Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Dr Owen Bowden-Jones MSc FRCPsych MB ChB- Lead Clinician for the Club Drug Clinic Addictions Directorate, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
- Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Senior Lecturer
at
Imperial College, London. - Clinical Adviser at the Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco
Division
of Public Health England.
Owen says: "As a psychiatrist, I am interested in both the brain systems underpinning drug misuse and the psychological reasons for these problems. I believe my patients and their families deserve clear and up to date information to help them make decisions. This book will give you plenty of information to help you understand how drugs affect the brain, what problems they cause and possible solutions.
The second reason for writing this book is that I am a parent. Like many parents, I worry about how I can best look after and support my children. Other parents clearly feel this too, and all ask me the same questions.
- How do I talk to my child about drugs?
- What should I look out for?
- Can I stop them from trying drugs?
- What should I do if I think they are using drugs?"
More about Dr Bowden-Jones
- Dr Bowden-Jones is an addictions psychiatrist and researcher
with over 20 years’ experience of helping people with drug and alcohol problems,
working at Imperial College, London.
- He founded and leads the Club Drug Clinic, a specialist
service for users of so-called `legal highs’ and drugs such as MDMA, ketamine
and mephedrone.
- He has pioneered approaches, co-designed with patients, to
engage vulnerable groups using new technologies.
- Owen passionately believes in engaging the public in
conversations about drug use and speaks frequently about his work to schools,
universities, nightclubs, music festivals and conferences.
- He has contributed to articles for The Guardian,
Independent, Observer, Times, and
The Economist as well as appearing on BBC, Channel 4 and ITV. He has also addressed
the United Nations.
- He has contributed widely to the media as Clinical Adviser
to Public Health England and Associate Registrar for Policy at the Royal College
of Psychiatrists.
- As a parent, he believes passionately in the power of communicating clear, accessible messages that all parents can convey using the best information to support an informed conversation about drugs.
'I would recommend this book to parents, GP colleagues and to doctors in training. This is a very good book - comprehensive, sensible and written with authority. It also has a strong person focus and very good production values. The book is up to date and covers a number of new areas such as legal highs. It does also acknowledge the changing issues and points to current, validated web sources of information. The case histories are strong, illustrate the text and key principles but do not moralise or frighten. Literature articles are used in context and statistical sources are used to show key demographic points. The writing style is excellent: this is a book that is actually difficult to put down!' British Medical Association Programme and Award Winners 2017
“I weclome this book. It is an excellent resource for parents and an invaluable book for GPs and their patients.”
Professor Clare Gerada
GP and Past-President of the Royal College of General Practitioners
“Like any parent, I worry about how I can support my children in what can be a frightening world. Bowden-Jones's book lucidly and brilliantly sets out the truth about drugs and should be required reading for anyone who cares about our children's future - in other words, all of us.”
Rachel Kelly
Writer, Journalist & Mental Health Campaigner. Author of Walking on Sunshine: 52 Small Steps to Happiness (Short Books, Nov 2015).
“We meet many parents who are thrown by what they hear about drug availability today. Even if they have had experience of drugs themselves things seem different now. This book enables sensitive ways into having the conversation about drugs that parents otherwise feel flummoxed by.”
Jan King, Chief Executive, Angelus Foundation
(Charity that promotes the dangers of `legal highs’ and young people’s drug use)
“The Drug Conversation provides accurate information about substances and the risks associated with use, delivered in a calm and non-judgmental way. Evidence suggests that, contrary to popular belief, parents are key influences of young people’s behaviour. This book can help parents support young people to avoid the harms associated with substance misuse.”
Vivienne Evans OBE, Chief Executive, AdFam
(Charity that improves support for families affected by drugs and alcohol)
“Owen’s book is amazingly clear with the brain science woven in at just the right junctures to make the relevant points. What we particularly like is that it is un-judgmental and very practical. We both wish we had had this at our fingertips 10 years ago! Vital reading for all parents.”
Janey Downshire and Naella Grew
Authors of Teenagers Translated: How to Raise Happy Teens (Vermilion, May 2014)
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Dr Owen Bowden-Jones MSc FRCPsych MB ChB- Lead Clinician for the Club Drug Clinic Addictions Directorate, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
- Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Senior Lecturer
at
Imperial College, London. - Clinical Adviser at the Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco
Division
of Public Health England.
Owen says: "As a psychiatrist, I am interested in both the brain systems underpinning drug misuse and the psychological reasons for these problems. I believe my patients and their families deserve clear and up to date information to help them make decisions. This book will give you plenty of information to help you understand how drugs affect the brain, what problems they cause and possible solutions.
The second reason for writing this book is that I am a parent. Like many parents, I worry about how I can best look after and support my children. Other parents clearly feel this too, and all ask me the same questions.
- How do I talk to my child about drugs?
- What should I look out for?
- Can I stop them from trying drugs?
- What should I do if I think they are using drugs?"
More about Dr Bowden-Jones
- Dr Bowden-Jones is an addictions psychiatrist and researcher
with over 20 years’ experience of helping people with drug and alcohol problems,
working at Imperial College, London.
- He founded and leads the Club Drug Clinic, a specialist
service for users of so-called `legal highs’ and drugs such as MDMA, ketamine
and mephedrone.
- He has pioneered approaches, co-designed with patients, to
engage vulnerable groups using new technologies.
- Owen passionately believes in engaging the public in
conversations about drug use and speaks frequently about his work to schools,
universities, nightclubs, music festivals and conferences.
- He has contributed to articles for The Guardian,
Independent, Observer, Times, and
The Economist as well as appearing on BBC, Channel 4 and ITV. He has also addressed
the United Nations.
- He has contributed widely to the media as Clinical Adviser
to Public Health England and Associate Registrar for Policy at the Royal College
of Psychiatrists.
- As a parent, he believes passionately in the power of communicating clear, accessible messages that all parents can convey using the best information to support an informed conversation about drugs.