Written by Shinasa Shahid, a PhD researcher at the University of Derby examining addiction recovery among ethnic minority women in the UK using mixed methods. Her focus is on recovery capital, stigma, and service access. Her work combines quantitative survey analysis with in-depth qualitative interviews to inform more culturally responsive public health and service practice.
This set of practice and policy recommendations is based on the third meeting of the Addiction Research and Practice Special Interest Group, held on December 9th 2025.
This set of practice and policy recommendations is based on the second meeting of the Addiction Research and Practice Special Interest Group, held on October 20th 2025.
This set of practice and policy recommendations is based on the first meeting of the Addiction Research and Practice Special Interest Group, held on August 5th 2025.
Written by Shannon Murray, a Senior Research Assistant in the Substance Use Research Group (SURG) at the University of South Wales This is a blog post written by Shannon Murray, a member of the Addiction Special Interest Group (SIG). For more information about the SIG, including upcoming dates and how to join, please visit this…
Do you work in an addiction service? Or are you an academic researcher of addiction? The MHR Incubator is offering two distinct types of funded placement opportunities for addiction service providers and university research groups to host researchers. Through our placement and internship programmes, we’re seeking to enable you to ask and answer the right…
This one is for our new addiction research followers! The NIHR have announced a new funding scheme within the Health Technology Assessment programme titled: Facilitated access to mutual aid for adults with problem alcohol and drug use. This will be the first stage of a 2 stage application to commission a trial delivering a mutual aid…
Here is a great opportunity for those working at the intersection of mental health and addiction studies to connect with others who are working in this space: the Mental Health Implementation Network (MHIN) is holding an online event exploring how support for patients with alcohol dependence and co-occurring mental and physical illness can be improved….
By Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes, Chair of the Addiction Mission In May 2023, Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes took up the post of Chair of the Addiction Mission which is one of a number of Healthcare Missions (including one focused on Mental Health) being delivered by the UK Government’s Office for Life Sciences. Addiction to drugs such as…
The health and wider societal costs to society in England of illegal drug use is approximately £20 billion per year, with the harms from alcohol use estimated to cost another £25 billion. These addictions are responsible for huge societal damage, lead to a range of further physical and mental health conditions and to substantial loss…
We have exciting news – we at the Mental Health Research Incubator are pleased to announce that we are recruiting for the 2024 GROW programme cohort! GROW is a fully-funded programme for early career mental health and addiction researchers who have completed a PhD and who are moving towards an independent research career. GROW is…
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