Working with children and families affected by substance use In this two-part blog series, Hazel @ Team DRNS shares some highlights of her conversation with Professor Richard Velleman. Professor Velleman is Emeritus Professor of Mental Health Research at the University of Bath, and co-director of the Addictions Research Group at […]
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Drug- and alcohol-related deaths and the associated bereavements The appalling increase in drug-related deaths is finally and rightly starting to get the attention it deserves. What is still largely missing though, is recognition of the typically severe, complex and long-lasting nature of the bereavements that people go through when losing […]
A blog post by Professor Catriona Matheson, DRNS Co-Convenor We started this series to explore evidence and how it is formed, perceived and used. The need for this was borne out of an emerging anti academic evidence rhetoric on social media, in Scotland in particular. Evidence can be used, but […]
Professor Anne Whittaker is a clinical academic in applied alcohol and drugs research and a Professor of Nursing in the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions (NMAHP) Research Unit at the University of Stirling. In the latest of our blog series, “Why Evidence Matters”, DRNS spoke to Professor Whittaker about her […]
Picture the (pre-covid) scene. Two strangers meet in front of a poster at a conference, each balancing a teeny cup of unnecessarily strong coffee, a conference tote full of paper, branded plastic pens, and a plate of quartered sarnies. “Hi, what do you do for a living?” It’s an innocuous enough question. […]
A blog post by Dr Emily Tweed, Clinical Lecturer in Public Health, University of Glasgow You might have heard of the parable about a group of blindfolded people and an elephant. Each of them is feeling their way around different parts of the elephant so they disagree about whether they’ve […]
A blogpost by Hazel Booth, Research Coordinator, Drugs Research Network Scotland I’m pretty old and this is not my first rodeo. I first went to Uni in 1984. Going to Uni then was a big deal, especially where I grew up. Google didn’t exist, let alone Google Scholar. My Uni […]
Highland Alcohol & Drugs Partnership (HADP) in our value statement give a clear commitment to applying an evidence-informed approach in preventing and reducing drug and alcohol related harm. For HADP, our values and principles provide the foundations for partnership working and they describe the beliefs, ideals and priorities that all […]
DRNS is funded to build capacity, maximise research investment, and deliver high-quality research evidence to inform policy and practice relevant to problem drug use and recovery in Scotland. The network is hosted by the University of Stirling and is currently halfway through the first year of the second Phase funded […]
It happens everywhere, in business, in health and in research. “If only they spent less money on this thing” usually something done in an office far way “and more money on this other thing” usually something done by the person speaking. Businesses have separate research and delivery departments; successful businesses invest well in […]