Nick Kerman
@nkerman.bsky.social
Psychologist | Dad | Research: homelessness, social determinants of health, and Housing First | Likes: Ottawa Senators | Won my fantasy football league in 2023 | Views: mine
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Clinicians: Should patients at high risk of alcohol harm use no and low-alcohol drinks?
New research highlights the need for nuanced guidance beyond zero-tolerance, considering non-abstinence goals and harm reduction:
New research highlights the need for nuanced guidance beyond zero-tolerance, considering non-abstinence goals and harm reduction:
Zero tolerance for 0%? How should clinicians and other practitioners respond to the use of alcohol‐free and low‐alcohol products in higher risk groups
Alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks (no/lo drinks) are now widely available and popular with consumers in high-income countries; however, it is unclear whether clinicians and others working to…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Clinicians: Should patients at high risk of alcohol harm use no and low-alcohol drinks?
New research highlights the need for nuanced guidance beyond zero-tolerance, considering non-abstinence goals and harm reduction:
New research highlights the need for nuanced guidance beyond zero-tolerance, considering non-abstinence goals and harm reduction:
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The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | NEJM
The U.S. administration has continuously chipped away at public health interventions
addressing substance use disorders and the opioid crisis, including vital harm-reduction
activities.
www.nejm.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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They say baseball breaks your heart, and the Blue Jays are a Hall of Fame what if team, now. So what does it mean to watch your team lose the World Series in one of the greatest games ever played? It means you got to feel something; you just didn’t get to choose what. www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
Bruce Arthur: These Blue Jays are a Hall of Fame ‘what if’ team. The World Series loss just makes the heartbreak worse
This World Series will echo across Canada for decades, because Toronto lost the MLB championship in one of the greatest baseball games ever played.
www.thestar.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
They say baseball breaks your heart, and the Blue Jays are a Hall of Fame what if team, now. So what does it mean to watch your team lose the World Series in one of the greatest games ever played? It means you got to feel something; you just didn’t get to choose what. www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
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CPA/OPA joint letter to Ontario College of Psychologists and Behavioural Analysts re: proposed regulatory changes in Ontario:
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September 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
CPA/OPA joint letter to Ontario College of Psychologists and Behavioural Analysts re: proposed regulatory changes in Ontario:
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At least 13 people have been wounded, five critically, in two shootings that erupted over a span of 12 hours at homeless encampments in Minneapolis with the city's mayor saying he wouldn't be surprised if they are connected.
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13 people hurt in 2 mass shootings at Minneapolis homeless encampments on the same day
At least 13 people have been wounded, five critically, in two shootings that erupted over a span of 12 hours at homeless encampments in Minneapolis.
abcnews.go.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
At least 13 people have been wounded, five critically, in two shootings that erupted over a span of 12 hours at homeless encampments in Minneapolis with the city's mayor saying he wouldn't be surprised if they are connected.
abcnews.go.com/US/people-hu...
abcnews.go.com/US/people-hu...
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💬 Viewpoint: The Housing First model effectively addresses #homelessness and improves health outcomes, but potential funding cuts risk worsening health crises and straining the health care system.
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August 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
💬 Viewpoint: The Housing First model effectively addresses #homelessness and improves health outcomes, but potential funding cuts risk worsening health crises and straining the health care system.
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Can a city as creative as San Francisco actually solve the enduring problems of homelessness and addiction?
Listen to Episode 1 of “No Easy Fix,” the new miniseries from "Radio Atlantic," wherever you find your podcasts: https://theatln.tc/qLUPKHTn
Listen to Episode 1 of “No Easy Fix,” the new miniseries from "Radio Atlantic," wherever you find your podcasts: https://theatln.tc/qLUPKHTn
August 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Can a city as creative as San Francisco actually solve the enduring problems of homelessness and addiction?
Listen to Episode 1 of “No Easy Fix,” the new miniseries from "Radio Atlantic," wherever you find your podcasts: https://theatln.tc/qLUPKHTn
Listen to Episode 1 of “No Easy Fix,” the new miniseries from "Radio Atlantic," wherever you find your podcasts: https://theatln.tc/qLUPKHTn
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Today’s EO on homelessness is shocking in its cruelty (even for this administration). Cutting funding for housing and health while criminalizing homelessness & mental health and substance use problems will lead to endless suffering and worsen homelessness.
July 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Today’s EO on homelessness is shocking in its cruelty (even for this administration). Cutting funding for housing and health while criminalizing homelessness & mental health and substance use problems will lead to endless suffering and worsen homelessness.
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Coercion continuing to have a moment. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Coercion continuing to have a moment. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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🚨 Hiring! My lab, the Everyday Ethics Lab at @camhnews.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc to conduct empirical bioethics research in mental health, substance use health, and chronic pain. Join us for critical, collaborative, impactful work. Details here: bit.ly/4eRc4if Please share!
#Bioethics
#Bioethics
Job Posting: Post-Doctoral Researcher CAMH Bioethics and Education - Everyday Ethics Lab
The Everyday Ethics Lab, part of CAMH Education Research, is currently seeking a Post-Doctoral Researcher to support projects in bioethics led by the Lab (https://www.everydayethicslab.ca). Reporting ...
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July 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🚨 Hiring! My lab, the Everyday Ethics Lab at @camhnews.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc to conduct empirical bioethics research in mental health, substance use health, and chronic pain. Join us for critical, collaborative, impactful work. Details here: bit.ly/4eRc4if Please share!
