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Stigma, grief and love: a conversation with my mum
I’m sitting with my mum, Kim, ready to talk about my brother, Karl, who passed away 13 years ago this month. The ripple effects...
Healing together: the power of peer support in mental health
For Mental Health Awareness Week (12-18 May), Remi Bolhassani, psychological wellbeing practitioner at HMPS Warren Hill and Hollelesy Bay, shares her experiences of working...
Irish campaigners keep up alcohol health labelling pressure
A coalition of health organisation representatives has been briefing Irish government officials about the ‘possible backtracking’ on the introduction of the country’s alcohol health...
Provisional data shows ‘remarkable’ fall in predicted US overdose deaths
Provisional figures from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a ‘remarkable nearly 27 per cent decrease’ in predicted drug overdose...
Home Office issues new synthetic opioid guidance
New recommendations to help police, local authorities and public health organisations be better prepared to tackle the threat posed by synthetic opioids have been...
Record-breaking cocaine seizures ‘now the norm’ globally
Record-breaking seizures of cocaine are now the norm across the world, according to analysis by the InSight Crime think tank – ‘yet these multi-ton...
First… do no harm
A briefing paper from the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR) late last year highlighted that when the Office for National Statistics first...
People with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders ‘suffering harm...
People who have a co-occurring substance use disorder and another mental health disorder (CoSUM) are suffering harm and premature death after being excluded from...
From lived experience to leadership
Even with the best intentions, harnessing lived experience can often mean asking people to ‘step into our world, speak our language’ says Jordon Field....
Cranstoun response to new synthetic opioids report
Following the publication of the Local Preparedness for Synthetic Opioids in England report, Cranstoun has welcomed further recommendation and guidance for Combatting Drugs Partnerships,...
Lincolnshire police reach milestone in life-saving naloxone training
Lincolnshire Recovery Partnership celebrated a significant achievement on Tuesday, marking the training of 250 Lincolnshire Police officers to administer naloxone, a life-saving medication that...
Participants needed for new LJMU research study on discrimination and wellbeing
Liverpool John Moores University School of Psychology is leading on a study which explores experiences of discrimination faced by different groups of people, including...
