Dr. Andy Mohan

Scots charity 'sickened' as Tesco pulls 'offensive' diabetes Christmas card The card sparked backlash on social media after appearing on Tesco's website.

How Tesco even thought this was ok... Very glad that the item has been removed but it should never have been available in the first place. news.stv.tv/scotland/sco...

Interesting new report from the Equi Think Tank

Could wider society learn something from abstinent faith communities on how to normalise #AlcoholFree socialising and reduce harm?

Read more 🔽

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Unmasking Influence - Full Documentary Film Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major public health crises we face today are largely driven by…

Many of the major public health crises we face today are driven by powerful corporations.

The extent and impact of harmful commercial influences need to be revealed and addressed.

📽️In this film, experts unmask the influence of harmful corporations🍿

vimeo.com/1131660477

Reforming the licensing system Seeking views and evidence to develop a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing system under the Licensing Act 2003.

Regulatory capture & UK alcohol licensing review

There is currently a call for evidence from stakeholders on reforming the licensing system

www.gov.uk/government/c...

I have written a bit on why this matters here

gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/r...

Alcohol-Free Childhood Campaign Webinar Join us for a webinar exploring alcohol marketing in Scotland and its impact on children and young people!

Save the Date! 🗓️

Alcohol-Free Childhood Campaign Webinar - 6 November

Join our campaign partners for a webinar exploring the findings of Public Health Scotland’s recent evidence review on #AlcoholMarketing and advertising

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alcohol-fr...

SHAAP Chair Dr @alastairmacg.bsky.social comments on @publichealthscot.bsky.social newly published review into the fall in referrals to specialist alcohol and drug treatment in Scotland.

Read his full statement and see the review: www.shaap.org.uk/news/fall-in...

@alcoholfocus.bsky.social is an amazing organisation that focuses on reducing alcohol-related harm in Scotland, and looking for a new CEO! If you have the expertise, please consider applying: www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/about-vacanc...

www.adph.org.uk/2025/10/alco...

Alcohol licensing reforms

From a public health point of view, it's... well a little disappointing...

Its almost as if there wasn't some concern about high and rising alcohol harm and it's impact on families, UKPLC and the NHS

University of Dundee Founders Project – Transatlantic Connections | University of Dundee, UK A talk on Dundee University’s past with connections to the Caribbean and the Americas

@dundee.ac.uk Founders Project looks at early benefactors of UoD and the various institutions that have become part of it, uncovering connections to slavery and colonialism. On 7th Oct we present more findings in: Transatlantic Connections. Places still available: www.dundee.ac.uk/events/unive...

‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada made into searchable archive Depths of Paradise project backed by British family and created by Stephen Lewis, a descendant of survivors

‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada made into searchable archive

So excited for @dundee.ac.uk #BlackHistoryMonth! Lots of events on for staff, students & the public. Please come along where you can and share with others! www.dundee.ac.uk/engage/event... @dundeeculture.bsky.social

Job alert! @alcoholfocus.bsky.social are looking for a Policy Manger (maternity cover). Interested in leading and developing initiatives to help reduce harm caused by alcohol across Scotland, and want to work with an amazing team, this is for you: www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/about-vacanc...

Association does not equal causation. #Fact

ICARA's AGM is 21st October. 2 fantastic speakers will focus on putting prevention regarding alcohol, tobacco and other substances back on the policy and practice agenda. Please share! @alcoholfocus.bsky.social @shaapalcohol.bsky.social @healthpromint.bsky.social

Four Pillars drug strategy Vancouver's Four Pillars Drug Strategy is a coordinated, comprehensive approach that balances public order and public health in order to create a safer, healthier community.

And @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social discusses #HarmReduction as an addition to structural reforms (pricing, marketing...) and the Q&A highlights the community aspect they may bring into #PublicMentalHealth strategies.

One example
vancouver.ca/people-progr...

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Vancouver

Intelligent liver function testing (iLFT): A trial of automated diagnosis and staging of liver disease in primary care - PubMed There is a growing epidemic of advanced liver disease, this could be offset by early detection and management. Checking liver blood tests (LFTs) should be an opportunity to diagnose liver problems, but abnormal results are often incompletely investigated. In this study we were able to substantially …

John Dillon focuses on how to identify alcohol-related liver disease earlier (at the moment: 25% mortality at 60 days). He presents work on the #iLFT and asks what to do now
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31226388/

Research summary
www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/inte...

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Diagnosis

Amy Malaguti presents on developing a screening pathway for early diagnosis of chronic liver disease.

The ongoing project explores implementing Fibrosis-4 index & Fibroscan in a community detox setting and whether it is worth it.

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Dundee #DDARS #ImplementationScience

Next, Briege Nugent and Ryan Anderson present on #CoProduction with people who identify as having alcohol-related issues, aiming to understand trajectories and what works (e.g., #PeerSupport #Rehabilitation).

