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Sweden: Alcohol-Free Youth Have Best Mental, Social Health
Young people who live alcohol-free feel best, according to a brand new Swedish study. Since 2000, the proportion of youth who consume alcohol in grade 9 has ..
Sweden
23 Oct 2020
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World Health Organization
WHO Europe Establishes Mental Health Coalition
The World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe has launched a series of new flagship initiatives. Among these four flagship initiatives is the ..
News
23 Oct 2020
Movendi
Even Low-Dose Alcohol Use Damages Brain
A new study has found even low-dose alcohol use can lead to brain damage in the form of loss of brain volume. These new findings have implications specifical..
News
23 Oct 2020
Movendi
Greece: Worrying Numbers of Early Alcohol Use Onset of Children
A new study by the University of Attica in Greece has found that four in ten adolescents have tried alcohol before the age of 15. These findings show that th..
Greece
23 Oct 2020
Movendi
Report: Masculinity and Alcohol Norm, Harms
Report
23 Oct 2020
A new report launched by Scottish Health Action for Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) in England finds that masculinity and...
Movendi
USA and COVID-19: Alcohol Use Skyrockets during Pandemic
A new study published in the JAMA Network Open has found that alcohol use has increased in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic comparative to 2019..
United States of America
23 Oct 2020
Movendi
USA: Alcohol Harm Affects Different Demographic Groups Differently with Women and Minorities Severely Burdened
Alcohol use is affecting different demographic groups differently in the United States. The harm is specifically higher for women and minorities, but even th..
News
23 Oct 2020
Movendi
Canada and COVID-19: As Alcohol Use Rises, Mental Health Worsens
The new research survey by Nanos Research was conducted among 1003 Canadians. Respondents were reached via telephone or online randomly between September 30 ..
Canada
23 Oct 2020
Movendi
Poland: 2019 Saw Highest Alcohol Use in Three Decades
According to the State Agency for the Prevention of Alcohol-Related Problems (PARPA), alcohol consumption increased by 0.23 litres per capita in 2019 compare..
News
23 Oct 2020
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
GACD and COVID-19
The pandemic of COVID-19 continues to spread across the world, bringing with it significant uncertainty. At GACD we are particularly concerned to note that t..
News
23 Oct 2020
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) joins GACD
GACD as an alliance of international public funding agencies supporting research activities intended to improve the prevention and treatment of chronic non-c..
News
23 Oct 2020
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
Tackling disparities in treating depression in low- and middle-income countries
The GACD Mental Health Guidelines Working Group, led by Yena Lee and Dr Roger McIntyre at the University of Toronto, aimed to characterise the development an..
News
23 Oct 2020