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Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠 @jcucinellorags.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

📣 Calling all addiction neuroscience trainees! 📣 💊 Are you interested in a seminar focused exclusively on addiction? 🤝 Do you want to connect with peers from around the world? 🇪🇸 Interested in going to Spain? The 2026 Neurobiology of Drug Addiction GRS is the meeting for you! Space is limited!

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Diana Martinez, MD @dianamartinez.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Deaths from alcohol use rose 37% following the increase in drinking during Covid - from stress and worry. Protecting mental health against hopelessness is crucial now during the current crisis. See below for resources. Data from KKF (reference below)

Graph showing deaths due to alcohol use by year, with an increase of 37% between 2018 and 2022.

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Diana Martinez, MD @dianamartinez.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Stimulants on this list – despite decades of data showing that treating ADHD with stimulants reduces risky drug use and future addiction. Also protects against early death from suicide, overdose, and accidents. References below. #psychsky #medsky

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Diana Martinez, MD @dianamartinez.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Dopamine is involved in reward - and punishment, movement, and timing. Disorders of dopamine signaling - like ADHD - include issues with timing: from keeping track of time to paying attention (which requires organizing brain networks in concert with the outside world). Treatment (meds/therapy) help.

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Diana Martinez, MD @dianamartinez.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Adult ADHD is under-treated despite having a real impact on people's lives. This study looked at treatments for adult ADHD - showed stimulants (like ritalin/adderall) and atomoxetine effective at improving symptoms. Better care for adult ADHD is needed. #psychsky www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The image is a copy of the paper on the website Lancet Psychiatry called "Comparative efficacy and acceptability of pharmacological, psychological, and neurostimulatory interventions for ADHD in adults: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis"

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Diana Martinez, MD @dianamartinez.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

This study showed that detention/suspension increased risk of drug use by age 12. Kids with ADHD, depression, or other psych disorders are more likely to receive detention/suspension - and to use drugs early. It's time to replace punishment with prevention. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38706327/

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Predictors of Substance Use Initiation by Early Adolescence - PubMed

Sociodemographic variables were the most robust predictors of substance use initiation. Adding resource-intensive measures, including hormones, neurocognitive assessment, and structural neuroimaging, ...

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Maia Szalavitz @maiasz.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

literal government-made crack.... the war on drugs is a helluva war...

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Martine Lamy @dr-martinemdphd.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

16% of adolescents live in households experiencing #foodinsecurity, which is linked to increased rates of substance use, #mentalhealth disorders, and school absenteeism. Equitable #SDOH screening & response is one way to improve #kidsMH outcomes! #HCWvsHunger #BrainDocsUnite bit.ly/49vjdlL. (1/5)

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A Call for Consistent Screening and Measurement of Adolescent Food Insecurity

This Viewpoint discusses the need for accurately screening for and measuring adolescent food insecurity.

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Diana Martinez, MD @dianamartinez.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

The paper compared LLM (with millions of publications as resources) to 171 human experts recruited from social media - 51 doctoral students, 43 faculty/academic staff, 43 postdoc researchers, 18 predoc students, 12 research scientists and 4 ‘other’ (aka sample of convenience).

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Diana Martinez, MD @dianamartinez.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Preparing a talk on smoking cessation and saw Google's AI overview on varenicline and depression – it’s flat out wrong. Says varenicline increases risk of depression/suicide, has black box warning, and claims psych disorders may be more vulnerable to serious side effects. All incorrect (see below).

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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Diana Martinez, MD @dianamartinez.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

ADHD is associated with a high risk of suicide across sexes and all ages. This risk is decreased by treating with meds: methylphenidate/amphetamines (aka ritalin/adderall). The protective effect is seen in children, adults, and veterans. (references below) #ScienceisPOWER #MedSky #PsychSky

graph showing decreased risk of suicide in ADHD patients treated with stimulant medications

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ScreamingMD @screamingmd.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The greatest trick The Devil ever pulled was convincing the world He didn’t exist. The second greatest was rebranding the ACA Obamacare.

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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · 20/11/2024

This has arrived with me at a very good moment. To join other recent important memoirs from doctors including Rebecca Lawrence’s from psychiatry in Edinburgh.

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Diana Martinez, MD @dianamartinez.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Saw this paper: meta-analysis showing pregnant women with ADHD – treated with medication – not at higher risk of congenital anomalies/miscarriages. Other studies have shown treating ADHD with medication is associated with better mental health/lower suicide risk. Science is power. #PsychSky #MedSky

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Methylphenidate and Atomoxetine in Pregnancy and Possible Adverse Fetal Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - PubMed

Evidence from this meta-analysis, which involves a substantial sample of pregnant women with and without ADHD, suggests the maintenance of methylphenidate or atomoxetine during pregnancy is safe, give...

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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

REPOST WIDELY, PLEASE

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Doctors for America @drsforamerica.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

We oppose the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Please click on the link below to contact your Senators to urge them NOT to support RFK Jr's nomination to lead HHS. bit.ly/DFA_NO2RFK

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Action Center - Doctors for America

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

NIH funding generated $2.46 for every $1 funded in 2023. Important info for scientific advocacy in the years ahead- science is a quantifiable investment, not just a cost. H/t to @nicolecrust.bsky.social for sharing! #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #NeuroSkyence www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...

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Report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns

Research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an

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