After fake Doves? Etsy’s got you covered (yes I did buy some for my office)

🧵A long thread on last week's report on adolescent drinking from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. I have many questions...🧵

TLDR: There's a good chance the trends are spurious and we should be cautious about claims English children are drinking more

📢Funded PhD alert📢
Come & study for a PhD on 'an exploration of peer support in prison in Scotland for people who use or have used drugs' with Prof Liz Aston Rebecca Foster and I at Edinburgh Napier University!

Quick deadline of 10th of June 24

Pls RT!

findaphd.com/phds/project/a…

Great opportunities at the Journal of Prevention for a Managing Editor and Associate Editors euspr.org/activities/jou… #prevention #impsci EUSPR

Interesting new study (£0) from RCBB colleagues examining perceived courtesy stigma in families and friends of people who use substances using Ecological Momentary Assessment tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New meta-analysis in The BMJ about the treatment of depression with psilocybin🍄
Despite its positive conclusions, the authors make the most recurrent errors in meta-analyses

Let's see if by pointing them out we can make them less and less frequent🧵
dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-20…

I’m privileged to be able to work with such a great team.

🚨 JOB POSTING📢

Reminder that Institute for Social Marketing and Health - UoS are looking for new Hastings Fellows.

Dr Gemma Mitchell, one of our first Fellows, tells us about their experience.

🌐 Ad: stir.ac.uk/9vs

📅 Closing: 3rd June

❓ Questions? See quoted post or get in touch!

🔁 RTs appreciated

Some people just don’t appreciate the folk memory and rich cultural and agricultural history of, err White Lightning cider

Oof - and I thought Reviewer 2’s comments were harsh. Magic Pill by Johann Hari review – weighing in theguardian.com/books/2024/may…

Heading up to Dundee today for our first SHARPS study TMG.

I don’t disagree, but apart from (varying quality) substance use education in RSHE, most pupils still don’t receive anything evidence based on alcohol at all

I would like to propose the empty beer bottle pyramid in the windows of student halls as the national indicator of student drinking culture

Whilst neutral or person-first language is important, it’s no substitute for policies that target social determinants of harmful drug use (and stigma), and high quality and welcoming services

Liverpool City Council is one of 30 councils who have funding to develop a Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC). The first wave of roles with HDRC Liverpool have just gone to advert - see the links in the thread below for several exciting opportunities.

Have an idea for PhD project looking at the health or well-being of LGBTQI+ communities?
Looking for funding?
The LJMU VC Scholarships for 2025 are now open for applications.
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Tobacco companies make pledges to reduce reliance on combustible tobacco use in high income countries, whilst simultaneously working to maximise sales in low and middle income countries. Shut the whole industry down.

I wonder if you can guess what firm sponsored this half an hour podcast from the New Statesman (that appears straight into the podcast feed) ?