Online Alcohol Withdrawal Assessment Tool
We are making the CIWA Alcohol withdrawal evaluation tool available online during this crisis for simple quick measurement of withdrawals.
COVID-19 preparedness
From the outset of the current outbreak, PROMIS Clinics have been quick to respond to this emergency as it evolves. Both of our clinics offer a great deal of space (3 buildings in London and 12 acres with many separate areas in Kent) and we take only 9 clients in London and 14 in Kent.
The Lifecycle of Addiction and Recovery
Whether you have an addiction problem, care about someone with an addiction problem or even if you work with people who have addiction problems, I think it helps to step back for a minute and understand how this problem and it’s recovery unfolds. It’s too easy to get blinkered, judgemental of ourselves and others, and
Are we getting good enough advice about antidepressants?
Last year, Prof John Read and Dr James Davies published a paper in the scientific journal ‘Addiction’ reviewing the withdrawal effects of antidepressants and suggesting these are worse than most people have been informed. They raise concerns that symptoms of withdrawal are both more common, affecting nearly half of people trying to come off them,
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Does a longer stay help?
How long should someone stay in Rehab? This depends on so many things, how many problems are being treated, how intense they are and so on. Some people come to stay for a brief respite and others stay longer so it’s interesting to know if there is any evidence for different benefits for different lengths
Myth busted, a small amount of alcohol isn’t good for you
Drinking any amount of alcohol is harmful Alcohol is the leading attributable cause of death amongst the adult population ( between the ages of 15-49 ) and yet the message people have heard from doctors and the media has been that drinking a small amount of red wine may be good for your health. This
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New Social Media Support App
One of our alumni, Samuel, wrote to me recently to let me know about a new social media support service he is setting up called Meet4aCoffee. I wanted to share his venture with the rest of our alumni so I invited Samuel to answer some questions for us: Robin: I’m really overjoyed to hear the
Daniel’s inspiring story
Irish Daniel’s Story With 30 years clean this September, ‘Irish Dan’ began his recovery journey at PROMIS Kent. After 15 years of active addiction, Dan recalls how he transcended from a Peckham squat to an established family man. Wishing to carry his message and inspiration to the wider PROMIS community, he tells us how the
10 of the best: Products to aid sleep
Sleep was the antithesis to my addiction. The concept of an assigned task to be completed in a specific time frame – simply unrealistic. The closest I came to restfulness was a mild neurological siesta, usually at the most inopportune moment. For me, literature (specifically literary nonsense) glamorised the idea of a fantastical REM state.
The Fundamental Attribution Error
What can Psychology teach us? A series of short articles about useful ideas from psychology. The Fundamental Attribution Error This is a psychological phenomenon coined by the Stanford Psychology professor Lee Ross based on a psychology experiment by Psychologists Jones and Harris (1967). The fundamental attribution error describes a tendency we have to excuse our
