Alcohol Awareness Week

 



Alcohol Awareness Week

1st to 7th July 2024


Alcohol Awareness Week is coordinated by Alcohol Change UK and takes place every year with the aim of getting the UK to think about drinking.  This years theme is “understanding alcohol harm” and is intended to highlight the impact alcohol has on our health and wellbeing.

 

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES 

The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.

 

BOOKS   

·         From rock bottom to sober forever: how a hopeless alcoholic found complete freedom from her addiction; Laurie, Susan; 2019 (n.p) – part of our Patient Voices Collection.

·         Edwards' treatment of drinking problems: a guide for the helping professions; Humphreys, Keith; Lingford-Hughes, Anne; et al; 2016; 6th edition (Cambridge University Press).

·         Alcohol and health: a guide for health-care professionals; Morgan, Marsha Y.; Ritson, E. Bruce; 2010; 5th edition (Medical Council on Alcohol).

·         The sober diaries: the brave and brilliantly funny memoir that is changing lives; Pooley, Clare; 2018 (Coronet); - part of our Patient Voices Collection.

·         ABC of alcohol; McCune, Anne; 2015; 5th edition (Wiley Blackwell).

·         Adolescents and substance use: the handbook for professionals working with young people; James, Philip; Kearns, Caitriona; Campbell, Ann; Smyth, Bobby P; 2013 (Radcliffe).

·         Counselling for alcohol problems; Velleman, Richard; 2011; 3rd edition (Sage).

·         Young people and alcohol: impact, policy, prevention, treatment; Saunders, John B.; Rey, Joseph; 2011 (Wiley Blackwell).

·         Substance abuse disorders: evidence and experience; Ghodse, Hamid; Herrman, Helen; et al; 2011 (Wiley Blackwell).

 

JOURNALS   

·         Drug and alcohol review; (Wiley-Blackwell) – [Available in print 2004 – 2010;  as a Keele e-journal from 1997 onwards; and as a NHS e-journal 1998 onwards with 1 year embargo].

·         International journal of alcohol and drug research; (Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol, issuing body) – [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2012 onwards].

·         Advances in drug and alcohol research; International Drug and Alcohol Research Society, issuing body; (Frontiers Publishing Partnerships) – [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2021 onwards].

·         Addiction Science & Clinical Practice; National Institute on Drug Abuse, author, issuing body; (BMC) – [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2007 onwards].

·         Nordic studies on alcohol and drugs; Sage Journals - on behalf of the Nordic Welfare Centre – [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2001 onwards].

·         Drug and alcohol dependence reports; (Elsevier B.V) – [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2021 onwards].

·         Journal of addiction; (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, issuing body) - [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2013 onwards].

Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/ 

JOURNAL ARTICLES  

·         “Quantifying alcohol's harm to others: a research and policy proposal”; Kilian, Carolin; Manthey, Jakob; Probst, Charlotte; Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2024-06, Vol.102 (6), p.448-452; DOI: 10.2471/BLT.24.291338

·         “Factors associated with very high-risk drinking in the Australian general population: How do men and women compare?”; Kostadinov, Victoria; Bonevski, Billie; et al; Drug and alcohol review, 2024-05; DOI: 10.1111/dar.13865

·         “Harm from the drinking of people you know: A range of effects from different relationships”; Laslett, Anne-Marie; Anderson-Luxford, Dan; et al; Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2024-05; DOI: 10.1111/add.16509

·         “Harm per litre” as a concept and a measure in studying determinants of relations between alcohol consumption and harm”; Room, Robin; Rehm, Jürgen; The International journal of drug policy, 2023-05, Vol.115, p.104006-104006, Article 104006; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104006

·         “Why stigma matters in addressing alcohol harm”; Morris, James; Schomerus, Georg; Drug and alcohol review, 2023-07, Vol.42 (5), p.1264-1268; DOI: 10.1111/dar.13660

·         “Causal mechanisms proposed for the alcohol harm paradox—a systematic review”; Boyd, Jennifer; Sexton, Olivia; Angus, Colin; et al; Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2022-01, Vol.117 (1), p.33-56; DOI: 10.1111/add.15567

·         “Health promotion for families with parental alcohol addiction: a systematic review”; Kuschick, Doreen; Kuck, Joachim; et al; Journal of public health, 2024-06, Vol.32 (6), p.1057-1067; DOI: 10.1007/s10389-023-01845-0

N.B. All the above articles are Open Access so are available online to both Keele & NHS users.

PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE:  

·         NHS website:

o   Alcohol misuse - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/alcohol-misuse/

o   Alcohol-related liver disease - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/alcohol-related-liver-disease-arld/

o   Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/foetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder/

 

·         Charities / Further information:

o   Alcohol Change UK - https://alcoholchange.org.uk/

o   With You - https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/

 

·         Clinical Key – Patient Education Leaflets [Available to UHNM only with OpenAthens log-in]:

o   Alcohol abuse - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_AAFP_alcohol-abuse_en

o   Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_95871287-8a99-48b9-9289-e8bd17dbfe8d

o   Alcoholic liver disease - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_f45a4b7c-7f01-458a-b920-7d9c4f47d660

 

KnowledgeShare CURRENT AWARENESS:   

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