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Is contingency management effective in reducing alcohol consumption in people who misuse alcohol compared with standard care?...
What methods are most effective for assessing and diagnosing the presence and severity of alcohol misuse in children and youn...
Is acupuncture effective in reducing alcohol consumption compared with standard care?
For which service users who are moderately and severely dependent on alcohol is an assertive community treatment model a clin...
For people with moderate and severe alcohol dependence who have significant comorbid problems, is an intensive residential re...
For people with alcohol dependence, which medication is most likely to improve adherence and thereby promote abstinence and p...
What are the prevalence, risk and protective factors, and course of illness for different combinations of psychosis and coexi...
What risk factors predict the onset of substance misuse in young people with psychosis?
What and how should training be provided to healthcare professionals working with people with psychosis and substance misuse?...
Is providing treatment for psychosis and substance misuse services within staffed accommodation more cost-effective than a co...
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Shared Learning
How training on positive lifestyle changes can benefit health and social care staff
October 2015
The effectiveness of anonymised information sharing and use in health service, police, and local government partnership for preventing violence related injury
March 2015
Improving safety - through the establishment of a Hospital Alcohol Liaison Service (HALS), alongside the launch of a therapeutic Chlordiazepoxide prescribing Detoxification Regime
January 2015
Improving safety through a Therapeutic Chlordiazepoxide prescribing Detoxification Regime
January 2014
Implementing an alcohol referral pathway: the experience of an ambulance service
January 2014
'Symptom-triggered' Approach to Alcohol Detoxification
April 2013
Hospital outpatient department screening patients for alcohol use disorders
January 2013
Improving the quality of care through implementing the NICE 'alcohol use disorders' guidelines
January 2012
Development and implementation - Healthier Choices - Alcohol Liver Disease Clinic
January 2012
Reducing Alcohol Consumption in Young People
August 2008
Do not do
Do not offer phenytoin to treat alcohol withdrawal seizures.
June 2010
Do not give prophylactic antibiotics to people with mild acute alcohol-related pancreatitis, unless otherwise indicated.
June 2010
Do not prescribe pancreatic enzyme supplements to people with chronic alcohol-related pancreatitis if pain is their only symptom.
June 2010
Do not use blood tests routinely for the identification and diagnosis of alcohol use disorders.
February 2011
Do not offer clomethiazole for community-based assisted withdrawal because of the risk of overdose and misuse.
February 2011
Do not use antidepressants (including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors [SSRIs]) routinely for the treatment of alcohol misuse alone.
February 2011
Do not use gammahydroxybutyrate (GHB) for the treatment of alcohol misuse.
February 2011
Benzodiazepines should not be used as ongoing treatment for alcohol dependence.
February 2011
Do not use biological or physical tests in routine screening for substance misuse in adults and young people with psychosis.
March 2011
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