Introduction to addictive behaviors

DL Thombs, CJ Osborn - 2019 - books.google.com
Now revised and updated, this widely used text comprehensively reviews theories of
addiction to give students and professionals a multidisciplinary foundation for clinical …

Community managed alcohol programs in Canada: overview of key dimensions and implementation

B Pauly, K Vallance, A Wettlaufer… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims People with severe alcohol dependence and unstable
housing are vulnerable to multiple harms related to drinking and homelessness. Managed …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of an emergency safe supply drugs and managed alcohol program in COVID-19 isolation hotel shelters for people experiencing homelessness

TD Brothers, M Leaman, M Bonn, D Lewer… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background During a COVID-19 outbreak in the congregate shelter system in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada, a healthcare team provided an emergency “safe supply” of medications and …

[HTML][HTML] “There is a Place”: impacts of managed alcohol programs for people experiencing severe alcohol dependence and homelessness

B Pauly, M Brown, J Evans, E Gray, R Schiff… - Harm reduction …, 2019 - Springer
Background The twin problems of severe alcohol dependence and homelessness are
associated with precarious living and multiple acute, social and chronic harms. While much …

Does drinking within low-risk guidelines prevent harm? Implications for high-income countries using the international model of alcohol harms and policies

A Sherk, G Thomas, S Churchill, T Stockwell - Journal of studies on …, 2020 - jsad.com
Objective: Many countries propose low-risk drinking guidelines (LRDGs) to mitigate alcohol-
related harms. North American LRDGs are high by international standards. We applied the …

Randomized controlled trial of harm reduction treatment for alcohol (HaRT-A) for people experiencing homelessness and alcohol use disorder

SE Collins, SL Clifasefi, LA Nelson, J Stanton… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background People experiencing homelessness are disproportionately affected by alcohol
use disorder (AUD). Abstinence-based treatment, however, does not optimally engage or …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the public health impact of disbanding a government alcohol monopoly: application of new methods to the case of Sweden

T Stockwell, A Sherk, T Norström, C Angus… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Government alcohol monopolies were created in North America and Scandinavia to limit
health and social problems. The Swedish monopoly, Systembolaget, reports to a health …

Harm reduction for women in treatment for alcohol use problems: Exploring the impact of dominant addiction discourse

C Brown, SH Stewart - Qualitative health research, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The objectives of this study were to profile the landscape of women's alcohol use programs
in Canada. We explored service users' and providers' beliefs about alcohol use problems …

Investigating the need for alcohol harm reduction and managed alcohol programs for people experiencing homelessness and alcohol use disorders in Scotland

H Carver, T Parkes, T Browne… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims Managed alcohol programs (MAP) are a harm reduction
approach for those experiencing alcohol use disorders (AUD) and homelessness. These …

How do people with homelessness and alcohol dependence cope when alcohol is unaffordable? A comparison of residents of Canadian managed alcohol programs …

RA Erickson, T Stockwell, B Pauly… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims We investigated coping strategies used by alcohol‐
dependent and unstably housed people when they could not afford alcohol, and how …