Alcohol: the complete collection
 Alcohol: the complete collection

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Alcohol: the complete collection

All Effectiveness Bank analyses to date of documents related to alcohol compiled for our partner Alcohol Change UK, starting with the analyses most recently added or updated, totalling today 793 documents.

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STUDY 2003 PDF file 129Kb
US version of Skills for Adolescence modestly retards growth of substance use

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
The first rigorous follow-up study of a drug education programme popular and influential in Britain found that it modestly retarded growth of substance use in 12-13-year-old school pupils.

STUDY 2008 HTM file
Style not content key to matching patients to therapeutic approaches

on the web
Analysis of videoed therapy sessions from a Project MATCH alcohol treatment trial clinic showed that whether therapists appropriately adjusted their interpersonal style to the patient mattered more than which therapy they practised.

STUDY 2008 HTM file
Substance-focused initiatives not only way schools help prevent risky substance use

Bisset S.
on the web
In so far as they engaged pupils in their education, schools in the West Midlands of England also protected them against risky forms of substance use, offering a way to address drug prevention by focusing on core educational and social virtues.

SERIES OF ARTICLES 2006 PDF file 6115Kb
Manners Matter

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Five-part series not so much on what treatment services do, but how they do it. Conclusion: the same human qualities which make life better outside treatment make it better within - empathy, understanding, respect, responsiveness, caring persistence.

REVIEW 2004 PDF file 909Kb
The power of the welcoming reminder

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Part 1 of the Manners Matter series. In seemingly mundane tasks like reminding patients of appointments and checking how they are doing after they leave, individualised and welcoming communications characterise retention-enhancing services.

REVIEW 2005 PDF file 449Kb
Can we help?

Ashton M.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Part 2 of the Manners Matter series explores the neglected parts of service delivery – how to help people get there on time. Transport and childcare are key ingredients but a helping hand does more than help carry the load; it shows that you care.

REVIEW 2005 PDF file 813Kb
The motivational hallo

Ashton M.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Part 3 of the Manners Matter series investigates motivational interviewing, the most influential counselling style in addiction treatment. At first we couldn't believe what we'd found - but it really has worked best without a manual.

REVIEW 2006 PDF file 1464Kb
Motivational arm twisting: contradiction in terms?

Ashton M.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Part 4 of the Manners Matter series asks whether motivational interviewing can overcome the hostile prison environment and the distrust of youngsters, drink drivers and other offenders pressured into counselling by the criminal justice system.

REVIEW 2006 PDF file 797Kb
My way or yours?

Ashton M.
in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Do you bristle when someone else takes the lead or gladly take a back seat? In therapy too, directiveness matters, and in a surprisingly consistent way. Part 5 of the Manners Matter series unpicks the common thread from the literature.

SERIES OF ARTICLES 2002 PDF file 2075Kb
Investing in alcohol treatment

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Two-part series extracted from an impressive Australian review. First, how to identify a drinking problem; second, whether brief talks with heavy drinkers identified by screening work, and how staff can be encouraged to implement them.


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