Older Drinkers: Effective Strategies to Reduce Alcohol
Alcohol consumption increases in both the young old, who sense of meaning changes upon retirement, and the old old, who battle with...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 19, 2018
- 3 min
Binge Drinking: Breaking the Pattern
Binge drinking patterns are one of the hardest drinking habits to break, especially in young people and students.Researchers found the...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 4, 2018
- 2 min
Appetite for Destruction: Alcoholism-Obesity Link
Fatemeh Akhlaghi, the Ernest Mario Distinguished Chair in Pharmaceutics, is part of a team working to develop a novel medication to treat...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 22, 2018
- 2 min
Important Break Through in Understanding Alcohol and Genetics?
I have always been skeptical of primary genetic addiction models. The idea that disorders such as alcoholism was driven by gene actions...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 21, 2018
- 1 min
Drink and Live Longer: A Phrase Not Often Heard.
People are often surprised when I cite studies that show that non-drinkers have a lower life expectancy than those who drink alcohol. An...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 13, 2018
- 2 min
New Medication to Reduce Relapse
As I discussed in an earlier post, drug and alcohol problems are linked to six centers in the brain, particularly memory. Interesting...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 10, 2018
- 2 min
Poly-User Have Lower Recovery Rates
In lecturers and treatment design I often discuss the more positive outcomes and shorter treatment duration for primary drinkers as...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 10, 2018
- 4 min
Six Brain Systems in Addiction
For a long time I argued that the action of drugs on pleasure centers in the brain was far too simplistic, and the least, memory played a...
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Phil Harris
- May 14, 2018
- 2 min
Alcohol & Tobacco: Still the Most Toxic Substances
A new review published online today in the journal Addiction has compiled the best, most up-to-date source of information on alcohol,...
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Phil Harris
- Feb 18, 2018
- 1 min
Time for Alcohol V2.0.
Alcohols days may be numbered. Research scientists such as Prof David Nutt has been working on an alternative to alcohol that does not...
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Phil Harris
- Jan 28, 2018
- 1 min
Dry January and Other Good Intentions
After a very wet December, more people are signing up to the Dry January. However, a research study from my home town University of...
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Phil Harris
- Nov 26, 2017
- 4 min
Natural Remission: Half of Problematic Drug and Alcohol Users Quit by Themselves
In lectures and training of addiction I often discuss the process of natural remission. This is where problem users quit use without...
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Phil Harris
- Sep 25, 2017
- 2 min
Youtube: A New Media for Alcohol Expectancy?
Expectancy plays a crucial role in facilitating alcohol consumption in young people. The more positive young peoples expectation of...
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Phil Harris
- Sep 25, 2017
- 2 min
Magic Pill for Alcohol Yet to Be Found
A recent large scale review of pharmacological treatment for alcohol found disappointing results. Published in the research journal...
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Phil Harris
- Sep 8, 2017
- 2 min
What Makes Us Drink?
It has long been know that alcohol has a strong relationship with depression. However, recent research has revealed an interesting...
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Phil Harris
- Sep 5, 2017
- 2 min
Gender Differences Found in Long Term Alcohol Use
Scientists have found that brain functions in young men and women are changed by long-term alcohol use, but that these changes are...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 27, 2017
- 1 min
One for the Road? How We Decide on the Next Drink
Drinking occurs in a complex set of social interactions and expectations. An interesting study looked at how a range of people took the...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 12, 2017
- 1 min
Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy: Risk of Addiction Revealed
A new study has found what might be the link between the increased risk of developing alcohol problems after exposure to alcohol in the...
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Phil Harris
- Mar 20, 2017
- 1 min
Motivational Interviewing: Step by Step
Findings recently republished a fantastic review of Motivational Interviewing. Whilst this person-centered approach has become...
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Phil Harris
- Mar 6, 2017
- 1 min
Does AA Work?
Finding evidence to support whether AA is effective has been difficult. It is hard to track voluntary attendance across the Fellowship...
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