The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
Podcast: Alcohol Alerts
This episode focuses on data released ahead of the first anniversary of the Scottish Government's flagship health policy of minimum unit pricing. You might be mistaken in thinking the issue is a simple one – has minimum unit pricing led to...
Podcasts: Say Why to Drugs
The internet is full of misinformation about recreational drugs - both legal and illegal. Dr Suzi Gage, a psychologist interested in understanding associations between substance use and mental health, tackles one substance per episode -...
Follow the Data Podcast: Tobacco Industry Watchdogs
Episode 32: Tobacco Industry Watchdogs Soundcloud Podcast The Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP) competition was launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies at the March 2018 World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Cape Town...
Gender Differences in the Bidirectional Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Sleeplessness
Abstract Background The degree to which the relationship between alcohol use and sleeplessness is unidirectional or reciprocal is unclear due to great variation among the results of previous studies. The aim of the present study was to...
Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder among Special Subpopulations: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
Abstract Aim To collate prevalence estimates of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) among special subpopulations (defined by service use). Design Systematic literature review and meta‐analysis of original, quantitative studies published...
Smoke Signals: What Does Legalised Cannabis Mean for Mental Health?
Smoke Signals: what does legalised cannabis mean for mental health? Chaired by: Ian Hamilton, University of York Panellists: Prof Val Curran, Professor of Psychopharmacology, UCL Dr Marta Di Forti, Psychiatrist, London Dr Suzi Gage...
A Public Health Approach to Alcohol Use and its Related Harms in Iran
In Iran, alcohol consumption, production, and trade are criminalised for Muslim citizens; however, bootleg alcohol and harmful alcohol consumption is a burden that should not be overlooked. Currently the Iranian Ministry of Health has...
Combined Effects of Marijuana and Nicotine on Memory Performance and Hippocampal Volume
Highlights Examined drug effects of tobacco, marijuana and combined marijuana + nicotine use. Hippocampal volumes were smaller in marijuana users (with or without nicotine). Abnormal brain-behavior relationships in combined marijuana +...
Digital Marketing in the Spotlight
The Digital Marketing in the Spotlight conference is organised by EUCAM, EUROCARE and the Amsterdam Centre for Health Communication (ECHC) and will take place on the 19th of September in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The event will open up a conversation about the impact of digital marketing on the drinking behaviour of young people and ways it can be regulated.
