{"id":3476,"date":"2019-11-22T08:36:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T08:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/socialcareworkforce\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2019-11-22T08:40:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T08:40:35","slug":"at-the-society-for-the-study-of-addiction-annual-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/socialcareworkforce\/2019\/11\/22\/at-the-society-for-the-study-of-addiction-annual-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Society for the Study of Addiction Annual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Stephanie Bramley<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a Research Associate at the NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King\u2019s College London.<\/em> (690 words)<\/p>\n

Unit researcher Stephanie Bramley attended the Society for the Study of Addiction Annual Conference on \u00a07th<\/sup> and 8th<\/sup> November 2019 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.\u00a0 During the conference Stephanie presented Unit research – Improving understanding of migrant gambling in the UK: Insights from three studies.<\/p>\n

Day one of the conference covered a range of topics including the use of medical cannabis in the U.K.; the marketisation of addiction treatment provision; addiction and vulnerable populations; and for the first time a session about gambling addiction.<\/p>\n

Gambling research was presented during an invited symposium with talks from three academics.\u00a0 Steve Sharman (University of East London) presented research about gambling content\/advertisements within Premier League and Championship football matchday programmes.\u00a0 His analysis found that there was more exposure to gambling content compared to smoking, drinking or responsible gambling advertising.\u00a0 Steve was particularly concerned about the exposure to gambling content within sections of the programmes which were specifically aimed at children and young people.<\/p>\n

The second talk was given by Darragh McGee (University of Bath) who presented an ethnographic account of \u2018Youth, masculinity and the growth of online sports gambling\u2019.\u00a0 Darragh employed focus groups, asked participants to keep a reflective gambling diary and conducted fieldwork to explore young male gamblers\u2019 attitudes to and experiences of online sports gambling.\u00a0 Darragh found that gambling was a \u201cnormalised feature of sport fandom\u201d and that for some \u201cworking-class\u201d males gambling and\/or betting was considered as a possible route to wealth, social capital and masculine affirmation.<\/p>\n

The final talk in the symposium was given by Amanda Roberts (University of Lincoln) who presented research about \u2018neurocognitive performance as a function of preferred form of gambling in treatment seeking gamblers\u2019.\u00a0 Amanda conducted a laboratory study and found that certain gamblers may be more susceptible to the \u2018gambler\u2019s fallacy\u2019 \u2013 the belief that past events affect the probability of something happening in the future.<\/p>\n

In the second afternoon session, Stephanie presented findings from the migrant gambling project which was followed by talks about the introduction of managed alcohol programmes in Scotland; \u00a0personality risk-targeted coping skills training for young people with alcohol related- illnesses\/injuries and barriers to recovery for those affected by human trafficking.<\/p>\n

Day one concluded with the Society Lecture, which this year was given by Colin Drummond (King\u2019s College London) who spoke about \u2018Alcohol interventions: do the best things come in small packages?\u2019. During his talk Colin spoke about the \u201cprevention paradox\u201d and the \u201cPareto principle\u201d where 80% of effects come from 20% of causes.\u00a0 Colin highlighted the importance of improving the accessibility of treatment\/support\/interventions for vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n

Day two opened with a session about alcohol, substance and nicotine use.\u00a0 Two presentations focused on alcohol use by military personnel.\u00a0 Panagiotis Spanakis (University of Liverpool) presented research about the prevalence of alcohol misuse within UK military personnel and Laura Palmer (King\u2019s College London) spoke about the value of employing mixed-methods (i.e. big data and lived experience perspectives) to investigate drinking patterns among the UK Armed Forces. Following this Sharon Dawe (Griffith University, Australia) informed the audience of an innovative programme being delivered in 11 sites in Australia and the U.K. to support families with parental substance abuse.\u00a0 Sharon advocated the importance of empowering parents, developing nurturing and loving relationships and ensuring parents are able to understand and manage their own emotional state so as to improve their children\u2019s development. \u00a0The last talk in this session was delivered by Frances Thirlway (The University of York) who highlighted barriers to e-cigarette use for smoking cessation in two working-class areas in Northern England.<\/p>\n

After lunch the focus shifted to exploring \u201calternative approaches\u201d which could be employed to support those living with addiction and during recovery.\u00a0 Innovations included a chat-bot (Olga Perski), \u00a0a points-based reward card (Devon DeSilva and Antony Moss), positive reinforcement with financial incentives (Nicola Metrebia) and online support groups\/forums (Sally Sanger).\u00a0 The conference closed with a plenary session about addiction to prescribed drugs.<\/p>\n

This was the first time that I had attended the SSA Annual Conference and given the Society\u2019s desire to increase its focus on gambling research, I look forward to becoming a member and attending next year\u2019s conference.\u00a0 The conference presentations will be available at: https:\/\/www.addiction-ssa.org\/annual-conference\/695\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Stephanie Braml<\/a><\/strong>ey<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0a Research Associate at the NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King\u2019s College London.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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