Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 16 Issue 4

Jellinek revalued

Gabor Kelemen, Monika Andrea Mark

Since the Jellinekian Foundation of modern alcohol studies 75 years ago, no one has yet systematically studied the role of his ethnographic studies, his university attendance and…

Enhancing alcohol screening and brief intervention among people receiving opioid agonist treatment: qualitative study in primary care

Geoff McCombe, Anne Marie Henihan, Jan Klimas, Davina Swan, Dorothy Leahy, Rolande Anderson, Gerard Bury, Colum Dunne, Eamon Keenan, David Meagher, Clodagh O’Gorman, Tom O’Toole, Jean Saunders, Bobby P. Smyth, John S. Lambert, Eileen Kaner, Walter Cullen

Problem alcohol use (PAU) is common and associated with considerable adverse outcomes among patients receiving opioid agonist treatment (OAT). The purpose of this paper is to…

Substitution of heroin and methadone with buprenorphine using an overlap method without needing to wait for withdrawal

David Kingsley Payler

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether it is possible to switch patients from heroin or methadone to buprenorphine without needing to experience symptoms of withdrawal?

Alcohol dependence: the case of small Mauritius

Sanjeev K. Sobhee, Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur, Harshana Kasseeah, Asrani Gopaul

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the drinking behaviour of alcohol dependents in the small island economy Mauritius, which is characterised by different cultures and ethnic…

“The monster of the month”: teachers’ views about alcohol within personal, social, health, and economic education (PSHE) in schools

Emma Louise Davies

There is a lack of evidence for effective school-based prevention programmes to reduce alcohol misuse in adolescents. The purpose of this paper is to explore teacher’s views about…