Wrapping up day one of the conference is Prof. Trevor Robbins with this year's Society Lecture. He is discussing the crossover between impulsivity and compulsivity in different conditions. Chaired by SSA President @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social

FUNDING ALERT! The new @SSA_Addiction schemes funded by @UK_Life_Science are going live soon. All information below!! Are you an addiction researcher? There are opportunities galore!! @rcpsychAddFac @NHS_APA @addictionprofs @NPS_issed www.addiction-ssa.org/news/new-fun...

Delighted to chair the @rcpsych.bsky.social Digital Roundtable. Brilliant discussion covering benefits, risks, regulation, training, resources, policy, transformation and more. I look forward to developing this exciting work.

Interested in student mental health? Members of the @rcpsych Then why not apply for the new College Special Adviser on higher education MH role? @rcpsych.bsky.social www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/post...

Interested in the interplay between substance use and mental health? Are you a member of @rcpsych.bsky.social ? Then why not apply for the new Associate Registrar in comorbidity role? Closes 16/10/25! @addiction-ssa.org www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/post...

Are you interested in Digital Mental Health? Are you a member of @rcpsych.bsky.social ? The why not apply for the first ever Associate Registrar for Digital Mental Health? Help shape the future of the College. Closes 6th October. www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/post...

Fantastic news for addiction science. More details to follow shortly!

In the latest episode of Addiction Audio, @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social and Arun Sahai talk about their new editorial on #ketamine tinyurl.com/4r3rcbny | Addiction Audio is the podcast from @addictionjournal.bsky.social

EXCITING NEWS! @addiction-ssa.org has been selected to deliver the Govmt’s new flagship addiction leadership scheme, developing the next generation of researchers www.gov.uk/government/n...

Want to contribute to the ACMD review of ketamine related harms? Then why not participate in the call for evidence. Closes 19th August. www.gov.uk/government/c...

JUST PUBLISHED: Government’s response to ACMD advice on reducing barriers to legitimate research on Schedule 1 drugs. @rcpsych.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/p...

Prof. @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social, author of 'How to Talk to Your Child About Drugs', shares the inspiration behind the book and how it helps parents have open, supportive conversations. Learn more 🔗 cup.org/44DmYUa

Read a new editorial in @addictionjournal.bsky.social on #ketamine – a drug which "challenges our consideration of drug benefit and harm" doi.org/10.1111/add.... | Featuring @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social, Arun Sahai, and Paul Dargan

Delighted to see our editorial on the medicinal and non-medicinal use of ketamine published today. @ssa-addiction.bsky.social @addictionjournal.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social

JUST ADVERTISED: interested in the interface between science and drug policy? Then why not apply to be the next Chair of the ACMD. Closes July 14th. apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8838

Wishing everyone an Eid Mubarak 2those who celebrate it @fabida3.bsky.social @mivpsych.bsky.social @drjongoldin.bsky.social @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social @hassanmahmooddr.bsky.social @doctor-masood.bsky.social @drhnaqvi.bsky.social @mfirdosi.bsky.social @jekpsych.bsky.social @awaisaftab.bsky.social

JUST PUBLISHED: Government’s three year work programme for the ACMD @rcpsych.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/p...

A brilliant opportunity for a Specialty trainee/SAS Dr! Closes 12th June!! @rcpsych.bsky.social

JUST PUBLISHED: ACMD report on prevention of drug use by young people in the UK assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6835e4...

Many thanks @doctoraddict.bsky.social

A big thank you to @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social for hosting a launch of my book ‘How to talk to your child about drugs’ as part of Mental Health Awareness week! @rcpsych.bsky.social @cnwlnhs.bsky.social @addictionjournal.bsky.social

“Without improvements in staff training, clinical protocols, service pathways and performance monitoring, outcomes will remain unacceptable, and this most vulnerable group will continue to be stigmatised and forgotten” – lead author of the report @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social

We held our 1st media briefing with @smclondon.bsky.social to raise awareness that people with CoSUM experience poorer health, poorer engagement with work and higher mortality and suicide rates. With @drladesmith.bsky.social @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social, Dr Emily Finch and Dr Jenny Drife.

We have a range of titles by amazing authors such as @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social and @lynne-drummond.bsky.social. Check them out on our website, and use the code 20MHA at check out for 20% off! 🔗 www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk/collections/mental-health-awareness-week

OUT NOW!! New @rcpsych.bsky.social report on co-occurring substance use and mental health problems. Includes clinical cases and resources, plus recommendations for clinicians, commissioners and policy makers. rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-s…

I’m looking forward to this! Come and join in the conversation if you are free.

