On your marks, get set...GROW! 🌱 Applications for our GROW 2026 Researcher Development Programme for #mentalhealth and #addiction early career researchers are now open. ‍💫 APPLY NOW 👇 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/grow/

Addictions research and practice specialist interest group meeting three! ❓ When? 9th December @ 1600 📅 ❓ Who? @jamesmorris24.bsky.social ❓ What? "(Mis) understanding alcohol problems? Language, labelling and stigma" ❓ How do I join? email mhincubator.addictionsig@gmail.com ❕ Please share 💚

Our latest set of research and practice recommendations are out following the second Addictions Research and Practice online meeting: mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/addiction-si... @mhrincubator.bsky.social

🎉 Next Monday, Dr Sarah Stacey, consultant psychologist at NHSInclusion and chair of the @bpsofficial.bsky.social addictions faculty will present her work on “Psychological interventions for people who are dependent on alcohol”‼️

This week's Collective Voice bulletin is out with news on #alcohol and other #drugs: mailchi.mp/collectivevo... It includes our webinar on 14 October which will bring people together to share challenges and successes in supporting people who use ketamine: www.collectivevoice.org.uk/events/colle...

Collective Voice to hold webinar to share challenges and promising practice in supporting people who use ketamine - Collective Voice

Raising awareness isn’t enough. We know there are still challenges with making sure the right kind of support is accessible and genuinely addresses the full range of issues people using ketamine might...

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A great new edition of @ddnmagazine.bsky.social is fresh off the press: 🛋️📖 viewer.joomag.com/ddn-october2...

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We have thought-provoking contributions on wellbeing in this issue – mental and physical – including our cover story (p6) in which the team demonstrate that addressing nutritional deficiency should be...

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Do you have a great #mentalhealth or #addiction research idea but not sure where to look for #funding? Our funding advice can set you in the right direction, with information about the different types of funding available🪧 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/funding-for-...

Our second meeting is approaching! ➡️20th of October @1600 ➡️Dr Sarah Stacey chair of the Division of Clinical Psychology's Faculty of Addictions ➡️Psychosocial approaches for individuals living with alcohol dependence ➡️Didn't get the invite? Reply below or email mhincubator.addictionsig@gmail.com 💜

This great public information comic "Pathways of Hope" produced by researchers Nic Dickson Lyndsay Crawford and Andrea Williamson from @uofglasgow.bsky.social explores: lived experience of drug and alcohol dependence, and recovery. simplebooklet.com/recoverycomi...

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Recovery comic : simplebooklet.com

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😍See below all!💃 www.gov.uk/government/n... @addiction-ssa.org @mhrincubator.bsky.social

UK invests in next generation of research talent to tackle drug and alcohol addiction

People experiencing addiction will have a ramped-up support system as UK government tackles the country’s critical shortage of world-class researchers in addiction healthcare.

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See below to register for @collective-voice.bsky.social event aimed at sharing challenges and promising practices in supporting people who use ketamine @williamhaydock.bsky.social www.collectivevoice.org.uk/events/colle...

Collective Voice to hold webinar to share challenges and promising practice in supporting people who use ketamine - Collective Voice

Raising awareness isn’t enough. We know there are still challenges with making sure the right kind of support is accessible and genuinely addresses the full range of issues people using ketamine might...

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Hearing from some true thiamine and alcohol use disorder celebs this afternoon at @esbrasociety.bsky.social 🤓

This morning at @esbrasociety.bsky.social 2025 we heard from researchers at Université Caen Normandie Ludivine Ritz & @helene-beaunieux.bsky.social about their incredible work surrounding cognitive, emotional, social cognition and motivational impairment of patients in Therapeutic Communities; see:⬇️

We’re en route to ESBRA @esbrasociety.bsky.social 2025 in Brussels! Come and say hi at poster 170 and 171 to discuss some of our team’s research but also the translation of addictions research into practice !

⚡Following our first online meeting, we have generated our first series of research ->practice ->policy recommendations! 🎆 📈 These focus on improving education among healthcare professionals and awareness-raising more broadly of Alcohol Related Brain Damage🧠 Thank you to everyone who contributed!💃

CALLING ALL ADDICTIONS RESEARCHERS Please see below regaring the following opportunity available: mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/opportunitie...

🏁 WE'RE OFF! 🎽 Thank you to everyone who attended today and contributed to the conversation surrounding improving service delivery for those living with Alcohol Related Brain Damage There's more to come and watch this space for some recommendations that result from this meeting 👀

⏰ There's still time to sign-up! ⌛ Email mhincubator.addictionsig@gmail.com to hear Professor Gareth Roderique-Davies discuss his work on Alcohol Related Brain Damage and to contribute to the generation of evidence-based practice recommendations for ARBD! pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/persons/g... 💋

⌛ It's just under two weeks until our first online meeting where we will discuss a novel piece of research surrounding alcohol related brain damage and develop some translation steps to put this into practice where you work! 😍 Sign up here: mhincubator.addictionsig@gmail.com

Fatal drug overdoses in healthcare workers: A thematic framework analysis of coroner reports

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⌛ It's just under two weeks until our first online meeting where we will discuss a novel piece of research surrounding alcohol related brain damage and develop some translation steps to put this into practice where you work! 😍 Sign up here: mhincubator.addictionsig@gmail.com

Join the conversation around recovery and challenging stigma with our pals @recoverycymru.bsky.social at the Recovery Festival Wales Read more here: www.recoverycymru.org.uk/recovery-fes... @kaleidoscope68.bsky.social

📢Are you interested in addictions research? Do you have a passion for bridging the gap between addiction research & clinical practice? The @mhiaddictionsig.bsky.social is dedicated to breaking down barriers to innovation in addiction healthcare. Join here👇 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/addiction-sig/

Effect of the GLP-1 receptor agonist exenatide on pro-inflammatory and metabolic biomarkers in individuals with alcohol use disorder: Post hoc results from a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial doi.org/10.1111/acer...

🚨 REJECTED 🚨 The term 'drug abuse' was unanimously REJECTED by people with lived & living experience, to describe the use of substances. 👉 Download our terminology guide: barod.cymru/why-language... #WhyLanguageMatters #Stigma

🔊Our first Addictions Research and Practice SIG meeting has been scheduled for August the 5th 16-1730📢 If you didn't receive a teams invite and were expecting to please email: mhincubator.addictionsig@gmail.com or message us below! Please share 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏽 @mhrincubator.bsky.social

🎙️Our very own Dr Chloe Casey hosted a fantastic alcohol research agenda today showcasing the emerging topics and projects stemming from Bournemouth and Southampton💭 Watch this space! 👀

🎤Our first blog piece has landed! 🔊 🏳️‍🌈"Safe Spaces, Better Outcomes: Evidence-Based LGBTQIA+ Recovery Support" by the amazing, eloquent and brilliant Shannon Murray www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-m... 🌈 📖 Read more: mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/safe-spaces-... 🤓 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏽Thank you @mhrincubator.bsky.social 💜

June 24 (6pm PT): Join ADAI's Dr. Caleb Banta-Green and Spokane psychiatrist Dr. Amy Burns to learn what's going on in WA State with #fentanyl & #methamphetamine, what support services are available, & how loved ones can help! Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Trauma, co-occurring conditions, stigma, homelessness, harm reduction, relapse prevention…so much important work to do in addictions research and practice development….read more here: www.jla.nihr.ac.uk/priority-set...