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SSA Annual Conference 2020

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Society lecture 2020

SSA Annual Conference 2020

How drugs affect the brain

Dr Nora Volkow

SSA-funded Researchers

A systematic review and network meta-analysis of the effectiveness and safety of smoking cessation medicines and electronic cigarettes

Dr Kyla Thomas (Conf 2020)

The treatment and epidemiology of smoking cessation in people with common mental illness

Dr Gemma Taylor (Conf 2020)

Working with people who inject drugs to inform policy and practice: Care & Prevent study impact

Dr Magdalena Harris (Conf 2020)

Vaping and addictions

Plenary session

Vaping in England and key controversies

Professor Ann McNeill

Disentangling the youth gateway of e-cigarettes: findings from three different data sources

Dr Lion Shahab (Conf 2020)

E-cigarettes, vaping and illicit drugs

Dr Emmert Roberts (Conf 2020)

Vaping and addictions – Q&A

Chair: Dr Owen Bowden-Jones

Opioid overdose: Mechanisms of action and interventions for reversal

Invited symposium one

Heroin overdose studies in the laboratory: lessons to be learnt

Dr Basak Tas (Conf 2020)

Naloxone for reversal of opioid overdose: new formulations and applications

Dr Rebecca McDonald (Conf 2020)

Naltrexone and buprenorphine for the reversal of overdose from long-acting opioids: Iranian experience

Dr Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam

Opioid overdose: Mechanisms of action and interventions for reversal – Q&A

Professor Owen Bowden-Jones

Addictive behaviours and their impact on UK Armed Forces serving personnel, service leavers, and their families

Invited symposium two

A qualitative investigation into the impact of a CDT (drug) discharge on substance misuse and mental health among service leavers

Simon Bradley

Exploring the experiences and needs of families of veterans with substance use problems (FVSUs)

Miss Lorna Templeton

Use of performance and image enhancing drugs in ex-Services personnel

Dr Ian Whyte

Addictive behaviours and their impact on UK Armed Forces serving personnel, service leavers, and their families

Chair: Dr Arun Dhandayudham

Recovery Support Services: Building the evidence base

Plenary session

Recovery-orientated systems of care: A UK perspective

Dr Ed Day

New Kid on the Block: The rationale, growth, and preliminary evidence for U.S. Recovery Community Centers

Professor John Kelly (Conf 2020)

University and recovery – Can one benefit the other?

Dot Smith

Recovery Support Services: Building the evidence base – Q&A

Moderator: Dr Sarah Welch

Alcohol Care Teams: where to next?

Invited symposium three

Developing clinically competent alcohol care teams

Professor Thomas Phillips

Managing multimorbidity in the alcohol care team

Dr Nicola Kalk

Course and outcome of patients with Alcohol Use Disorders following hospital attendance

Professor Julia Sinclair (Conf 2020)

Alcohol Care Teams: where to next? – Q&A

Chair: Dr Arun Dhandayudham

'Hooked' - The Unexpected Addicts - BBC5Live podcast series. A national broadcasting first

Special session

Hooked – The Unexpected Addicts

Michael Rawlinson (Conf 2020)

Hooked – The Unexpected Addicts

Melissa Rice

‘Hooked’ – The Unexpected Addicts

Moderator: Dr Sarah Fox

The role of addictionologists in perpetuating societal inequities

Plenary session

How addictionologists perpetuate societal inequities and what can be done about it

Professor Carl Hart

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