DEIRDRE BOYD
Deirdre is cofounder/organiser of Ukesad, CEO of the Addiction Recovery Foundation, editor of Addiction Today journal and author of Addictions: Your Questions Answered, printed in seven languages, as well as mental-health charity Mind’s booklet Understanding addiction/dependency.
She is a member of the Centre for Policy Studies' prisons and addictions group, of the Recovery Academy and of the Recovery Group. She is also cofounder of the Unity Group which works across the spectrum of care to harmonise organisations with a wide range of approaches, for the ultimate benefit of people who need help with alcohol and drug problems.
She has been a trustee of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics UK. She participated in focus groups for the dit’s Office of Science & Technology’s Foresight project on Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs. In 2006, ICAA awarded her the Dr Vincent Bakeman Memorial Award for Outstanding Community Service.
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