Collections

Below is a list of all 11 collections – customised searches automatically updated as documents are added to the Effectiveness Bank, plus brief introductory text. Collections offer searches which may not be available via the standard options in the search pages. Starting with the most recently created collections, the list shows in orange the type of entry, the year the collection was first made available (they will since have been updated), and the type of file you will download when you click on the title. In blue is the collection’s title followed by a brief description.

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COLLECTION 2020 HTM file
Focus on women

How do women’s substance use problems, needs and outcomes differ from those of men? Marking International Women’s Day 2020, this collection search mainly retrieves treatment research but includes some prevention analyses.

COLLECTION 2018 HTM file
The client–therapist relationship

At the heart of addiction treatment lies client–therapist relationships, across psychotherapy a stronger influence on how well clients do than the type of therapy.

COLLECTION 2018 HTM file
Drugs: the complete collection

Lists all Effectiveness Bank analyses to date of documents related to use and problem use of illegal drugs.

COLLECTION 2017 HTM file
Alcohol and families

Constructed for Alcohol Awareness Week 2017 on the theme of ‘Alcohol and Families’, this collection includes both major roles for the families of problem drinkers – as recipients of support and therapy to promote their own welfare, and as therapeutic agents engaged in promoting the drinker’s welfare.

COLLECTION 2017 HTM file
Couples therapies

Entries on one of only two types of therapies recommended for alcohol and/or drug users by NICE, the UK’s official health intervention advisers. Best known of these in the substance use sector focuses on a daily ritual in which the couple reaffirm and reinforce the user’s intention to stay drug-free/sober.

COLLECTION 2016 HTM file
The common core of therapy

Lists entries relating to ‘Dodo bird’ findings that all bona fide therapies tend to have similar effects. Across mental health and behavioural problems, such findings have turned attention to the ‘common factors’ shared by therapies rather than how they differ.

COLLECTION 2016 HTM file
The Old Gold archive

Archive of entries analysing seminal studies of lasting significance from the past.

COLLECTION 2016 HTM file
Latest alcohol analyses

Features the ten most recently added/updated alcohol-related Effectiveness Bank analyses compiled for our supporter and partner Alcohol Change UK.

COLLECTION 2016 HTM file
Alcohol: the complete collection

COLLECTION 2016 HTM file
The Druglink archive

Lists articles specially written by Drug and Alcohol Findings for DrugScope’s Druglink magazine.

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