Big problems: housing and access to services.

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Edinburgh

Alcohol screening and assessment measures for young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis of validation studies There is a strong rationale for clinicians to identify risky drinking among young people given the harms caused by alcohol. This systematic review eva…

First up, @ptoner.bsky.social presents on developing screening & assessment instruments for young people.

Currently available from this work #SysReview -s on
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and work on #HRQoL assessment
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland

Huge thanks to colleagues from @shaapalcohol.bsky.social for attending as well.

SARN - The Scottish Alcohol Research Network SARN brings together those with the vision, passion, and commitment to drive forward alcohol research in Scotland.

Very nice morning and big thanks to the organisers @andymohan.bsky.social (and many of them not being here)!

If interested in the Scottish Alcohol Research Network #SARN, you find them here:
www.sarnalcohol.org

#AlcoholRelatedHarm #Scotland

A pleasure hosting the @sarnalcohol.bsky.social mtg yesterday @dundee.ac.uk. Well-attended by researchers & practitioners from across Dundee & Scotland. Great presentations including from visitor @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social and our own @ptoner.bsky.social.

YouTube video by SHAAP Alcohol, the brain and associated behaviours by Dr David McCartney

🧠Today is #WorldBrainDay2025

Dr David McCartney explores the science behind alcohol use disorder. He discusses the impact of trauma, genetics, and stress on compulsive drinking, and why treatment, mutual aid, and psychosocial support offer hope for recovery
youtu.be/3s5WZ59u49s

Health literacy as a public health goal: 25 years on Twenty-five years ago, Health Promotion International published a paper on Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health edu

Health literacy as a public health goal: 25 years on.

Our latest Editorial in @healthpromint.bsky.social by Emeritus Professor Don Nutbeam
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

The @britishacademy.bsky.social #ECR Network organises writing retreats to provide an environment where #ECRs can work on writing projects alongside peers.

Scotland Writing Extravaganza at #DundeeUni
🔥14.08.
Tickets here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/early...

#Scotland #Saidheans #AcademicWriting

Think teetotallers are killjoys dragging down the economy? The evidence suggests the opposite More young Aussies are choosing to drink less or not at all, leading to a healthier, safer, and more connected society.

"We’re seeing a flurry of think pieces positing that teetotallers are [freeloaders]..., and the rising abstinence trend poses a fiscal and existential threat. It’s a dangerous message that flies in the face of evidence." @DrNicoleLee
womensagenda.com.au/latest/think...

A quote from the special issue's editorial: This Special Section explores concepts of morality, responsibility, and agency in relation to psychoactive substances. Such substances have long been seen as especially potent things, ones thought to have the capacity to modify or overcome our own agency, especially in relation to ideas of addiction and intoxication but also ritual and healing. At times such substances even become personified, sometimes as trickster – like characters like John Barleycorn that can trick us into doing things we otherwise would not. Contrastingly, so-called ‘smart drugs’ like modafinil promise to make us ‘more-than-human’ through increasing our stamina and ability to focus, and have been taken up avidly by students seeking advantage in exams and coursework. Furthermore, practices such as microdosing psychedelics offer to broaden our horizons of perception and enhance our human capacities for creativity. These ideas of chemically altered agency and personhood pose questions about the nature of such substances and their markets, including the moral responsibilities of their producers, traders, regulators and consumers. Carrier & Ermansons (2024). Medicine Anthropology Theory, 11, 1-8.

Interesting presentation by Guntars Ermansons (KCL), Neil Carrier (Bristol), and Laura Roe ( #DundeeUni ) in our lunchtime webinar on the special section "Psychoactive Agents​: Drugs, Morality, and Responsibility" from #MedicineAnthropologyTheory last year:
www.medanthrotheory.org/mat/issue/vi...

Watch this video on the contributions that the Windrush generation have made to Britain.All rights reserved © Matt O'Brien 2024. Do not alter, copy or edit i... The Windrush Scandal

Today is #WindrushDay & marks 77yrs since the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush to Britain from the Caribbean. It offers a chance to learn from the past, celebrate multi-cultural Britain & seek justice for the injustices faced by the Windrush generation & their families.

The fact that so many of our children are eating a diet high in fat, salt and sugar is not down to individual choice. Instead, it is a result of clever marketing techniques being used by an industry that is seeking to make a profit from selling food that we know causes harm.

Grant Ennis on Dark PR and Corporate Disinformation Hunter's War · Episode

Dark PR
@grantennis.bsky.social still out on tour
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Each time I listen or read I get a new thought

This time:
Aggregate action v collective action

"You just need to lean in more" vs equal pay law.
Girls should just concentrate harder and study harder at school