ALCOHOL REPORTS

2008-10-10T21:57:00.002-04:00

An Assessment of the Economic Evidence Base Underlying the Scottish Alcohol Consultation A Report for ASDA September 2008This report aims to assess the recommendations in the Scottish government in their consultation paper: ‘Changing Scotland’s relationship with alcohol: a discussion paper on our strategic approach’, in particular its recommendation to impose a minimum price for alcohol. We

2008-10-10T19:11:00.003-04:00

The Self-Rating of the Effects of Alcohol Questionnaire as a Predictor of Alcohol-Related Outcomes in 12-Year-Old Subjects Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access published online on October 8, 2008 A low level of response (LR), or low sensitivity, to alcohol as established by alcohol challenges has been shown to predict future heavier drinking,

2008-10-10T18:59:00.003-04:00

Radical health moves floated Jill Stark October 11, 2008 PRICE rises for junk food, cigarettes and alcohol; a ban on tobacco-vending machines, and tax breaks for gym memberships are among recommendations in a Federal Government report that could change the way we live.

2008-10-10T18:46:00.003-04:00

Australia: the healthiest country by 2020 From the Minister for Health and Ageing: As a nation we must recognise that doing more to stay healthy and well will be key to coping with the human and financial costs of chronic and preventable illness. The Rudd Government was elected on a platform that recognised that things need to be done differently in health care in the future. Prevention of

2008-10-10T18:21:00.003-04:00

Future Funding For Mental Health And Substance Abuse: Increasing Burdens For The Public Sector Health Affairs 27, no. 6 (2007): w513-w522 Spending on mental health (MH) and substance abuse (SA) treatment is expected to double between 2003 and 2014, to $239 billion, and is anticipated to continue falling as a share of all health spending. By 2014, our projections of SA spending show

2008-10-10T18:08:00.003-04:00

Reduced Oral Ethanol Avoidance in Mice Lacking Transient Receptor Potential Channel Vanilloid Receptor 1 Behavior Genetics OnlineFirst 08 October 2008 Ethanol is a known oral trigeminal stimulant and recent data indicate that these effects are mediated in part by transient receptor potential channel vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1). The importance of this receptor in orally mediated ethanol

2008-10-10T18:03:00.002-04:00

News Release - Strong public policy measures on alcohol would be more effective than clinical treatments, say experts 08 October 2008 Three of Britain's leading experts in alcohol policy and treatments say that strong public policy measures on price and availability of alcohol would be far more successful than clinical treatments or current Government initiatives in reducing

2008-10-10T00:00:00.003-04:00

Are Lifetime Abstainers the Best Control Group in Alcohol Epidemiology? On the Stability and Validity of Reported Lifetime Abstention American Journal of Epidemiology 2008 168(8):866-871; Lifetime abstainers have often been recommended as the comparison group in alcohol epidemiology. The objective of this study was to provide insight into the validity and stability of lifetime abstention by

2008-10-09T19:48:00.003-04:00

Effects of Topiramate and Other Anti-Glutamatergic Drugs on the Acute Intoxicating Actions of Ethanol in Mice: Modulation by Genetic Strain and Stress Neuropsychopharmacology advance online publication 8 October 2008 Compounds with anti-glutamatergic properties currently in clinical use for various indications (eg Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, psychosis, mood disorders) have potential utility

2008-10-09T19:36:00.003-04:00

Acute Interaction of Baclofen in Combination With Alcohol in Heavy Social Drinkers Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Published Online: 6 Oct 2008 There is growing evidence that gamma-amino butyric acid-B receptor agonists may be effective in the treatment of alcohol abuse or dependence. The primary goal of this study was to determine the safety of baclofen in combination with

2008-10-09T18:13:00.003-04:00

Alcohol misuse, gender and depressive symptoms in community-dwelling seniors International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry Published Online: 6 Oct 2008 Alcohol misuse in seniors has been studied in clinical samples and in small communities, but relatively few studies are population-based. Objectives are: (1) to describe the characteristics of seniors who score 1 or more on the CAGE (Cut

2008-10-09T17:22:00.002-04:00

Alcohol consumption continues to slide Thursday, 9 October 2008 An analysis carried out by the drinks industry has reported an accelerating decline in alcohol consumption during the first nine months of 2008. The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) said excise receipts from Revenue showed that alcohol sales in the first nine months

2008-10-09T12:16:00.002-04:00

Opinion - Alcohol economics and politics: the case for policy activism * JOWITT MBONGWE An extra-ordinary public debate has been unleashed by the policy activism of the current national political leadership towards dealing with the challenges of alcohol abuse in the country. Many perspectives are being offered with multivalent arguments coloured by economic, health, political, cultural and

