🌲 Join us next Wednesday 28th May at 11am for a webinar exploring Dr Wendy Masterton (& team)'s research on how nature-based programmes support mental health & substance use challenges. 📝Learn from new research 📂Access practical guidance docs Register now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-bas...

@rsno.bsky.social *Wagner's Ring Symphony* in Glasgow tonight was just excellent. Shout-out to Nikita and all in the double bass section for their kinetic energy throughout.

Fully-funded #PhD studentship with a great team at Glasgow Caledonian Uni to explore risks of opioid use disorder #OUD in individuals prescribed #opioids for pain relief in Scotland. Analysis of electronic health records to define and identify risk factors for OUD. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Doctors working in Gaza have made urgent pleas, saying that they feel abandoned by the world amid renewed Israeli airstrikes. Justice in healthcare means actively supporting the people of Gaza and helping to rebuild the health system, say @mohammadrazai.bsky.social et al www.bmj.com/content/389/...

We are hosting a webinar on European responses to vicarious #trauma among people working in mental health and #addiction services. Including work from Ireland, Poland, Denmark & Ukraine. Thu 22 May, 1600-1800 BST. With ENTER European Mental Health Network. medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/digitas/trau...

We have a funded PhD Studentship at LJMU with an amazing supervisory team (incl. @markamericana.bsky.social ), deadline 30/03/25. "How can UK services best support children and young people (0-18 years) who experience drug or alcohol related parental bereavement: a mixed methods study" FindAPhD.com

"If I do not strive towards introspection with clarity and humility – and the discomfort that brings – my lived experience is meaningless." C. C. da Cunha Lewin explores the implications of clinical researchers claiming LE without critically examining it. www.nsun.org.uk/referring-to...

Latest opioid dependence prevalence estimates for Scotland published today. publichealthscotland.scot/media/32049/...

Exciting development. Congrats on securing funding and driving this forward. Looking forward to contributing and learning from this network 👍

ARE YOU A UK MEDICAL STUDENT OR DOCTOR? Please take part in this short survey about medical education in the UK. Thankyou! standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Looking forward to giving evidence this week (Wed 0930) at UK Parliament Scottish Affairs Committee Inquiry into Glasgow's Safer Drug Consumption Facility. In good company with @catrionamath.bsky.social @gwshorter.bsky.social and @vkatikireddi.bsky.social committees.parliament.uk/committee/13...

Upcoming seminar from Queer Minds Scotland featuring @kirstyclarkphd.bsky.social on "Investigating How Societal Narratives and Social Networks Shape LGBTQ+ Youth Suicide Risk" 26th Feb 4-5pm GMT - online/free! events.bookitbee.com/university-o...

"I immediately encountered injuries far beyond what I had been exposed to at medical school: open chest wounds with the heart exposed, 100% body burns, eviscerated organs." Hosam Shaikhkhalil writes on his experience as a medical intern in Gaza www.bmj.com/content/388/...

"A law enforcement driven response to drug taking and overdoses is ineffective and exacerbates existing health and social inequities in minoritised communities." Declining US drug overdose deaths show that public health approaches work, say Vincent Ramos and colleagues www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Bye, #MarianneFaithfull. Thanks for the best interpretations of Weill & Brecht (wish I'd seen you in The Threepenny Opera), and some cracking torch songs on '20th Century Blues' - one of my absolute favourite albums. "Keep the memory, but keep your powder dry too..." youtu.be/jGzXddhIFCc?...

#ChildPoverty lower in Scotland 24% than England 30%, Wales 29%. Role of policy choices incl. Scottish Child Payment. @jrf-uk.bsky.social note +ve impact of scrapping 2-child limit & investing in social security & affordable housing. More to do, but encouraging news. www.jrf.org.uk/news/scottis...

10% decrease in suspected #DrugDeaths and drug-related A&E attendances in Sep-Nov 2024 compared to previous quarter. Encouraging, but ongoing harms, incl. presence of #cocaine among decedents. publichealthscotland.scot/publications...

📣 Abstract submission for our 2025 Annual Conference is now open! 📥 Email [email protected] with your submissions by 7th March 2025 Abstract guidelines: https://buff.ly/4gf7c5G Register for conference: https://buff.ly/41HrxN2 Details below⬇️

Please do come along to find out more on the campaign and be part of our continued efforts to help reduce stigma against people who have lost their lives to alcohol & drugs, and their affected loved ones. It's essential to keep these discussions going. More dates & locations to be announced soon!

Encouraging start for Glasgow's new Safer Drug Consumption Facility with over 130 uses in its first week: www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2487264...

The International Society of Addiction Medicine #ISAM has received over 300 symposia & abstracts from 50+ countries! 🌍 📍 Join us May 26-28 in Hamburg for #ISAM2025 global collaboration, networking, and the latest innovations in Addiction Medicine. 📅 Register now: isam-hamburg.com

A former UN high commissioner for human rights Louise Arbour tells The BMJ that the war on drugs has “completely failed” and that a public health focused approach is needed www.bmj.com/content/387/...