Lara Coughlin
@laracoughlinphd.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist, Director of CHOICE lab, Co-director of MI-ACRE, lover of contingency management and health equity
Great to have the chance to talk with AJP about the key role of incentive-based treatments in addressing rising stimulant-involved deaths in the US. #CMsaveslives
Dr. Lara Coughlin (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) joins AJP Audio to study looking at the impact of contingency management on all cause mortality in patients with stimulant use disorder. psychiatryonline.org/ajp/audio
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Great to have the chance to talk with AJP about the key role of incentive-based treatments in addressing rising stimulant-involved deaths in the US. #CMsaveslives
Reposted by Lara Coughlin
📍Our VA CM Mortality study shows contingency management (CM) saves lives for vets with stimulant use disorder. Given CM's proven success, what's holding back wider adoption⁉️Am J Psychiatry's Nov. editorial features a call to action for SUD care - check it out▶️ psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
We Must Do Better on Implementing Evidence-Based Treatments for Substance Use Disorders | American Journal of Psychiatry
PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.
psychiatryonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
📍Our VA CM Mortality study shows contingency management (CM) saves lives for vets with stimulant use disorder. Given CM's proven success, what's holding back wider adoption⁉️Am J Psychiatry's Nov. editorial features a call to action for SUD care - check it out▶️ psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
Reposted by Lara Coughlin
Boost your tobacco treatment skills with Motivational Interviewing! Join MI-ACRE Co-Director @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social for Session 2 of a free, 3-part November webinar series from the U-M Injury Prevention Center. CMEs provided! Register for all sessions ➡️
injurycenter.umich.edu/tobacco-trea...
injurycenter.umich.edu/tobacco-trea...
Tobacco Treatment Education Series for Providers - Injury Prevention Center
Talking to patients about tobacco cessation can be difficult, join us virtually and become more confident! Join us in November as we provide resources for clinicians to become more confident talking t...
injurycenter.umich.edu
October 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Boost your tobacco treatment skills with Motivational Interviewing! Join MI-ACRE Co-Director @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social for Session 2 of a free, 3-part November webinar series from the U-M Injury Prevention Center. CMEs provided! Register for all sessions ➡️
injurycenter.umich.edu/tobacco-trea...
injurycenter.umich.edu/tobacco-trea...
Thanks @VAResearch and @ASAMorg for highlighting our work
CM saves lives. Pass it on!
www.research.va.gov/in_brief.cfm
www.asam.org/publications...
CM saves lives. Pass it on!
www.research.va.gov/in_brief.cfm
www.asam.org/publications...
VA Research News Briefs
VA Research News Briefs
www.research.va.gov
September 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Thanks @VAResearch and @ASAMorg for highlighting our work
CM saves lives. Pass it on!
www.research.va.gov/in_brief.cfm
www.asam.org/publications...
CM saves lives. Pass it on!
www.research.va.gov/in_brief.cfm
www.asam.org/publications...
Thanks @d3center.bsky.social for
hosting us today! Think tanks are always so energizing and innovation-promoting with this crew!
hosting us today! Think tanks are always so energizing and innovation-promoting with this crew!
@devtomlinson.bsky.social & @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social discuss the Incentives to Quit program—a hybrid human+digital contingency management approach using CO breath sensors, app check-ins + coaching to support quitting. Pilot results: 61% quit by 4 wks; 55% maintained at 1-mo. #SmokingCessation
September 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Thanks @d3center.bsky.social for
hosting us today! Think tanks are always so energizing and innovation-promoting with this crew!
hosting us today! Think tanks are always so energizing and innovation-promoting with this crew!
Reposted by Lara Coughlin
🚨 Breaking news!! Our new publication in Am J Psychiatry shows veterans who received incentives to stay in recovery from stimulants like meth & cocaine had a 41% lower risk of death from all causes compared to those who didn’t. Find out more! ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...
