| Title |
Description |
Date Submitted |
 Advertising alcohol |
The advertising of alcohol is an important and contentious issue which provokes much debate between the drinks industry on one side and organisations with public health concerns on the other. This factsheet looks at whether our drinking habits are influenced by advertising and examines the regulations governing the advertising of alcohol.
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29/10/2007 11:35:42 |
| Alcohol and crime |
Mounting crime rates are regarded as one of the most serious social problems today and those involved in criminal justice and health care services are daily confronted with the results of alcohol-related crime. This factsheet looks at the prevalence of alcohol-related crime and the nature of the relationship between excess drinking and crime - particularly violent crime |
09/08/2007 14:20:07 |
| Alcohol and mental health |
This factsheet summarises research on the nature and scale of the problem of co-existent mental health and alcohol problems from the alcohol perspective. |
20/08/2007 15:18:06 |
| Alcohol and the role of the night-time economy |
This factsheet examines the positive and negative effects of drinking on the evening leisure culture. |
20/08/2007 15:23:52 |
| Alcohol misuse among older people |
This factsheet looks at the issues around alcohol misuse and its implications for older people |
09/08/2007 15:08:57 |
| Domestic violence and alcohol |
This factsheet looks at the difficult and sometimes contentious issue of domestic violence and its relationship to alcohol use. |
01/07/2005 12:41:36 |
| Drink-drive accidents |
This fact sheet aims to give up-to-date information about drinking and road accidents in the United Kingdom, and to suggest ways in which this harm can be prevented. |
16/08/2007 17:33:37 |
| Grasping the nettle: alcohol and domestic violence |
This factsheet provides an overview of the association between alcohol and domestic violence and examines the implications for policy and practice. |
25/04/2008 15:40:53 |
| Men and alcohol |
This factsheet covers various aspects of men's drinking including drinking habits, risk facts and social and health effects of excess drinking |
09/08/2007 17:10:28 |
| Mortality and alcohol |
This factsheet looks at figures for alcohol-related deaths and patterns of mortality across sexes and different ages. It also suggests ways of estimating overall numbers of deaths attributable to alcohol. |
09/08/2007 15:15:07 |
| Putting brief interventions into practice |
Despite the evidence of the effectiveness of brief interventions, implementation of brief intervention programmes in primary care remains the exception rather than the general rule. The purpose of this article is to look at 5 screening and brief interventions programmes currently operating in England and looks at the various used and identifies common themes - such as the common difficulties they faced implementing the projects and pointers for success.
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09/08/2007 15:42:12 |
| Tackling alcohol misuse in prison: a window of opportunity or a lost opportunity |
This paper looks at the scale of alcohol misuse among prisoners, provides evidence of the effectiveness of interventions and outlines the current strategy for addressing alcohol problems in the prison population. A series of interviews with substance misuse workers in prisons provides a picture of what happens in practice.
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28/04/2008 11:28:20 |
| Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome |
This factsheet looks at the symptoms of these conditions, the treatment needs of people affected by Wernicke-Korsakoff and what treatment is available. |
20/08/2007 16:06:26 |
| Women and alcohol |
This factsheet examines how much women are drinking, recent trends in women's drinking and focuses on the key issues relating to women's drinking. |
18/03/2008 15:12:30 |
| Young people's drinking |
This factsheet looks at the existing evidence of young people's drinking in the UK showing the prevalence of drinking, drinking trends and higlights alcohol problems specific to young people. |
09/08/2007 17:02:26 |
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