The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
The Fifth Annual Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health
The 5th International Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH2019) is an event that will explore the complex and diverse intersections of law enforcement and public health.
The event is set to take place in Edinburgh, Scotland on the 21st-23rd October and will present a Conference Program that will address three main areas:
Community Response to the Initiation of Smoking in Indonesian Early Adolescents
Prevalence of smoking in Indonesia is on the increase. The trend is particularly noticeable among Indonesian adolescents with smoking in early adolescents increasing from 9.5 to 17.5% from 2001 to 2010. A recent study, published in the...
Drinking Trends of Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training: A Qualitative Study
Recent trends both in the UK and also more widely in an international context suggest underage drinking is declining amongst young people. However, it is believed some groups of young people are not following this trend. A recent study has...
The Tobacco Atlas
The Tobacco Atlas is a resource to help us understand the full implications of tobacco use and the solutions that can help to resolve the problem.
ICAAD Paris 2019
This year, our 4th iCAAD Paris day-conference will address the central theme of addiction and identity.
An opening Keynote and debate will be followed with 9 Master Classes covering important and relevant topics when treating addictive disorders beyond the addiction.
Highlights include
ICCAD 2019
Optimal-ICAAD is a platform dedicated to expanding knowledge, exchanging ideas, advancing wellbeing and the prevention and treatment of Behavioural, Mental, and Emotional Health issues.
This year, iCAAD 2019 is about the realisation of challenging times both at a collective and an individual level.
Podcast: Alcohol Alerts
This episode focuses on data released ahead of the first anniversary of the Scottish Government's flagship health policy of minimum unit pricing. You might be mistaken in thinking the issue is a simple one – has minimum unit pricing led to...
Podcasts: Say Why to Drugs
The internet is full of misinformation about recreational drugs - both legal and illegal. Dr Suzi Gage, a psychologist interested in understanding associations between substance use and mental health, tackles one substance per episode -...
Follow the Data Podcast: Tobacco Industry Watchdogs
Episode 32: Tobacco Industry Watchdogs Soundcloud Podcast The Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP) competition was launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies at the March 2018 World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Cape Town...
Gender Differences in the Bidirectional Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Sleeplessness
Abstract Background The degree to which the relationship between alcohol use and sleeplessness is unidirectional or reciprocal is unclear due to great variation among the results of previous studies. The aim of the present study was to...