Substance use Blog Posts

• Personality, not cognition, sets long-term drug users apart

  08 Jul 2026

  • Matthew Cohen

  
• Immersive VR therapy for young people: promising, but early days

  06 Jul 2026

  • Rena Gatzounis

  
• Can experiencing mental illness literally cause heartache?

  15 Jun 2026

  • Eimear Foley
  • and Hannah Bielefeld

  
• Approach Bias Modification for smoking cessation: NHS contender or game over?

  11 Jun 2026

  • Gemma Taylor

  
• Is atypical depression a clinically and genetically distinct subtype?

  29 May 2026

  • Hannah Jones

  
• Treating ADHD, preventing harm: can medications help with non-core ADHD symptoms?

  21 Jan 2026

  • Jordan Budgen
  • and Shuichi Suetani

  
• Do hobbies protect against adolescent substance misuse? Not so fast…

  04 Nov 2025

  • Rob Poole

  
• Out at work? A systematic review of LGBTQ+ mental health in the workplace

  17 Oct 2025

  • Olga Lainidi

  
• One more tool in the toolbox: an umbrella review of single-session interventions for mental health problems

  15 Oct 2025

  • Natalia Kika

  
• Spotting the storm before it breaks: mapping the prodrome of severe mental illness

  30 Sep 2025

  • Holly Fraser