Can psilocybin assisted therapy reduce opioid use and improve quality of life? We are seeking people near Baltimore, Maryland with Opioid Use Disorder to participate in a trial to see if psilocybin can reduce opioid use and improve quality of life. jhmi.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Two people in bed looking lovingly at each other. Text reads: Practice safer sex: All forms of sexual contact carry some risk. You can reduce your risk of getting a sexually transmitted infection (STI) with precautions like condoms.
Person holding the Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health magazine. Text reads: Reading is important. What’s on Shane’s reading list? The award-winning Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health magazine, of course. Read the latest issue at our link in bio.
Cover for Heated Rivalry show on Netflix. Two hockey players about to face off. Text reads: What we learned from Heated Rivalry
Two hockey players embracing as one player kisses the other's helmet. Text reads: wear properly fitted sports gear: Sports injuries can be prevented with proper use of safety gear. Helmets should fit securely, meet safety standards for its intended use, and be replaced if when expired, damaged, or outgrown.
Man holding out a water bottle. Text reads: Stay hydrated: Thirsty? Us, too. Getting enough to drink before, during, and after a sport or activity is essential. Make sure you are drinking water throughout your workout, not just when you start to feel thirsty.
Two people embracing. One is holding a bottle of sunscreen. Text reads: Make sure your partner wears SPF 30+ Everyone should wear sunscreen daily, all year round. It’s one of the easiest ways to prevent skin cancer.
drinking my daily smoothie and dreaming about a summer trip to the cottage🥰
This was rescheduled to Monday 1/26…join us to learn about groups underrepresented in addiction research while you’re snowed in ☃️Tickets still available! @hopkinspsych.bsky.social @jhcannabislab.bsky.social @jhpsychedelics.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
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Conference is geared towards clinicians and researchers with CEs available for nurses and counselors. Tickets start at $25 www.eventbrite.com/e/road-to-re...
Road-to-Recovery Conference tickets are live! Join us virtually 9/15 to learn about blind spots in addiction research & treatment. Topics incl. harm reduction, substance use among sexual minority youth, lessons from Indigenous communities, &more! Speakers inc @maiasz.bsky.social @mlwalls.bsky.social
🚨Road to Recovery Conference🚨 @hopkinspsych.bsky.social
Join experts, researchers, & advocates on the frontlines of addiction treatment & recovery! Virtual conference on September 15.
Speakers include @maiasz.bsky.social , @mlwalls.bsky.social , & more!
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This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
“We need literally everyone to be able to make sense of an issue that bioethics nerds argue over” fuck me
The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
AUBURN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDY VIRTUAL EATING DISORDER TREATMENT FOR LGBTQIA+ INDIVIDUALS The ACCEPT Lab at Auburn University is recruiting for a study evaluating a new virtual (Zoom) treatment for eating disorders that is specifically developed for members of the LGBTQIA+ community. This study will occur over the span of 9 months and is completely voluntary and confidential. YOU MAY QUALIFY IF YOU: Are 18-65 years old Identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and/or asexual Are experiencing problems with eating or body image (619) 594-1785 PRIDE@AUBURN.EDU Scan this QR code with your smartphone camera, Snapchat OR go to https://aub.ie/pridestudy EARN UP TO $250 L G B T Q A + IN E-GIFTCARDS
Please distribute widely! This is a great opportunity to receive a novel eating disorder treatment specifically tailored to the LGBTQ+ community and developed by an LGBTQ+ eating disorder research lab!
Cannabis, the flagship journal of the Research Society on Marijuana, is committed to publish high quality empirical research, including studies that focus on diverse populations and topics (e.g., sexual and gender diverse groups). See full statement below.
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It is my mission to see a shift in the field of eating disorders towards appreciating the role of biology as a primary component - across aetiology, illness, treatment and recovery.
I wrote this paper to elaborate on why this is so important: www.cell.com/trends/molec...
Another study finds that overdose rates in Oregon did not increase as a result of decriminalization but actually because of the toxic drug supply under prohibition.
Oregon’s Measure 110 wasn’t a failure; rolling back drug decriminalization will be. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
To the Editor: Re "Gender Dysphoric Kids Deserve Better Care" by Pamela Paul (column, Feb. 4): I'm an L.G.B.T.Q.+ teenager. Ms. Paul cites stories of detransitioners as if they are damning to the practice of gender- affirming care as a whole. Not all detransitioners regret their transition, and not all transgender people will medically transition An overwhelming 98 percent of people who started their transition care as youths continue into adulthood, per a 2022 study from the Netherlands published in The Lancet. Speaking from experience, my peers and friends who have undergone medical transitions have never "regretted" it, and after beginning care, their quality of life greatly improved. If Ms. Paul wants to demonize a procedure with a high rate of regret, she should look toward knee replacement, where one in five people end updissatisfied. By writing this article, Ms. Paul further stigmatizes health care for transgender people. Transition care may be good for some people. It may not b
A queer teenager from Nebraska, where lawmakers passed a ban on gender-affirming care last year, responds to Pamela Paul.
"I fear for my future. I fear for my friends and their future."
Our final episode on the ‘terminal’ AN proposal is with Dr. Paul Appelbaum from Columbia Psychiatry! Dr. Appelbaum brings his expertise in psychiatry + bioethics to this discussion and considers the larger danger of considering psychiatric conditions terminal podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
“I sometimes wonder if shame can be successfully treated in therapy, at all. Most of what I have learned, I have learned through making mistakes.”
Guest Post by Susan Mahler
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We were incredibly lucky to be joined by Rosiel Elwyn for episode 3 of our series responding to the proposal of “terminal” AN. Rosiel is a PhD student and lived-experience researcher who thoughtfully articulates the harms accompanying such a label: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Here is the second episode in our series on “terminal” anorexia nervosa with Dr. Angela Guarda! Dr. Guarda brings a wealth of experience in her urging for caution and humility podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
This is one of my favorite episodes!
Here’s our interview with Donna Friedman! Donna comes to the field as someone with personal experience of an ED, as a parent of someone with an ED, and as a clinician. Her interview is full of insight about the importance of connection in recovery podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
An important question! Yet, this piece would have benefitted from patient voices and an acknowledgement of the hurt caused by the initial “terminal AN” proposal, including Yager et al.’s dismissal of thoughtful lived-experience responses.
Here is our new episode with Dr. Bryn Austin of @harvardchanschool.bsky.social and STRIPED! We cover eating disorders in terms of public health, economics, and public policy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Here is our recent interview with @ruthsweissman.bsky.social ! We discuss Dr. Weissman’s Big Idea about the cost-effectiveness of eating disorder treatment podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
"It seems to me a kind of magical thinking to assume that explaining the genetic causes of obesity will reduce stigma when that new explanation is lodged firmly within a broader project of treating, preventing, or curing fatness," writes our T32 fellow Cassie Houtz. #bioethics
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Here’s our new episode with Dr. Pamela Keel! We talk about Dr. Keel’s work on purging disorder podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
