FEAD – Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs

Griffith Edwards obituary >>

25th September 12 –  When he started, the only approach to treating alcoholics was to shut them up for a long time in hospital. Griff, always open to new ideas, challenged this approach by carrying out a study comparing inpatient and outpatient treatment of alcohol dependence.

Dr. Griffith Edwards, Addiction Specialist, Dies at 83 – NYT >>

25th September 12 –  Dr. Edwards reshaped thinking about heavy drinkers and their problems, about the psychology of drug use and its treatment, and about the policy implications for governments and health agencies seeking to reduce abuse

National survey of hepatitis C services in prisons in England published >>

23rd July 12 – The first dedicated survey of hepatitis C services in prisons in England shows that diagnosis and treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection is available to prisoners in most prisons in England

Measuring Subjective Wellbeing in the UK, First Annual ONS Experimental Subjective Well-being Results >>

23rd July 12 –  Measuring Subjective Wellbeing in the UK, First Annual ONS Experimental Subjective Well-being Results: This article will present estimates of subjective well-being from the first annual experimental Annual Population Survey (APS) Subjective Well-being dataset for April 2011 to March 2012.