Ian Hamilton

@ian_hamilton_

Ian lectures in mental health at the Department of Health Sciences, University of York.

Voices

Ian HamiltonThe tragic death of Natasha Abrahart should be a wake-up call

Voices

Ian HamiltonWomen are being short-changed when it comes to orgasms

Voices

Ian HamiltonWe are repeating mistakes from the 1970s on antidepressants

Voices

Ian HamiltonPsychedelics could help treat depression – we need more research

Voices

Ian HamiltonPregnant women who drink alcohol deserve compassion – not judgement

Voices

Ian HamiltonWhy it might be time to decriminalise sex work

Voices

Ian HamiltonRandom drug swabbing by Met officers isn’t going to keep people safe

Voices

Ian HamiltonThink drug addiction is ‘self-inflicted’? You’re part of the problem

Voices

Ian HamiltonWe must address the root causes of knife crime

Voices

Ian HamiltonWe can’t afford to lose NHS staff over vaccine mandates

Voices

Ian HamiltonGet a grip, Priti Patel – laughing gas isn’t a major threat to society

Voices

Ian HamiltonLosing your sense of smell with Covid can ruin your sex life

Voices

Ian HamiltonScotland is right – punishing drug users won’t help, they need care

Voices

Ian HamiltonOverprescribing medicine is due to social problems, not health issues

Voices

Ian HamiltonLong NHS waiting lists have led to a dangerous explosion in opiate use

Voices

Ian HamiltonThe ‘levelling up’ agenda must address regional inequality

Voices

Ian HamiltonWe must confront the reality that children under 12 are ‘sexting’

Voices

Ian HamiltonAlcohol-related deaths are the highest in Scotland since 2008 – why?

Voices

Ian HamiltonWe demanded action on Covid – so where is the outcry over drug deaths?

Voices

Ian HamiltonScottish drug deaths keep rising – and a ‘blame game’ isn’t helping

Voices

Ian HamiltonThe Covid pandemic has meant changes to the drug market and our habits

Voices

Ian HamiltonAlcohol-related deaths are soaring – our drinking is out of control

Voices

Ian HamiltonEven if you lack sympathy for drug users, better treatment makes sense

Voices

Ian HamiltonThe key question we should be asking about sex: was it good for you?

Voices

Ian HamiltonBusiness is booming for drugs such as cannabis – why?

Voices

Ian HamiltonIs ITV doing enough to protect Love Island contestants’ mental health?

Voices

Ian HamiltonFund treatment services or risk further failure in the war on drugs

Voices

Ian HamiltonThe NHS push to use personal information won’t stop at patient records

Voices

Ian HamiltonIs it time for a rethink of Britain’s failed drugs policy?

Voices

Ian HamiltonThe Psychedelic Drug Trial: Can drugs really cure depression?

Voices

Ian HamiltonThese are the next major health conditions we’ll be worrying about

Voices

Ian HamiltonWomen reveal the words that lead to the female orgasm

Voices

Ian HamiltonThe truth about magic mushrooms and depression

Voices

Ian HamiltonDecline in sex during lockdown is the government’s next big problem

Voices

Ian HamiltonPeople don’t report assault out of ‘embarrassment’ – this must change

Voices

Ian HamiltonWomen have been let down too often when it comes to the health system

Voices

Ian HamiltonThis is what drug dealers and users really did during lockdown

Opinion

Ian HamiltonIt’s not just a hangover – this is how alcohol affects the environment

Voices

Ian HamiltonTeachers are being exposed to unnecessary risk over their vaccine wait

Voices

Ian HamiltonIgnorance is not the reason why so many people reject a balanced diet

Voices

Ian HamiltonSurge in nursing applications is welcome – but there is more to it

Opinion

Ian HamiltonCocaine, cannabis – whatever your drug, it has an impact on the planet

Voices

Ian HamiltonWe need to acknowledge the significant rise in women dealing cocaine

Voices

Ian HamiltonStigma kills – people with learning disabilities are being failed

Voices

Ian HamiltonIt’s a Sin is a warning not to repeat the mistakes of the HIV epidemic

Voices

Ian HamiltonWe are not in this pandemic together – inequality is stealing lives

Voices

Ian HamiltonClarity is needed on the use of vitamin D to fight Covid-19

Voices

Ian HamiltonChanging mental health laws alone won’t help black communities

Voices

Ian HamiltonDry January will be especially difficult this year, due to coronavirus

Voices

Ian HamiltonPolicy makers must open their minds to the benefits of psychedelics

Voices

Ian HamiltonStop making excuses and take action to prevent drug-related deaths

Voices

Ian HamiltonIs there political will to reduce Covid deaths caused by inequality?

Voices

Ian HamiltonLaughing gas is almost as popular as cannabis – that’s not the problem

Voices

Ian HamiltonWe must listen to, not dismiss, anti-vaxxers

Voices

Ian HamiltonMore are seeking help for cocaine addiction – they need support now

Voices

Ian HamiltonPeople of colour must be prioritised for the vaccine

Voices

Ian HamiltonThe impact of Covid is not classless – a shocking new report proves it

Voices

Ian HamiltonThe Pfizer vaccine is not the silver bullet to fighting coronavirus

Voices

Ian HamiltonThis election has made history by decriminalising drugs in some states

Voices

Ian HamiltonWhy don’t we record suicide data by ethnicity?

Voices

Ian HamiltonWhy Ben Bradley’s distraction tactics about child poverty failed

Voices

Ian HamiltonImagine a world where you can legally buy cocaine in a pharmacy

Voices

Ian HamiltonAnother blow to dwindling public trust in the government over testing

Voices

Ian HamiltonMore people are experiencing the benefits system for the first time

Voices

Ian HamiltonScotland’s new pub restrictions may lead to a rise in drinking

Voices

Ian HamiltonStop and search has changed little in decades. It has to go

Voices

Ian HamiltonWhy isn’t the government doing more to save Britain’s dying nightlife?

Voices

Ian HamiltonThe children arrested in county lines drugs operations are victims

Voices

Ian HamiltonPubs are the wrong place to pick a fight with coronavirus

Voices

Ian HamiltonUK poaching nurses from countries struggling to cope is unethical

Voices

Ian HamiltonI fear a loneliness epidemic among the young – here’s how we can help

Voices

Ian HamiltonInstead of fighting with GPs, NHS bosses should focus on reform

Voices

Ian HamiltonIf the government believes in ‘levelling up’, stop blaming individuals

Voices

Ian HamiltonDenying NHS access to cannabis oil is about politics not medicine

Voices

Ian HamiltonCould an alcohol ban in South Africa explain its coronavirus success?

Voices

Ian HamiltonCelebrity philanthropy is great but where’s the government?

Voices

Ian HamiltonRandom drug tests for employees won't stop knife crime

Voices

Ian HamiltonWhy it’s time to rethink the ‘war on drugs’

Voices

Ian HamiltonOnce Public Health England is gone, Covid could be one of many issues

Voices

Ian HamiltonThe NHS doesn’t need more flashy targets about new nurses

Voices

Ian HamiltonIs there really such thing as having an addictive personality?

Voices

Ian HamiltonTherapy instead of opiates does not address the root of chronic pain

Voices

Ian HamiltonIt's time Britain regulated cannabis like alcohol

Voices

Ian HamiltonJohnson’s cycling prescription policy is typical shallow politics

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in