Rachel Rattenni
@rachelrattenni.bsky.social
MS MPH | Assistant @BigIdeasInEDs.bsky.social pod | CRC @hopkinspsych.bsky.social Kratom Research Unit | Addiction, drug policy, eating disorders, and harm reduction | She/her
Road-to-Recovery Conference tickets are live! Join us virtually 9/15 to learn about blind spots in addiction research & treatment. Topics incl. harm reduction, substance use among sexual minority youth, lessons from Indigenous communities, &more! Speakers inc @maiasz.bsky.social @mlwalls.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Road-to-Recovery Conference tickets are live! Join us virtually 9/15 to learn about blind spots in addiction research & treatment. Topics incl. harm reduction, substance use among sexual minority youth, lessons from Indigenous communities, &more! Speakers inc @maiasz.bsky.social @mlwalls.bsky.social
🚨Road to Recovery Conference🚨 @hopkinspsych.bsky.social
Join experts, researchers, & advocates on the frontlines of addiction treatment & recovery! Virtual conference on September 15.
Speakers include @maiasz.bsky.social , @mlwalls.bsky.social , & more!
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Join experts, researchers, & advocates on the frontlines of addiction treatment & recovery! Virtual conference on September 15.
Speakers include @maiasz.bsky.social , @mlwalls.bsky.social , & more!
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/road-to-re...
Road to Recovery Annual Conference 2025
Join us during National Recovery Month for a virtual conference on research of substance use disorders in underrepresented populations.
www.eventbrite.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🚨Road to Recovery Conference🚨 @hopkinspsych.bsky.social
Join experts, researchers, & advocates on the frontlines of addiction treatment & recovery! Virtual conference on September 15.
Speakers include @maiasz.bsky.social , @mlwalls.bsky.social , & more!
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/road-to-re...
Join experts, researchers, & advocates on the frontlines of addiction treatment & recovery! Virtual conference on September 15.
Speakers include @maiasz.bsky.social , @mlwalls.bsky.social , & more!
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/road-to-re...
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This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
In Defense of Despair
The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be so.
www.newyorker.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
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“We need literally everyone to be able to make sense of an issue that bioethics nerds argue over” fuck me
May 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“We need literally everyone to be able to make sense of an issue that bioethics nerds argue over” fuck me
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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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Please distribute widely! This is a great opportunity to receive a novel eating disorder treatment specifically tailored to the LGBTQ+ community and developed by an LGBTQ+ eating disorder research lab!
February 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Please distribute widely! This is a great opportunity to receive a novel eating disorder treatment specifically tailored to the LGBTQ+ community and developed by an LGBTQ+ eating disorder research lab!
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Cannabis, the flagship journal of the Research Society on Marijuana, is committed to publish high quality empirical research, including studies that focus on diverse populations and topics (e.g., sexual and gender diverse groups). See full statement below.
www.researchmj.org/journal
www.researchmj.org/journal
February 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Cannabis, the flagship journal of the Research Society on Marijuana, is committed to publish high quality empirical research, including studies that focus on diverse populations and topics (e.g., sexual and gender diverse groups). See full statement below.
www.researchmj.org/journal
www.researchmj.org/journal
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It is my mission to see a shift in the field of eating disorders towards appreciating the role of biology as a primary component - across aetiology, illness, treatment and recovery.
I wrote this paper to elaborate on why this is so important: www.cell.com/trends/molec...
I wrote this paper to elaborate on why this is so important: www.cell.com/trends/molec...
November 23, 2024 at 12:10 PM
It is my mission to see a shift in the field of eating disorders towards appreciating the role of biology as a primary component - across aetiology, illness, treatment and recovery.
I wrote this paper to elaborate on why this is so important: www.cell.com/trends/molec...
I wrote this paper to elaborate on why this is so important: www.cell.com/trends/molec...
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Another study finds that overdose rates in Oregon did not increase as a result of decriminalization but actually because of the toxic drug supply under prohibition.
