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*new* INJECTORS RESPOND AS WELL TO SEX RISK COUNSELLING AS NON-INJECTORS
Across this large US study, injectors responded to sexual risk-reduction counselling as well as
non-injectors, but there was an intriguing puzzle with possibly far reaching implications - what
should have been the strongest intervention was actually the weakest among injectors, yet not among
non-injectors.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Semaan_S_2.cab
*new* MODERATE DRINKING OVER THE WEB: THERAPY PROGRAMME BOLSTERS MUTUAL AID
Does it help to add a structured internet-based therapeutic programme to web access to a mutual aid
network also geared to moderate drinking? Sustained extra moderation in the form of fewer days
drinking was the clearest positive effect; less clear was whether it led to greater reductions in
drink-related problems.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Hester_RK_4.cab
REVIEW CONFIRMS THAT COMPUTER-BASED ALCOHOL INTERVENTIONS DO CUT DRINKING
Computer-based and in particular internet-based therapies open doors to treatment for drinkers who
cannot get or do not want face-to-face-help. This review finds they do curb drinking, but its
sub-finding that they are as effective as alternative therapies should not be taken to mean
computers can replace therapists.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Rooke_S_1.txt
SPANISH GPs TARGET BINGE-DRINKING PATIENTS
Unusually a primary care brief alcohol intervention in Madrid targeted heavy episodic drinking. The
result was drinking reductions which probably saved lives due to less drunkenness and less drinking
overall - and both screening and intervention were done by the doctors themselves, not specialist
staff.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Rubio_G_6.txt
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