The solution to record deaths from drugs in Scotland

Errors of Rhetoric: Logical Fallacies

On my personal Facebook page I appeal for people to consider how they argue and how they evaluate others arguments so we can improve the quality of debates. 

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Reference: Online Rhetoric Checker

How quickly can we improve depression symptoms in treatment?

We did a simple analysis of how quickly peoples depression symptoms improved week by week in treatment

https://promis.co.uk/blog/does-a-longer-stay-help/

Vaping

Poor information is being spread about the risks and benefits of vaping.

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Drugs Deaths

The Office of National Statistics has just released it’s annual report on drugs deaths and, amongst many findings, the total number of deaths is up sharply by a record 16% and to the highest level since records began in 1993 representing a doubling of deaths for men in particular. 

We aren’t seeing the same terrible pain killer medication addiction problem that has devastated the USA but it is still a very alarming climb in the number of deaths.

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How much is it normal to drink?

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Are religion and spirituality significant predictors of recovery?

psychiatry.org reference a paper and report that ‘spiritual or religious programs’ are more effective for treating people with substance use disorders.  We look at the evidence to see if it takes a ‘step’ too far in it’s claims.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/psychiatryorg-published-article-month-titled-programs-robin-lefever/

Comparison of the effectiveness of antidepressants.

The medical research journal, The Lancet, has published a paper ranking the effectiveness of different anti-depressants.

Read here:

https://promis.co.uk/blog/antidepressant-effectiveness-rated/