Being a senior postdoc brings many opportunities. I wrote about them in my blog last year. Now, I’d like to revisit them, see what’s new and what has
New paper out now: Psychosocial Interventions for Alcohol use among problem drug users
May 18th: Many people in methadone treatment receive it through their primary care provider. As many also drink alcohol excessively, there is a
Using Doctors Notes to See How They Treat people with Mental Health Disorders: New study out now
April 9th: Prevention and treatment of mental disorders challenge primary care doctors worldwide. Most of them use electronic medical records
Encouraging people to take part in studies of drug and mental health problems: New abstract out now
April 1st: Encouraging recruitment to clinical trials is a frequently reported problem. Challenges related to study design, communication,
50 Shades of Grey Rejection
How does one give specific feedback: what format to follow, which rules to abandon; what are the grave dangers of inflation and how to deal with the
Resolution 2015
“I write one page of masterpiece to ninety-one pages of sh…t, I try to put the sh…t in the wastebasket.” Hemingway Eighty years
Patient-Related Drinking and Alcohol Counselling: Do Doctors Own Lifestyle Habits Matter?
The medical degree isn't a vaccine against addiction. “If you don’t drink as much as your GP, you don't drink too much,” an old saying goes. When
Doctors sweat to discover traditions of the first nations
Many doctors see addiction as a disease of body only. If overdone, this view can lead to medicalization of addiction. Some may argue that the latest
Mentors wanted: What to look for in mentorship
Finding a mentor can be a challenge for many junior academics because some supervisors don't have time to mentor researchers. If you are seeking a