Small rewards lead to big wins for saving veterans’ lives
41% drop in risk of death seen in veterans who got incentives to stick with recovery from using stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine, compared with those who didn’t
ihpi.umich.edu
September 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🚨 Breaking news!! Our new publication in Am J Psychiatry shows veterans who received incentives to stay in recovery from stimulants like meth & cocaine had a 41% lower risk of death from all causes compared to those who didn’t. Find out more! ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...
The title is a little more sizzle than substance but always good to see mainstream coverage of addiction care that works! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/h...
Upended by Meth, Some Communities Are Paying Users to Quit
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The title is a little more sizzle than substance but always good to see mainstream coverage of addiction care that works! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/h...
Reposted by Lara Coughlin
📌Part 3 - A message from MI-ACRE for researchers, clinicians or trainees interested in the field of addiction care.
Full article here: medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
#addictioncare
Full article here: medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
#addictioncare
The MI-ACRE Program - Part 3 of 3 | Psychiatry | Michigan Medicine
The MI-ACRE Leadership team includes Allison Lin, M.D., M.S., Co-Director; Lara Coughlin, Ph.D., Co-Director; Erin E. Bonar, Ph.D., Director of Research Strategy; Anne Fernandez, Ph.D., Director of Cl...
medicine.umich.edu
May 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
📌Part 3 - A message from MI-ACRE for researchers, clinicians or trainees interested in the field of addiction care.
Full article here: medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
#addictioncare
Full article here: medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
#addictioncare
Reposted by Lara Coughlin
💥📰Parts 2 & 3 of the MI-ACRE Program series are now live! Part 2 📌 Learn how MI-ACRE is transforming access to addiction care...
medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
#addictioncare
medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
#addictioncare
The MI-ACRE Program - Part 2 of 3 | Psychiatry | Michigan Medicine
The MI-ACRE Leadership team includes Allison Lin, M.D., M.S., Co-Director; Lara Coughlin, Ph.D., Co-Director; Erin E. Bonar, Ph.D., Director of Research Strategy; Anne Fernandez, Ph.D., Director of Cl...
medicine.umich.edu
May 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
💥📰Parts 2 & 3 of the MI-ACRE Program series are now live! Part 2 📌 Learn how MI-ACRE is transforming access to addiction care...
medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
#addictioncare
medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
#addictioncare
Reposted by Lara Coughlin
And that’s a wrap!
Thank you to the @umich.edu faculty who took part in our Impact Accelerator program over the past 3 days - and to the faculty and staff who spoke to and worked with them!
We look forward to doing it again next year - applications open in the fall! ihpi.umich.edu/impact-accel...
Thank you to the @umich.edu faculty who took part in our Impact Accelerator program over the past 3 days - and to the faculty and staff who spoke to and worked with them!
We look forward to doing it again next year - applications open in the fall! ihpi.umich.edu/impact-accel...
May 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
And that’s a wrap!
Thank you to the @umich.edu faculty who took part in our Impact Accelerator program over the past 3 days - and to the faculty and staff who spoke to and worked with them!
We look forward to doing it again next year - applications open in the fall! ihpi.umich.edu/impact-accel...
Thank you to the @umich.edu faculty who took part in our Impact Accelerator program over the past 3 days - and to the faculty and staff who spoke to and worked with them!
We look forward to doing it again next year - applications open in the fall! ihpi.umich.edu/impact-accel...
Reposted by Lara Coughlin
Curious about the MI-ACRE origin story?🤔 Check out Part 1 of a 3-part series highlighting how the MI-ACRE program is re-imagining addiction care 📰🙌🌎
medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
The MI-ACRE Program - Part 1 of 3 | Psychiatry | Michigan Medicine
Lewei Allison Lin, M.D., M.S. Even with effective care available, including medications and behavioral therapies, more than 80% of people living with substance use disorders (SUD) still don’t receive ...
medicine.umich.edu
May 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Curious about the MI-ACRE origin story?🤔 Check out Part 1 of a 3-part series highlighting how the MI-ACRE program is re-imagining addiction care 📰🙌🌎
medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
Reposted by Lara Coughlin
🎉🎉Congrats to MI-ACRE Co-Director @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social on her recent University of Michigan faculty promotion! This accomplishment recognizes the expertise & dedication Dr. Coughlin gives EVERYDAY to addiction care & research👏We're proud to celebrate this well-deserved milestone with you!
