Latest posts tagged with #AddictionScience on Bluesky
Does anyone have or know of a good practice/demo video (on YouTube or wherever) I can show in class and have students use to do a very basic/rudimentary mental status exam? Of someone role playing mental health symptoms for example?
#academicsky
#addictionsci
#HarmReduction
#addictionscience
In 1913, roulette landed on black 26 times in a row. Gamblers threw millions at red. The odds never changed. Not once.
#gambling #behavioraleconomics #addictionscience
Important discussion featuring @uscpphs.bsky.social chair @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social at @yaleadm.bsky.social.
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The Brain May Be Wired for Drinking Before the First Sip #Science #HealthandMedicine #Neurology #BrainResearch #AddictionScience
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On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Rosemarie Martin!
Learn more about Dr. Martin: profiles.umassmed.edu/display/5335...
#MeetTheFaculty #AddictionScience #ImplementationScience #PublicHealth #CriminalJusticeHealth #HealthEquity #CAPES
🚨 Thrilled to see our VA CM study selected as one of
the Addiction Policy Forum's “10 Key Breakthroughs”! Advancing care for those who need it most - read the full addiction research roundup here ⏩ addictionpolicy.org/post/10-key-... #addictionscience
Meth timeline at a glance: Rush = minutes. High = hours. Crash = days. Recovery is possible—and the brain heals with time, rest, and care.
#AddictionScience #PublicHealth
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We wrapped up the year with an insightful presentation today!
Amy Janes, PhD, Investigator at the National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, presented on "Neuroimaging Insights Into Substance Use: A Focus on Nicotine Dependence."
#AddictionMedicine #AddictionScience
Can a chloride pump shape your habits? 🧠
KCC2 tweaks in rats speed cue–reward learning; boosting it blocks habits. Forecast on how this "habit switch" could reshape addiction therapies over decades → future.xsbrt.com#/f/KCC2Habit...
#Neuroscience #AddictionScience
The clock is ticking! This #GivingTuesday, help fuel the future of addiction research at the Rutgers Addiction Research Center. Every gift drives breakthroughs and brings hope.
💙 Donate: loom.ly/6zNrdrw
#GivingTuesday #AddictionScience #RutgersResearch #RARC
Join us Dec 8 with Dr. Deena Walker to learn how drugs of abuse disrupt thyroid signaling, how this alters reward pathways, and how a CNS-specific thyromimetic may reduce reward-driven behaviors.
🔗 Register: eventbrite.com/e/thyroid-ho...
#AddictionScience #SexDifferences
#ICYMI Our next Seminar Series presentation is approaching!
Join us on Wednesday, November 12, as Aditi Ringwala, MD, assistant professor of medicine at @medschool.umaryland.edu, presents on "Opioid Use Disorder: Inpatient Management."
#AddictionResearch #AddictionScience #OUD
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Congratulations to Marco Venniro, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Psychiatry at @medschool.umaryland.edu. Dr. Venniro has been recognized with the @sfn.org 2025 Jacob P. Waletzky Award!
To learn more, visit www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news.
#AddictionResearch #AddictionScience
@lcornelas.bsky.social crushing her talk at the 25th National Science Network on Drug Abuse conference at @universityofmiami.bsky.social! Incredible and important work on #GABA, #endocannabinoids, traumatic #stress, and #alcohol use in animal models.
#NSNDA2025 #addictionscience #trauma @unm.edu
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💡 The Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine #Seminar Series continues! Join us on November 12, for a presentation by Aditi Ringwala, MD, assistant professor of medicine at @medschool.umaryland.edu, on "Opioid Use Disorder: Inpatient Management."
#AddictionResearch #AddictionScience #OUD
Gilles Martin, PhD, associate professor of neurobiology at UMass Chan Medical School, studies the neuronal circuits underlying binge alcohol drinking. The Scientist profiled what he’s discovered: direc.to/nGUH
#BingeDrinking #alcohol #AlcoholResearch #AddictionScience
#BariatricSurgery #PublicHealth #AddictionScience #ObesityTreatment #HealthPromotion #AUD #SleeveGastrectomy #RYGB #ClinicalResearch
A new obesity drug that reprograms fat cells
A diabetes med repurposed for cocaine addiction
A novel immune target in incurable leukaemia
This week’s #ShortTakes by Liam Davenport: medicalnewsinsider.substack.com/p/short-take...
#EASD2025 #AddictionScience #CLL
The SSA is hiring!! We are looking for 1 x Administrator and 2 x Science Communication Officers. Find out more and apply here: tinyurl.com/3smhh9n9 | #Hiring #Jobs #ScienceCommunication #AddictionScience #AdministratorJobs
New paper in @drugalcreports.bsky.social: @brittneydawn.bsky.social, Tomko, Kirkland, Ferguson, Squeglia et al. report cannabis use disorder is linked to reduced oral microbiome diversity & unique bacterial patterns, especially with heavier use.
#AddictionScience #Microbiome #MUSC #Cannabis
The Brain's Internal Thermostat: How Opioids Override Natural Pain Regulation
#OpioidNeuroscience #BrainScience #AddictionScience #FentanylCrisis #PainManagement #FactRage #FactRageNews
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📆 Save the Date!
CPDD’s 2026 Annual Meeting will take place in Portland, Oregon, from June 13–18, 2026.
Plan to be there as we explore the latest in addiction science and policy.
More details coming soon at cpdd.org
#CPDD2026 #AddictionScience #Portland2026
We’re not saying all food is addictive. We’re saying that many ultra-processed foods are designed to be addictive. And unless we recognize that, we’ll continue to fail the people most affected—especially kids.” Ashley Gearhardt psychology professor University of Michigan
New research led by
@umich.edu
psychologist Ashley Gearhardt finds many ultra-processed foods meet the same criteria used to diagnose substance-use disorders.
👉 Hijack reward systems
👉 Mirror cocaine/alcohol addiction
👉 Largely unregulated
Learn more: myumi.ch/MkJM4
#AddictionScience #FoodPolicy
👏 Congratulations to Assistant Professor @petemanza.bsky.social on his becoming an Associate Member of @acnporg.bsky.social!
#AddictionResearch #AddictionScience
Registration is LIVE for the 2025 RARC Fall Symposium! Join us Sept 5 for a day of addiction science, clinical insights & community connection—featuring keynote Dr. Huda Akil, a panel, lightning talks & more.
🔗 loom.ly/EGW3YgA
#AddictionScience #RutgersResearch
The Neurobiology of Pleasure: How Receptors and Neurotransmitters Drive Behavior
#Neurochemistry #AddictionScience #Dopamine #BrainHealth #Neuropharmacology #MentalHealth #Neuroscience #CognitiveTherapies #BrainConnections #RecoveryJourney
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🌿🚫 New study challenges the “gateway drug” theory: Only 1 in 200 cannabis users went on to use heroin or meth.
#AMJNeurology #PublicHealth #AddictionScience
🔗 www.emjreviews.com/en-us/amj/ne...
📣 New Podcast! "Unlocking Recovery: Can Science Beat Addiction?" on @Spreaker #addictionhelp #addictionrecovery #addictionscience #addictionsupport #addictiontreatment #brainandaddiction #effectiverecovery #hopeinrecovery #innovativetherapies #neuroscience #neuroscienceofaddiction
🔬 We're still buzzing from the research presentations and insightful discussions that took place on Wednesday at the 2025 #KahlertSymposium.
Thank you to all our presenters, attendees and organizers for making the day a success!
#AddictionResearch #AddictionScience #Innovation
1/ The #KahlertSymposium is about to begin! Follow along as we take a deeper dive into #AddictionScience. 💡
