Owen Bowden-Jones
@owenbowdenjones.bsky.social
CBE / Psychiatrist and Founder, Club Drug Clinic/ Hon Prof, UCL/ Registrar, Royal College of Psychiatrists/ Chair, ACMD/ President, Society for the Study of Addiction/ Policy Fellow, CSaP, Uni of Cambridge/ Personal views only
LAST CHANCE TO VOTE for the next @rcpsych.bsky.social REGISTRAR! Ballot closes midday TOMORROW (Thursday 3rd April) Watch the hustings on College website and make your choice!
April 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
LAST CHANCE TO VOTE for the next @rcpsych.bsky.social REGISTRAR! Ballot closes midday TOMORROW (Thursday 3rd April) Watch the hustings on College website and make your choice!
Are you an @rcpsych.bsky.social member? ++NOT VOTED? Ballot for new Registrar closes midday Thursday 3rd April++NOT SURE? Watch the hustings on College website++NOT INTERESTED? Don’t miss your chance to shape the College agenda!
March 31, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Are you an @rcpsych.bsky.social member? ++NOT VOTED? Ballot for new Registrar closes midday Thursday 3rd April++NOT SURE? Watch the hustings on College website++NOT INTERESTED? Don’t miss your chance to shape the College agenda!
Thank you @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social for today’s book signing event. Beautiful sunny day in Cambridge! Look forward to returning to your lovely bookshop for an event during Mental Health Awareness week @rcpsych.bsky.social @addictionjournal.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Thank you @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social for today’s book signing event. Beautiful sunny day in Cambridge! Look forward to returning to your lovely bookshop for an event during Mental Health Awareness week @rcpsych.bsky.social @addictionjournal.bsky.social
Delighted to be speaking at the @rcpsych Academic Faculty this afternoon about ‘Student Mental Health’. Fantastic programme as always! @rcpsych.bsky.social @addictionjournal.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Delighted to be speaking at the @rcpsych Academic Faculty this afternoon about ‘Student Mental Health’. Fantastic programme as always! @rcpsych.bsky.social @addictionjournal.bsky.social
WHAT FUN! I have been invited on to the @ITV This Morning couch tomorrow to talk about young people and drug use. @rcpsych.bsky.social @rcpsychAddFac @NHS_APA @addictionprofs @ClubDrugClinic @cnwl.bsky.social @CnwlCUBE
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
WHAT FUN! I have been invited on to the @ITV This Morning couch tomorrow to talk about young people and drug use. @rcpsych.bsky.social @rcpsychAddFac @NHS_APA @addictionprofs @ClubDrugClinic @cnwl.bsky.social @CnwlCUBE
Today is #unimentalhealthday. 1 in 4 students at university do not know where to find support for their mental health. Time to ensure that no student is held back by poor mental health @studentmindsorg.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @universitiesuk.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Today is #unimentalhealthday. 1 in 4 students at university do not know where to find support for their mental health. Time to ensure that no student is held back by poor mental health @studentmindsorg.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @universitiesuk.bsky.social
Day 2 in Vienna at the Commission for Narcotic Drugs (CND) @UN . Fantastic meetings with Canada, Germany, @EUDrugsAgency and France with China and the US to come. @unodc.bsky.social @unitednationsbk.bsky.social @cnwlnhs.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @ssaadd.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Day 2 in Vienna at the Commission for Narcotic Drugs (CND) @UN . Fantastic meetings with Canada, Germany, @EUDrugsAgency and France with China and the US to come. @unodc.bsky.social @unitednationsbk.bsky.social @cnwlnhs.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @ssaadd.bsky.social
Delighted to be in Vienna at the United Nations for the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Will be meeting representatives from a range of Governments to discuss synthetic opioids and other challenges @UNODC @SSA_Addiction @rcpsych @EUDrugsAgency @CNWLNHS
March 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Delighted to be in Vienna at the United Nations for the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Will be meeting representatives from a range of Governments to discuss synthetic opioids and other challenges @UNODC @SSA_Addiction @rcpsych @EUDrugsAgency @CNWLNHS
Great conversation with journalist, Rachel Carlyle from @thetimes about my new book ‘How to talk to your child about drugs’. Practical & science based, it encourages early, balanced conversations with your child. @rcpsych.bsky.social @cnwl.bsky.social @thetimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Great conversation with journalist, Rachel Carlyle from @thetimes about my new book ‘How to talk to your child about drugs’. Practical & science based, it encourages early, balanced conversations with your child. @rcpsych.bsky.social @cnwl.bsky.social @thetimes.com
Just been sent this lovely photo by Cambridge University Press!
March 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just been sent this lovely photo by Cambridge University Press!
