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Adfam è un ente di beneficenza con sede nel Regno Unito che migliora la vita delle famiglie colpite dall'uso di sostanze da parte di qualcun altro.

Abbiamo sentito attraverso i nostri progetti in prima linea, i risultati di un sondaggio online, l'attività sul nostro forum familiare online e le dichiarazioni delle organizzazioni partner che Covid-19 sta comportando una serie di ulteriori sfide per le famiglie nel Regno Unito che sono...

COVID-19 is a global health crisis that is increasing the workload of healthcare professionals around the world.

In order to support practitioners during these critical circumstances, it is essential that everyone is informed about other health risks and hazards so that they can stay safe and healthy.

The following factsheet provides important information that you should know about alcohol consumption and COVID-19.

It addresses, among other things, the misinformation that is being spread through social media and other communication channels about alcohol and COVID-19.

GENERATING SYSTEM-WIDE ALCOHOL SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION

Latest instalment of fortnightly course on the evidence for alcohol treatment and brief interventions. Context is that Britain’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) insists commissioners and managers “must” generate a system which provides the training, resources and time needed for routine brief intervention. Find out what happened when that was tried in Scotland, and develop evidence-informed understanding of four key issues:

- Advice is to commission for quality as well as quantity – but what is quality?

There is evidence to suggest that adolescents who receive alcohol from their parents are at higher risk of developing harmful drinking patterns later on in life.

Despite the concerning link, the knowledge around this subject remains unclear. 

A recent study in Australia has sought to gain a more reliable understanding of the issue through analysing longitudinal data.

The researchers collected information from 1906 school children recruited in the first year of secondary school. The researchers were particularly interested in asking the children whether their parents gave, or allowed them to...

Il trauma, specialmente durante l'infanzia, può avere un impatto negativo sul modo in cui il nostro cervello si sviluppa.

Le esperienze infantili avverse (ACE) sono eventi potenzialmente traumatici vissuti prima di raggiungere l'età di 18 anni, inclusi ma non limitati ad abusi o negligenza durante l'infanzia e eventi familiari angoscianti come assistere a violenza domestica o un genitore che va in prigione. 

L'alcol e altre droghe possono anche avere un impatto sul modo in cui il cervello si sviluppa, soprattutto se qualcuno ha una storia di trauma.

È fondamentale che i servizi che...

MANAGEMENT’S INFLUENCE ON ALCOHOL SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION

Key studies on management’s influence on the delivery and effectiveness of screening and brief intervention for risky drinking. ‘Bite’ commentary starts with UK guidance which insists managers “must” support this work, highlights the study which presaged a shift from universal to selective screening, and develops evidence-informed understanding of four important issues:
- Whether to insist on these procedures or let clinicians and patients decide their own priorities
- The degree to which management is the key to ensuring...

Nicotine, alcohol and marijuana are the most widely used substances among adolescents. These substances, however, can have serious negative consequences for brain development, making substance use among adolescents a major public health issue.

New research, published in The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, looks at how practice nurses in primary care settings can address the issue of substance use among adolescents with evidence-based interventions.

Identifying and treating substance use in adolescence can reduce long term harm and risk of later life dependency.

The article describes the...