Very nice morning and big thanks to the organisers Andy Mohan (and many others not being here as well)!

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

Have a look at the #DundeeUni #SubstanceUse Research Group here
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/substance-use-research-group

#AlcoholRelatedHarm #Scotland
Edit: Name and information on SURG added.

And Gabriel Caluzzi (La Trobe) 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
https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/four-pillars-drug-strategy.aspx

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Vancouver

Edit: Name corrected from tag

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
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31226388/

Research summary
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/intelligent-liver-function-testing-ilft

#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

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

Currently available from this work #SysReview -s on
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871619300626?via%3Dihub
and work on #HRQoL assessment
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.13717

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland