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Now is the time to tackle your drink demons - Newcastle Evening Chronicle article. Launch of the NHS alcohol treatment services
HEALTH experts are desperate to get us to drink responsibly. As Alcohol Awareness Week begins today, Health Reporter Helen Rae finds out what is happening in the region to educate people about the dangers of drinking too much. HANGOVERS are not the only health hazard to worry about after a heavy night of boozing, as the toll too much alcohol takes on our bodies can, at times, be life-threatening.
To view the full report click here :http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/lifestyle/health/2009/10/19/now-is-the-time-to-tackle-your-drink-demons-72703-24962972/
Embrace is the Alcohol Concern children, families and domestic abuse project. Funded by the Big Lottery Fund for three years, Embrace is initially working with nine pilot sites across England to develop a more family-focused approach to their clients and to take account of domestic violence and abuse throughout their work.
To find out more about EMBRACE, visit:
http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/alcohol-concern-in-action/projects/embrace
19 October 2009 By Danielle Beeton - Sunderland Echo Launch of the NHS alcohol treatment services
THE battle against booze is being boosted by a £2.5million treatment programme to help alcoholics, health chiefs announced today. Services supporting people with alcohol problems, improving Wearsiders' health and reducing alcohol-related harm, were launched as part of NHS South of Tyne and Wear's Drink Less, Live More campaign. To view the full report, click here:http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/25m-boost-to-beat-the.5745389.jp
North East Big Drink Debate shows scale of alcohol abuse - Oct 22 2009 by Helen Rae, The Journal
Launch of the NHS alcohol treatment services
PEOPLE in the North East are drinking too much, results from the region’s biggest public health debate have shown. Earlier this year The Big Drink Debate – conducted by Balance, the North East alcohol office – was launched to provide vital information and insight into drinking behaviour and attitudes held towards alcohol throughout the area. Drinkers and non-drinkers alike were asked to take part in the survey, which was supported by The Journal, and more than 13,000 took part.
To view the full report, click here:http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2009/10/22/north-east-big-drink-debate-shows-scale-of-alcohol-abuse-61634-24988528/
Incorporating Alcohol Pharmacotherapies Into Medical Practice - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved four medications to treat alcohol use disorders [SAMHSA, USA] To read more, click here: Incorporating Alcohol Pharmacotherapies Into Medical Practice
White W.L. Chicago, IL: Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center and Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation Services, 2009.
This monograph is likely to become the handbook for the growing peer-based recovery movement in the UK. For administrators, the approaches it reviews offer a way to reconcile decreasing per-patient resources with a policy agenda now focused on reintegration and recovery. To read the full report, click here download.php?file=White_WL_19
The Balance launch event in Darlington, attended by many of our key stakeholders, was greeted by a wave of extensive positive regional media coverage.
TV, radio and regional press all reported on this unique initiative, which brings together the region's NHS primary care trusts (PCTs) with local authorities and its three police forces to take a coordinated approach to alcohol and the problems associated with its misuse. www.balancenortheast.co.uk
NEPHO
This paper from NEPHO describes the level of specialist alcohol treatment provision in the North East of England. Its purpose is to support Primary Care Trusts (the commissioners of services) and others in understanding patterns of care and to signal the availability of this information for future use. The data come from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) and is for the first two quarters of 2008/09 and updates an earlier report.¹ Click here to view the NEPHO report.
William White, Senior Research Consultant, Chestnut Health Systems. Click here to view his video.
David Best and Stephen Bamber explain why they have just created a UK Recovery Academy
There has been a flurry of activity around addiction recovery in recent years – just as in the mental health field – with public debates, definitions and conferences proclaiming a ‘new way’ of responding to the complex and apparently intractable difficulties of substance problems. Yet this is not reflected in research publications, publicly funded research or even evaluations of the recovery model or explorations of what it means for users, professionals or communities. View the full article by David Best and Stephen Bamber.
Specialist Alcohol Treatment in the North East
This paper describes the level of specialist alcohol treatment provision in the North East of England. Its purpose is to support Primary Care Trusts (the commissioners of services) and others in understanding patterns of care and to signal the availability of this information for future use. The data come from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) and is for the first two quarters of 2008/09 and updates an earlier report.¹ Download the full report here.
Rock solid foundation for NERAF
The North East Regional Alcohol Forum (NERAF) has been awarded £101,601 by Northern Rock Foundation to develop their peer-led support services regionally over the next three years. Based in Sunderland, the UK’s ‘champion’ alcohol project (Drink and Drugs News) NERAF is developing a network of support services for problematic drinkers, their families and carers to help people turn their lives around.
Regional Statement of Priorities final draft
Time called on student union barBristol University has closed its union bar blaming competition from supermarkets and its location. Cheap, super-strength lager and cider killing homeless drinkersPeter Mansfield-Clark, who runs the Three Bridges homeless hostel Crawley Open House, has spoken out against super-strength lagers and ciders and their effect upon sections of the town's homeless community. He told Crawley News Middle-class bingers: Young teenagers in affluent areas 'are more likely to abuse drink and drugs'Middle-class children living in suburbs and rural areas are bigger binge-drinkers and drug-takers than peers in the inner-cities, a survey said yesterday. Tesco in probe over 'cut-price' drink offerBritain's biggest supermarket, Tesco, is facing two official investigations over claims that it deliberately advertised cut-price alcohol as "bait" to lure bargain-hunters. The five-year-old's guide to drinking safely
'Morning after' drink-drive alert
Alcohol Policy UKnews and analysis for the alcohol harm reduction fieldLocal Alcohol Profiles for the UK.
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Naltrexone: can a pill cure alcoholism?Naltrexone is cheap, effective and requires no costly rehab. So why do so few doctors endorse it? Phone line launched to help heavy drinkersThousands of heavy drinkers will be pointed to a new telephone service to talk about their habit in a bid to tackle Scotland's soaring alcohol problem. What shall we do with the 17,000 drunken sailors?In Nelson's day it may have been the done thing to go into battle three sheets to the wind. Choice of alcohol therapy matters little as long as it makes sense and creates structure out of confusionAfter combining results from studies comparing talking therapies for alcohol problems, this ingenious analysis finds any structured approach grounded in an explicit model as good as any other. Wetherspoons hits back over 99p pint furoreJD Wetherspoons has hit back at criticism over its 99p pint offer, arguing the promotion is “far from irresponsible”. Smuggling of alcohol and tobacco into UK costing £5.5bnOne in eight bottles of spirits consumed over Christmas and one in six cigarettes smoked are likely to have been smuggled into the UK, figures in the annual estimate of revenue lost by customs suggest. Regular binge drinking can cause long-term brain damage - studyJust a few sessions of heavy drinking can damage someone's ability to pay attention, remember things and make good judgments, research shows. UK study concludes that minimum alcohol pricing and promotion controls will bring major benefitsCommissioned by the English Department of Health, the first study to model the impacts of different policies by integrating data on pricing, promotion, purchasing, consumption and harm concludes that raising the price of drink or banning some promotions can bring major health and social benefits.
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Four out of five motorists suspect they have driven while over the alcohol limit on the morning after a night out or party, according to the AA. 