Oregon’s Measure 110 wasn’t a failure; rolling back drug decriminalization will be. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Oregon’s Measure 110 wasn’t a failure; rolling back drug decriminalization will be. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
September 9, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Another study finds that overdose rates in Oregon did not increase as a result of decriminalization but actually because of the toxic drug supply under prohibition.
Oregon’s Measure 110 wasn’t a failure; rolling back drug decriminalization will be. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Oregon’s Measure 110 wasn’t a failure; rolling back drug decriminalization will be. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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A queer teenager from Nebraska, where lawmakers passed a ban on gender-affirming care last year, responds to Pamela Paul.
"I fear for my future. I fear for my friends and their future."
"I fear for my future. I fear for my friends and their future."
February 10, 2024 at 3:10 PM
A queer teenager from Nebraska, where lawmakers passed a ban on gender-affirming care last year, responds to Pamela Paul.
"I fear for my future. I fear for my friends and their future."
"I fear for my future. I fear for my friends and their future."
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Our final episode on the ‘terminal’ AN proposal is with Dr. Paul Appelbaum from Columbia Psychiatry! Dr. Appelbaum brings his expertise in psychiatry + bioethics to this discussion and considers the larger danger of considering psychiatric conditions terminal podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Big Ideas In Eating Disorders: Dr. Paul Appelbaum on Apple Podcasts
Show Big Ideas In Eating Disorders, Ep Dr. Paul Appelbaum - Feb 8, 2024
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February 8, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Our final episode on the ‘terminal’ AN proposal is with Dr. Paul Appelbaum from Columbia Psychiatry! Dr. Appelbaum brings his expertise in psychiatry + bioethics to this discussion and considers the larger danger of considering psychiatric conditions terminal podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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“I sometimes wonder if shame can be successfully treated in therapy, at all. Most of what I have learned, I have learned through making mistakes.”
Guest Post by Susan Mahler
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/shame-anim...
Guest Post by Susan Mahler
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/shame-anim...
Shame: The Animator of Symptoms and a Challenge in Therapy
Guest Post by Susan Mahler
www.psychiatrymargins.com
February 7, 2024 at 3:19 PM
“I sometimes wonder if shame can be successfully treated in therapy, at all. Most of what I have learned, I have learned through making mistakes.”
Guest Post by Susan Mahler
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/shame-anim...
Guest Post by Susan Mahler
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/shame-anim...
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The 5th episode of our series responding to the ‘terminal’ AN proposal is with @rachelrattenni.bsky.social ! Rachel has studied bioethics and public health, and shares her personal experience of an ED in this interview, taking a critical look at the term podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Big Ideas In Eating Disorders: Rachel Rattenni on Apple Podcasts
Show Big Ideas In Eating Disorders, Ep Rachel Rattenni - Feb 5, 2024
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February 5, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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We were incredibly lucky to be joined by Rosiel Elwyn for episode 3 of our series responding to the proposal of “terminal” AN. Rosiel is a PhD student and lived-experience researcher who thoughtfully articulates the harms accompanying such a label: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Big Ideas In Eating Disorders: Rosiel Elwyn on Apple Podcasts
Show Big Ideas In Eating Disorders, Ep Rosiel Elwyn - Jan 29, 2024
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January 29, 2024 at 4:33 PM
We were incredibly lucky to be joined by Rosiel Elwyn for episode 3 of our series responding to the proposal of “terminal” AN. Rosiel is a PhD student and lived-experience researcher who thoughtfully articulates the harms accompanying such a label: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Here is the second episode in our series on “terminal” anorexia nervosa with Dr. Angela Guarda! Dr. Guarda brings a wealth of experience in her urging for caution and humility podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Big Ideas In Eating Disorders: Dr. Angela Guarda on Apple Podcasts
Show Big Ideas In Eating Disorders, Ep Dr. Angela Guarda - Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Here is the second episode in our series on “terminal” anorexia nervosa with Dr. Angela Guarda! Dr. Guarda brings a wealth of experience in her urging for caution and humility podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
This is one of my favorite episodes!
