Ian McLoone

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@maiasz.bsky.social have you written about “dopamine addiction”? Had a conversation recently where someone used the concept to describe their general lack of energy and focus and it got me thinking. I’m quite skeptical of the concept, but curious if it’s something you’ve covered?

Ancient Germanic Warriors Did Stimulants to Prepare for Battle, Study Suggests Researchers in Poland have hypothesized that warriors used spoon-like artifacts to administer drugs during Roman-period wartime.

How else are you gonna keep up all the fighting?
gizmodo.com/ancient-germ...

Skeet skeet

I’ve heard they are very smart

We see you and wish for more colleagues like you around the world…

A Very Vulfy Christmas by Woody Goss on Apple Music Album · 2019 · 8 Songs

It’s our tradition to decorate the tree today, so this album will be playing in the McLoone house:
music.apple.com/us/album/a-v...
#vulfpeck

Alcohol Deaths Have More Than Doubled in Two Decades, Study Finds Americans are dying of illnesses related to alcohol at roughly twice the rate seen in 1999.

Alcohol-related deaths more than doubled in last 20 years
-Esp among adults age 25-34
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/h...

It was 10/10. Very thought-provoking and boundary-pushing. Plus I always love analytic folks’ ability to say what’s really on their minds

Yesss - what’d you think??

Attended fanatic conference on psychoanalytic approaches to psychosis and extreme states today. Any #therapists out here doing therapy with psychosis?

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Despite Taboo, Med Students, Doctors Use Substances Too But if it becomes a problem, finding help can come with unique consequences

Wait a second, so you mean even Doctors do drugs?!
Kinda sad it’s worthy of an entire article, but kudos to these Belgian folks for at least talking about it. Most everywhere, drug use is the rule, not the exception…

www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Any #therapists out here?
#therapy
#addiction