FEAD - Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs

What is Recovery - Drug and Alcohol Findings >> 19th April 13 - What is 'recovery' and what does it mean for the roles of treatment and of doctors?

The Alcohol Health Alliance UK >> 19th April 13 - Sir Ian Gilmore, chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance UK, explains the work of the group and its key aims.

Electronic cigarettes -Library of the European Parliament >> 18th April 13 -  Electronic cigarettes work by by vaporising nicotine liquid...Proponents of e-cigarettes argue that they reduce harm to smokers

NICE to develop alcohol screening QOF targets >> 20th December 12 - At a meeting in Manchester last week, NICE's QOF advisory panel agreed to develop an indicator to screen for alcohol misuse and offer a brief intervention for a subset of patients...

Dr. Griffith Edwards, Addiction Specialist, Dies at 83 - NYT >> 25th September 12 -  Dr. Edwards reshaped thinking about heavy drinkers and their problems, about the psychology of drug use and its treatment, and about the policy implications for governments and health agencies seeking to reduce abuse

Griffith Edwards obituary >> 25th September 12 -  When he started, the only approach to treating alcoholics was to shut them up for a long time in hospital. Griff, always open to new ideas, challenged this approach by carrying out a study comparing inpatient and outpatient treatment of alcohol dependence.

10 steps to an Aids-free generation >> 23rd July 12 - The UK has one of the lowest HIV rates for this group (2.5 per cent of HIV-positive people) because of harm-reduction programmes such as needle exchange. In countries with no or few such initiatives, such as Russia, nearly half of all people living with the virus contract it from injecting drugs.

Measuring Subjective Wellbeing in the UK, First Annual ONS Experimental Subjective Well-being Results >> 23rd July 12 -  Measuring Subjective Wellbeing in the UK, First Annual ONS Experimental Subjective Well-being Results: This article will present estimates of subjective well-being from the first annual experimental Annual Population Survey (APS) Subjective Well-being dataset for April 2011 to March 2012.

National survey of hepatitis C services in prisons in England published >> 23rd July 12 - The first dedicated survey of hepatitis C services in prisons in England shows that diagnosis and treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection is available to prisoners in most prisons in England

Active injecting drug users must be provided with adherence support when they start HIV therapy >> 22nd June 12 -  It is well recognised that active injecting drug use is associated with poorer responses to HIV therapy. However, the impact of specific patterns of injecting on the chances of virological suppression is poorly understood. Therefore, investigators from Vancouver designed a longitudinal study involving 267 people with a history of drug use who started HIV therapy for the first time between 1996 and 2008.