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IN THIS ISSUE
ON THE COVER : Sex , love and porn addictions
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You
Keep Talking , We Keep Dying
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Get naloxone to those who need it
INSIDE
4 NEWS Services ‘ on their knees ’; county lines violence increases
10 READY FOR ACTION Collective Voice keenly anticipate the Carol Black review
16 FORCE OF NATURE Healing power of the natural world
17 LETTERS Children affected by alcohol ; Overdose Awareness Day
18 MENTAL HEALTH The holistic model 19 I AM A ... nurse in a prison
20 BETTER TOGETHER When Blenheim met Humankind
Sector specific : the Carol Black review 12 8
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We need to be sensitive to factors for wellbeing
We ’ re living with uncertainty – will things return to some sort of normality ? When will the long-awaited Dame Carol Black report be published ( p4 , p8 , p10 )? One thing we can rely on is that issues relating to addiction are complex . Furthermore , we know that a public health approach demands that we work with and try to understand the many influences on our behaviour .
Substances , gambling , sex – they ’ re all part of life , so if we ’ re to strive for holistic treatment we need to look at the whole picture . As our cover story says ( page 6 ), this type of behavioural addiction is largely unspoken and misunderstood across health and social care at a time when the pandemic has ‘ added to escalation of introspective behaviours ’. Dame Black is calling for wholesale system change right across the sector , which could affect all of us . To throw ourselves into grasping this opportunity for change with the energy that Collective Voice suggests ( page 10 ) we need to be sensitive to all contributory factors to an imbalance in wellbeing , from early trauma to ways of coping with the pandemic . Acknowledging the blurred lines between ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ behaviour is a vital component .
Our next print issue is out on 6 September but we ’ re here all summer online for news and views , so stay in touch ! Claire Brown , editor Keep in touch at www . drinkanddrugsnews . com and @ DDNmagazine
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