Identifying tailored policy approaches to reduce harm from addictive behaviours among people with mental health conditions

成瘾行为可对健康和社会造成重大危害，有精神健康问题的人在这一负担中所占的比例过高。限制吸烟、酒精、大麻和赌博等常见成瘾行为的危害的法规很重要，特别是现在，因为最近的危机对人们的心理健康产生了负面影响。在这次学习中，我将与伦敦国王学院的成瘾专家以及“吸烟与健康行动”（ASH）合作，这是一个公共卫生慈善机构，几十年来一直在引领英国的政策变革。我的目的是回顾哪些政策方法有效地减少了伤害，探索公众是否支持这些政策，并确定哪些具体的健康信息可能起作用。将有三个项目，首先是对有关成瘾行为和心理健康的健康信息的证据进行审查。因为政策在得到公众支持的情况下更有可能得到实施，所以我将利用ASH的年度调查，询问人们是否会支持针对尼古丁、烟草、大麻、酒精和赌博的各种政策选择，比较有和没有精神健康问题的人的支持程度。最后，我将开发和测试关于心理健康和成瘾行为的健康信息，以找出哪些信息可以帮助减少伤害。我通过这些项目收集的证据将与公众、科学家和政策制定者分享。

Addictive behaviours can cause significant harm to healthand society, and people with mental health problems carrya disproportionally large share of this burden. Regulationsto limit the harm from common addictive behaviours likesmoking, alcohol, cannabis, and gambling are important,especially now, as recent crises have negatively affectedpeople's mental health. For this studentship, I willcollaborate with experts in Addictions at King's CollegeLondon and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), a publichealth charity that has been leading policy change fordecades in Great Britain (GB). I aim to review which policyapproaches have worked to reduce harm, to explorewhether the public supports these policies, and todetermine which specific health messages could work.There will be three projects, starting with a review of theevidence on health messages about addictive behavioursand mental health. Because policies are more likely to beimplemented when they have the support of the public, Iwill use ASH's yearly surveys to ask people whether theywould support various policy options for nicotine, tobacco,cannabis, alcohol, and gambling, comparing support levelsbetween people with and without mental health problems.Lastly, I will develop and test health messages aboutmental health and addictive behaviours to find out whichinformation could help reduce harm. The evidence I gatherthrough these projects will be shared with the public,scientists, and policymakers.