The “Drinking Cultures” Project (Wellcome Trust) Seminar Series continues with:
James Morris (LSBU), “Understandings of Alcohol Problems in Contemporary Society: Implications for Public Health & ‘Recovery’”
Weds 5 February, 4.30pm, The Humanities Institute, UCD
How alcohol problems are understood in contemporary society vary significantly, with particular disparities between public and professional understandings. The concepts and associated discourses used have a wide range of implications, including for who are cast as ‘problem drinkers’ by society, how alcohol policy and treatment are enacted, and how people make sense of their own alcohol use and problems. This talk will explore these issues and propose how stakeholders should seek to understand and frame ‘alcohol problems’ to best address public health goals.
Dr James Morris has over 20 years’ experience working in the alcohol field in a variety of roles including public health, alcohol commissioning and behaviour change training. He is an independent researcher and consultant, and a Visiting Scholar at London South Bank University. James has over 30 peer reviewed publications covering alcohol prevention, framing, stigma and problem recognition topics. He recently worked for the Department of Health and Social Care authoring new clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment. He is host of The Alcohol ‘Problem’ Podcast, which aims to explore the nature of problem drinking through a range of academic and lived experience perspectives. James is a board member of Alcohol Focus Scotland and the New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group and has been an advisor for multiple alcohol research and policy projects, including for the Department of Health and World Health Organization.
