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

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...

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...

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.

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...

From Alcohol Justice: "After Kennedy’s Destruction at NIH, Alcohol Prevention and Addiction Medicine Must Stand In Solidarity" alcoholjustice.org/blog/kennedy...

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 a 🧵

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 youtu.be/-s_2_dg_tPY

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

"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

Op-ed written by Deborah Rodriguez, DSW basisonline.org/2025/03/06/b...

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

The @divisionaddiction.bsky.social has a new BASIS special series of research summaries and editorials about addiction and social support this month. Especially important during distressing times. basisonline.org/2025/03/03/i... (1)

As we shore up our ability to continue addiction research, the @divisionaddiction.bsky.social continues to work hard on important outreach activities, like Gambling Disorder Screening Day. We're prepping materials for organizations that will host in-person screening events next Tuesday. #PGAM #GDSD

You've always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/02/26/y...

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

New on The BASIS: We review a study by researchers from @runscj.bsky.social that explored how different factors influence drug possession sentencing decisions. basisonline.org/2025/02/11/c...

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

My feed is overwhelmed with scientists right now calling out the catastrophic consequences of the NIH indirect cost order from last night. If those same people aren't also speaking out against the anti-trans, anti-DEI, anti-immigrant orders...we are lost. The only path forward is solidarity.

The Lancet, one of the largest medical scientific journals, calls for #resistance against the interruption of public health funding and the censorship of terms such as #gender and #climate from public websites and grant applications. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

For those of you interested in pulling excellent papers from this journal, I have created a public collection: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi...

"To condone policies that the profession knows will compromise health—or to remain silent and look away—is to be complicit in putting population health at risk" To every university, every public hospital, every academic society: SILENCE IS NOT AN OPTION. #medsky

Seems like a good idea for second breakfast and maybe even elevenses.

Happy Black History Month to those of us in North America and Happy LGBTQ History Month to those of us in the UK!

The @divisionaddiction.bsky.social is starting its outreach for Gambling Disorder Screening Day (March 11, 2025). Consider hosting a screening event! Reach out to [email protected] for more information or visit www.divisiononaddiction.org/outreach-res...

Worth looking through the quotes and replies to this!

We sought insights from a former gambler and an active gambler for this new (free) CE course about gambling-related problems and recovery. Partnering with the After Gambling podcast for this work was an amazing opportunity.

Here is your self-care checklist for today and everyday! 💛🧡💚💙💜

New on The BASIS: We review a study by researchers from the Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory at Central Queensland University that identified adolescents’ views on how they can be better protected from gambling-related harm. basisonline.org/2025/01/21/a...

'Taking pleasure seriously: Should alcohol research say more about fun?' | @jamesnicholls.bsky.social and Geoffrey Hunt for @addictionjournal.bsky.social (via @professorpub.bsky.social) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

NIAAA has launched a new web-based resource called "NativeAIR" to help American Indian/Alaska Native & other Indigenous communities select evidence-based interventions to prevent and address alcohol-related problems. Learn more -> niaaa.nih.gov/health-profe...

Can't overstate the importance of having a healthy workplace, and the value of having some control over your work schedule. hsph.harvard.edu/news/the-imp...

2025, yow and happy new year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg5P...

The BASIS shares brief summaries of addiction research each week. We just posted about our most read summaries of 2024. Thanks to the authors of this work for publishing these important papers! Check out our year end review here: basisonline.org/2024/12/19/t...

I'm happy that @divisionaddiction.bsky.social is here and will be sharing updates about papers, grants, outreach activities, courses, and more. We love to boost addiction, public health, and psychology research and look forward to connecting in this space!