AAFP releases manual for alcohol screenings The AAFP has created an alcohol screening practice manual to help family physicians prevent alcohol misuse. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) ...

The University at Buffalo recognizes that the use of alcohol and other drugs can significantly interfere with the mission of the university and pose a serious threat to the health and well-being of ...

A new review in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) provides tips for physicians to help patients cut down on excessive alcohol use and is aimed at health care providers who are not addiction ...

January 7, 2010 — Individual-only interventions have larger effect sizes than those that are family based in reducing adolescent alcohol abuse, according to results from a new meta-analysis. In ...

Next Step addiction treatment specialists walk family and friends through the intervention process from beginning to end. It important to customize the meeting strategy to the addicted individual’s ...

A variety of interventions -- especially combinations of them -- have curtailed freshmen drinking on campuses across the country, according to a systematic review of more than 40 studies documenting ...

Researchers identify the anterior insula as the brain region responsible for biasing decisions toward alcohol over social rewards in addiction.

Alcohol harm costs NHS England £3.5 billion annually, with 70 people dying every day from alcohol-related causes in the UK. According to new University of Bristol-led research, smartwatches could ...