Official account of @britgerontology #SubstanceUse & #Ageing interest group. Committed to progressing understanding of and support for late life substance use
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We are pleased to invite contributions to a special themed issue 'Dual Diagnosis in Older Adults' in Advances in Dual Diagnosis, edited by our member @oldagepsych and co-convenor @BKBareham
For info:
emeraldgrouppublishing.com/j…
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BSG Substance Use & Ageing Special Interest Group retweeted
17 Sep 2024
📢New paper! The acceptability of alcohol screening and brief intervention for older adults in community venues @DrJLSeddon @EileenKaner @BarbaraHanratty @SMARTatUoB evaluating a lovely initiative by @WeAreWithYou @DWAW_UK
doi.org/10.1111/dar.13949
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BSG Substance Use & Ageing Special Interest Group retweeted
14 Jun 2024
📣Please share!
We’re now looking for practitioners to take part in our survey about substance use in UK older adults (including prescription drug misuse)
Please take part if you can
Survey closes 21st June
nclpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jf…
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BSG Substance Use & Ageing Special Interest Group retweeted
14 May 2024
📢Please SHARE, and take part if you can!
Link to take part and for further info:
nclpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jf…
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BSG Substance Use & Ageing Special Interest Group retweeted
19 Dec 2023
Here are the age patterns in the increase in alcohol-specific deaths in 2022 (picked out in red). The biggest rises in the same groups of later middle-aged drinkers that have seen sharp increases in recent years.
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BSG Substance Use & Ageing Special Interest Group retweeted
23 Oct 2023
📢Calling UK-based #mentalhealth researchers 🧠🩺🕮! Please help @MHRIncubator GROW 2022 cohort inform how we're supported in UK academia by completing this survey york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/…
Please share & RT 🔁
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BSG Substance Use & Ageing Special Interest Group retweeted
28 Mar 2023
Thank you for a really stimulating discussion on women's drinking @womenandalcoho1
@DrinkingStudies - we're conducting similar work in the UK on perceptions of #alcohol and #breastcancer our project has just launched -sites.google.com/brookes.ac.… @DrEmilyNicholls @BelindaLunnay
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BSG Substance Use & Ageing Special Interest Group retweeted
22 Nov 2022
Fab to be here at #nihramc22 @NIHRresearch @NIHRSPCR always a fan training experience, and so great to hear what the other members are researching - and share what I’m up to!
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BSG Substance Use & Ageing Special Interest Group retweeted
14 Oct 2022
NEW publication by @DrJLSeddon and I drawing together research with older drinkers including @DWAW_UK to understand the meaning and impact of drinking in later life
link.springer.com/chapter/10…
@DrinkingStudies @ThurnellReadSoc @soc_researcher
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Great effort from Marissa Mackiewicz from @VCU to combat #stigma in addictions amongst older adults m.youtube.com/watch?v=xevQb4…
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*CALL FOR PAPERS*
We're excited to announce our annual older adults themed issue of Advances in Dual Diagnosis. Submission deadline 31st December 2022. For more info: emeraldgrouppublishing.com/c…
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@oldagepsych @AdvDualDiag
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We welcome submissions on this theme. Perspectives welcomed (but not limited to):
Epidemiology and Demography
Prevention and Early Intervention
Psychology
Sociology, Culture and Ethnicity
Physical Health and Frailty
Treatment and Recovery
Expert Opinion
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We accept a range of articles including: models/frameworks; empirical, scientific or clinical research; papers with a practical focus; viewpoint; conceptual paper; case study; lit/general review; news items from the field; accounts by experts by experience
Fabulous session @Bsg2022 earlier this month with researchers from substance use and ageing discussing novel initiatives for supporting older people with substance use issues. Great to get together, along with an unlikely audience of the animals of @LongleatSafari 🦁
7 Jul 2022
Great presenting work done with @BKBareham and @SMARTatUoB on ABIs for older adults today at @BSGSubstanceUse conference, and brilliant to hear about other projects from the UK, Austria and New Zealand
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BSG Substance Use & Ageing Special Interest Group retweeted
7 Jul 2022
Great presenting work done with @BKBareham and @SMARTatUoB on ABIs for older adults today at @BSGSubstanceUse conference, and brilliant to hear about other projects from the UK, Austria and New Zealand
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BSG Substance Use & Ageing Special Interest Group retweeted
14 Jan 2022
JOB AD - Join us @UniofNewcastle Population Health Sciences Institute developing better approaches to supporting older adults with alcohol and mental health problems in the North East and North Cumbria (qualitative/evidence synthesis experience required) -
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle…
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BSG Substance Use & Ageing Special Interest Group retweeted
News, guidance and resources related to dual diagnosis in older adults - @oldagepsych editorial in Advances in Dual Diagnosis emerald.com/insight/content/…
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Recent work for @DHSCgovuk by @BKBareham and colleagues giving evidence of the impact of the pandemic on older people’s alcohol use
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