#mhTV episode 17 - Addiction

In this weeks episode [originally broadcast on Thursday 10 September 2020] presenters Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Garrity were joined by guests Prof. Carmel Clancy & Adrian Jugdoyal to discuss addiction. Carmel is a Professor in Addictions and Mental Health and Head of School, School of Health and Education, Middlesex University & President-Elect International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA). Adrian is Director of Programmes at Middlesex University and a board member of IntNSA, president of the UK chapter IntNSA. Some Twitter links to follow presenters and guests are: NL - https://twitter.com/niadla VG - https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH CC - https://twitter.com/CarmelClancy1 AJ - https://twitter.com/AJugdoyal1 Carmel also provided the following links: The International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) is holding a free conference in October, running from the 4th to 31st with over 60 educational webinars – synchronous and asynchronous event. Register free today https://www.intnsa.org/conference/reg... Some open access documents - This webinar features a presentation of the World Drug Report 2020 by Thomas Pietschmann (UNODC Research Section), one of the authors of the report. It offers an overview of the ‘state of the nations’ with respect to drug use. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YF0l... - Understanding resilience https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... - Adolescent brain development impacts mental health, substance use. New findings offer promising avenues for early therapeutic interventions in young people. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... - In 2016, UNICEF hosted The Adolescent Brain: A second window of opportunity, a symposium that brought together experts in adolescent neuroscience to discuss this emerging science behind adolescent brain development. https://www.unicef-irc.org/publicatio... - A YouTube playlist containing thirty two-minute concise videos about addictions. The numbering of the series is based on the chapter numbers for the award-winning textbook, “Addiction