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New in @addictrestheory.bsky.social w. Luke, Katinka, and Jim. Who’s really keeping steroid consumers safe? Not healthcare. Not the law. Peers who cook & distribute steroids aren’t just suppliers—they’re harm reductionists. @griffithcmh.bsky.social @aivl.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1606...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Hot off the press! 📣📣In this tutorial we illustrate available multiple imputation approaches for handling longitudinal data including when they are clustered within higher level clusters. A reproducible example with R and Stata code provided! #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

submitted 43 days ago • 5 comments

🔓Development, dissemination & community response to 1st community notice on misrepresented illicit steroids in circulation in Australia @piatkowskitim.bsky.social @ivolpe.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @cresswell-sl.bsky.social @karenblakey.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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New in @apsad-dar.bsky.social The first Oz steroid community drug alert! Contaminated oxandrolone was detected in our steroid checking trial, prompting a public notice. @ivolpe.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @jasonferris22.bsky.social @chenealpuljevic.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/dar....

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How are non-alcoholic beers, wines and spirits made — and how healthy are they? www.abc.net.au/news/science...

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#openaccess FREE to read, adapt, reuse! doi.org/10.1111/dar....

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Steroid checking 'Wave 3' Results Are In! We have now analysed >100 samples across 3 waves. 🔎 Key Findings: ✔️ 78% contained expected steroid ⚠️ 22% contained unexpected steroid 📉 50% samples underdosed 📊 Full report: hi-ground.org/app/uploads/...

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Barriers to the use of no&low alcohol products in high-risk drinkers @dremmadavies.bsky.social @ppermanhowe.bsky.social Jennifer Seddon @piatkowskitim.bsky.social @chenealpuljevic.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social Adam Winstock @jasonferris22.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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World 1st Steroid Testing Trial in @addictionjournal.bsky.social w. amazing team some who are here: @chenealpuljevic.bsky.social @jasonferris22.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @griffith.edu.au @griffithcmh.bsky.social @uqchsr.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/add....

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

🥁🥁🥁 Great coverage of research led by Griffith Uni's Dr Tim Piatkowski with #UQCHSR Substance Use & Mental Health research lead @jasonferris22.bsky.social, #UQ School of Public Health's @chenealpuljevic.bsky.social, @monicabarratt.bsky.social, @aivl.bsky.social + others

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"How harmful are steroids? As harmful as we let them be" – on @abcnewsnetau.bsky.social Features our World-first steroid checking trial AND Steroid peer education through Steroid QNECT (1800 175 889) – Ask for Sonya! www.abc.net.au/triplej/prog... @griffith.edu.au @griffithcmh.bsky.social

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

Jon Hamilton @npr.org wrote about @fda.gov approval of Spravato - nasal spray to treat #depression. Our Masters student Elle Smith covered this in her thesis (currently under review Journal of Psychopharmacology)

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Excited to see steroids + harm reduction on @abcnetwork.bsky.social. @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social "Steroid checking offers a really positive opportunity for health conversations" www.abc.net.au/news/health/... @griffithuniversity.bsky.social @uqchsr.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social

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Turning to online communities for steroid advice is not unusual. Piatkowski says this can happen in an environment where there is widespread stigma […] we need open, nuanced and balanced discussions about these drugs. @theguardian.com @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

We finally have enough CAPR members on BlueSky for a CAPR starter pack! More of us will probably be migrating over soon. go.bsky.app/6pYdqn3

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As President of the Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol, I welcome the alcohol research community to Scotland for the KBS 50th Anniversary Symposium organised by the Universities of Stirling and Glasgow (9-13 June 2025): kbs2025scotland.org/home.html

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This paper has found the where cannabis is legally available to adults opioid deaths are reduced. Australia's opioid death rate is double our road toll. Surely this is another good reason to change the law #legalisecannabis #auspol papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

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First post 🙏🏻 Gday Bluesky 🙏🏻 Collab w: Nick, Luke, and Cameron. Using Assemblage thinking, we unpack the tangled web of anti-doping in the UFC: where IPEDs 💉💊, tech, and celebrity collide. doi.org/10.1177/1363...

