Anyone headed to @addiction-ssa.org conference and wants to talk any of: 1) Artificial Intelligence 2) LEROs 3) Oxytocin DM me 🙂

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Experts talk about the evidence on nicotine vaping: www.youtube.com/@ueaaddictio...

'The language of alcohol: Similarities and differences in how drinkers and policymakers frame alcohol consumption' | @dremmadavies.bsky.social @jamesmorris24.bsky.social et al for Drug & Alcohol Review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Some exciting Monday afternoon reading here - Jonas Schöley and I have a new study in @addictionjournal.bsky.social using UK data on alcohol duty revenue to examine trends in alcohol sales and how these have changed since the start of the pandemic. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New on the SARG Blog! @ambercopeland.bsky.social talks about findings from her recent study which used computer modelling to explore the links between mood and smoking choices. Her research reveals surprising insights into how our feelings actually influence decisions about tobacco.

Interesting! Alcohol cue exposure ➡️ daily drinking but not craving. As negative mood ⬆️ positive mood ⬇️, assoc between cue exposure & same-day drinking became stronger. Interpreted as support for allostatic and incentive-sensitization models of addiction link.springer.com/article/10.1...

'Solitary Drinkers in Great Britain: How Do Their Sociodemographic Characteristics, Consumption Patterns, and Drinking Occasions Differ From Those Who Drink With Others?' | Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs www.jsad.com/doi/full/10....

We explore the patient perspective on opioid prescriptions for pain management in this qual study. doi.org/10.3390/phar...

New paper: 'Problem Recognition as A Discrete Concept for Change Processes in Problematic Alcohol Use' We review problem recognition - the extent to which people recognise risk/harm associated with their alcohol use - and its potential for advancing research & intervention doi.org/10.1007/s404...

When you start designing an alcohol study, find a reference for your sample size calculation only to realise said reference is almost the exact study you were designing as 'novel'. From 2004.

We're hiring people to join us at LJMU Psychology! It's a lovely place to work (and Liverpool is great - speaking from someone not born/raised here) so if you're in forensic psychology why not apply! @ljmuofficial.bsky.social jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/internal/vac...

Insights for successful recruitment of people who actively use heroin to a pharmacotherapy trial: a case study www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Can intranasal oxytocin reduce craving in automated addictive behaviours? A systematic review bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Perspectives of drug treatment and mental health professionals towards treatment provision for substance use disorders with coexisting mental health problems in England journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

‘You Can Die With Me But I Won’t Let You Live With Me’, Exploring Social Influences on the Continuation of Heroin Use in Men Who Use Heroin journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...