May 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🎉🎉Congrats to MI-ACRE Co-Director @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social on her recent University of Michigan faculty promotion! This accomplishment recognizes the expertise & dedication Dr. Coughlin gives EVERYDAY to addiction care & research👏We're proud to celebrate this well-deserved milestone with you!
Grateful to be learning how to better communicate our science for actionable change this morning at the IHPI Policy Impact Accelerator!
This morning, the @umich.edu faculty in our Impact Accelerator workshop are hearing from @bzikmund.bsky.social about communicating numbers and research findings to General audiences.
Check out his free tool for creating icon arrays to communicate risk: iconarray.com
#scicomm
Check out his free tool for creating icon arrays to communicate risk: iconarray.com
#scicomm
May 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Grateful to be learning how to better communicate our science for actionable change this morning at the IHPI Policy Impact Accelerator!
Reposted by Lara Coughlin
New Forbes story about the economic consequences of science cuts.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Thoughtful and thorough analysis.
1/n
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Thoughtful and thorough analysis.
1/n
Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually
Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself
www.forbes.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
New Forbes story about the economic consequences of science cuts.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Thoughtful and thorough analysis.
1/n
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Thoughtful and thorough analysis.
1/n
A bit of a belated post, but still feeling energized from the 35th Silverman Conference! It was a joy to see all the CHOICE Lab posters—huge congrats to Vivian Kaufman for winning Best Undergraduate Poster! 🎉So much exciting work to display. #Silverman #UmichPsychiatry #goblue
May 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A bit of a belated post, but still feeling energized from the 35th Silverman Conference! It was a joy to see all the CHOICE Lab posters—huge congrats to Vivian Kaufman for winning Best Undergraduate Poster! 🎉So much exciting work to display. #Silverman #UmichPsychiatry #goblue
Just back from an incredible week in Alaska 🌲🏔️—grateful for the chance to work alongside our amazing Community Advisory Board and attend the inspiring Pathways to Recovery Conference. The natural beauty was breathtaking, the passion + wisdom in every room was unforgettable. #AKPathwaysToRecovery
May 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just back from an incredible week in Alaska 🌲🏔️—grateful for the chance to work alongside our amazing Community Advisory Board and attend the inspiring Pathways to Recovery Conference. The natural beauty was breathtaking, the passion + wisdom in every room was unforgettable. #AKPathwaysToRecovery
Reposted by Lara Coughlin
📰Big News! MI-ACRE's Dr. Lara Coughlin & Dr. Erin Bonar are set to lead a 5-yr study designed to help people quit smoking menthol cigarettes. This PCORI-funded study is designed to deliver real-world data on PATIENT-CENTERED approaches that actually work! 🙌
www.michiganmedicine.org/news-release...
www.michiganmedicine.org/news-release...
Quitting menthol cigarettes is extra hard, but a new U-M study will test the best way to do it
A multimillion dollar study will test two methods of helping people quit the highly addictive menthol form of cigarettes, including one that will use breath monitoring.
www.michiganmedicine.org
April 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
📰Big News! MI-ACRE's Dr. Lara Coughlin & Dr. Erin Bonar are set to lead a 5-yr study designed to help people quit smoking menthol cigarettes. This PCORI-funded study is designed to deliver real-world data on PATIENT-CENTERED approaches that actually work! 🙌
www.michiganmedicine.org/news-release...
www.michiganmedicine.org/news-release...