Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 21 Issue 1
Table of contents - Special Issue: Alcohol Policy and Evidence
Guest Editors: Alfred Uhl, Julian Strizek
Paternalism and alcohol policy
Kari PoikolainenThe purpose of this paper is to investigate to what degree scientific evidence supports contemporary paternalistic alcohol policy practices targeting fully competent adults.
Treating patients with multiple substance use in accordance with their personal treatment goals: a new paradigm for addiction treatment
Joachim KörkelThis paper aims to present the theoretical foundation and practical approach of “open-target addiction treatment” (OTAT). Traditional treatment programmes are usually-oriented…
Reduced drinking and harm reduction in the treatment of alcohol use disorders
Gallus Bischof, Nikolaus Lange, Hans Juergen Rumpf, Ulrich W. PreussThe purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the scientific evidence for reduced drinking in alcohol use disorders. While the aim of alcohol use disorders (AUD) treatment…
How to achieve greater comparability-suggested ways to improve the determination of treatment gap and treatment lag
Michael Patrick SchaubThe aim of this paper is to reveal these problems and to derive recommendations for improvement. In the field of alcohol use disorders (AUDs), two common complaints are the large…
Benefits and hazards of alcohol-the J-shaped curve and public health
Erik Skovenborg, Morten Grønbæk, R. Curtis EllisonThe purpose of this paper is a review of updated evidence of a J-shaped association between alcohol consumption and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and all-cause…
The J-shaped curve-conceptual and methodological challenges
Morten Grønbæk, R. Curtis Ellison, Erik SkovenborgThe purpose of this paper is to review the conceptual and methodological challenges of a J-shaped association between alcohol consumption (AC), coronary heart disease (CHD) and…
Using Mendelian randomization to evaluate the effects of alcohol consumption on the risk of coronary heart disease
R. Curtis Ellison, Morten Grønbæk, Erik SkovenborgThis paper aims to evaluate the use of Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses for judging the effects of alcohol consumption on the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).
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