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Sociology / Psychology / Biology
The concepts of addiction, addict and dependence are explored as they rleate to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
Carly’s study aimed to look at relative contribution of individual level attitudes towards alcohol consumption of young people in the UK and Wales.
Prof Robin Room presents data on the volume of drinking and how it matters for health of the drinker. He also discusses negative and positive perceptions on drinking behaviours within cultures.
Prof Harry Sumnall discusses some basic observations about young people’s drinking and influence of social media on their behaviours. He also looks at social media being a new marketing platform for alcohol industry.
Public health policies focus on young people, binge drinikng, problematic drinkers and the socially visible consequences. Dr Jonathan Ling in his research looks at middle aged people. He states that middle aged drinkers misuse alcohol more frequently.
Ray Hodgson talks about biographical details of his career and about evidence based opinions he now holds. In his presentation he covers topics:
– The priming effect of alcohol
– The dodo bird phenomenon
– Pricing of alcohol
– School-based interventions
– The priming effect of alcohol
– The dodo bird phenomenon
– Pricing of alcohol
– School-based interventions
Prof Robin Room talks about Anglo-Saxon pattern of drinking and what factors influence its change.
Dr Sarah Wadd talks about alcohol misuse among people aged 65 and older. She argues that there is an increase of alcohol related harm with that group of age. She also dicusses the importnace of alcohol prevention for older people.
There is a broad scientific consensus across multiple disciplines that alcohol use in moderation confers health benefits, in particular in relation to coronary heart disease and diabetes- and it is also evident in the J shape risk relationship between drinking and all-cause mortality. Prof Tim Stockwell re-evaluates the scientific evidence for health benefits with reference to Bradford Hill criteria.
Colin’s research is focused on the relationship between the availbility of alcohol and its consumption, and assciated harm. He looks at what aspects of alcohol availabilty influence drinking habits.