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Podcast: The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
Episode: Interview #36: Providing Drug and Alcohol Treatment and its Challenges (with Dr. Emmert Roberts)
Description: Dr Roberts is an addiction psychiatrist and research fellow working in South London, working with people with addiction to substances as well as addictive behaviours, like gambling. He conducts research looking at the impact of policy changes on patients, such as their ability to access healthcare services. He was the clinical lead for the Homeless Hotel Drug and Alcohol Service (HDAS) in London - the first such service covering all of London, during the Covid-19 pandemic. He has recently been awarded a 5 year fellowship developing interventions to improve care for people with drug use, and an...