Lourah Kelly
@lourahkphd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emergency Medicine, opinions don't reflect my employer or funders
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Why not a Barbie Themed Beach In?
a woman in a barbie costume says hi barbie on the beach
ALT: a woman in a barbie costume says hi barbie on the beach
media.tenor.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Why not a Barbie Themed Beach In?
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Forced abstinence has been shown repeatedly to be worse (ie harms and kills people at higher rates) than not intervening in people’s substance use at all. And it doesn’t even reduce drug use.
The program’s medical director is Dr Rob Tanguay, who co-founded addiction treatment corp the Newly Institute & presumably still holds shares.
His key argument is there’s “insufficient evidence to support or refute” forced abstinence—we don’t know enough NOT to try it.
But he omits something. 2/
His key argument is there’s “insufficient evidence to support or refute” forced abstinence—we don’t know enough NOT to try it.
But he omits something. 2/
May 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Forced abstinence has been shown repeatedly to be worse (ie harms and kills people at higher rates) than not intervening in people’s substance use at all. And it doesn’t even reduce drug use.
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🚨HOT TAKE ALERT🚨
If you have built your scientific career off federal funding, you can organize a teach in at your favorite park or brewery to tell the public how you spend their tax dollars.
AND why we should INCREASE federal research and development $$$.
It’s not rocket science…or maybe it is?
If you have built your scientific career off federal funding, you can organize a teach in at your favorite park or brewery to tell the public how you spend their tax dollars.
AND why we should INCREASE federal research and development $$$.
It’s not rocket science…or maybe it is?
Looking for a way to discuss the cuts with your local community: Host a teach in!
You pick the time, place and date.
You pick the time, place and date.
May 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🚨HOT TAKE ALERT🚨
If you have built your scientific career off federal funding, you can organize a teach in at your favorite park or brewery to tell the public how you spend their tax dollars.
AND why we should INCREASE federal research and development $$$.
It’s not rocket science…or maybe it is?
If you have built your scientific career off federal funding, you can organize a teach in at your favorite park or brewery to tell the public how you spend their tax dollars.
AND why we should INCREASE federal research and development $$$.
It’s not rocket science…or maybe it is?
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Read my new FREE article "She Didn't 'Pick Wrong'. Society Failed By Creating Millions of Abusive Men.
Link: open.substack.com/pub/dremmaka...
It's time to stop blaming women for their "bad choices" in "picking abusive men".
#domesticviolence
Link: open.substack.com/pub/dremmaka...
It's time to stop blaming women for their "bad choices" in "picking abusive men".
#domesticviolence
She Didn't "Pick Wrong". Society Failed By Creating Millions of Abusive Men.
The scale of the risk means we need to stop blaming women for "ignoring red flags" when men turn out to be controlling and abusive partners
open.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Read my new FREE article "She Didn't 'Pick Wrong'. Society Failed By Creating Millions of Abusive Men.
Link: open.substack.com/pub/dremmaka...
It's time to stop blaming women for their "bad choices" in "picking abusive men".
#domesticviolence
Link: open.substack.com/pub/dremmaka...
It's time to stop blaming women for their "bad choices" in "picking abusive men".
#domesticviolence
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True in the US as well as the UK. We live in a talent economy. Today universities are the means of production.
Also, both the humanities and science create long-term economic advantages to go along with their clear short-term economic benefits.
Also, both the humanities and science create long-term economic advantages to go along with their clear short-term economic benefits.
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
A must read
May 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
True in the US as well as the UK. We live in a talent economy. Today universities are the means of production.
Also, both the humanities and science create long-term economic advantages to go along with their clear short-term economic benefits.
Also, both the humanities and science create long-term economic advantages to go along with their clear short-term economic benefits.
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Get tips and resources from CAPES including crisis hotlines and textlines, warmlines, how to find a therapist, and stories of lived experience and peer led supports on our website www.umassmed.edu/capes/lookin...
