Professor Ed Day MBE, MA, BM, BCh, DM, MRCPsych

Professor Ed Day

School of Psychology
Professor of Addiction Psychiatry
Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist
Institute for Mental Health

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School of Psychology
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Professor Ed Day is a clinical academic who combines working as a consultant in an NHS alcohol and drug treatment service with research into clinical interventions and teaching at the University of Birmingham. He was appointed the National Recovery Champion by the Home Office in May 2019.

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Qualifications

DM in Addiction Psychiatry, University of Oxford 2009

MRCPsych 1999

BM, BCh Doctor of Medicine, University of Oxford 1995

BA Medical Sciences, University of Cambridge 1992

Teaching

Module Lead, Principles of Mental Health and Disorder, MSc in Mental Health

Postgraduate supervision

Addictions
Treatment of alcohol or drug use disorders

Other activities

Executive member of the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) 2007-present, and currently the Vice-President.

Elected member of the Addictions Faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatry in 2018, and former Vice-Chair and Academic Secretary.

Appointed by the Home Office as the National Drug Recovery Champion in May 2019

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Lowry, N, McKechnie, A, Day, E, Gilvarry, E, Cowden, F, Evans, R, Locke, R, Murray, R, Vanderwaal, R, Johnstone, S, Hoare, Z, Kelleher, M, Mitcheson, L & Marsden, J 2025, 'Extended-release buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder: A mixed-methods study of response and experience', Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70106

Day, E, Manitsa, I, Trainor, L & Farley, A 2025, 'Participant Experiences of a Collegiate Recovery Program on a UK University Campus', Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2025.2589143

Day, E, Pechey, LC, Roscoe, S & Kelly, JF 2025, 'Recovery support services as part of the continuum of care for alcohol or drug use disorders', Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16751

Day, E & Trainor, L 2024, 'Recovery from Addiction on a University Campus – a UK Perspective', Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2024.2364694

Day, E, Manitsa, I, Farley, A & Kelly, JF 2024, 'The UK National Recovery Survey: nationally representative survey of people overcoming a drug or alcohol problem', BJPsych Open, vol. 10, no. 2, e67. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.654

Donoghue, K, Boniface, S, Brobbin, E, Byford, S, Coleman, R, Coulton, S, Day, E, Dhital, R, Farid, A, Hermann, L, Jordan, A, Kimergård, A, Koutsou, ML, Lingford-Hughes, A, Marsden, J, Neale, J, O'Neill, A, Phillips, T, Shearer, J, Sinclair, J, Smith, J, Strang, J, Weinman, J, Whittlesea, C, Widyaratna, K & Drummond, C 2023, 'Adjunctive Medication Management and Contingency Management to enhance adherence to acamprosate for alcohol dependence: the ADAM trial RCT', Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), vol. 27, no. 22, pp. 1-88. https://doi.org/10.3310/DQKL6124

Metrebian, N, Carter, B, Eide, D, McDonald, R, Neale, J, Parkin, S, Dascal, T, Mackie, C, Day, E, Guterstam, J, Horsburgh, K, Kåberg, M, Kelleher, M, Smith, J, Thiesen, H & Strang, J 2023, 'A study protocol for a European, mixed methods, prospective, cohort study of the effectiveness of naloxone administration by community members, in reversing opioid overdose: NalPORS', BMC Public Health, vol. 23, no. 1, 1608. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16445-6

Day, E, Manitsa, I, Farley, A & Kelly, JF 2023, 'A UK national study of prevalence and correlates of adopting or not adopting a recovery identity among individuals who have overcome a drug or alcohol problem', Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, vol. 18, no. 1, 68. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00579-2

Asquith, E, Bould, K, Catling, JC, Day, EJ & Holt, A 2023, 'Behaviour regulation and the role of mental health in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease', BMC Gastroenterology, vol. 23, no. 1, 306. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-023-02941-x

Sinclair, JMA, Aslan, B, Agabio, R, Anilkumar, A, Brosnan, M, Day, E, Dowling, NA, Flood, C, Grant, JE, Halliday, R, Hofvander, B, Howes, L, Moseley, R, Myers, B, O'Connor, V, Shaya, G, Thomas, S, Robinson, J & Chamberlain, SR 2023, 'Identifying the most important research, policy and practice questions for substance use, problematic alcohol use and behavioural addictions in autism (SABA-A): A priority setting partnership', Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 124, 152393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152393

Comment/debate

Day, E, Roscoe, S, Pechey, L & Kelly, JF 2025, 'To determine whether the whole recovery-oriented system of care is greater than the sum of its parts, we must start by describing the parts', Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70102

Editorial

Humphreys, K, Calder, R, Marsden, J & Day, E 2023, 'How Addiction handles disagreements over potentially harmful terminology', Addiction, vol. 118, no. 10, pp. 1833-1834. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16302

Letter

Kuningas, K, Driscoll, J, Mair, R, Day, E & Sharif, A 2023, 'Short-term Healthy Lifestyle Intervention and Long-term Behavior Change After Kidney Transplantation: Findings From the CAVIAR Study', American Journal of Kidney Diseases, vol. 81, no. 2, pp. 249-252. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.08.020

Review article

Simpson, EL, Essat, M, Wong, R, Stacey, S & Day, E 2025, 'Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for adults with substance use disorder that have a co‐occurring common mental health disorder: an umbrella review', Drug and Alcohol Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.70066

Boden, M & Day, E 2023, 'Illicit drug use in university students in the UK and Ireland: a PRISMA-guided scoping review', Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, vol. 18, no. 1, 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00526-1

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