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Patient-Related Drinking and Alcohol Counselling: Do Doctors Own Lifestyle Habits Matter?
The medical degree isn't a vaccine against addiction. “If you don’t drink as much as your GP, you don't drink too much,” an old saying goes. When
Mentors wanted: What to look for in mentorship
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Conference of the North-American Primary Care Research Group: This is Times Square
“What’s this?” “This is Time Square” an overheard conversation made me smile and think to myself “Yes, this is the centre. North-American Primary
How Cochrane Keeps the Addiction Science in Check
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Finding the Evidence for Talking Therapies: Article in the Forum magazine
In an attempt to prove that counseling works for reducing drinking in concurrent problem alcohol and illicit drug users, I ended up on a journey
How to go about getting a postdoc position? Finding funding
There probably isn’t a simple answer to this question. Everybody has a different experience. My path was one of finding my own funding to do what I
Mentoring in Addiction Health Services Research: Transitions are not always smooth
What makes a good mentor? What are the criteria for a mentor/mentee working relationship? Is it the number or similarity of their publications on
Families of opioid users in Ireland may be given drug to stop overdose deaths
By Siobhan MaguireArticle from The Sunday Times, 21 September 2014, p4The department of healthis reviewing distribution of Naloxone, a drug that