ALICE RAP Science Findings
The ALICE RAP Science Findings give a simple (1-2 page) account of each of the main results coming out of the different lines of research undertaken in the project. Each Science Finding gives a summary of the results and links to further reading and the more detailed ALICE RAP deliverable reports.
The full volume of science findings is now available for download.
Documents
AR Science Findings 41 - Heavy use over time
Date added: | 02/01/2016 |
Date modified: | 06/30/2016 |
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Data from basic science, epidemiology and clinical research converge in suggesting that heavy use over time (HUOT) should replace current concepts of addiction or substance use disorders.
Key words: substance-attributable burden of disease, definition, Heavy use over time, addiction
Lead author(s): Rehm
AR Science Findings 40 - Foresight of future governance
Date added: | 02/01/2016 |
Date modified: | 06/30/2016 |
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Contemplate future addiction governance in Europe. A focus on collective values, long-term planning and restitutive solutions may pave the way for novel policy measures conducive to reframing the challenges of addiction.
Key words: foresight, challenges, addiction, governance
Lead author(s): Karlsen
AR Science Findings 39 - Brain activity and marketing
Date added: | 02/01/2016 |
Date modified: | 06/30/2016 |
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Activation of the brain reward system through alcohol and drug advertisement may directly increase the motivation for actual drug use.
Key words: marketing, addictive substances, brain reward system
Lead author(s): de Sousa Fernandes Perna
AR Science Findings 38 - Alcohol marketing and cognitive processes
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Exposure to alcohol advertisement affects drinking behaviour through deliberative (attentive) processing but not through automatic (pre-attentive) processing.
Key words: cognitive processes, drinking, alcohol advertisement
Lead author(s): Witteman
AR Science Findings 37 - CSR addiction industry
Date added: | 02/01/2016 |
Date modified: | 06/30/2016 |
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Most Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities of the addiction industry are not evaluated; those evaluations that do exist are not methodologically sound; and the very small numbers of relatively better-designed evaluations show negative impacts.
Key words: impact, evaluation, CSR, addiction industry
Lead author(s): Baumberg