Developing and Evaluating Brief Alcohol Interventions for Risky Drinking Parents
ISSUP UK would like to invite you to their next Webinar on Developing and Evaluating Brief Alcohol Interventions for Risky Drinking Parents.
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International Confederation of ATOD Research Associations
ICARA is the International Confederation of Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drug (ATOD) Research Associations. It is an umbrella organisation for research societies across the globe concerned about alcohol, tobacco, other drugs and behavioural addictions.
“Hidden gem” from the ’70s suggests counsellors generate the outcomes they expect. An Effectiveness Bank analysis
The Effectiveness Bank has stopped routinely issuing research analyses, but we couldn’t leave this gem from the ’70s figuratively gathering dust on the shelves of the British Library. Belied by an under-stated presentation, its practice...
Are former heavy drinkers in the UK less likely to identify as being in recovery compared to those in the USA? A pilot test
The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) movement created the term "in recovery" to express the continuing requirement for vigilance in order to sustain sobriety (which includes abstinence from alcohol intake) and avoid a return to dangerous drinking...
Making the European Region Safer: developments in alcohol control policies, 2010–2019 (2021)
This report presents the current status of alcohol consumption, alcohol-attributable harms and the implementation of alcohol control policies in the WHO European Region, using available data from 2010, 2016 and 2019. A detailed overview is...
Women and alcohol
The alcohol research interest group (ARIG) is hosting a webinar on Alcohol and Women.
The event will take place on the 14th of October.
Speakers:
Dr Emily Nicholls
'I just feel nice with a glass of wine': Doing 'girliness' and 'classiness' through alcohol consumption on a Girls' Night Out
Dr Amanda Atkinson
Update of Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines: Summary of Findings from Public Consultation
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has released Updating Canadian Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines: Summary of Findings from Public Consultation. This report marks an important phase in the process of updating...
NordAN conference 2021
The NordAN Conference and General Assembly meeting will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on November 19-20, 2021. In case the COVID situation doesn´t allow a physical gathering, the meetings will move online.
2021 MCA Symposium on Alcohol & Health
The MCA Annual Symposium is a key event in the alcohol and health field. The symposium attracts delegates from clinical, policy and research backgrounds and across all the health specialties and disciplines.
The 2021 MCA Symposium is on the theme of Interventions and Recovery and includes a programme of world-class speakers.
Evaluation of neurotrophic factors and education level as predictors of cognitive decline in alcohol use disorder
Abstract Cognitive reserve (CR) is the capability of an individual to cope with a brain pathology through compensatory mechanisms developed through cognitive stimulation by mental and physical activity. Recently, it has been suggested that...