National Addiction Centre

The Department of Addictions at @KingsIoPPN, King’s College London. Research with a focus on ‘what works’ in the prevention and treatment of substance misuse.

[King's College London @KingsCollegeLon]

Prof Ann McNeill writes in @thetimes that vaping is only part of the solution to quit smoking and that “unless more action is taken, over a half million more people may lose their lives to smoking” by 2030.
@KingsIoPPN @KingsNRG @KingsAddictions

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https://t.co/y5gB8LWooM (£)

[Will Lawn @Will_Lawn]

Two post-doc jobs available in the @KingsAddictions dept @KingsIoPPN with Prof Sir John Strang (and working with me & @BasakTas) investigating #opioid #overdose and wearable OD detection technology https://t.co/7EnWqbsSkN

https://t.co/tXVQOdQSns

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[Bernadett Tildy @BernadettTildy]

The first publication from my PhD is online now 🙂 Thank you to my co-authors! @KingsNRG https://t.co/RBxjaPBchn

[National Addiction Centre @KingsAddictions]

Join us on Wednesday 2nd of February for a one-hour conversation with Professor Dame Carol Black about her career as a pioneering woman in medicine. https://t.co/tEdOCnBzd7

[Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @KingsIoPPN]

Calling all #KingsIoPPN students🚨 Join us for next week’s Great Minds Lecture - for students, by students #YourIoPPN

[KCL Nicotine Research Group @KingsNRG]

If you are 16-19 and vape, smoke, or do neither, and are interested in participating in our research, please click here https://t.co/n2FoEihvkB
If eligible, on completing the study, you will receive a £50 Love2Shop voucher
#ALPHA_DECIPHer #bycLIVE #UKYouth #SPECTRUM

[Emma Louise Smith, PhD @Emlousmith404]

Registration is now open for the 2023 ECR addictions conference! Funded by the SSA, this is a free event to increase networking and presentation experience among early career researchers. To register as a presenter or a delegate, please visit https://t.co/Unjenww7uz

[KCL Nicotine Research Group @KingsNRG]

Professor Ann McNeill @AnnDMcNeill @KingsIoPPN @KingsAddictions finishing off our 2 weeks of #NVIE @OHID tweets with a final message about #vaping harms and perceptions

Read the full report here 👇
https://t.co/dc8UZiIxkD

@SwitchFinder @AshOrgUK

[Phil&Med @philandmed]

We are so delighted to have Professor Hanna Pickard giving the 2022 Annual Sowerby Lecture in Philosophy and Medicine!

Join us on November 3rd to hear Prof Pickard speak on the Puzzle of Addiction. Attend in person/online; followed by drinks reception!

https://t.co/jah8y6C7ur

[The Relations Study @Relations_Study]

The @Relations_Study is excited to host a seminar with Amy Salmon @CHEOSNews
'Using/Alone - Understanding the role of loved ones in the prevention of unwitnessed overdose in the Fraser East region of British Columbia'
#qualitative #participatory #PAR
https://t.co/75wIbrZgCk

[NHS Maudsley @MaudsleyNHS]

Maudsley Hospital is lighting up purple this evening to raise awareness for International Overdose Awareness Day 2022, to share that drug related deaths are avoidable and reduce stigma. 💜

Visit ➡️ https://t.co/t0LOpjhq0s

@NIHRMaudsleyBRC @KingsAddictions @KingsIoPPN

[NHS Maudsley @MaudsleyNHS]

We are delivering Take Home Naloxone training to staff, service users and carers which we know can help to reduce the risk of accidental overdose in our community.

Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/JsVslsYAsc
@NIHRMaudsleyBRC @KingsIoPPN @KingsAddictions

[Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @KingsIoPPN]

Take home naloxone allows family and friends to quickly intervene if a loved one has experienced an overdose. Find out more from Professor Sir John Strang below🧵#EndOverdose

#IOAD2022 #KingsIoPPN @MaudsleyNHS @NIHRMaudsleyBRC @KingsCollegeLon @KingsAddictions @kingshealth

[NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC): Maudsley @NIHRMaudsleyBRC]

Thousands of people die from heroin and opioid overdose every year. Our lead for substance use and harms Professor Sir John Strang speaks about take home naloxone, which reverses the effects of an overdose.

@KingsIoPPN @MaudsleyNHS @KingsAddictions #IOAD22

[NHS Maudsley @MaudsleyNHS]

On International Overdose Awareness Day 2022 we’re offering people under addictions services a free naloxone antidote dose, a medicine which reverses the effects of opioids. Hear more from Prof Sir John Strang ⬇️

@NIHRMaudsleyBRC @KingsIoPPN 💜
Visit https://t.co/L4GkVc7vUZ

[NHS Maudsley @MaudsleyNHS]

This International Overdose Awareness Day 2022 we’re lighting up purple to raise awareness for accidental overdose and share the message that drug related deaths are avoidable. 💜

Read more: https://t.co/yaaX4J74GV

@NIHRMaudsleyBRC @KingsIoPPN @CEO_DavidB

[Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @KingsIoPPN]

Next Wednesday 31 August @KingsCollegeLon @MaudsleyNHS National Addictions Centre, IoPPN Main Building, Weston Education Centre & Maudsley Hospital are lighting up #purple for @OverdoseDay. #EndOverdose💜

#IOAD2022 @NIHRMaudsleyBRC @KingsAddictions @kingshealth

[NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC): Maudsley @NIHRMaudsleyBRC]

This International Overdose Awareness Day, Maudsley Hospital @MaudsleyNHS, @KingsIoPPN main building and the National Addiction Centre @KingsCollegeLon are lighting up purple to raise awareness for accidental overdose and that drug related deaths are avoidable.

#IOAD2022

[KCL Nicotine Research Group @KingsNRG]

Winners of the 2022 Addictions Clinical Academic Group Early Career Research Prize announced https://t.co/gsUWp9rfpt @KingsAddictions @Katie1East @BasakTas @Will_Lawn