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The Scottish Drug Death’s Taskforce: Professor Catriona Matheson talks to the SSA
“There are some unique features for Scotland, such as a low base of social...
Created On: 22 March 2021   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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Delivering brief interventions for alcohol use in custody suites: Dr Ruth McGovern talks to the SSA
  In the custody suite they would ask ‘has your alcohol use in some...
Created On: 17 March 2021   (Last updated: 17 March 2021)
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Sexualised drug use, chemsex and treatment access: Dr Matt Hibbert talks to the SSA
6 minute read: In a recent paper published in the International Journal of Drug...
Created On: 10 March 2021   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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Peer support workers and hepatitis testing and treatment: The SSA talks to Julian Surey
Five minute read: There is a long history of peer support work in addiction...
Created On: 02 March 2021   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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Vaping, smoking and gateway research: the SSA talks to Dr Jasmine Khouja
Five minute read: Vaping research raises many questions about our understanding of addiction. The...
Created On: 19 February 2021   (Last updated: 04 February 2024)
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Buprenorphine and incentives in treatment in the UAE: Dr Hesham Elarabi talks to the SSA
Three minute read: In this piece of original research set in the United Arab...
Created On: 11 February 2021   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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Gambling and mental health during lock-down: Dr Steve Sharman talks to the SSA
It will be a long time before we know how the lockdowns of 2020...
Created On: 04 February 2021   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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Alcohol, mental health and socio-economic status: Jo-Anne Puddephat talks to the SSA
“A person with a mental health problem might not necessarily be more likely to drink...
Created On: 25 January 2021   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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The SURE Recovery app: Jo Neale talks to the SSA
The SURE Recovery SMART phone app was launched in 2019.  It was developed with...
Created On: 17 December 2020   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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Smoking cessation for cannabis users: The SSA talks to Hannah Walsh
Hannah Walsh is a mental health nurse, and a PhD candidate at the Florence...
Created On: 10 December 2020   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)