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Rachel Rattenni

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MS MPH | Assistant @BigIdeasInEDs.bsky.social pod | CRC @hopkinspsych.bsky.social Kratom Research Unit | Addiction, drug policy, eating disorders, and harm reduction | She/her

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Rachel Rattenni @rachelrattenni.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨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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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.

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Rachel Rattenni @rachelrattenni.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Rachel Rattenni @rachelrattenni.bsky.social · Aug 7

Conference is geared towards clinicians and researchers with CEs available for nurses and counselors. Tickets start at $25 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.

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Rachel Rattenni @rachelrattenni.bsky.social · Aug 7

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

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Rachel Rattenni @rachelrattenni.bsky.social · Jul 23

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

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · May 21

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

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · May 4

“We need literally everyone to be able to make sense of an issue that bioethics nerds argue over” fuck me

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Rachel Hoopsick, PhD, MS, MPH, MCHES @rachelhoopsick.bsky.social · Apr 1

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.

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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · Feb 28

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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the span of 9 months and is completely
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Research Society on Marijuana @researchmj.bsky.social · Feb 21

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

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James Downs @jamesldowns.bsky.social · Nov 23

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...

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Sep 9

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...

Key Points
Question: Is the 2021 Oregon law that decriminalized drug possession associated with overdose mortality when accounting for the spread of fentanyl through the state's unregulated drug market?
Findings: In this cohort study of fatal overdose and fentanyl spread through Oregon's unregulated drug market, decriminalization of drug possession was not associated with an increase in fatal drug overdose rates in Oregon in the 2 years after its enactment.
Meaning: The findings of this study suggest that when evaluating the association of public policies with overdose mortality, it is critical to account for the role of fentanyl as the principal driver of the overdose mortality epidemic in the US.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Feb 10

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."

To the Editor:
Re "Gender Dysphoric Kids Deserve Better Care" by Pamela Paul
(column, Feb. 4):
I'm an L.G.B.T.Q.+ teenager. Ms. Paul cites stories of
detransitioners as if they are damning to the practice of gender-
affirming care as a whole. Not all detransitioners regret their
transition, and not all transgender people will medically transition
An overwhelming 98 percent of people who started their transition
care as youths continue into adulthood, per a 2022 study from the
Netherlands published in The Lancet.
Speaking from experience, my peers and friends who have
undergone medical transitions have never "regretted" it, and after
beginning care, their quality of life greatly improved. If Ms. Paul
wants to demonize a procedure with a high rate of regret, she
should look toward knee replacement, where one in five people end
updissatisfied.
By writing this article, Ms. Paul further stigmatizes health care for
transgender people. Transition care may be good for some people.
It may not b

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Big Ideas in Eating Disorders Podcast @bigideasineds.bsky.social · Feb 8

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

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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · Feb 7

“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...

Shame: The Animator of Symptoms and a Challenge in Therapy

Guest Post by Susan Mahler

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Rachel Rattenni @rachelrattenni.bsky.social · Feb 5

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Big Ideas in Eating Disorders Podcast @bigideasineds.bsky.social · Feb 5

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

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Big Ideas in Eating Disorders Podcast @bigideasineds.bsky.social · Jan 29

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

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Big Ideas in Eating Disorders Podcast @bigideasineds.bsky.social · Jan 25

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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Rachel Rattenni @rachelrattenni.bsky.social · Jan 19

This is one of my favorite episodes!

Big Ideas in Eating Disorders Podcast @bigideasineds.bsky.social · Jan 19

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

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Big Ideas in Eating Disorders Podcast @bigideasineds.bsky.social · Jan 4

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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Rachel Rattenni @rachelrattenni.bsky.social · Jan 3

An important question! Yet, this piece would have benefitted from patient voices and an acknowledgement of the hurt caused by the initial “terminal AN” proposal, including Yager et al.’s dismissal of thoughtful lived-experience responses.

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Big Ideas in Eating Disorders Podcast @bigideasineds.bsky.social · Dec 13

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.

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Big Ideas in Eating Disorders Podcast @bigideasineds.bsky.social · Nov 20

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

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PennMEHP @pennmehp.bsky.social · Nov 14

"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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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...

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