Invited Speakers - SSA Annual Conference 2020
Society lecture
Vaping and addictions
Benefits and concerns
Addictive behaviours and their impact on UK Armed Forces serving personnel, service leavers, and their families
Armed Forces serving personnel, service leavers, and their families are populations about whom little is known. These three projects, funded by The Forces in Mind Trust, explore the impact of addictive behaviours on these groups.
Simon Bradley
A qualitative investigation into the impact of a CDT (drug) discharge on substance misuse and mental health among service leavers
Lorna Templeton
Exploring the experiences and needs of families of veterans with substance use problems (FVSUs)
Ian Whyte
Use of performance and image enhancing drugs in ex-Services personnel
Opioid overdose: Mechanisms of action and interventions for reversal
Presenting new developments in research on mechanisms of opioid overdose and interventions for reversal. Opioid-related deaths in the UK have reached record numbers. A recent report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs warned of the emerging threat of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and highlighted the importance of research into opioid action and effective interventions.
Alcohol Care Teams: where to next?
With over 1.1m alcohol-related hospital admissions each year this patient group places a disproportionate impact and cost on secondary healthcare systems, particularly those with comorbid physical and mental health disorders, and social problems. The causal association between alcohol and a wide range of conditions including cardiovascular disease, cancer and liver disease, as well as harm from accidents, violence and self-harm is challenging for a non-specialist workforce often ill-equipped to address complex and coexisting presentations. Following publication of The NHS Long-Term Plan, there is a need to increase the early identification and treatment of patients with alcohol use disorders in secondary care settings.
SSA-funded researchers
Showcasing work by winners of the SSA's Fred Yates and Impact Prizes.
Kyla Thomas
A systematic review and network meta-analysis of the effectiveness and safety of smoking cessation medicines and electronic cigarettes
Gemma Taylor
The treatment and epidemiology of smoking cessation in people with common mental illness
Magdalena Harris
Working with people who inject drugs to inform policy and practice: Care & Prevent study impact