submitted 82 days ago • 3 comments

We're delighted to have launched a revamped website today where you can find out about our research, publications, latest news, and personal insights from team members on the new SARG Blog sarg-sheffield.ac.uk

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

With great collaborators, I have a new paper in BMJ Mental Health. AI-generated imagery often amplifies harmful stereotypes about mental disorders. How models like DALL-E 3 and Midjourney shape public perceptions of mental illness. Here's a summary with some images: open.substack.com/pub/carlerik...

submitted 87 days ago • 2 comments

🌟New pre-print🌟 With @jschoeley.bsky.social, we used methods developed for estimating cause-specific excess deaths and applied them to UK alcohol duty revenue, both overall and by drink type, to estimate how recent trends in alcohol sales compared to pre-pandemic. 🧵 doi.org/10.1101/2024...

submitted 85 days ago • 2 comments

From #digitalhealth to authentic community engagement and everything in between, the #AusHSI team left #HSR24 feeling energised and inspired by the connections that were made and #healthservices research explored. Check out our conference recap and presentation highlights: bit.ly/aushsi13hsr24

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

HEY CLINICAL AND PSYCHOMETRIC PEOPLE: Does anyone know of a measure where the person has to meet thresholds on each subscale in order for the full scale score to be calculated? Kind of like a scale version of a gated structured interview question…

submitted 90 days ago • 3 comments

Happy Friday! Following on from my guide on preregistration, here is the second exciting instalment: “Registered Reports: A How-To Guide” 📖🔓 osf.io/preprints/ps... #OpenScience #OpenResearch #AStudentsGuide #Metaresearch #ResearchTraining #RegisteredReports #Preregistration #AcademicSky (1/6)

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Open University Press have kindly allowed me to share this chapter as a preprint: it outlines a recent history of the replication crisis & intertwined explanations. 🌎📖 osf.io/preprints/ps... ✨🚨 Interested in the full book? Code OPENUP20 gives 20% off the RRP: www.mheducation.co.uk/a-student-s-...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Really interesting piece on intergenerational transmission of aggression from the TRAILS study. Highlights the impact of aggressive parenting in shaping these outcomes.

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I gave a 2-hour workshop on Structural Equation Modeling and Confirmatory Factor Analysis in lavaan for the Psych #rstats Club. the recording is available here: youtu.be/YrxvV8zlNLY?... Supported by @improvingpsych.org!

submitted 168 days ago • 2 comments

Sharing over here as well! I’ll be reviewing applications for the UNM clinical psych PhD program this cycle. More here: bonessaddictionslab.wordpress.com/prospective-...

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Bluesky is the new destination for X/Twitter’s health and science community. Here’s why @statnews.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2024/11/21/b...

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

For the quant methods people in my circle: Tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in measurement and psychometric issues related to complex data structures.

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Children in Victoria, Australia whose carers have documented alcohol use are more likely to progress through the child protection system than children with no documented carer alcohol use. Read the full study by Koen Smit and colleagues https://buff.ly/40Z27KF

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Our new study led by @prof-andy.bsky.social has been published in @addictionjournal.bsky.social (£0) We investigated whether changes in alcohol-related attitudes were precursors to changes in drinking behaviour - hence this proxy outcome could be useful... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Lots of new addiction scientists to the blue skies lately, so wanted to re-share our Addiction Science Starter packs to conveniently help you follow our wonderful community of addiction scientists. go.bsky.app/KVDa5PD

submitted 89 days ago • 3 comments

All my work is open - and you can use images from it without seeking my permission as long as it is correctly cited. Every week I get requests in relation to COM-B or the Behaviour Change Wheel. No need to request- the answer is always yes! #OpenScience

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A robust, sustainable, reliable, and accessible infrastructure is crucial for social science research. Honored to join the opening panel of the @odissei.bsky.social annual conference to emphasize the role of infrastructure for policy and fundamental research. odissei-data.nl/event/odisse...

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

A welcome and interesting move by the @bmj.com to pay patient and public reviewers www.bmj.com/content/387/...

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Since absolutely nobody asked for it, I went ahead and made a package for the MyHospitals API: rwparsons.github.io/readaihw/ Very keen to be responsive to feedback and build out features which users will find helpful so please give it a go and let me know what you would like to see!

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