#Bioethics
#Bioethics
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Breaking news: Staff at the National Institutes of Health have issued a declaration calling on their director to depoliticize the agency and reverse spending cuts.
NIH staff and biomedical community sound alarm about agency politicization, funding slowdown
In test of NIH director’s support of dissent, NIH staff sign Bethesda Declaration urging reversal of grant cuts and freezes
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June 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Breaking news: Staff at the National Institutes of Health have issued a declaration calling on their director to depoliticize the agency and reverse spending cuts.
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Homelessness is rising among older adults, driven by lack of affordable housing paired with a late Baby Boom cohort effect (entire generation coming of age amidst recession and poor job opportunities). Good deep dive in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
How a Generation’s Struggle Led to a Record Surge in Homelessness
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Homelessness is rising among older adults, driven by lack of affordable housing paired with a late Baby Boom cohort effect (entire generation coming of age amidst recession and poor job opportunities). Good deep dive in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
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New from my PhD student Colleen and crew:
"Rethinking homelessness: a scoping review of social constructions and meanings" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Rethinking homelessness: a scoping review of social constructions and meanings" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Rethinking homelessness: a scoping review of social constructions and meanings
Debates on defining homelessness have persisted for decades, with the hope that refined definitions might better address this complex problem However, with homelessness rates continuing to rise, th...
www.tandfonline.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
New from my PhD student Colleen and crew:
"Rethinking homelessness: a scoping review of social constructions and meanings" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Rethinking homelessness: a scoping review of social constructions and meanings" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cheque week is associated with greater overdose risks, but changing monthly income support payment structures has produced mixed results. Another study from the B.C. trial on this finds no significant effects on medications for opioid use disorder adherence (www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...).
Impact of alternative income assistance disbursement on substance use disorder treatment adherence among people who use drugs
Background: The synchronized disbursement of income assistance payments is associated with increased drug-related harms and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment interruptions. Desynchronizing and...
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May 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Cheque week is associated with greater overdose risks, but changing monthly income support payment structures has produced mixed results. Another study from the B.C. trial on this finds no significant effects on medications for opioid use disorder adherence (www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...).
Encampments are complex and diverse, and offer a highly contrasting living experience to shelters (www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...). The housing solutions remain the same (no need to reinvent the wheel here), but there is utility in redesigning shelters to offer more community and safety.
Opinion: What do encampments offer that shelters don’t? A chance to build community
The strict rules at shelters that discourage communities from forming are based on the belief that humans are individual units. That those who live at the edges of modern capitalism are problems who m...
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Encampments are complex and diverse, and offer a highly contrasting living experience to shelters (www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...). The housing solutions remain the same (no need to reinvent the wheel here), but there is utility in redesigning shelters to offer more community and safety.
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It’s a mistake to outsource most writing to AI.
Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas.
Writing is where we do our best thinking.
Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas.
Writing is where we do our best thinking.
May 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It’s a mistake to outsource most writing to AI.
Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas.
Writing is where we do our best thinking.
Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas.
Writing is where we do our best thinking.
A reminder from a 2019 publication to always review your article proofs:
“This study was reviewed and approved by the Quality Improvement Assessment Board of (redacted).”
“This study was reviewed and approved by the Quality Improvement Assessment Board of (redacted).”
April 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A reminder from a 2019 publication to always review your article proofs:
“This study was reviewed and approved by the Quality Improvement Assessment Board of (redacted).”
“This study was reviewed and approved by the Quality Improvement Assessment Board of (redacted).”
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Advocating for cash incentives instead of gift cards in public health research: Dollars over donuts
#bioethics #researchethics #publichealth
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#bioethics #researchethics #publichealth
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Advocating for cash incentives instead of gift cards in public health research: Dollars over donuts - Canadian Journal of Public Health
Incentives for participation can help enable more equitable public health research practices, particularly when working with people from structurally disadvantaged populations, such as people who use ...
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April 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Advocating for cash incentives instead of gift cards in public health research: Dollars over donuts
#bioethics #researchethics #publichealth
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#bioethics #researchethics #publichealth
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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📖 New open access article by our team on staff views on overdose prevention in permanent supportive housing — partnered research w/Corporation for Supportive Housing. rdcu.be/eik9I
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Staff views on overdose prevention in permanent supportive housing
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April 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
📖 New open access article by our team on staff views on overdose prevention in permanent supportive housing — partnered research w/Corporation for Supportive Housing. rdcu.be/eik9I
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An incredibly honest, nuanced, and person-centred photo essay on life in permanent supportive housing that is well-aligned with decades of evidence on the intervention (www.nytimes.com/interactive/...).
Permanent Supportive Housing Spotlights Challenges After Homelessness
A reporter and photographer documented the lives of residents and staff at the Lenniger, a permanent supportive housing complex in New York City.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
An incredibly honest, nuanced, and person-centred photo essay on life in permanent supportive housing that is well-aligned with decades of evidence on the intervention (www.nytimes.com/interactive/...).
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New paper outlines a theoretical model attempting to explain the positive association between police drug seizures and overdose mortality. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Police Opioid Seizure Temporal Risk (POSTeR) model of increased exposure to fatal overdose
Police seizures of illicit opioids remain a dominant strategy for addressing problematic substance use and overdose in the United States and throughou…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
New paper outlines a theoretical model attempting to explain the positive association between police drug seizures and overdose mortality. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...