A5046857768- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Community Health and Development
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Global Energy Security and Policy
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Market Dynamics and Volatility
- Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
- Career Development and Diversity
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Medical Research and Practices
- Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Korean Urban and Social Studies
- Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
London South Bank University
2020-2025
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2025
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2024
University of New Mexico
2024
University College London
2023
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
2021-2022
Cherokee Nation
2022
Bridge University
2021
University of Cambridge
2021
National Institutes of Health
2019-2020
The pleasures of alcohol consumption are highly valued, particularly amongst people drinking above low-risk levels. Improving risk awareness is important, but 'no safe level' and fear-based messages may be ineffective or even counterproductive if they do not account for a complex range social cognitive moderators. Nicholls Hunt propose three arguments why pleasure should taken more seriously in research policy debates [1]. We concur with each, focus here on the pragmatic case; namely, that...
Alcohol problems are amongst the most stigmatised of conditions, resulting in multiple additional harms for people with alcohol use disorder. stigma encompasses widely endorsed negative stereotypes leading to prejudice and discrimination towards Self-stigma further individuals through preventing undermining recovery. The persistence highlights limitations an illness model disorder reduction; fact, many groups inadvertently reinforce by emphasising artificial line between 'normal' drinkers...
Drinking contexts are theorized to represent a core factor driving hazardous consumption and ultimately susceptibility alcohol use disorder. Yet capturing characterizing contextual influences on has posed significant challenge. In this study, we employ objective ambulatory assessment methods test multiaxial framework for understanding drinking. Specifically, propose novel SPAIS framework, comprising five exogenous, objectively measurable domains of drinking context (schedule/time, physical,...
The highly heterogeneous nature of alcohol use and problems has presented significant challenges to those attempting understand, treat or prevent what is commonly termed disorder (AUD). However, any attempts capture this complex phenomenon, including the various current criteria AUD, come with a number limitations. One particular limitation been how are represented understood in ways which do not broad spectrum harms many potential routes prevention, treatment, recovery. possible response...
Health risk information is insufficient as a means of reducing alcohol use, particularly when it evokes negative emotional states amongst those for whom most personally relevant. Appraisal biases, or 'defensive processing', may be employed to mitigate the psychological discomfort posed by such information. Few studies have evaluated role defensive processing in people with different levels consumption.
'Alcohol use disorder' (AUD) is used by several contemporary conceptualizations to identify, treat and prevent problems associated with alcohol use. Such encompass diagnostic classifications broader frameworks for policy practice. However, current AUD concepts are subject multiple tensions limitations in capturing responding the complex heterogeneous nature of problems. Further, public understandings heavily divergent from professional remain embedded within an 'alcoholism' master narrative...
Narratives around alcohol are important in determining how people decide who or what qualifies as problematic use. draw on common representations that subject to influences including historical and normative influences. We argue there two dominant narratives relate use disorder (AUD) is identified addressed. The first the historically embedded narrative of alcoholism disease, second more recent positive new sobriety. present an argument these alone do not capture wide heterogeneous...
Stigma is largely recognized as a harmful practice of social devaluation and discrimination, yet some scholars still advance arguments that stigma also serves an important disincentivizing force toward addictive behaviors. Whilst others counter fundamentally process, more nuanced call has been made for 'justified disapproval' beneficial normative to be separated from addiction stigma. The legitimacy such claim requires empirical support which lacking thus far. We review evidence in the...
Objective: Alcohol use is linked to a wide and complex range of individual societal harms. Decisions on whether how address alcohol-related harms are shaped by the way in which such problems understood, particularly through language concepts professional lay discourse. However, all terms have set implications vary context. For example, some language, that associated with historically dominant ‘alcoholism’ model, may be clearly harmful contexts (eg, via public stigma) potentially valuable...
Abstract Introduction The primary objective of the paper was to compare semantic domains reported by drinkers and policymakers in their alcohol consumption narratives. research question ‘How do use construct narratives?’. Design Secondary analysis open‐ended survey responses (The Drinker Corpus: TDC) three English policies Policy TPC). Methods Wmatrix software used identify that appeared more frequently our corpora compared general usage. outputs a log‐likelihood (LL) score; score 6.63...
Harmful drinking is associated with significant negative health and social outcomes, but drinkers are reticent to recognise personal problems, hindering natural recovery or help-seeking. Recent evidence suggests that identity as a drinker various drinking-related factors has not been examined in relation likelihood of problem recognition. In group ninety-six harmful (61 females, M age = 34 years) we explored how components ingroup self-investment self-definition combination implicit...
Abstract Background and aims Public perceptions of alcohol its related harms policies are shaped by multiple discourses can influence behaviour policy support. As part a FrameWorks‐informed project to test framing approaches improve public understanding support for evidence‐based in the UK, this research aimed (i) summarise relevant evidence; (ii) compare how differs from those academic charity experts; (iii) develop novel approaches. Methods (1) literature review including systematic,...
During the pandemic, problem drinking remained low in people without alcohol use disorder (AUD) and declined those with a history of AUD. However, craving increased both AUD seeking treatment for
<title>Abstract</title> Othering is a discursive practice of constructing or drawing on an extreme stereotyped problem ‘other’. amongst drinking groups has been proposed as important barrier to the resolution alcohol problems via impeding recognition and increasing stigma. The aim this review was examine how heavier drinkers characterise ‘problematic other’ in order justify, normalize protect their own ‘non-problematic’ identity. A systematic search conducted qualitative studies where...
High-intensity binge drinking, defined as consuming 2-3 times the level of a (4 or 5 drinks for women men), increases risks overdose and alcohol-related cancer relative to lower levels drinking. This study examined relationship between high-intensity drinking three domains hypothesized contribute alcohol use disorder (AUD): incentive salience, negative emotionality, executive function. cross-sectional at National Institute on Alcohol Abuse Alcoholism 429 adults with AUD 413 without history...
Introduction Stigmatizing language used to describe patients and medical conditions is associated with poorer health outcomes. A recent investigation showed that approximately 80% of literature focused on alcohol use disorder (AUD) contained stigmatizing terms related individuals; however, the quantification terminology for outcomes processes (STOP) among AUD research unknown. Thus, our primary objective was evaluate publications clinical trials their inclusion STOP. Methods We performed a...