👋Welcome to our fourth and final SHAAP/Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) Alcohol Occasional of 2024. 🗣️Dr Danielle Mitchell is presenting finding from a qualitative study on Ambulance clinicians’ preparedness for handling alcohol-related call outs. Stay tuned for live-tweeting! #AlcOcc24

Our team will be joining Alcohol Focus Scotland online on 4 July to discuss #LGBTQI people’s experiences of #alcohol harm . Please join our Beth Meadows Dave Whiteley Elena Dimova . Pls RT GCU Research Centre for Health (ReaCH) SHAAP Glasgow Caledonian University London Friend Equality Network Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs LGBT Health and Wellbeing

Apply by 3 July for the chance to speak at this year's Society for the Study of Addiction PhD Symposium! The symposium is always such a fantastic day and helping to organise it is a highlight of my job 👩‍🎓 please consider getting involved! It will be great to see you there :) addiction-ssa.org/events/phd-sym…

This year's Annual Conference will be held in Newcastle upon Tyne on 14 and 15 November. Apply by 3 July for your chance to give an oral or a poster presentation tinyurl.com/y3bvee8f

Would you be interested in joining the SHAAP team as a Policy and Public Affairs Officer? Please see below for details.

Fascinating research by Dr Wendy Masterton at University of Stirling on the importance of time in nature for mental health and substance use support👏 🗣️Wendy previously discussed her work at a SHAAP/ Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) Alcohol Occasional Read: shaap.org.uk/downloads/alco… Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=PJ1WoJ…

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) are looking for their next Policy & Public Affairs Officer. If you have experience in policy and an interest in reducing harms of alcohol, we want to hear from you. Visit: tinyurl.com/mrws7nhf #EdinburghJobs SHAAP

🚨ICYMI, we are hiring! 🗣️If you are passionate about reducing alcohol harms in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿and have a background in policy and public affairs, this could be the role for you! Deadline: 5th August 2024 Apply here: rcpe.ac.uk/college/policy…

**Vacancy** 0.2 FTE Professor of Public Health & Epidemiology with our GCU world leading BBV research team - closing date 19 July. Please RT.

🚨New Job🚨 🗣️If you are passionate about reducing alcohol harms in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿and have a background in policy and public affairs, this could be the role for you! Deadline: 5th August 2024 Apply here: rcpe.ac.uk/college/policy…

📢Invitation to tender for research! We are commissioning a research project to explore the prevalence of health harms caused by alcohol among groups with different levels and patterns of alcohol consumption in the UK. The findings from this project will address a gap in

** SAVE THE DATE ** SHAAP, RCN Scotland, and RCPsychScot are hosting a half-day workshop on hospital alcohol services on Monday 30th September (1.00 - 4.30pm). Use the link below to join the event mailing list for updates.

**SAVE THE DATE - 29 August** 🗓️ Join us for the launch of a new literature review exploring how #AlcoholMarketing impacts those with or at risk of an alcohol problem Book your place 🔽 eventbrite.co.uk/e/impact-of-al…

📣Registration is now open for SHAAP, RCN Scotland, and RCPsychScot's workshop on hospital alcohol services. The workshop will take place on Monday 30 September at the RCPEdin. Event details and registration are available here: bit.ly/3YBO2Sg

We're thrilled to bring back My Family, My Rights for the 5th time! 🌟 This 11-week course empowers you to self-advocate & support your loved ones. 💪 Each week covers key rights-related topics. Interested? Sign up here: ow.ly/JrUR50SUJq6

In the run-up to October's Budget, alcohol trade groups will make all sorts of wild claims about how keeping duty in line with inflation will damage jobs, the economy, the Treasury... Read our mythbuster for why none of these claims stand up to scrutiny: ias.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Have you seen alcohol brands #RainbowWashing their products? 🏳️‍🌈 #BigAlcohol aggressively targets the #LGBT+ community in a performance of solidarity Send us pics to #LGBTCommunityNotCommodity or reply to this post and tell us of examples you've seen!

Do you know how alcohol affects the brain? This comprehensive lit review explains, e.g.: ➡️ Heavy drinking in adolescents is a major risk factor for dementia later in life ➡️ For the ageing brain, alcohol is a key risk factor for dementia, stroke & falls alcoholandsociety.report/wp-content/upl…

📣Registration is still open for SHAAP, RCN Scotland, and RCPsychScot's workshop on hospital alcohol services but places are going fast! 🗓️The workshop will take place on Monday 30/09 at the RCPEdin Event details and registration are available here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/hospital-alc…

📢UPCOMING EVENT📢 with Dr Scott Zeller on "Improving Emergency Mental Health care: the EmPATH Concept" in collaboration with NHS Fife & University of Edinburgh 📍University of Edinburgh 📅30 September 🕞15:30 - 16:30 Free sign up here: eventbrite.com/e/improving-em…