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and new evaluation research. This bulletin lists the latest documents added to the Effectiveness
Bank. Entries make no attempt to validate facts or interpretations or to offer a critical
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GUIDANCE FOR BRITISH GPs ON PRESCRIBING FOR HEROIN ADDICTED PATIENTS
Evidence-based guidance for British GPs on how to withdraw heroin and other opioid addicts from
opiate-type drugs or to maintain them by long-term prescribing of legal substitutes, with a focus on
the use methadone and buprenorphine, the main medications used for these purposes in the UK.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Ford_C_9.cab
LOCAL ALCOHOL-RELATED PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES IN ENGLAND LACK COMMITMENT AND COHERENCE
When the alcohol policy support team of the English Department of Health visited local areas, they
found an improving but often muddled and uncoordinated attempt to improve public health through
alcohol-related interventions, attempts which often which lacked consistent commitment.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Alcohol_Harm_Reduction_National_Support_Team_1.cab
WHY SOME DRINKERS PREFER GLOBAL ON-LINE AA GROUPS TO FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS
Why do AA members join on-line groups which meet virtually over the internet rather than or (as well
as) face-to-face groups? Based on his own experiences and interviews with other members, an AA
member supplies some answers, among which are the enrichment provided by international perspectives.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Bjerke_TN_2.cab
FRAGMENTED ATTEMPT TO HELP US PARENTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS
This US-focused review calls for parents with substance use problems who are involved with the child
welfare system to receive integrated services which comprehensively assess health and social
problems and systematically match needs to problems in the context of a positive client-provider
relationship.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Marsh_JC_6.cab
ELECTRICALLY STIMULATING BRAIN REDUCED CRAVINGS FOR ALCOHOL
In India the brains of alcohol dependent patients were repeatedly stimulated using a magnetic coil
held close to the front right part of the skull. The result was to further reduce their cravings for
alcohol compared to a similar but inactive procedure.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Mishra_BR_1.cab
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