We are the Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research, based at London South Bank University. Account managed by @tonymossuk
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
22 Aug 2024
New publication📢
Can ‘justified disapproval’ be separated from addiction stigma? An empirical focus is required
A thread 🧵
tandfonline.com/eprint/NDGSV…
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
14 Aug 2024
🚨WE'RE RECRUITING!🚨
Are you looking to cut down on your alcohol consumption? We are researching the potential of the psychedelic drug DMT to help reduce alcohol intake.
Who we're looking for:
- Age: 21-65
- Heavy drinkers
- Based in London
👉bit.ly/unity-ucl
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
Just over a week to go until our 3rd Alcohol Occasional seminar!
@jamesmorris24 & @GemmaMi38728064 will discuss how the language we choose may help us to reduce alcohol-related harms.
🗓️ Wed 22 May
⏰12.45 - 2pm
Register here for free: bit.ly/4attK0q
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
Register now for our 3rd Alcohol Occasional seminar!
@jamesmorris24 & @GemmaMi38728064 will discuss how the language we choose may help us to reduce alcohol-related harms.
🗓️ Wed 22 May
⏰ 12.45 - 2pm
🌐 Online
bit.ly/4attK0q
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
29 Feb 2024
How did the 'alcoholism' model come to dominate public understanding of alcohol problems?
And why does this slow public health progress?❤️🩹
🎙️Our latest podcast with Dr @JamesMorris24 explains🎙️
Click the links at the bottom to listen: ias.org.uk/podcast/how-the-a…
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
28 Feb 2024
📢New publication📢
'Look away now! Defensive processing and unrealistic optimism by level of alcohol consumption'
Thread on key findings🧵..
28 Feb 2024
The heaviest drinkers are the most likely to reject public health messaging on the dangers of alcohol, according to new research by LSBU's @jamesmorris24. #LSBUresearch
lsbu.ac.uk/about-us/news/hea…
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
30 Jan 2024
'Can ‘justified disapproval’ be separated from addiction stigma? An empirical focus is required.'
Pre-print of an empirically focused evaluation on whether 'stigma' (or more refined normative approaches) can be a 'force for good'.
osf.io/vx9r3
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
12 Dec 2023
"Whilst alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the main contemporary concept for identifying and seeking to address alcohol problems from clinical and policy perspectives, few members of the public recognise or use the term AUD, or think of them in terms of AUD concepts"
12 Dec 2023
In our latest blog, @jamesmorris24 @Cassie_Boness & @RobynBu91236532 discuss how the concept of ‘alcoholism’ became the dominant model of understanding alcohol problems among the public
They argue that we need to move towards understanding alcohol use...
ias.org.uk/2023/12/11/what-r…
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
5 Nov 2023
🚨New publication (open access):
'(Mis)understanding alcohol use disorder: Making the case for a public health first approach'
Big thanks to amazing co-authors @Cassie_Boness @RobynBu91236532
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
10 Jul 2023
New episode, now also on YouTube!
Evaluating the Huberman Lab alcohol episode
youtu.be/Y9xH0_X5kV8
#alcoholpodcast #alcohol #addiction #recovery
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
13 Apr 2023
Our new @PLOSONE paper using multi group SEM to explore UK alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic. We explored the role of drinking motives, employment and subjective mental health
@DrAdamWQureshi @heim_derek
journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
13 Apr 2023
🗣️New publication🗣️
'Why stigma matters in addressing alcohol harm'
With @geschom for @APSAD_DAR
It's quite concise & #openaccess but summary 🧵👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #stigma #AUD #recovery
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
31 Mar 2023
📢 New publication! 📢
Should we promote alcohol problems as a continuum? Implications for policy & practice
Really proud of of this one and fantastic working with @Cassie_Boness & @KatieWitkiewitz
Summary 🧵👇
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @DEPPJournal
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
24 Mar 2023
We're looking for individuals who provided direct care to individuals with substance use or addiction in the past year to take a brief online survey. tinyurl.com/hrprov
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Huge congrats to @LSBU's Professor @reavey_paula who has been conferred as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
london-post.co.uk/lsbu-profe… via @LondonPostUK
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
15 Feb 2023
Fully funded PhD! @CABR_LSBU @LSBU Interested in #ecig #vaping research? Particularly use in young people? Have a strong UG degree/MSc? Consider studying with @cat_kimber & me. findaphd.com/phds/project/va… Please RT @AddictionUea @UCL_TARG @Drug_Science @Sharon_ACox @soar_dr
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
27 Jan 2023
In this short piece I review the recent BBC #insiderecovery documentary on #AlcoholicsAnonymous, exploring both the value of AA but the costs of how alcoholism language spills over
27 Jan 2023
Dr @JamesMorris24 on why the airing of the recent BBC documentary 'I’m an alcoholic: inside recovery' prompted a number of interesting talking points.
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
20 Dec 2022
New episode!!🎙️
'Dry January & temporary abstinence: is it worth it?' With the excellent Prof @field_matt
#DryJanuary #alcohol #abstinence #soberlife #alcoholpodcast #mindfuldrinking
alcoholpodcast.buzzsprout.co…
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Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research retweeted
8 Dec 2022
📢I will be advertising an 18 month postdoc job looking at treatment pathways for co-occurring MH and AUDs. A great team including @AmyJaneODonnell @VictimOfMaths @patsy_irizar @fionalobban and Profs Jo Knight and Colin Drummond. Please get in touch if you might be interested!
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