Please join us on Tuesday, October 27 for this month’s edition of the “What’s New in Addiction Medicine?” lecture series. This (free) event
Addiction Health Services Research Conference 2015 | #AHSR2015
The healthcare landscape is changing. The delegates at the 2015 Addiction Health Services Research conference met to exchange ideas about how to
International Society of Addiction Medicine | Congress #isam2015
For the 17thtime, the world has seen the meeting of the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) in Dundee, Scotland. The congress covered
First European conference on dependencies 2015: Keynotes #LxAddictions15
A major new event in the addictions landscape - the organisers claimed. To date, there hasn't been a Europe-wide meeting on addictions. Many smaller
Reduce alcohol consumption in illicit drug users: In the news
In 2012, we reviewed the evidence for talking therapies to reduce drinking among people who also use other drugs. This review was published by the
New BMJ personal view out now: Training in addiction medicine should be standardised and scaled up
Most health systems lack sufficiently trained doctors to reduce the public health consequences of this problem, writes J
New article out now: Wake up the doctors and teach them addictions
Addiction medicine has been 'practically untaught' for decades, but that's starting to change... Read the full text of my
International AIDS conference and the role of Drug Policy #IAS2015
Dr. Evan Wood speaks at #IAS2015 conference in Vancouver, on How Drug Policy should respond to the HIV Epidemic. International AIDS conference
Health care research is untidy – what does it mean for postdocs? #CochraneCalgary2015
Why do we study health? Because we want to help patients. It’s no rocket science. And yet, most clinical trials do not measure outcomes that are