Drinking behaviour, risks and causes with Professor Tony Moss

The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast

In this episode Professor Tony Moss talks about key drivers of drinking behaviour and alcohol-related risks, problems and causes. This covers how alcohol use can develop into addiction, and the complex nature of associated problems and the range of psychological, social and sometime biological factors involved.
Prof Tony Moss is a Professor of Addictive Behaviour Science in the Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research at London South Bank University. He has conducted a range of research related to the psychology of alcohol use and drinking behaviours. Prof Moss set up a 'pub lab' to improve validity of alcohol experiments and has appeared on multiple TV shows exploring the subject. He has recently co-edited a book on Evaluating the Brain Disease Model of Addiction and can be found on Twitter @tonymossuk
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Capitole

1. Drinking behaviour, risks and causes with Professor Tony Moss (00:00:00)

2. What are alcohol harms or problems? (00:02:42)

3. Public awarness of risk and harms from alcohol (00:06:16)

4. Risk and drinking behaviour (00:11:00)

5. Motivation and change in drinking (00:17:00)

6. The role of genetics? (00:28:22)

7. The role of the disease model (00:33:14)

8. Personal drinking motivations (00:43:01)

9. Placebo and psychological effects of drinking (00:46:50)