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New on SSA website: Introducing the SMART Recovery Global Research Network https://buff.ly/3qrGhcA #treatment #therapies
SSA Impact Prize for a member in the early years of their career who has produced innovative work influencing policy and/or practice in the field of addiction. Winner receives £1,000 and a presenting slot at our #SSAConf2021. Deadline: 11 April https://buff.ly/2OK68Mb please RT
At the #SSAConf2020 Dr Nora Volkow gave the SSA Society Lecture. The full lecture is now available to all non-SSA members and covers the latest research on changes in the brain that are associated with drug use and with addiction. https://buff.ly/3c3Z2xC #IWD2021
This is the first in a series of posts marking #IWD2021
International Women's Day - interviews and lectures from the SSA archives that focus on women’s experiences in addiction.... https://www.addiction-ssa.org/international-womens-day-2021/
Low-level alcohol consumption and cancer mortality. Scientific Reports (£0) https://buff.ly/3bizvBV
Thanks to the Washington Monthly for featuring this work. @MGH_RI @MassGeneralNews @harvardmed @SSA_Addiction @slsatel https://twitter.com/monthly/status/1367967862103683073
A study by @Johnkellymgh shows that “stigma” in the context of addiction is not a unitary phenomenon. That means depending on the audience, the framing of addiction matters, writes @slsatel. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/03/05/as-overdoses-reach-new-highs-messaging-on-addiction-needs-more-nuance/