🚨 New resources alert: Young Adults & Gambling! These materials provide information on how gambling works, how risk develops, and strategies to reduce harm – designed for young adults and the professionals who support them. Download them here: www.divisiononaddiction.org/outreach-res...
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1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health
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Gambling Disorder can affect finances, relationships, work, and overall well-being, yet many cases go undetected and untreated. Screening is an important step toward identifying problems early. Learn more: www.divisiononaddiction.org/outreach-res...
#GamblingScreen #PGAM2026 #GDSD
Wow. This is devastating.
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Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers.
Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social
Writing is thinking
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
Really proud of our faculty and staff at the @divisionaddiction.bsky.social who have contributed to The BASIS over time! I'm looking forward to many more years of sharing and boosting important addiction research and opinions.
19.12.2025 19:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Public health is under attack by a deluge of misinformation. We offer a consensus report from the American Psychological Association summarizing what we know & what interventions are effective in countering it. We provide 8 concrete recommendations. Open-access - awspntest.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Throughout September, The BASIS is honoring Dr. Howard Shaffer by reviewing research that showcases his lasting impact in addiction science and featuring editorials from colleagues. Dr. Heather Gray, Director of Academic Affairs- Division on Addiction, introduces our Special Series: lnkd.in/eaec_AHe
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Back in 2007, we examined the prevalence and comorbidity of psychiatric disorders among repeat DUI offenders enrolled in a treatment program in Massachusetts. Check out our infographic to find out what we learned and why it matters! www.divisiononaddiction.org/wp-content/u...
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Delighted to see this piece with Victor Ambros, @carlbergstrom.com, Carol Greider, @michaelemann.bsky.social, and @briannosek.bsky.social in the wild.
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Harvard Chan School is home to a wide variety of research initiatives, with faculty, researchers, and students all working together to improve health, prevent disease, and support well-being.
We asked some of them if they could explain their research in 7 words.
Throughout May, The BASIS is highlighting education to promote lower-risk drinking, gambling, and substance use. Kira Landauer, Community Health Educator Supervisor at the Division on Addiction, introduces our Special Series. basisonline.org/2025/05/05/i...
05.05.2025 19:52 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Harvard today, your institution tomorrow.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
Black and gray graphic with red ampersand followed by a white line and "AAC&U Public Statement" in all-caps white text.
More than 150 leaders of America's colleges, universities, and scholarly societies issued "A Call for Constructive Engagement" in response to the ongoing government intrusion into #highered. Read the full statement: www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
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From Alcohol Justice: "After Kennedy’s Destruction at NIH, Alcohol Prevention and Addiction Medicine Must Stand In Solidarity" alcoholjustice.org/blog/kennedy...
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US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Final op-ed of this special series about addiction and social support written by Peter Treitler, PhD
basisonline.org/2025/03/20/s...
Op-ed written by Abenaa Acheampong Jones, PhD
basisonline.org/2025/03/13/p...
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
On Gambling Disorder Screening Day, end the doubts about your gambling habits and take the screening test at www.divisiononaddiction.org/wp-content/p...
For people like EPIC's Patrick Chester, this would have negated suspicion from others, who knew something was up.
#PGAM2025
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The @divisionaddiction.bsky.social will be hosting three gambling screening events today - at Cambridge Health Alliance's Everett Hospital (11-2), with the Everett Haitian Community Center (1:30-5), and at TD Garden during tonight's Boston Bruins game! #PGAM #GDSD
11.03.2025 12:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"inclusive collaboration is key for excellence in science. The complexity of the problems the science community is tackling requires people with different expertise and backgrounds working together"
theconversation.com/dei-initiati...
Tomorrow is Gambling Disorder Screening Day. If you're hosting an event, think about providing resources to people who gamble and affected others. Times of uncertainty and anxiety can lead to recovery challenges for many. #GDSD #PGAM
10.03.2025 14:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Op-ed written by Deborah Rodriguez, DSW
basisonline.org/2025/03/06/b...
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Want to stream our DC event & hear from amazing speakers like Bill Nye, Francis Collins, Atul Gawande, and SO MANY MORE?
Join our livestream at www.twitch.tv/standupforsc..., starting at 12 pm!
#standupforscience2025
We are pleased to finally share this paper! Our press release is linked below (paper at the end of the thread)
The short version is that we tracked a national sample for two years, & found concerning links between sports gambling frequency and alcohol related problems
news.unm.edu/news/wanna-bet
We're happy to boost these researchers and their findings and hope you find the special series valuable. basisonline.org/2025/03/03/i... (5)
03.03.2025 20:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Editorials: Dr. Deborah Rodriguez discusses how beauty industry workers can support the health & wellbeing of community members; Dr. Abenaa Jones talks about how family relationships affect substance use and recovery; and Dr. Peter Treitler highlights the impact of peer recovery services. (4)
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