If you can't make tonight's event, we have another book launch event next week for 'How to Talk to Your Child About Drugs' with its incredible author @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social. 📖 Grab your free ticket for Thursday 15th May here: 🔗 bit.ly/42LCayL

Delighted to be speaking @CUPBookshop in Cambridge about my new book “How to talk to your child about drugs”. In the area? Then come along to discuss young people and drug use. @SSA_Addiction @rcpsychAddFac @addictionprofs @NHS_APA www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

At the June 19th @drugeducationforum.bsky.social @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social will be discussing key recommendations from our forthcoming ACMD prevention report. There will also be short talks on vapes, Planet Youth, and NIHR funding opportunities. Book et: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/drug-educa...

Had a great time yesterday giving an opening talk at ASAM 2025 for the Pain & Addictions Common Threads course.

Great 2see focus on #data in @rcpsych.bsky.social insight magazine ➡️ #mentalhealthwatch which has mhdata on ur local services #datamatters @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social @fabida3.bsky.social @wendyburn.bsky.social @drjongoldin.bsky.social @profrobhoward.bsky.social @profkevinfenton.bsky.social

Many congratulations to @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social our new @rcpsych.bsky.social Registrar www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...

Delighted 2talk about #data, #healthinequalities & #pophealth cKirstenWindfuhr NHSBN @fabida3.bsky.social @hassanmahmooddr.bsky.social @wendyburn.bsky.social @derektracy.bsky.social @liajali.bsky.social @claregerada.bsky.social @ksbhui.bsky.social @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social @drkhan-do.bsky.social

LAST CHANCE TO VOTE for the next @rcpsych.bsky.social REGISTRAR! Ballot closes midday TOMORROW (Thursday 3rd April) Watch the hustings on College website and make your choice!

Are you an @rcpsych.bsky.social member? ++NOT VOTED? Ballot for new Registrar closes midday Thursday 3rd April++NOT SURE? Watch the hustings on College website++NOT INTERESTED? Don’t miss your chance to shape the College agenda!

This will be great! Fantastic speakers and brilliant topic. @drbenpaxton.bsky.social @instituteforgov.bsky.social

Closing the loop ... our response to the responses to our paper on alcohol and pleasure is now available. Thanks again to the respondents 🙏, and to everyone who has commented in person or online. It's been a great discussion so far, and hopefully continues. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

My @rcpsych.bsky.social ‘President’s Lecture’ is now live on College website. ‘Comorbidity, collaboration and compassion’ (Lecture starts at 9 mins and 30 seconds). @addictionjournal.bsky.social @cnwlnhs.bsky.social gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

We're so grateful to @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social for signing copies of his new book, How to Talk to Your Child About Drugs. Order your copy here with free UK delivery cambridgebookshop.co.uk/products/how...

Thank you @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social for today’s book signing event. Beautiful sunny day in Cambridge! Look forward to returning to your lovely bookshop for an event during Mental Health Awareness week @rcpsych.bsky.social @addictionjournal.bsky.social

Navigating inquests #inquests

Delighted to be speaking at the @rcpsych Academic Faculty this afternoon about ‘Student Mental Health’. Fantastic programme as always! @rcpsych.bsky.social @addictionjournal.bsky.social

How can parents talk to their children about drugs? Dr @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social shares some of the findings from his recent book “How to Talk to Your Child About Drugs.”

Tune into @thismorningitv.bsky.social on Tues 18 March to watch Professor @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social discuss the topic of young people and drugs. His latest book, ‘How to Talk to Your Child About Drugs’, is informed by evidence-based strategies and decades of clinical practice.

WHAT FUN! I have been invited on to the @ITV This Morning couch tomorrow to talk about young people and drug use. @rcpsych.bsky.social @rcpsychAddFac @NHS_APA @addictionprofs @ClubDrugClinic @cnwl.bsky.social @CnwlCUBE

Today is #unimentalhealthday. 1 in 4 students at university do not know where to find support for their mental health. Time to ensure that no student is held back by poor mental health @studentmindsorg.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @universitiesuk.bsky.social

JUST PUBLISHED: ACMD work programme letter 2025 @rcpsychAddFac @NHS_APA @addictionprofs @EUDrugsAgency @UNODC assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67cf1161…

Thank you @cnwl.bsky.social for supporting this work. www.cnwl.nhs.uk/news/how-tal...

Day 2 in Vienna at the Commission for Narcotic Drugs (CND) @UN . Fantastic meetings with Canada, Germany, @EUDrugsAgency and France with China and the US to come. @unodc.bsky.social @unitednationsbk.bsky.social @cnwlnhs.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @ssaadd.bsky.social

Next up - ‘Shaping the future: preparedness for a changing drugs landscape’ @EUDrugsAgency @UNODC @SSA_Addiction @NPS_issed @rcpsych @rcpsychAddFac @NHS_APA @addictionprofs #vienna #CND2025