Amandine Luquiens
luquiensa.bsky.social
Amandine Luquiens
@luquiensa.bsky.social
Full Professor of Addiction at the University of Montpellier, Psychiatrist specialising in addiction at the University Hospital of Nîmes, France. CESP-Inserm U1018
Posts are my own. RT ≠ endorsement
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Exclusive: "The CDC is far too important to just give up on" says Susan Monarez, who was director of the CDC for just 29 days under the current administration

go.nature.com/4pSmanQ
Exclusive: ex-CDC director talks about why she was fired
“I would never do that, as a scientist,” Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations without knowing the details.
go.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
✨ Excited to present at ESBRA in Brussels our preliminary results:
👉 Patients’ early emergence of adaptive coping strategies predicts psilocybin treatment response at 3 months.
👉 First CNS BMQ signals related to neuroplasticity add to the picture.
Rich exchanges & inspiring encounters last week! 🌍💡
September 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📰 Another one! Le Point adds to the wide media coverage of our Psilocybin–Alcohol–Depression study. l.lepoint.fr/DYL
France’s 1st psychedelic renaissance trial shows:
✨ society’s demand for new options as psychiatry & addiction care hit limits
✨ the need for rigorous science to test them.
Et si les champignons hallucinogènes devenaient un traitement efficace contre l’alcoolisme et la dépression ?
La recherche s’intéresse aux pouvoirs de la psilocybine – et autres psychédéliques interdits en usage clinique – sur les addictions et les dépressions.
l.lepoint.fr
August 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Nearly one-third of all retracted papers at PLoS ONE can be traced back to just 45 researchers who served as editors at the journal

go.nature.com/3UITVts
Exclusive: retraction-prone editors identified at megajournal PLoS ONE
Study says small editor group handled many problematic manuscripts — and a Nature investigation finds out who they are.
go.nature.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Psilocybin in alcohol use disorder and comorbid depressive symptoms: Results from a feasibility randomized clinical trial buff.ly/p13RswF
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buff.ly
July 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thrilled to share our newly published article in @AddictionJrnl : the first French study using psychedelics in a medical setting since research resumed.

At 3 months, abstinence rates were 5 times higher in the group receiving two 25 mg doses of psilocybin.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Psilocybin in alcohol use disorder and comorbid depressive symptoms: Results from a feasibility randomized clinical trial
Background and Aims Psilocybin has emerged as a potential treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), but early efficacy data are inconsistent. Depression following alcohol detoxification significantl...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Session on Gambling Disorder Treatment at the ICBA in Nantes this week. Psychotherapy, family approaches, contingency management, limitations of player account data—very insightful discussions! Many thanks to the organizers and speakers. @issba.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Thanks to the organizers of the 5th International Multidisciplinary Symposium on excessive gambling for giving me the opportunity to present the results of the study DEBUTER, highlighting the role of gambling addiction in suicidal ideation among medical students
June 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
J'ai le plaisir de vous inviter à vous inscrire au nouveau et seul diplôme interuniversitaire français "addictions comportementales"! Une formation théorique et clinique approfondie qui développe une approche critique et pluriprofessionnelle avec les plus grands experts francophones du champ!
April 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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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.
April 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration works on two of the most urgent U.S. health problems and has generally received bipartisan support. By the end of this week, the staff of the agency could be cut by 50%, according to senior staff members.
Federal Agency Dedicated to Mental Illness and Addiction Faces Huge Cuts
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced by 50 percent.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Very happy to speak at this conference to present the results of the PAD study!
thank you for inviting me @lucieberko.bsky.social @Afpbn
🔬🧠 International experts such as @katrinpreller.bsky.social Guy Goodwin, David Erritzoe, Friederike Holze @drfriid.bsky.social, Amandine Luquiens @luquiensa.bsky.social, Lea Mertens, Christian Lüscher, Mickael Naassila and Matthias Liechti will present the latest news regarding psychedelics.
www.afpbn.org
March 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
#StandUpForScience Montpellier, France: Several hundred people—researchers, teachers, children, supporters, and institutional representatives, including the president of the University of Montpellier—gathered to support American scientists and stand up against censorship.
March 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
En écho au mouvement américain de protestation contre la politique obscurantiste de censure des scientifiques menée par Donald Trump et en miroir de la marche #Standupforscience prévue aux US le 7 mars, des rassemblements de soutien ont lieu partout en France.
March 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Le 7 mars, mobilisons-nous pour les sciences ! 🔬✊ En écho à Stand Up For Science (@standupforscience.bsky.social) et face aux menaces contre les institutions scientifiques, des actions auront lieu dans chaque ville universitaire de France. Infos & inscriptions 👉 standupforscience.fr
February 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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At the NIH, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social on X. 2/x
February 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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#medlib
EuropePMC cannot be taken down by any US organisation. Maybe share this resource with colleagues, especially those in USA.
Not certain what is happening with PubMed - see banner headline below. I hope 🤞 it's not going down - just a lot of people searching and downloading records important to their field.

If PubMed does goes down use @europepmc.org it includes current PubMed abstracts plus a lot lot more.
#PubMed
February 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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...
American chaos: standing up for health and medicine
Withdrawal from WHO and the Paris Agreements. USAID shuttered and aid halted, ceasing health programmes globally. A freeze on US$3 trillion worth of federal grants and loans, jeopardising the function...
www.thelancet.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Why is #Ketamine not a classic #psychedelic? Working on that... But the short story looks like this 👇

What are your thoughts?
January 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Train-online study has just been published in Journal of Behavioural Addictions: Happy to share our work! Telephone interviews appear to be effective in reducing gambling addiction. Without sufficient frequency, cognitive training does not appear to be effective. akjournals.com/view/journal...
akjournals.com
January 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Read our latest article in the Journal of Psychiatric Research! Emotion regulation, a major issue for the quality of life of people living with alcohol use disorder AND ADHD www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #adhd #addiction #alcoholusedisorder
ADHD and Alcohol: Emotional regulation efforts pay off in quality of life points
The emotion dysregulation and impulsivity are highly associated with alcohol use disorder (AUD). This study explored the role of impulsivity and emoti…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:36 PM
I was delighted to attend the CFP and chair a session on innovation programs in alcohol use disorders. @Arno_Carre presented our RCT "TRAIN" which showed no difference between groups comparing cold cognitive training + debriefing with a well designed sham training.
December 4, 2024 at 8:39 AM