Alcohol misuse is often just one symptom of the complex challenges someone faces in their life. Drinking may be a means to cope with underlying trauma or ongoing mental distress. It may bring its own problems with it, such as low mood and impaired cognition. Such complex needs don’t lend themselves to simple solutions. That’s why Alcohol Change UK are gathering together a multidisciplinary group of academics, practitioners, and people with lived experience, to help us all work towards interventions that support the whole person. To find out more and to book your place see: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/events/working-with-the-whole-person-alcohol-mental-health-and-complex-needs
Welsh Government: Keeping safe online
Welsh Government published a news article summarising all the Keeping Safe online resources published during the 2019/20 academic year. https://hwb.gov.wales/zones/keeping-safe-online/news/article/c1c55324-57ec-4129-b597-900fc8356ba4