Side effects of 'magic mushrooms' similar to regular antidepressants: Study
Akhila Yerubandi UGA College of Pharmacy Larkin University
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Stress and alcohol consumption increase risk of Alzheimer’s disease: Study
Laurel Seemiller Julio A. Flores Cuadra Dr. Nikki Crowley (she/her) Huck Institutes Penn State Biology Penn State Eberly College of Science Crowley Lab Penn State Biomedical Engineering
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Development of a Personalized Feedback Intervention Targeting Pain-Related Anxiety for Adults Reporting Hazardous Drinking & Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial (just accepted @JSADjournal)
Andrew Rogers CLASS at UH UH Research HEALTH Research Institute (HRI) UH Media Relations
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To combat women’s problems with alcohol, society needs to rethink its unrealistic expectations and outrageous treatment of women, writes Kara Alaimo, PhD.

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Ozempic is coming for the alcohol and tobacco industries next: A new survey finds that people taking weight loss medications are giving up their vices (by Bruce Gil, via Quartz)
Morgan Stanley
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NEW PAPER: Our recent paper revealed that #anxiety severity, coping-with-anxiety drinking motives & low social support were predictive of #alcoholmisuse in postpartum women. Yet, evidence-based support programs for new mums are lacking. We will fix that!
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American College of Physicians recommends an evidence-based public health approach to excessive alcohol use (new policy brief in Annals of Int Med)
ACP David Hilden MD MPH Micah Beachy University of Nebraska Medical Center Hennepin Healthcare Isaac Opole
medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-e…

Success of psilocybin for depression linked to relationship with therapist: Study
Adam Levin, MD Nate Sepeda Natalie Gukasyan, MD Sandeep Nayak Theodore Wagener, PhD Fred Barrett The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center Columbia Psychiatry
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Health Benefits of an Occasional Drink Overblown: Study
Rachel Visontay Louise Mewton Matthew Sunderland Prof Tim Slade The Matilda Centre
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Motherhood & drinking: The relative importance of mental health & psychosocial factors on maternal alcohol misuse during the postpartum period (just accepted @JSADjournal)
The Matilda Centre Prof Maree Teesson AC Dr Louise Thornton Dr Louise Birrell (she/her) Lexine Stapinski Dr Katrina Prior
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Blackouts Are Caused by How You Drink Alcohol—Not Just How Much: Study
Veronica Richards, PhD ✨ Prevention Research Center at Penn State Shannon Glenn Biobehavioral Health Penn State HHD Penn State Research
newsweek.com/blackouts-drin…

Does marijuana cause psychosis? The answer is complicated: Opinion (by Peter Grinspoon, M.D., David L. Nathan, MD, DFAPA)
D4DPR -- Doctors For Drug Policy Reform Harvard Medical School
cnn.com/2024/02/08/opi…

Examining NSDUH’s Assessment of Fentanyl Use: A Comparison of Trends in Fentanyl Use and Fentanyl Overdose Deaths from 2015-2020 (just accepted in @JSADjournal)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @JohnsHopkins Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy Dept of Mental Health at BSPH HopkinsPsych Johns Hopkins Medicine
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New research: Colleges attract interest from higher-caliber students when the state the school is in allows its residents to get high 🌿
#420Day
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my latest nytimes.com/2024/04/20/opi…

4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana's high holiday apnews.com/article/420-hi…

Daily Associations Between Injunctive Drinking Norms and Alcohol Consumption (just accepted in @JSADjournal)
Personality and Emotion Lab Mizzou Psychology
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It is 'absurd' to defend the right to smoke cigarettes while demonising the use of psychedelic drugs, David Nutt told UnHerd.

Rob Lownie reports 👇 buff.ly/3U0mPol

Very innovative work from the Heads UP lab at Loyola Marymount University!

Text Messages Conveying Parent Drinking Limits: A Potential Avenue for Preventing and Reducing Alcohol Use in College Students (just accepted in @JSADjournal)
Sarah C. Boyle, PhD Frank T. Materia, PhD, MHS Joe LaBrie Fordham Psychology KU Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery KU Population Health Health Innovation & Transformative Care at KU
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