alcohol

Canadian Guidelines on Alcohol Use Disorder Among Older Adults

Scientific article

23 March 2020

Open Access article: Abstract Background Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is an increasingly common, under-recognized, and under-treated health concern in older adults. Its prevalence is expected to reach unprecedented levels as the Canadian...

The long‐term effectiveness of universal, selective and combined prevention for alcohol use during adolescence: 36‐month outcomes from a cluster randomized controlled trial

Scientific article

4 July 2020

Open Access article on a four arm cluster randomized trial of school-base alcohol prevention strategies demonstrated that both universal and selective methods improved outcomes compared to control.

Sourcing ‘what works’ evidence from 1 May

News

KEY MESSAGES 1. From 1 May 2021 there has been a change in how you can remain updated on UK-relevant research evaluating interventions to treat or prevent substance use problems and on the meaning and practice implications of the evidence...

The Updated College Alcohol Intervention Matrix (CollegeAIM): What Colleges and Communities Need to Know Now

5 May 2021

Washington DC

United States

Register now: https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q-DXEhe-T7SQS66TeG0rlg

Wednesday, May 5, 2021 01:00 PM ET (Washington, DC time)

Natural Recovery by the Liver and Other Organs After Chronic Alcohol Use

Scientific article

8 April 2021

ABSTRACT Chronic, heavy alcohol consumption disrupts normal organ function and causes structural damage in virtually every tissue of the body. Current diagnostic terminology states that a person who drinks alcohol excessively has alcohol...

Alcohol Consumption and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA Levels in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients

Scientific article

21 April 2021

Abstract Background: The impact of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels on the evolution of chronic HCV infection-related liver damage is controversial. Heavy alcohol use is believed to have a deleterious impact on the course of HCV disease...

Making the European Region Safer: Developments in Alcohol Control Policies, 2010–2019

Book

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...

Reducing Harm Due to Alcohol: Success Stories From 3 Countries

News

The European Region has the highest level of alcohol consumption in the world. To reduce these harms, WHO/Europe has identified three affordable, feasible and cost-effective intervention strategies: increase excise taxes on alcoholic...

Women and Alcohol

Scientific article

5 November 2020

This is a special edition of the Journal Alcohol Research: Current Reviews. It is open source and has new articles on women and alcohol use.

Drinking Transitions During Lockdown

28 April 2021

Online

United Kingdom

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) warmly invite you to an online event on Wednesday 28 April from 12:30-14:00 BST for the fourth SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals event of 2021.