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Joao P. De Aquino, M.D.

@jpdeaquinomd.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale | 🧠 mechanisms of pain and reward | neuropsychopharmacology | developing novel therapeutics for pain and addiction https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/pain/

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🎤 Call for Symposia Proposals topics related to clinical practice, basic science or mechanisms, and translational research related to pain. Ideally, presentations include multiple disciplines.

The deadline to submit proposals is October 15, 2025

15.10.2025 18:16 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

We are now accepting applications for the third annual USASP Leadership Academy (LA), which aims to develop the next generation of leaders in the pain field. We aim to recruit pain scholars with high potential to accelerate the development of leaders in pain research, practice, policy, and education

27.09.2025 00:34 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Join us in Congratulating the 2025 ACNP Travel Award Class! 🙌🎉

08.08.2025 13:00 — 👍 39    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 8
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Applying psychophysiological measures during an emotion reappraisal task, we show that emotion regulation capacity predicts #Cannabis use frequency more than #Pain severity among #ChronicPain patients on long-term #Opioid therapy.

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07.08.2025 18:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Role of Childhood Trauma in Chronic Pain and Substance... : Journal of Addiction Medicine and substance use compared with those without such history. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 82 individuals receiving methadone for OUD. Participants completed the Childhood Trauma ...

Thrilled to share our new Journal of #Addiction Medicine paper!

We found that childhood #trauma correlates with worse #pain, higher #alcohol use & earlier #cannabis initiation, highlighting the need for trauma‑informed care in #OpioidUseDisorder treatment. 👇

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30.07.2025 14:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pain interference, alcohol use, and metabolic health: Insights from a nationally representative study This nationwide study found that heavy alcohol consumption and obesity each magnify the impact of chronic pain on daily life—by approximately 34% and 50%, respectively—and that their effects are addi...

Pain, addiction, and metabolism are fundamentally intertwined.

Our new work in @acerjournal.bsky.social quantifies how heavy #drinking and #obesity additively worsen #pain, while each extra hour of #sleep and higher physical activity are protective.

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26.06.2025 14:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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