❗️ ALL of the SHAAP/SARN Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) Alcohol Occasionals are now open to register via eventbrite. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿The Alcohol Occasionals 2024 are online, free to sign up and following the theme of Transforming Scotland's Relationship with Alcohol. Sign up here: bit.ly/43cZ5BD

Final stop on my National Institute for Health and Care Research Advanced Fellowship #eastcoasttour done - thank you to all the amazing researchers and clinicians I’ve met along the way (Prof Maree Teesson AC Leanne Hides Dr Christina Marel Lexine Stapinski The Matilda Centre @ all those I couldn’t find on X) 🤞🤞🤞 I’ll be back!

Join us next month to hear more about social care research career opportunities and please share across your networks👇

Sounds relevant to Sunderland Plus work Kat Jackson👇

People don't choose to be on disability benefits. It's their last resort. Stop blaming people with mental health problems. If the Secretary of State wants a grown-up conversation about this, then he should meet with us. We've sent an invite. 1/3

Fantastic to see this in press - well done Emma Adams for leading another excellent publication from this important work 👏🏻

Great to be part of this - such important work 👇

🚨 NEW: Key deadlines for the GE on 4 July ⏲️ Register to vote: Tuesday 18 June at 23.59 ⏲️ Applying for a Voter ID: Wednesday 26 June at 17:00 ⏲️ Applying for a postal vote: Wednesday 19 June at 17.00 ⏲️ Applying for a proxy vote: Wednesday 26 June at 17.00

📣The website for the 2025 International Congress of Behavioral Medicine is live! Visit icbm2025.com for information about the program and speakers. Registration will open in 2025!

Great to see everyone - thanks for an excellent meeting Eileen Kaner 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🐝💙 Barbara Hanratty Dr Beth Bareham Matt Breckons Stewart Mercer Dr Tricia Tooman ACRC and anyone else I’ve missed on X

Alcohol deaths are at their highest level on record. What should the new The Labour Party government do to prevent alcohol harm and end this crisis? This week we will be sharing our key policy asks, starting with: Action to reduce the lobbying influence of the alcohol industry.

Coproduction is increasingly becoming part of the research process. As part of our National Institute for Health and Care Research Knowledge for Public Health work, Liz Such Joseph Langley compiled 8 tips to speed up that process and I turned it into a infographic. Find out more at know-ph.ac.uk

Theory-building in qualitative research can be fun. Learn more at our NPT Masterclass, 9/9 Newcastle upon Tyne. Details soon.

Our landmark book revealed the cost of inequality. Fifteen years later, things have only got worse theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Very nice systematic review related to interventions targetting the social determinants of mental health. From Dr Jayati Das-Munshi Matthew Hotopf et al. Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience Psychological Medicine Cambridge UP - Psychology & Psychiatry PMID: 38523245 DOI: 10.1017/S0033291724000333

I’m Kamala Harris, and I’m running for President of the United States.

Great to see! 🙌🙌🙌

What treatment approaches are there for co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, & what does the evidence say? The Australian Department of Health and Aged Care funded Guidelines on co-occurring conditions online training program offers free, evidence-based information. Register: bit.ly/49L427E