Faculty of Addictions Conference 2024
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About
The Faculty of Addictions committee is very pleased to host a conference after a few years' break. These are exciting times to work in addictions as we see increased investment after many fallow years, as well as the development of new services such as the regional NHS Gambling Harms services. The focus of this year's conference is understanding the current landscape in addictions work, as well as looking to the future.
There will be three streams to the conference: gambling, drugs & alcohol and partnership.
Darren McGarvey, author, musician and social commentator will be a keynote speaker for this year's conference. Darren's 'Addictions' programmes won the Factual Series category at the 2022 BAFTA Awards Scotland and his 2023 Radio 4 Reith Lecture 'Freedom from Want' explored themes of inequality and poverty.
This will be a hybrid event with limited tickets for in-person in London BPS offices and on-line tickets available. We warmly invite you to join us in person if you can.
Please note that only content from the main room of the conference will be streamed for virtual attendees. We apologise that there is no facility to stream content from the breakout room but presenter slides will be available where possible. Virtual attendees will be able to submit questions to presenters in the main room through the virtual Q&A function.
We are delighted to confirm this event is sponsored by Inclusion.
Registration
Registration is available online only. Virtual attendance available only
All rates listed are inclusive of VAT at 20%.
PLEASE NOTE: Bookings for this event will close at 10.00 (GMT) on 19th January 2024. We will be unable to accept any further bookings after this point.
A 10% discount is available on each ticket for organisations who book 10 or more places at the conference. Each person will need to be registered individually. Please contact [email protected] with each delegate name and registration category for further information.
Live Attendance
| Registration Type | All rates listed are inclusive of VAT at 20%. |
| BPS Concession Member | £40 |
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VCSE Sector Please contact [email protected] to access this rate | £60 |
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DCP Faculty for Addictions Member | £60 |
| BPS Member | £80 |
| Non-BPS Member | £120 |
Virtual Attendance
| Registration Type | All rates listed are inclusive of VAT at 20%. |
| BPS Concession Member | £23 |
|
VCSE Sector Please contact [email protected] to access this rate | £43 |
|
DCP Faculty for Addictions Member | £43 |
| BPS Member | £63 |
| Non-BPS Member | £103 |
Returning Customers (members and non-members)
In order to register for the event you will need to sign in using your BPS website log in details.
We have implemented a new Membership Database and if you haven't received your pre-registration email you will need to request your unique registration link.
Once you have the link, you can complete your registration on our portal.
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If you have forgotten your log-in details, you can reset your username or password here.
Non-returning customers (members and non-members)
If you are not a returning customer, you will need to create your BPS account on the portal. The process is straightforward and takes just a few minutes.
Once you have registered on the portal please use your username and password to log in and register for the event.
Submissions
Key submission dates
| 15 September 2023 |
Online submission system opens |
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6 November 2023 |
Deadline for Symposia, Individual Papers, Workshop and Poster Submissions |
| 12 December 2023 | Notification of Symposia, Individual Papers, Workshop and Poster Submissions Outcomes |
Authors are strongly advised to register on the on-line submission system and begin preparing their submissions well in advance of the following deadlines
If you wish to submit more than one abstract, please complete individual submissions for each.
How to Submit
Please ensure you read the submission guidelines below before submitting, including the reviewer guidelines. These allow you to see how your submissions will be reviewed.
Please make your submissions via the online application portal by clicking the buttons below. You will need to create an account if this is your first time submitting.
If you any queries about submissions please contact us at [email protected]
Access the Submission Guidelines and Submit Symposia
Access the Submission Guidelines and Submit All Submissions except Symposia
Speakers
Keynote Speaker - Darren McGarvey
Darren McGarvey (@lokiscottishrap), better known by the stage name Loki, is a writer, columnist and hip hop recording artist, who has made regular media appearances as a social commentator.
Darren grew up in Pollok on the south side of Glasgow, and has lived through extreme poverty, addiction and homelessness. Between 2004 and 2006 he wrote and presented eight programmes on social deprivation for BBC Radio Scotland. Since then he has been a regular contributor to the BBC, STV and other national media, and currently has a weekly column in The Scotsman. In 2009, he founded Volition Scotland, an organisation that was designed and run by the young people who used it. He was part of the Poverty Truth Commission that was hosted in Glasgow in the same year. McGarvey became the Violence Reduction Unit’s first ever ‘Rapper-in Residence’ in 2015 and continues to work across Scotland in some of its most challenged communities.
In November 2017 his first book “Poverty Safari” was published, and was an instant bestseller and critical hit, making the Sunday Times top ten bestseller lists and receiving plaudits from national newspapers and magazines. He won the prestigious ‘Orwell Book Prize’ in June 2018 leading to an upsurge in media requests and appearances.
He has presented three series of shows for BBC Scotland, “Darren McGarvey’s Scotland”, “Darren McGarvey’s Class Wars” and “Darren McGarvey’s Addictions” and his latest book “The Social Distance Between Us” was published in 2022, serialised on BBC Radio 4 (listen here). This led to him giving a prestigious '“Reith Lecture” in November 22 on the “Freedom from Want.
Professor Jackie Andrade - University of Plymouth
Jackie Andrade is a professor of Psychology at Plymouth. She has been researching the role of imagery and memory in clinical issues for over 30 years, with over 100 publications on topics ranging from obesity and addiction to post-traumatic stress disorder and awareness in anaesthesia. She is known for her theoretical work on drug and food cravings, supported by extensive laboratory and field research, and for co-developing functional imagery training (FIT) for health behaviour change.
Professor Gail Gilchrist - National Addictions Centre, King's College London
Gail Gilchrist is a Professor in Addictions Healthcare Research at the National Addiction Centre, King's College London. Gail has been a substance use researcher for almost 30 years in the UK, Europe and Australia. Her most recent research focused on the role of substance use in intimate partner violence and developing and testing the ADVANCE-D Programme to reduce intimate partner violence in the context of substance use. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/advance. She currently leads a NIHR grant to conduct a cluster RCT of the ADVANCE-D Programme with men in probation convicted of intimate partner violence and have problems with substance use.
Professor John Marsden - National Addictions Centre, King's College London
John Marsden is a clinical research psychologist and BABCP certified practitioner. He is Professor of Addiction Psychology and Deputy Head of Department for Addictions at the School of Academic Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London in the UK. John is a clinical academic consultant for the US National Institute of Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, and he is Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal ADDICTION. His research focus is on the development and evaluation of novel psychological and pharmacological interventions for opioid, stimulant and alcohol use disorders.
Dr Adrian Whittington - NHS England
Adrian is the National Clinical Lead for the Psychological Professions at NHS England. In this role, Adrian provides professional leadership and advice across the national NHS teams aimed at maximising the impact of the psychological professions for the public, and delivering the ambitions of the NHS Long Term Plan. Adrian is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist. He is passionate about making the NHS more psychological, including increasing access to evidence-based psychological interventions and therapies. Adrian is a clinical specialist in psychological therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Adrian has written and co-edited books on anxiety, CBT, and clinical psychology.
Programme
Please note the programme timings are subject to change.
Bursary
The Faculty of Addictions committee are pleased to offer 5 bursary places to early career researchers or clinicians who present material at the conference. Each bursary will cover the registration cost for in person or virtual conference attendance, depending on individual preference.
If you are within 5 years of completion of your PhD or Professional Doctorate (e.g. DClinPsy) and would like to give a poster or oral presentation then please do contact us to express your interest at [email protected] stating the title of your poster or presentation.
Location
The British Psychological Society
30 Tabernacle Street
London EC2A 4UE