How to Get Help for Myself — CAPES
CAPES does not provide direct mental health services. Below are local and national resources that you might find helpful. Not all resources may be the best fit for you right now; you are the expert…
www.umassmed.edu
May 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Get tips and resources from CAPES including crisis hotlines and textlines, warmlines, how to find a therapist, and stories of lived experience and peer led supports on our website www.umassmed.edu/capes/lookin...
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
Family support is an important part of recovery. If you're looking for organizations that can help you support a family member, see our 'How to Get Help for Someone Else' section of our website.
www.umassmed.edu/capes/lookin...
Family support is an important part of recovery. If you're looking for organizations that can help you support a family member, see our 'How to Get Help for Someone Else' section of our website.
www.umassmed.edu/capes/lookin...
May 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
Family support is an important part of recovery. If you're looking for organizations that can help you support a family member, see our 'How to Get Help for Someone Else' section of our website.
www.umassmed.edu/capes/lookin...
Family support is an important part of recovery. If you're looking for organizations that can help you support a family member, see our 'How to Get Help for Someone Else' section of our website.
www.umassmed.edu/capes/lookin...
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One of the cruelest things about the NSF/NIH situations is that federal funders have been asking for acknowledgment about disparate impacts, inequality, etc. for years. To get a grant at all you had to (rightly) address those things. Now is the punishment for both caring and following the rules.
February 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
One of the cruelest things about the NSF/NIH situations is that federal funders have been asking for acknowledgment about disparate impacts, inequality, etc. for years. To get a grant at all you had to (rightly) address those things. Now is the punishment for both caring and following the rules.
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If you haven't already, join AAUP. Encourage your lab members to join their union, UAW local 2710. These are the orgs most likely to pressure Uni admin to join together with other Unis. As a starting model, see what Rutgers senate proposed for Big Ten schools: www.commondreams.org/news/rutgers...
Rutgers Senate Proposes Big Ten 'Mutual Defense Compact' to Block Trump's Campus Attacks | Common Dreams
Rutgers University Senate takes a stand against Trump's attacks on First Amendment rights, forming a mutual defense compact with other Big Ten schools. Will this bold move inspire other institutions t...
www.commondreams.org
April 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you haven't already, join AAUP. Encourage your lab members to join their union, UAW local 2710. These are the orgs most likely to pressure Uni admin to join together with other Unis. As a starting model, see what Rutgers senate proposed for Big Ten schools: www.commondreams.org/news/rutgers...
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I just learned that there's a national graduate student crisis line - gradresources.org. Might be worth spreading the word as I'm pretty sure exactly *checks notes* zero grad students are doing well emotionally right now.
Grad Resources
Encouraging and equipping graduate students for impact.
gradresources.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I just learned that there's a national graduate student crisis line - gradresources.org. Might be worth spreading the word as I'm pretty sure exactly *checks notes* zero grad students are doing well emotionally right now.
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Stop asking me about SEM and go take this free workshop instead!
May 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Stop asking me about SEM and go take this free workshop instead!
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The peer-reviewed NIAAA journal, Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, and all of the previously open access papers published in the journal have been removed from the web. arcr.niaaa.nih.gov/about-arcr
February 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The peer-reviewed NIAAA journal, Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, and all of the previously open access papers published in the journal have been removed from the web. arcr.niaaa.nih.gov/about-arcr
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The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
April 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
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once more with alt text
May 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
once more with alt text
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May 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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So grateful to have spent the weekend at #CPA2025. It was restorative to be surrounded by an amazing community of addiction scientists.
@drzajac.bsky.social
@dr-lauren-e-lewis.bsky.social @chearresearch.bsky.social @apadivision50.bsky.social
@drzajac.bsky.social
@dr-lauren-e-lewis.bsky.social @chearresearch.bsky.social @apadivision50.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
So grateful to have spent the weekend at #CPA2025. It was restorative to be surrounded by an amazing community of addiction scientists.
@drzajac.bsky.social
@dr-lauren-e-lewis.bsky.social @chearresearch.bsky.social @apadivision50.bsky.social
@drzajac.bsky.social
@dr-lauren-e-lewis.bsky.social @chearresearch.bsky.social @apadivision50.bsky.social
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Attention addiction researchers:
NIH continues to fund non-competing awards...except for guess who? drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/n...