2008-10-09T12:07:00.003-04:00

Gov't ropes in media in alcohol war EPHRAIM KEORENGStaff Writer In a desperate effort to win the liquor war, the Office of the President (OP) has reportedly ordered the state media to run stories and programmes emphasising the negative effects of alcohol. The directive orders the state electronic and print media to depict alcohol as socially unacceptable and destructive to society. Reliable

2008-10-09T09:41:00.002-04:00

Minimum pricing: the thin end of the wedge? 9 October, 2008 By James Wilmore Pressure for the government to act is building, but where will it lead? In the government’s attempts to tackle the problems around alcohol, one solution has provoked more reaction than most. Minimum pricing.A significant number of people, inside and outside of Westminster, now believe introducing a minimum price on a

2008-10-09T09:27:00.002-04:00

Drink prices must rise to cut alcohol deaths, doctors advise By Lucy Cockcroft 09 Oct 2008 The price of alcohol must be increased and beer, wine and spirits companies should be banned from advertising, doctors have advised. They believe Government and industry measures to tackle binge drinking are failing, and that more needs to be done to reduce the toll of alcohol-related

2008-10-08T20:16:00.003-04:00

Press Release - Perryman Study Finds Alcohol Beverage Sales Stimulate Economic Activity Changing From “Dry” to “Wet” Spurs Retail Sales, Creates Jobs, Increases Tax Revenues AUSTIN - Communities that vote to allow beverage alcohol sales can expect millions of dollars in increased economic activity, hundreds of additional jobs and a steady source of new tax revenue, according to a new study

2008-10-08T20:01:00.003-04:00

Asda sells beer cheaper than water By Lucy Cockcroft 07 Oct 2008 A supermarket chain has been heavily criticised for selling cans of lager for less than 23p each - cheaper than the price of bottled water Asda is charging just 90p for the four pack of 440ml Skol lager, at 3.2 per cent strength, which works out at 51p a litre. In comparison, a pack of four 750ml bottles of Evian water

2008-10-08T14:03:00.004-04:00

Alcohol industry braced for attack on price promotions 08-Oct-08The drinks industry is bracing itself for a "damning report" on the way alcohol is promoted on price. The Sheffield University report is expected to present the first evidence linking cheap booze to binge drinking. Its imminent release will follow the launch this summer of the Department of Health’s “Safe, Sensible, Social”

2008-10-07T13:11:00.009-04:00

Invitation to a WHO public hearing on strategies to reduce alcohol-related harm In a press release 2 October the World Health Organization (WHO) invites all interested parties to participate in a web-based public hearing to present their views on effective strategies to reduce the burden resulting from the harmful use of alcohol. WHO was asked by its Member States in May at the World Health

2008-10-07T00:41:00.004-04:00

COMBINE Data Set Data Access Policy, Application and Agreement COMBINE A Multisite Trial of Combined Pharmacotherapies and Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol Dependence Introduction The COMBINE Study (often times referred to as COMBINE) is the largest pharmacotherapy trial conducted for alcoholism in the United States, recruiting 1383 alcohol

2008-10-06T22:36:00.004-04:00

Cost and Cost-effectiveness of the COMBINE Study in Alcohol-Dependent Patients Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008;65(10):1214-1221. The COMBINE (Combined Pharmacotherapies and Behavioral Intervention) clinical trial recently evaluated the efficacy of medications, behavioral therapies, and their combinations for the outpatient treatment of alcohol dependence. The costs and cost-effectiveness of

2008-10-06T22:09:00.003-04:00

Childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation, parental history of alcohol problems, and offspring lifetime alcohol dependence Drug and Alcohol Dependence Volume 98, Issue 3, 1 December 2008, Pages 264-269 This study examined whether the experiences of childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation and parental alcohol problems affected the likelihood of offspring DSM-IV

2008-10-06T20:02:00.002-04:00

Individual and community correlates of young people's high-risk drinking in Victoria, Australia Drug and Alcohol Dependence Volume 98, Issue 3, 1 December 2008, Pages 241-248 To examine key individual- and community-level correlates of regular very high-risk drinking (more than 20 drinks at least 12 times a year for males and more than 11 drinks at least 12 times a year for females)

2008-10-06T19:47:00.003-04:00

Development of a Readiness Ruler for use with alcohol brief interventions Drug and Alcohol Dependence Volume 98, Issue 3, 1 December 2008, Pages 235-240 A quick method of assessing readiness to change was needed for a major study of implementing screening and alcohol brief intervention in England. For this purpose, a Readiness Ruler that had been validated among a sample of male college