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Delegate Speakers - SSA Annual Conference 2019


Delegate session 1: Alcohol Interventions

This session will explore the evidence for specific Public Health interventions in reducing alcohol consumption

Miss Parvati Perman-Howe

The effect of alcohol strength on alcohol consumption

Abigail Stevely

Effects on alcohol consumption of announcing revised UK low risk drinking guidelines

James Morris

Continuum beliefs increase problem recognition among harmful drinkers without addiction experience

Professor Matt Field

Long-term benefits of temporary alcohol restriction: feasibility study

Delegate session 2: Vulnerable Populations

This session will present the support needs of four populations deemed to be particularly vulnerable to addiction

Dr Stephanie Bramley

Improving understanding of migrant gambling in the UK: Insights from three studies

Dr Hannah Carver

Managed alcohol programmes in Scotland: Emergent findings from a scoping study

Leanne Hides

A randomised controlled trial of personality risk-targeted coping skills training for young people with alcohol related illnesses/injuries

Carole Murphy

Addiction, mental health and human trafficking: barriers to recovery

Delegate session 3: Trajectories of Substance Use

This session will explore four novel approaches encouraging recovery from substance use disorders

Panagiotis Spanakis

Prevalence of alcohol misuse (AM) self-recognition within UK military personnel who meet criteria for AM

Laura Palmer

Drinking patterns among the UK Armed Forces: Big data and lived experience perspectives

Sharon Dawe

Working with families with parental substance abuse: Recent developments in the Parents Under Pressure program

Dr Frances Thirlway

Nicotine addiction as a moral problem: barriers to e-cigarette use for smoking cessation in two working-class areas in Northern England

Delegate session 4: Alternative Approaches

This session will explore the influences on potential points of change in populations using substances

Dr Olga Perski

Does the addition of a supportive chatbot promote user engagement with a smoking cessation app? An experimental study

Devon De Silva & Antony Moss

Measuring the impact of the Capital Card® on substance use treatment outcomes

Dr Nicola Metrebian

Use of contingency management (positive reinforcement with financial incentives) to encourage abstinence from heroin (PRAISE): a UK cluster randomised trial

Ms Sally Sanger

How do the discussion forums of alcohol online support groups affect user understanding of what it means to be a problem drinker?

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