Welcome to Effectiveness Bank alerts from Drug and Alcohol Findings, bringing you news of research
relevant to improving outcomes from drug or alcohol interventions in the UK.
A new bulletin has been published collecting together the latest documents added to the
Effectiveness Bank. It highlights four alcohol prevention and treatment studies including three from
the UK. To view the whole bulletin click the following link:
http://findings.org.uk/docs/bulletins/Bull_24_08_11.php
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*new* OVER HALF SCOTTISH ALCOHOL TREATMENT EXITS WERE DROP-OUTS
In the mid-2000s over 50% of terminated alcohol treatment episodes in Scotland ended with the client
or patient dropping out. Considerable variation between regions suggests there was room for
improvement and with it improvement in the treatment cost effectiveness.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Newham_R_2.cab
*new* USE QUALITY OF LIFE YARDSTICK TO ASSESS ALCOHOL TREATMENT
If alcohol treatment is to compete for scarce healthcare resources, studies must adopt the same
yardsticks of success as other healthcare interventions, contends this team of UK-based health
economists; prime amongst these are quality of life measures.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Barbosa_C_1.cab
*new* BLOOD CHEMICALS REVEAL WHO IS DEPENDENT AND WHO HAS MANAGED TO STOP DRINKING
Slovenian study identifies which chemicals in the blood best identify dependent drinkers in the
sense of not missing those who are dependent, confirming when they have stopped drinking, and not
falsely identifying non-dependent people as dependent.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Kravos_M_1.cab
UK TRIAL OF WEB-BASED ALCOHOL PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
Would the US tactic of telling college students how little the average student really drinks work
with their hard-drinking British counterparts? This UK trial was not altogether convincing, but the
US evidence is on balance positive.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Bewick_BM_4.txt
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