Nora de Bode looks at the international prevalence of interpersonal violence due to others’ alcohol consumption. This new review finds that in 2019, around 1 in 4 adults in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, and 1 in 6 adults in high income regions, experienced emotional violence from others’ drinking.
[read the full story...]Discrimination, dysphoria and drinking: hazardous alcohol use in UK trans and non-binary people
Nora de Bode summarises a cross-sectional study looking at alcohol use in trans and non-binary people living in the UK.
[read the full story...]New US research suggests that primary care practices can help people who drink too much alcohol, so why aren’t we doing it?
Sally Adams on new research from the US (a cluster randomised implementation trial) that integrates alcohol-related prevention and treatment into primary care.
[read the full story...]Minimum unit pricing policy for alcohol saved lives in Scotland according to new research
Ian Hamilton reviews a new controlled interrupted time series study published in The Lancet evaluating the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing on deaths and hospitalisations in Scotland.
[read the full story...]Temptation can be strong: how can we resist alcohol?
Ian Hamilton summarises a survey of British people, which focuses on the self-reported strategies we use to cut down drinking, reduce alcohol consumption, and usual drinking frequency.
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