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ISSUE 10 of the DRUG AND ALCOHOL FINDINGS magazine first published in 2004 is now available free of
charge as downloadable PDFs (Adobe Acrobat files). Access by clicking this link:
http://findings.org.uk/issuesResults.php5?issueChoice=issue+10
or the BROWSE MAGAZINE link on the home page. Most items come with an underlying fully referenced
text giving substantial extra information. These are available in PDF and (to make it easier to copy
and paste from) Word format.
In this and succeeding messages we'll introduce you to some of the highlights from this issue. First
the articles ...
EMBED RECOVERY INCENTIVES IN THE CLIENT'S SOCIAL NETWORK
Distinguished US authors summarise the evidence for a new direction in the treatment of substance
abuse problems - harnessing friends, lovers, sons, daughters and workmates to reconstruct the
incentives in a client's life to converge on promoting and sustaining recovery.
Choose TAKE THE NETWORK INTO TREATMENT from the issue 10 listing or go direct to:
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Smith_JE_2.pdf
FAMILY PROGRAMME MOST PROMISING WAY TO PREVENT EARLY DRINKING
Origins and achievements of the US programme singled out by British reviewers as the most promising
for the long-term prevention of alcohol misuse. "No one has ever analysed our work so well before"
said the originator.
Choose DOING IT TOGETHER STRENGTHENS FAMILIES... from the issue 10 listing or go direct to:
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Ashton_M_24.pdf
HEPATITIS C AND NEEDLE EXCHANGE PART 3: THE BRITISH RECORD
Reveals the paucity of evidence that exchanges in Britain have directly reduced risk behaviour or
infection spread, and the hidden flaw in the seminal pilot study. Lack of real impact is probably
less the problem than lack of real *evidence* of impact.
Choose HEPATITIS C AND NEEDLE EXCHANGE... from the issue 10 listing or go direct to:
http://www.findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Ashton_M_17.pdf
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information charities and the UK's leading clinical/research centre. The Effectiveness Bank project
is supported by the J. Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust (http://www.jpgettytrust.org.uk) and the
Pilgrim Trust (http://www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk).
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