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.
·
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/
·
“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
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“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/
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Charities / Further information:
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Alcohol Change UK - https://alcoholchange.org.uk/
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With You - https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/
·
Clinical Key – Patient Education Leaflets [Available
to UHNM only with OpenAthens log-in]:
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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
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