NIH continues to fund non-competing awards…except for guess who?
It’s been quite a roller coaster ride for the past several weeks, what with the new Administration trying it’s damnedest to stop the NIH from issuing grants. As I have discussed regular…
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Attention addiction researchers:
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We had such a great turnout and important talks and presentations on addiction recovery science at #NCARS2025. I'm especially grateful for our community partners, community board members, and plenary speakers! Stay tuned for the recordings!
@chearresearch.bsky.social @jeapinitiative.bsky.social
@chearresearch.bsky.social @jeapinitiative.bsky.social
Interested in addiction recovery science? Come join us at the National Conference on Addiction Recovery Science! I'm a member of the Constortium on Addiction Recovery Science Conference & Website Planning Committee so will be introducing our keynote panel speakers!
#NCARS2025 #recovery #addiction
#NCARS2025 #recovery #addiction
April 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We had such a great turnout and important talks and presentations on addiction recovery science at #NCARS2025. I'm especially grateful for our community partners, community board members, and plenary speakers! Stay tuned for the recordings!
@chearresearch.bsky.social @jeapinitiative.bsky.social
@chearresearch.bsky.social @jeapinitiative.bsky.social
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We're recruiting new members for our CHEARR community board of young adults who take or have taken medications for opioid use disorder. This is a paid opportunity to shape research in ways that are aligned with the voices of young adults #recovery #community #research #science
🚨 Paid Community Board Opportunity Available!! CHEARR is looking for young adults (ages 18-28) who are in recovery and have lived experience receiving treatment involving medications for opioid use disorder. No research experience needed!
May 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
We're recruiting new members for our CHEARR community board of young adults who take or have taken medications for opioid use disorder. This is a paid opportunity to shape research in ways that are aligned with the voices of young adults #recovery #community #research #science
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Especially relevant paper for folks in our @capessuicideprev.bsky.social ELSI Unit (Ethics, Legal, and Social Issues)
An unspoken requirement to access suicide prevention care on helplines is a person must 1st overcome fear of disclosing to a counselor @danielcoppersmith.bsky.social @kathrynfox.bsky.social & I call for self-guided DMHIs like safety planning to be accessible on helplines along w/counselor support ⬇️
The ethical imperative of self-directed tools in crisis helplines to prevent suicide at scale
Nature Mental Health - Using the US National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline as a case example, we discuss the tacit requirement that users of helplines disclose suicide-related thoughts and behaviors...
rdcu.be
May 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Especially relevant paper for folks in our @capessuicideprev.bsky.social ELSI Unit (Ethics, Legal, and Social Issues)
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It's not about the fluoride or the seed oils or the synthetic/petroleum-based food dyes...
It IS about undermining trust in science, medicine & public health & elevating pseudoscience, grifters & wellness influencers who can profit by selling fear& supplements
open.substack.com/pub/techingi...
It IS about undermining trust in science, medicine & public health & elevating pseudoscience, grifters & wellness influencers who can profit by selling fear& supplements
open.substack.com/pub/techingi...
The Fluoride Fight Was Never About Health
It’s About Undermining Trust in Experts, Eroding Public Health Protections, and Being Oppositional
open.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It's not about the fluoride or the seed oils or the synthetic/petroleum-based food dyes...
It IS about undermining trust in science, medicine & public health & elevating pseudoscience, grifters & wellness influencers who can profit by selling fear& supplements
open.substack.com/pub/techingi...
It IS about undermining trust in science, medicine & public health & elevating pseudoscience, grifters & wellness influencers who can profit by selling fear& supplements
open.substack.com/pub/techingi...
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In this #podcast, one topic is that when I went to rehab I didn't believe I could get #sober. I hoped to learn how to use less. #recoveryposse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbQn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbQn...
How a Former Addict Became a Federal Judge
YouTube video by JazzCast Pros Podcast Network
www.youtube.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In this #podcast, one topic is that when I went to rehab I didn't believe I could get #sober. I hoped to learn how to use less. #recoveryposse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbQn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbQn...