Alcohol across society

A generation of hidden drinkers: What’s happening to the drinking of the over 50s?

A blogpost on older drinkers by Colin Angus

Alcohol policy should be central to suicide prevention policy

Few suicide prevention policies address the influence of alcohol in the process – Nicola Kalk suggests how we might address this issue in the UK

Drunk and doubly deviant? The role of gender and intoxication in sentencing assault offences

Dr Carly Lightowlers finds that the sentencing guidelines for alcohol-related offences in England and Wales are disproportionately harsher on women

Generational divide in trends in abstention from alcohol; more young people abstaining than older people

Older people might have something to learn from their younger counterparts when it comes to drinking patterns, says Dr Linda Ng Fat

Football World Cup: time for preventive policies in the sport settings: The FYFA project

Eurocare to promote Focus on Youth Football & Alcohol

Buy a lady a drink

Matt Damon has an alcohol problem… but it’s not what you think, writes Kristina Sperkova

Why are girls in deprived areas six times more likely than girls in affluent areas to be injured in violence?

Professor Jonathan Shepherd describes discoveries from the Violence Society Group’s investigations into the issue and reveals how alcohol plays a role

What Family Drug and Alcohol Courts do

Gabriella Brent on the positive impact that Family Drug and Alcohol Courts have had on the lives of those involved in care proceedings who suffer...

Helping local areas reduce the impact of alcohol harm

The CLeaR self-assessment for alcohol tool, is a new evidence-based approach designed to help "kick-start local conversations between key stakeholders about how to improve the...

Beyond ‘Ab Fab Britain’: responsible parenting and lower affordability best explain falls in underage drinking

Young people today are much less likely to drink than previous generations, writes Aveek Bhattacharya, author of a new report looking into the causes of this phenomenon

The ‘Baby Boomer’ effect of increased alcohol-related harm

Older people represent an increasing proportion of alcohol-related hospital admissions, argues Dr Tony Rao