Looking for an accessible resource to help students or health professionals grasp the essentials of reliability & validity? Look no further! Check out our new Research Made Simple article: "Health measurement properties: what you need to know about reliability & validity" doi.org/10.1136/ebnu...

Our second multiverse analysis paper is now live! • Co-occurring smoking or vaping and emotional problems were common • Associations were largely explained by behavioural symptoms & other substances • Researcher decisions matter www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

SO excited to be joining the Offord Centre as a core member!

Meet @drjillhalladay.bsky.social, the newest core member with the Offord Centre. A registered nurse and clinical epidemiologist, Halladay is bringing her experiences researching the connection between substance use and mental health concerns to the centre. offordcentre.com/meet-jillian...

Are you doing a study exploring longitudinal relationships between substance use and mental health problems among youth? Unsure what covariates to include and how to report on them? Check-out our new meta-epidemiological review! doi.org/10.1016/j.dr...

A phenomenal #CPA2025 @apadivision50.bsky.social! Devastating to hear the tremendous damage inflicted by senseless HHS/NIH/FDA cuts to so many in our community, and also so nourishing to be together and support each other during these times. As promised, a new starter pack: go.bsky.app/SnnMai2

Excited to be attending #CPA2025 @apadivision50.bsky.social looking forward to connecting & reconnecting with addiction psychology researchers and friends here over the next couple days!

Q: Do school-based prevention programs impact co-occurring alcohol use and psychological distress during adolescence? 🍺😟 A: We found some prevent co-occurring problems, others prevent only alcohol use, & preventing distress alone needs more research. bit.ly/3VR1fEq

Very excited to share our new pub where we ran 7,680 unique models exploring associations between adolescent alcohol use and emotional problems! bit.ly/4gGIP1o

Hello BlueSky folks! Hoping to use this space to compassionately share, connect, & learn together to improve our understanding of and strategies for youth substance use & mental health concerns. 🔆