A new bulletin has been published collecting together the latest documents added to the
Effectiveness Bank. Three of the four entries bear further testimony to the potential of brief
interventions and therapies, the fourth to the general impotence of anti-drug campaigns.
To view the whole bulletin click the following link:
http://findings.org.uk/docs/bulletins/Bull_05_12_11.php
or click the links below to view an entry in the bulletin. If clicking does not work, paste the link
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For classic British studies of brief interventions see the Findings review at:
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Drummond_C_6.pdf
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EVEN DEPENDENT DRINKERS RESPOND WELL TO ALCOHOL BRIEF INTERVENTIONS
In the north of England just a few (and often just one) counselling sessions by a specialist alcohol
nurse had a remarkable impact on drinkers seeking medical care at an accident and emergency
department. What made it remarkable was the fact that these patients were not just heavy drinkers,
but dependent and drinking as much as patients at alcohol clinics.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Cobain_K_1.txt
ALCOHOL BRIEF INTERVENTIONS: DOING WITHOUT THE DOCTOR
It works when the doctor does it, but what if the nurse or other primary care staff briefly counsel
risky drinking patients? According to this synthesis of the research, it still works - maybe not as
well, but perhaps more patients can be reached more cheaply.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Sullivan_LE_6.txt
*revised* LASTING RELIEF FOR PARTNERS AND PARENTS COPING WITH ADDICTION IN THE FAMILY
In England a brief primary care counselling programme for family members living with a relative with
substance use problems unusually aims primarily to improve their lives rather than that of the
substance user. A year later improvements had accumulated rather than faded.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Velleman_R_12.txt
ANTI-DRUG ADS DO NOT WORK AND CAN BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE
Governments spend millions on them and they may serve political purposes, but do anti-drug media
campaigns prevent drug use? This first systematic review finds no strong evidence that they do, and
some that they can have the opposite effect.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Werb_D_7.txt
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