Professor Alex G Copello
University of Birmingham
Professor, Psychology
United Kingdom
My co-authors include
Professor Ilana B Crome
Dr Subhash Pokhrel
Dr Duncan Raistrick
My Publications
“How do I tell my children about what my mum's like?” Conflict and dilemma in experienc...
Families Relationships and Societies
March 2015
Family-based interventions for substance misuse: a systematic review of systematic revi...
Systematic Reviews
August 2014
A pilot study to assess the feasibility and impact of a brief motivational intervention...
Trials
August 2014
Development of the Addiction Dimensions for Assessment and Personalised Treatment (ADAPT)
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
June 2014
Helping families where parents misuse drugs or alcohol? A mixed methods comparative eva...
Child & Family Social Work
January 2014
The Impact of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) on Psychologica...
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
January 2014
Addiction Dimensions for Assessment and Personalised Treatment--Version 1.0
January 2014
Co-production
Drugs and Alcohol Today
November 2013
Family-based interventions for substance misuse: a systematic review of reviews
The Lancet
November 2013
Youth-Social Behaviour and Network Therapy: A study of a family and social network inte...
May 2013
A Consultation-Liaison Service on Integrated Treatment: A Program Description
Journal of Dual Diagnosis
May 2013
Addiction in the family is a major but neglected contributor to the global burden of ad...
Social Science & Medicine
February 2013
Cannabis use and abstention in first-episode psychosis: the participants'view
Mental Health and Substance Use
February 2013
Social Network Support for Individuals Receiving Opiate Substitution Treatment and Its ...
European Addiction Research
January 2013
Pilot study of a social network intervention for heroin users in opiate substitution tr...
Trials
January 2013
A randomised comparison of two levels of an intervention to work with relatives of alco...
December 2012
The impact of training within a comprehensive dual diagnosis strategy: the Combined Psy...
Mental Health and Substance Use
August 2012
Muslim faith healers' views on substance misuse and psychosis
Mental Health Religion & Culture
July 2012
Assertive Community Treatment for alcohol dependence (ACTAD): study protocol for a rand...
Trials
February 2012
Barriers and enablers to implementation of family-based work in alcohol services: A qua...
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
January 2012
Working with teams and organizations to help them involve family members
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
November 2010
The 5-Step Method: Future directions
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
November 2010
An introduction to the supplement
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
November 2010
The impact of addiction on the family: Estimates of prevalence and costs
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
November 2010
Methods of assessment for affected family members
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
November 2010
The 5-Step Method: Evidence of gains for affected family members
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
November 2010
The experiences of affected family members: A summary of two decades of qualitative res...
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
November 2010
The 5-Step Method: Principles and practice
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
November 2010
Family members affected by a close relative's addiction: The stress-strain-coping-suppo...
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
November 2010
Commentary on Roozen et al. (2010): Involving families in addiction treatment-the way f...
Addiction
September 2010
Exploring the attitudes of staff working within mental health settings toward clients w...
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
January 2009
The relative efficacy of two levels of a primary care intervention for family members a...
Addiction
January 2009
What treatment means in practice: An analysis of the delivery of evidence-based interve...
Addiction Research & Theory
January 2009
Increasing the involvement of family members in alcohol and drug treatment services: Th...
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
January 2009
To what factors do clients attribute change? Content analysis of follow-up interviews w...
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
January 2009
Evaluation of an intensive family preservation service for families affected by parenta...
Child Abuse Review
November 2008
Staff attitude towards cocaine/crack-cocaine use amongst individuals with severe mental...
Mental Health and Substance Use
October 2008
A 5-step intervention to help family members in Italy who live with substance misusers
Journal of Mental Health
January 2008
Social Behavior and Network Therapy for Drug Problems: Evidence of Benefits and Challenges
Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment
December 2007
The 5-Step family intervention in primary care: II. The views of primary healthcare pro...
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
January 2007
The 5-Step family intervention in primary care: I. Strengths and limitations according ...
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
January 2007
Family interventions for drug and alcohol misuse: is there a best practice?
Current Opinion in Psychiatry
May 2006
Implementing and evaluating Social Behaviour and Network Therapy in drug treatment prac...
Addictive Behaviors
May 2006
Ethnicity and attempts at self-detoxification from opioid drugs
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
January 2006
Self‐detoxification from opioid drugs
Journal of Substance Use
January 2006
A preliminary evaluation of integrated treatment for co-existing substance use and seve...
Journal of Mental Health
January 2006
The clients’ perspective on change during treatment for an alcohol problem: qualitative...
Addiction
January 2006
Why people enter treatment for alcohol problems: Findings from UK Alcohol Treatment Tri...
Journal of Substance Use
January 2006
United Kingdom substance misuse treatment workers' attitudes toward 12-step self-help g...
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
December 2005
Family members of relatives with alcohol, drug and gambling problems: a set of standard...
Addiction
November 2005
Family interventions in the treatment of alcohol and drug problems
Drug and Alcohol Review
July 2005
substance misuse and the need for integrated services
Learning Disability Practice
July 2005
The role of the family in preventing and intervening with substance use and misuse: a c...
Drug and Alcohol Review
March 2005
Cognitive representations in alcohol and opiate abuse: The role of core beliefs
British Journal of Clinical Psychology
September 2004
TREATMENT OUTCOMES FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM ALCOHOL TREATMENT TRIAL.
Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
August 2004
How strong is the evidence that illicit drug use by young people is an important cause ...
Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
August 2004
Psychological and social sequelae of cannabis and other illicit drug use by young peopl...
The Lancet
May 2004
Gambling and problem gambling among clients, and staff attitudes, in an alcohol and dru...
International Gambling Studies
November 2003
Substance Misuse in PsychosisHermine Graham, Alex Copello, Max Birchwood and Kim Mueser...
Journal of Substance Use
September 2003
Addiction and the family: is it time for services to take notice of the evidence?
Addiction
October 2002
Social behaviour and network therapy
Addictive Behaviors
May 2002
Substance Misuse in Psychosis
January 2002
Entering treatment for substance misuse: A review of the literature
Journal of Mental Health
October 2001
Ways of coping and the health of relatives facing drug and alcohol problems in Mexico a...
Addiction
May 2001
Entering treatment for substance misuse: A review of the literature
Journal of Mental Health
January 2001
Evaluating substance misuse interventions in psychosis: The limitations of the RCT with...
Journal of Mental Health
January 2001
Methods for reducing alcohol and drug related family harm in non-specialist settings
Journal of Mental Health
June 2000
Methods for reducing alcohol and drug related family harm in non-specialist settings
Journal of Mental Health
January 2000
The Family and Alcohol: Effects of Excessive Drinking and Conceptualizations of Spouses...
Substance Use & Misuse
January 2000
Tolerate, engage or withdraw: a study of the structure of families coping with alcohol ...
Addiction
December 1998
The use of volunteers as befrienders within a community alcohol team
Journal of Substance Misuse
January 1998
Social Support in Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems at Home: Findings from Mexican ...
Addiction Research
January 1998
Violent behaviour and interpretative bias: An experimental study of the resolution of a...
British Journal of Clinical Psychology
November 1990
Concluding Remarks
Substance Misuse and Psychosis in Context: The Influences of Families and Social Networks
The Combined Psychosis and Substance Use (COMPASS) Programme: An Integrated Shared-Care...
Cognitive-Behavioural Integrated Treatment Approach for Psychosis and Problem Substance...
