Annual Symposium 1998

Society Lecture 1998: Social influences on scientific research: (the case of mortality in relation to alcohol consumption and that abstainers do not have increased risk)

A framework for measuring outcomes for harm reduction drug education programmes

Cannabis effects on performance and behaviour: implications for policy making

Evidence and treatment: the history of a relationship

Effectiveness versus efficaciousness: some implications of the findings of Project MATCH

Pregnancy and buprenorphine maintenance

The clinician’s perspective: a case study

The ethics of the evaluation process: the interests of the patient, funding and publishing

Outcome research in the psychological therapies – are there lessons to be learned for alcohol treatment?

Research-based practice: a researcher’s view

Understanding craving: what are its neural networks and implications for treatment?

GGT, CDT or self report: markers of alcohol misuse; relative efficacy; relative cost and their role

Prescribing injectable opiates: an evaluation of a harm reduction initiative for opiate drug users

Evaluating treatment – reconciling the financial imperative with the clinical need

What is harm reduction and how can its efficacy be measured?

A methodology for assessing alcohol, drug and HIV problems: responding to community needs