COVID

Dec 9, 20212 min

Alcohol Related Deaths Increase by 20%

The long terms impact of lockdown is beginning to be felt. One of the most dramatic impacts has been an almost 20 per cent increase in...

Nov 4, 20211 min

Concerned Others: Living with Problem Users in Lockdown

Concerned Others, the parents, partners and close friends of those with substance misuse problems, are a neglected group at the best of...

Nov 18, 20203 min

Will COVID Cast a Long Shadow?

Exposure to COVID-19 could pose a risk to the health and aging of individuals who aren't even born yet, according to a newly published...

Oct 15, 20203 min

COVID, Emotional Literacy & Wellbeing

Everybody, it seems, is stressed out to some degree by the coronavirus pandemic. It may be anguish over the sickness or death of a friend...

Sep 15, 20201 min

Hold Still-National Portrait Gallery Exhibition of Life During Lockdown

Lockdown has been a difficult time. Isolation, separation from loved ones, home schooling and diminished socialisation has taken a toll...

Sep 15, 20203 min

Substance Users at Greater Risk from COVID 19

A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that people with substance use disorders (SUDs) are more susceptible to COVID-19 and...

Jun 29, 20202 min

COVID & Use: How is the Virus Changing Consumption Across Europe?

The EMCDDA, the European Drug monitoring centre, have compiled a trendspotter briefing on changes in drug consumption during the lock...

Phil Harris