TWIST at Lisbon Addictions Conference 17: Recent Episodes
TWIST Project
Dr. Suzi Gage, from Say Why To Drugs (www.acast.com/saywhytodrugs/), interviews Trainers from the TWIST Project (Training With Stakeholders - www.twist-train.eu) at the European Lisbon Addictions Conference, October 2017.
Topics discussed include:
- Chemsex, Sexuality and Club drugs with Owen Bowden Jones
- Misuse of Medicines with Cathy Stannard and Roger Knaggs
- Prevention with Harry Sumnall
- Treatment of Problem Drug Use with Thomas Clausen and Ivar Skeie
- Sex and Gender Differences in Addiction with Marta Torrens and Gabriele Fischer
Suzi Gage interviews Thomas Clausen, Head of the Norwegian centre for addiction research, University of Oslo, and Ivar Skeie, Chief physician and researcher in addiction medicine at Innlandet Hospital Trust Gjoevik, Norway.
They talk about the many different characteristics of persons with addiction, including those who want to stop drug-use altogether, those with co-morbid problems and those cannot stop but do want to reduce adverse effects associated with drug use. They explain how flexible treatment options can and should meet the varied needs of all these people.
Suzi Gage interviews Harry Sumnall, Professor in Substance Use, Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
They talk about what "prevention" means today - a broader view of how the risk, harms and problems associated with drug use can be avoided and reduced by effective programmes and sensible drug policy.
Suzi Gage interviews Marta Torrens, Head of Addiction Research Group at IMIM-Hospital Del Mar, Barcelona, and Gabrielle Fischer, Medical Director of the Addiction Clinic and Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical University of Vienna.
They talk about how men and women may experience and be helped to avoid addiction problems differently, and the various reasons that these differences arise.
Suzi Gage interviews Owen Bowden-Jones, Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College and founder the CNWL Club Drug Clinic. The CNWL Clinic offers treatment for emerging drugs, and has developed joint clinics with local sexual health providers.
They talk about what drug services and sexual health services can learn from each other, and how to provide useful help for people when problems arise using drugs for sex.