Delighted to be speaking at British Association for Psychopharmacology held this year in (sunny!) Manchester! Range of excellent speakers speaking about alcohol, nicotine, e-cigs, cannabis, SCRAs, gambling, club drugs and more! @SSA_Addiction @rcpsych @rcpsychAddFac @NHS_APA
March 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Delighted to be speaking at British Association for Psychopharmacology held this year in (sunny!) Manchester! Range of excellent speakers speaking about alcohol, nicotine, e-cigs, cannabis, SCRAs, gambling, club drugs and more! @SSA_Addiction @rcpsych @rcpsychAddFac @NHS_APA
Our new article on stigma is published today. Well done, Sophie Hytner! ‘Myths and facts about alcohol use disorder: a Delphi consensus study’ @rcpsych @rcpsychAddFac @SSA_Addiction @NHS_APA @addictionprofs academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
March 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Our new article on stigma is published today. Well done, Sophie Hytner! ‘Myths and facts about alcohol use disorder: a Delphi consensus study’ @rcpsych @rcpsychAddFac @SSA_Addiction @NHS_APA @addictionprofs academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
Time for CAKE! The Changing Unwanted Behaviours (CUBE) clinic, providing care for students at @ucl turned 3 years old. So I thought a cake was the least I could do to thank the amazing team @CNWLNHS @ClubDrugClinic @rcpsych @rcpsychAddFac @ClaireCNWL @CnwlCUBE @SSA_Addiction
March 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Time for CAKE! The Changing Unwanted Behaviours (CUBE) clinic, providing care for students at @ucl turned 3 years old. So I thought a cake was the least I could do to thank the amazing team @CNWLNHS @ClubDrugClinic @rcpsych @rcpsychAddFac @ClaireCNWL @CnwlCUBE @SSA_Addiction
Wonderful to see that the @CUPBookshop has put my new book (How to talk to your child about drugs) on display! If you are in Cambridge, then take a look. @Cambridge_Uni @CSciPol @CNWLNHS @ClubDrugClinic @rcpsychAddFac @rcpsych @SSA_Addiction
March 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Wonderful to see that the @CUPBookshop has put my new book (How to talk to your child about drugs) on display! If you are in Cambridge, then take a look. @Cambridge_Uni @CSciPol @CNWLNHS @ClubDrugClinic @rcpsychAddFac @rcpsych @SSA_Addiction
Fantastic evening at the @rcpsych Registrar hustings last night. Really enjoyed hearing from the 5 other brilliant candidates. Unfortunately no chance to talk abt the work of the devolved nations! @rcpsychNI @RCPsychScot @RCPsychWales @janemor77284729 @drjulespsych @AlkaSashin
February 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Fantastic evening at the @rcpsych Registrar hustings last night. Really enjoyed hearing from the 5 other brilliant candidates. Unfortunately no chance to talk abt the work of the devolved nations! @rcpsychNI @RCPsychScot @RCPsychWales @janemor77284729 @drjulespsych @AlkaSashin
Delighted to be attending the inaugural Policy Lecture at @trincolllibcam.bsky.social today to hear Lord James O’Shaughnessy speak about the role of life sciences in the NHS.
February 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Delighted to be attending the inaugural Policy Lecture at @trincolllibcam.bsky.social today to hear Lord James O’Shaughnessy speak about the role of life sciences in the NHS.
EXCITING NEWS! Just received advanced copies of my new book. ‘How to talk to your child about drugs’ offers advice to parents about discussing drugs (and alcohol, vaping and porn) Published March 6th by @cambridgeuniversitypress www.cambridge.org/core/books/h...
February 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
EXCITING NEWS! Just received advanced copies of my new book. ‘How to talk to your child about drugs’ offers advice to parents about discussing drugs (and alcohol, vaping and porn) Published March 6th by @cambridgeuniversitypress www.cambridge.org/core/books/h...
Delighted to speaking alongside Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP and Prof Dame Carol Black GBE at today’s ’Tackling Drugs’ conference.
February 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Delighted to speaking alongside Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP and Prof Dame Carol Black GBE at today’s ’Tackling Drugs’ conference.
Lovely launch party for Prof Barbara Sahakian’s new book. ‘Brain Boost’ out now in all good bookshops. @cambridgeuni.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @addictionjournal.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Lovely launch party for Prof Barbara Sahakian’s new book. ‘Brain Boost’ out now in all good bookshops. @cambridgeuni.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @addictionjournal.bsky.social
Looking forward to speaking at the UK Parliament today about the clinical and policy challenges of Novel Psychoactive Substances
February 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Looking forward to speaking at the UK Parliament today about the clinical and policy challenges of Novel Psychoactive Substances
Honoured to be giving the Royal College of Psychiatrists President’s lecture today. My talk ‘Comorbidity, collaboration and compassion’ will cover substance use and MH disorders, service models, stigma, the role of experts by experience and more.
December 6, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Honoured to be giving the Royal College of Psychiatrists President’s lecture today. My talk ‘Comorbidity, collaboration and compassion’ will cover substance use and MH disorders, service models, stigma, the role of experts by experience and more.
Really enjoyed talking with students at Imperial College London today. Very wide ranging discussion about stimulants, NPS, ketamine, drug policy, cannabis, synthetic opioids, prescription medications, comorbidity, stigma and compassion. @addictionjournal.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Really enjoyed talking with students at Imperial College London today. Very wide ranging discussion about stimulants, NPS, ketamine, drug policy, cannabis, synthetic opioids, prescription medications, comorbidity, stigma and compassion. @addictionjournal.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
Brilliant first day of my Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) Fellowship residence at University of Cambridge. Over the next three days I will be talking about drug policy to anthropologists, criminologists, neuroscientists, lawyers, policy leaders, public health experts and more! V exciting!
November 25, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Brilliant first day of my Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) Fellowship residence at University of Cambridge. Over the next three days I will be talking about drug policy to anthropologists, criminologists, neuroscientists, lawyers, policy leaders, public health experts and more! V exciting!
Brilliant evening of talks at the Centre for Science and Policy reception covering science, policy, politics and more!
November 21, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Brilliant evening of talks at the Centre for Science and Policy reception covering science, policy, politics and more!