norms regarding levels of alcohol use, caring about friends, acceptability of risky behaviors and willingness to intervene.

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Methods for reducing alcohol and drug related family harm in non-specialist setting

Copello, A,Orford, J,Velleman, R; Journal of Mental Health, Jun 2000, vol./is. 9/3(329-43), 0963-8237

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Intervention for family members based on the stress-coping-health model.

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Binge Drinking: A Confused Concept and its Contemporary History

Berridge V, Herring R and Thom B; Social History of Medicine 2009 22(3):597-607

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In recent years there have been significant changes in how binge drinking is defined and conceptualised. This paper argues that the definitional change is related to the shifts in the focus of alcohol policy and alcohol science.

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Alcohol-related harm in the EU - Key data

European Commission

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