Here is our recent interview with Dr. Michael Devlin from Columbia psychiatry! Dr. Devlin discusses the importance of language and how his experience as a gay man has shaped his thinking on the term ‘ob*sity’ and the harm caused by framing a body type as a disease. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Big Ideas In Eating Disorders: Dr. Michael J. Devlin on Apple Podcasts
Show Big Ideas In Eating Disorders, Ep Dr. Michael J. Devlin - Jul 24, 2023
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January 19, 2024 at 5:39 PM
This is one of my favorite episodes!
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Here’s our interview with Donna Friedman! Donna comes to the field as someone with personal experience of an ED, as a parent of someone with an ED, and as a clinician. Her interview is full of insight about the importance of connection in recovery podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Big Ideas In Eating Disorders: Donna Friedman on Apple Podcasts
Show Big Ideas In Eating Disorders, Ep Donna Friedman - Apr 17, 2023
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January 4, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Here’s our interview with Donna Friedman! Donna comes to the field as someone with personal experience of an ED, as a parent of someone with an ED, and as a clinician. Her interview is full of insight about the importance of connection in recovery podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Here is our new episode with Dr. Bryn Austin of @harvardchanschool.bsky.social and STRIPED! We cover eating disorders in terms of public health, economics, and public policy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Connecting to Apple Podcasts
Connecting to Apple Music.
podcasts.apple.com
December 13, 2023 at 7:27 PM
Here is our new episode with Dr. Bryn Austin of @harvardchanschool.bsky.social and STRIPED! We cover eating disorders in terms of public health, economics, and public policy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Here is our recent interview with @ruthsweissman.bsky.social ! We discuss Dr. Weissman’s Big Idea about the cost-effectiveness of eating disorder treatment podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Big Ideas In Eating Disorders: Dr. Ruth Weissman on Apple Podcasts
Show Big Ideas In Eating Disorders, Ep Dr. Ruth Weissman - Mar 20, 2023
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November 20, 2023 at 8:01 PM
Here is our recent interview with @ruthsweissman.bsky.social ! We discuss Dr. Weissman’s Big Idea about the cost-effectiveness of eating disorder treatment podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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"It seems to me a kind of magical thinking to assume that explaining the genetic causes of obesity will reduce stigma when that new explanation is lodged firmly within a broader project of treating, preventing, or curing fatness," writes our T32 fellow Cassie Houtz. #bioethics
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bit.ly/3sDPzte
The Genetics of Obesity: A New Narrative or the Same Old Story?
It seems to me a kind of magical thinking to assume that explaining the genetic causes of obesity will reduce stigma when that new explanation is lodged firmly within a broader project of treating, pr...
bit.ly
November 14, 2023 at 7:37 PM
"It seems to me a kind of magical thinking to assume that explaining the genetic causes of obesity will reduce stigma when that new explanation is lodged firmly within a broader project of treating, preventing, or curing fatness," writes our T32 fellow Cassie Houtz. #bioethics
bit.ly/3sDPzte
bit.ly/3sDPzte
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Here’s our new episode with Dr. Pamela Keel! We talk about Dr. Keel’s work on purging disorder podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Big Ideas In Eating Disorders: Dr. Pamela Keel on Apple Podcasts
Show Big Ideas In Eating Disorders, Ep Dr. Pamela Keel - Nov 6, 2023
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November 6, 2023 at 9:19 PM
Here’s our new episode with Dr. Pamela Keel! We talk about Dr. Keel’s work on purging disorder podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Happy Halloween!! Here’s our interview with Dr. Glenn Waller. Listen for a discussion about the role of bravery on the part of patients and clinicians during treatment wherever you get your podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Big Ideas In Eating Disorders: Dr. Glenn Waller on Apple Podcasts
Show Big Ideas In Eating Disorders, Ep Dr. Glenn Waller - Jul 10, 2023
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October 31, 2023 at 2:15 PM
Happy Halloween!! Here’s our interview with Dr. Glenn Waller. Listen for a discussion about the role of bravery on the part of patients and clinicians during treatment wherever you get your podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
