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Dec 9, 20212 min read
Alcohol Related Deaths Increase by 20%
The long terms impact of lockdown is beginning to be felt. One of the most dramatic impacts has been an almost 20 per cent increase in...
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Phil Harris
Jul 4, 20211 min read
PRIDDY Toolkit: New Intervention for Young Drinkers
An interesting new (and free) tool kit to support young people who are drinking has just been realised by Humankind. Based on the AUDIT,...
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Phil Harris
Sep 11, 20203 min read
Binge Alcohol-Lose Empathy
People who binge-drink show more extensive dysfunction across their brains than previously realised, a new study from the University of...
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Phil Harris
Sep 10, 20202 min read
Alcohol Dementia Revealed
A common consequence of chronically high alcohol consumption is a decline in cognitive function, which can even progress to full-blown...
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Phil Harris
Jun 29, 20202 min read
COVID & Use: How is the Virus Changing Consumption Across Europe?
The EMCDDA, the European Drug monitoring centre, have compiled a trendspotter briefing on changes in drug consumption during the lock...
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Phil Harris
Jun 11, 20201 min read
Reach Out 2020 Online Conference for Concerned Others Available on Facebook
I was delighted to be invited to speak at DHI's Concerned Other Conference Reach Out 2020. Despite the challenges of lock down, DHI...
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Phil Harris
May 1, 20204 min read
Down Your Drink: Free Online Alcohol Self-Help Programme
During the lockdown there is undoubted escalation in drinking. This may bring the use of online digital treatments to the fore. At...
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Phil Harris
Apr 27, 20203 min read
Holistic Approaches Work Best for Drug Recovery
A new study finds that interventions that take a multidimensional approach -- tackling the biological, social, environmental and mental...
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Phil Harris
Feb 12, 20201 min read
Alcohol Recovery: Is it All That?
A great word I heard recently was anticipointment. This when you find that something you thought would be great turns out to be rubbish....
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Phil Harris
Jan 14, 20204 min read
Addiction: The Expression of Sadness?
What drives a person to smoke cigarettes? What role do emotions play in this addictive behavior? Why do some smokers puff more often and...
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Phil Harris
Sep 2, 20191 min read
ODHIN Trial: Do Alcohol Brief Interventions Work?
The ODHIN Trials are a large scale study exploring the effectiveness of brief interventions in primary care for alcohol problems. As...
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Phil Harris
Aug 30, 20191 min read
Alcohol & Disinhibition
Alcohol is not the disinhibitor that people assume it is. Alcohol changes your perception of time- where once you start to drink, you...
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Phil Harris
Jul 30, 20191 min read
"We Don't Prescribe Alcohol to Alcoholics Do We?"- But What Happens When We Do?
It is a common statement regarding substitute opiate prescribing. But sometimes in hospital settings alcohol dependent individuals are...
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Phil Harris
Jul 1, 20191 min read
What is Addiction?
A big thanks to my friend and colleague Colin Mackell for forwarding me this interesting article. In it the fantastic Prof Nick Heather...
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Phil Harris
May 30, 20193 min read
Addiction is a Disease Concept Backfires
Research finds that people with substance-use problems who read a message describing addiction as a disease are less likely to report...
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Phil Harris
May 13, 20193 min read
1 in 5 Harmed by Others Drinking in the UK
One in five people in England have been harmed in some way by others' drinking over the past year, suggest the results of the largest...
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Phil Harris
Dec 20, 20181 min read
New Alcohol Research Hub Launched
Alcohol Change UK have launched their new alcohol research hub. For great information and resources on alcohol visit the site by...
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Phil Harris
Dec 2, 20181 min read
The Magic Cure for Alcoholism: Empathy
A great privilege of running this blog is to share some of the work of practitioners who have inspired me but whose work is not often as...
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Phil Harris
Dec 2, 20183 min read
Five Problem Drinking Sub-Types
Alcohol abuse is more complicated than simply drinking too much. There may be five separate types of problem drinkers, according to Penn...
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Phil Harris
Oct 19, 20181 min read
Alcohol Interventions in the Gay Community
Whilst people in the LGBTQ community show elevated levels of mental health, studies of substance misuse interventions within these...
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