MANAGING THE TALKING ROUTE TO RECOVERY

Key studies on managing and supervising psychosocial treatments for problem drinking. Starts with an essay from two leading researchers into these treatments, “bravely questioning what it’s all been for” when routine implementation has proved elusive. Highlights the study which found “leaders ... have a cascading impact on their staff in ways other than through mandate”, then addresses two key issues:
- Workshop training has limited effects - so is ‘coaching’ the right model for producing good counsellors and therapists?
- Find out then reveal to the...

IS REFLECTIVE LISTENING ALL THAT’S NEEDED?

Just two alcohol treatment studies have tested Carl Rogers’ classic account of the “necessary and sufficient conditions” for effective therapy. Each stripped out motivational interviewing’s directive elements, leaving only ‘Rogerian’ empathic and reflective listening. Did the clients do just as well? If the iconoclastic Rogers who “doubted every authority including his own” had lived to find out, he might have felt his doubts only partly justified.

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IL PARLATORE NELLE TERAPIE PARLANTI

Studi chiave sull'impatto del professionista nelle terapie psicosociali per la dipendenza da alcol. Strutturato attorno al classico resoconto di Carl Rogers delle "condizioni necessarie e sufficienti" per una terapia efficace. Evidenzia lo studio seminale sull'alcol che ha convalidato l'empatia, la comprensione e il calore ed esplora tre questioni chiave:
- La "cassa di risonanza" di Rogerian è davvero tutto ciò che serve?
- Essere genuini significa contravvenire ad altri mandati rogeriani?
- Se i terapeuti sono influenti, perché non più studi registrano i...

IL NUCLEO COMUNE DI TERAPIE EFFICACI

Punto di partenza nell'esplorazione delle terapie psicosociali della scorsa settimana è stata la "panoramica straordinariamente saggia" del 2018 della ricerca sui "fattori comuni" che condividono da una task force con l'autorità dell'American Psychological Association. Era il terzo progetto di questo tipo, il primo dei quali nel 1999 rappresentò un punto di svolta in un movimento che risale almeno al 1936 e al breve articolo seminale di Saul Rosenzweig, elaborato 25 anni dopo da Jerome Frank in uno dei libri più influenti sulla terapia psicosociale...

THE TALKING ROUTE TO RECOVERY

Every treatment involves human interaction, but this cell is about therapies in which interaction is the intended active ingredient – ‘psychosocial’ therapies, the mainstay of alcohol dependence treatment. Starts with the American Psychological Association’s (APA) “impressively wise overview” of the features shared by effective therapies and highlights the £1.5 million UK trial of a new therapy; why were the researchers’ expectations confounded? Then asks whether therapy can make things worse, argues that guidance has been misled into advocating packaged...

L'Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA) sostiene la Commissione sui danni causati dall'alcol: un'inchiesta sugli effetti dell'alcol sulla società.

La Commissione è stata istituita per esaminare le prove attuali sui danni causati dall'alcol, le recenti tendenze nei danni causati dall'alcol e i cambiamenti necessari per ridurre i danni causati dall'alcol. 

La Commissione ha esaminato la necessità di una nuova strategia globale in materia di alcol per l'Inghilterra, che tenga conto delle strategie in vigore in Scozia, Galles e Irlanda del Nord e consideri le priorità a livello britannico nei settori...

I SISTEMI DI TRATTAMENTO TRASCENDONO I SERVIZI INDIVIDUALI

Il corso online sulla ricerca sul trattamento dell'alcol si sposta al livello di interi sistemi di trattamento, evidenziando la semplice innovazione statunitense che ha indirizzato i riciclatori di disintossicazione in remissione a lungo termine, liberando risorse costose. Verifica se la tua visione di un servizio "buono" corrisponde a quella di un gruppo di esperti. Un criterio potrebbe essere rispondere in modo appropriato alla malattia mentale; esplorare con noi se la Gran Bretagna sta facendo progressi nell'organizzazione dell...

THE TREATMENT ORGANISATION IS THE HEALING CONTEXT

We said that of the treatment of problem drinking in general, and it remains the case for specifically medical treatments. Cell D3 focuses on that context at the level of the treatment or healthcare organisation, drawing on seminal and key research to ask:
- Do higher quality primary care practices do better alcohol treatment, or is this an unrelated niche activity?
- Evidence-based innovation: always a good thing, or an outcome-eroding burden?
- Is alcohol treatment helped or hindered when medical care is part of the package? Research shows...

According to the WHO, harmful alcohol use is one of the leading risk factors for the global burden of disease.

In response to concerning trends, governments around the world have intervened in the market for alcohol by levying specific taxes.  

In 2008, the government of Botswana imposed a 30% tax levy on all alcohol products to deal with problematic drinking in the country. The levy was initially set at 70% but was reduced to 30%.

Research into the effectiveness of these measures typically focusses on alcohol sales and self-reported levels of consumption. However, an area less understood...

On the 12th of July, in a bid to reduce the volume of trauma patients so hospitals have more beds open to treat COVID-19 patients, President Cyril Ramaphosa reintroduced the alcohol ban.

South Africa originally introduced a ban on all alcohol sales on 27 March. However, as lockdown restrictions were reviewed the ban was lifted.

According to President Cyril Ramaphosa, however, since the sale and distribution of alcohol was reintroduced in June, hospitals have experienced a spike in admissions in their trauma and emergency wards.

The South African government has faced pressure from the...