Welcome to the Effectiveness Bank Bulletin, an update service provided by the Drug and Alcohol
Findings project. This service alerts you to recent evaluation studies with important practice
implications. Though tailored for the UK, this selection will be of international interest.
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UK PROJECT ENABLES AT-RISK CHILDREN OF (FORMER) DRUG USING PARENTS TO SAFELY LIVE AT HOME
Based in Middlesbrough and winners of the Drug Team of the Year award in 2008, Families First's
intensive short-term support meant that children of problem drug users on the verge of being removed
from the family were safely able to stay with their parents or other relatives.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Woolfall_K_1.txt
CHOICE OF ALCOHOL THERAPY MATTERS LITTLE AS LONG AS IT MAKES SENSE AND CREATES STRUCTURE OUT OF
CONFUSION
After combining results from studies comparing talking therapies for alcohol problems, this
ingenious analysis found any structured approach grounded in an explicit model as good as any other.
Researchers have, it was argued, been looking in the wrong direction for therapy's active
ingredients.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Imel_ZE_1.txt
NEEDY CLIENTS DO AS WELL IN DAY HOSPITAL AS IN RESIDENTIAL CARE
By selecting clients at the very edge of ethically requiring referral to residential care, this US
study confirms that unless there are pressing contraindications, intensive non-residential options
deliver equivalent outcomes. Often of course, there ARE pressing contraindications.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Witbrodt_J_2.txt
FIRST RANDOMISED TRIAL FINDS LITTLE BENEFIT AND SOME RISKS IN TESTING SCHOOL PUPILS FOR DRUGS
This US study of randomly testing secondary school pupils involved in extracurricular sports was
equivocal about its deterrent impact and found some deterioration in attitudes to risktaking, adding
to a slim evidence base which has so far found little benefit to justify the risks and the costs.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Goldberg_L_3.txt
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