The latest Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) report, which presents changes on drug trends, harms and use of services in Scotland, has published today. View report here 🔽 publichealthscotland.scot/publications/r… View RADAR digital dashboard 🔽 scotland.shinyapps.io/phs-drugs-rada… #StatsTuesday

🚨 RADAR alerts on #nitazenes, #bromazolam and #xylazine remain live. View the alerts for information and advice for recognising and responding to a suspected overdose of these substances. Alerts here 🔽 publichealthscotland.scot/publications/r…

The unregulated drug supply is increasingly toxic and unpredictable. Know what to do in an emergency response to a drug overdose by reading our resource developed with Simon Community Scotland Get your copy of ‘How to save a life’ here🔽 publichealthscotland.scot/publications/h…

Under the #LxAddictions24 Early Career Researchers programme, you can benefit from mentoring, enter an e-poster competition, and register for free for selected side events! Find out more👇 lisbonaddictions.eu/lisbon-addicti…

PLEASE REPOST 1 week to go. C2 5K aimed at people in recovery and using the recovery services in Leeds Let's get people up, out, moving and talking. Alison Lowe OBE Blonde Bomber 🥊💁🏼‍♀️ Jack Bateson Paul Tonkinson Running Commentary 5 WAYS @ the Recovery Academy Forward Leeds BARCA-Leeds Get Set Leeds Local Run Leeds

The #LxAddictions24 mentorship programme for Early Career Researchers is now open! Submit your conference materials for expert feedback and ensure your research is presented at its best. Learn more and apply now! lisbonaddictions.eu/lisbon-addicti…

Dr @byKateWomersley from The The George Institute for Global Health spoke to Financial Times on the harmful #sex and #gender data gap in medical research. (£) "We’re missing an opportunity to capture data, and we’re probably introducing a huge amount of risk in the process.” ft.com/content/ce9895…

The serotonin hypothesis of depression has had a whole lot of coverage over recent months. All very confusing for non-scientists! I spoke to an expert in serotonin - Prof Phil Cowen from Oxford Psychiatry at #BAP2024 and got some short and simple answers. #Serotonin #Depression

💥BREAKING!💥7 Aug 24 The team is #proud to announce that our #PUBLIC #FUNDING has been renewed Our #expert #scientists are honoured to safeguard #Northumbria & reduce drug-related incidents through our nationally-recognised #harmreduction #partnership w/ regional stakeholders

💛 The #BJPsych invites papers for its 2025 themed issue which seeks to inform practitioners and researchers about current knowledge, challenges and developments of relevance to women’s #mentalhealth. Find out more ➡️ cup.org/4aVYRC4 Royal College of Psychiatrists BJPsych Journals Women in Mind UK

A review published in the SSA's Addiction Journal has so far received coverage in the The Guardian The Standard Daily Mail Online BBC Radio 4 Today | Original paper free to read here: doi.org/10.1111/add.16…

Nice to see media coverage of our newly published review paper with Professor Kyla Thomas on the prevalence of problematic pharmaceutical opioid use in patients with chronic non-cancer pain. Guardian article here: theguardian.com/society/articl…

This review outlines the care components of school-based substance use prevention interventions used in low-and-middle-income countries and the common theories, models or frameworks that underpin those interventions. Research by Abdul Cadri and colleagues buff.ly/3YsI7ij

The stats are alarming. Just 1 in 11 people suffering from drug use disorders were in treatment in 2022. bit.ly/DrugReport2024 #WorldDrugReport

The Addiction Mission aims to improve the addiction research environment and incentivise new treatments, technologies, and approaches. Help shape the project by proposing some questions that you would like addiction research to answer.

Do you have an idea that could increase the scientific understanding of addiction and its treatment? Apply for an Engagement Grant by 27 September tinyurl.com/4e7asxva | Browse our other funding schemes and prizes tinyurl.com/42xujaff

Week 2 of our Recovery C2 5k. Well done everyone. Alison Lowe OBE Blonde Bomber 🥊💁🏼‍♀️ Paul Tonkinson Jack Bateson Bret Crossley Running Commentary The Running Charity @EqualSportsUK Forward Leeds BARCA-Leeds 5 WAYS @ the Recovery Academy Get Set Leeds Local Bramley Community Clothing Exchange Mind, Body & Sole MindWell Leeds Mind Run Leeds

One week to go! Don't miss out on our next #DeansGrandRounds free webinar! Secure your place now to watch live or on-demand: rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confere… Africa Global Mental Health Institute Anusha

#vipsig Autumn message Royal College of Psychiatrists Nikki Cochrane 🌈 she/her #StaySafe Paul Rees MBE Mohammed Al-Uzri NANDINI CHAKRABORTY Femi Oyebode Dr Fabida Aria Baher Ibrahim Prof Pamela Jane Taylor Owen Bowden-Jones Dr Shahid Latif BBPA BIPA UK British Pakistani Psychiatrists Association Association of Black Psychiatrists, UK (ABP-UK) Join our activities in 🍂 & ❄️ 👇 email.rcpsych.ac.uk/cr/AQjj1gsQr9G…

Interviewed by The Guardian today abt rise in #ketamine use & harms. Important to consider underlying trauma which is often driving ketamine use. Urgent need for better trauma therapy & closer working between drug & mental health Club Drug Clinic 💙 CNWL NHS FT theguardian.com/society/2024/s…