Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai

Last month, in collaboration with @MountSinaiNYC's #OBGYN dept, we launched a program dedicated to helping an overlooked population: #pregnant people struggling with #substanceuse. Learn more about The Bridge Program (the first of its kind in NYC!): bit.ly/3sDYZRZ

Tune in to @NOVAeducation TONIGHT to see @RachelYehuda and @HurdLab on how psychedelics hold potential for profoundly positive clinical impacts, helping patients struggling with a range of afflictions from #addiction to #depression and #PTSD. 👇

This Wednesday, 10/19! @AIMSNYC's Keren Bachi, PhD, covering her research on #environmental and #biological determinants in #addiction, and what that means for personalizing treatment of #substanceusedisorders. Register: bit.ly/3CYEfJF

New findings in @NeuroCellPress from @bic_ismms: cocaine and heroin addiction is tied to impairments in brain circuit initially implicated in animals. The results suggest the prefrontal cortex-habenula circuit as a targeted interventions & prevention. bit.ly/3SSDt7c

Comments from Manassa Hany, MD, outpatient medical director at Mount Sinai West’s Addiction Institute, on the importance of understanding that #addiction is a disease in order to reduce #stigma & encourage those suffering to seek treatment. Watch on @NY1: bit.ly/3yiWdoD

Absolutely thrilled that Yasmin Hurd @HurdLab will be giving the Steelman Lecture next week at UNC! Such an honor to have this phenomenal scientist, mentor and person share her research with our community! @UNC_PHCO @uncneuro @UNCPsych @UNC_GradSchool @AIMSNYC @SinaiBrain

Special issue of @BrainSci_MDPI, guest edited by @IcahnMountSinai's Iliyan Ivanov, MD. "#SubstanceUseDisorders in #ChildPsychiatry: Latest Research in Risk, Prevention and Treatment" 👉 mdpi.com/si/90439 Features research from @MAparvaz and others at @MountSinaiPsych 🙌

Our Opioid Treatment Programs have a long history helping people w/ #opioidusedisorder reclaim their lives. “The first step is helping them to stop using opioids, then we start to work on recovery of all life areas.” Learn more: bit.ly/3BTnIG5 #NationalRecoveryMonth

Dr. Daniel Suter from the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai (@AIMSNYC) points to three main causes of alcohol use disorder: genetic risks, untreated mental health issues, such as depression or anxiety, and social isolation: mshs.co/3dIbkRc

Recording of DR. Alia-Klein's talk on the #neurobiology of #addiction now available: youtube.com/watch?v=X8aPcf… @bic_ismms @AIMSNYC

Powerful story of one man's experience with #alcoholusedisorder on @NY1, comments from @mountsinainyc's Daniel Suter, MD: bit.ly/3So3ISw Dr. Suter points to 3 main causes: #genetic risks, untreated #mentalhealth issues such as depression or anxiety, & #socialisolation.

In collab with Twitterless Daniela Schiller, we will embark on a newly NIH-funded MRI study to behaviorally (reconsolidation) and pharmacologically (methylphenidate) enhance forgetting of drug memories in people with addiction. Looking for post-doc training? e-mail RZ Goldstein

Recovery is unique to everyone, but it's a multifaceted process achieved through support networks and collective efforts. We dedicate #NationalRecoveryMonth to our staff at the #Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai who make the recovery process achievable for our NYC community.❤️

Tim Brennan, MD, MPH, chief of addiction services at @MountSinaiNYC, on @NY1 discussing the state of drug #addiction in NYC and how to administer #Narcan to save a life if someone is overdosing: bit.ly/3qD1Aui. #NationalRecoveryMonth

Did you miss the live interview with Yasmin Hurd, PhD, Director @AIMSNYC ? Tune in to the recording & learn about her research, plus hear important insight on the causes of addiction (spoiler alert: our environment can play a big role). youtube.com/watch?v=3WU1VC… @IcahnMountSinai

Tune in tomorrow! - MSIP hosts a a summer episode of The Innovation Cafe, MSIP's LinkedIn live interview series, featuring Yasmin Hurd, PhD, Director @AIMSNYC at 3pm ET! Visit MSIP's LinkedIn page to tune in! @IcahnMountSinai@MountSinaiNYC @MountSinaiPsych @SinaiBrain

Mark your calendar for a summer episode of The Innovation Cafe, MSIP's LinkedIn live interview series, featuring Yasmin Hurd, PhD, Director @AIMSNYC next Tuesday, 8/16 at 3pm ET! Visit MSIP's LinkedIn page to tune in! @IcahnMountSinai @MountSinaiNYC @MountSinaiPsych @SinaiBrain

#Vaping has become a public health crisis among American teens and adolescents in recent years. Tune in to @GMA tomorrow (7/13) to hear thoughts from Tim Brennan, MD, MPH, Chief of Clinical Services at @AIMSNYC, on this topic. @MountSinaiNYC

Larry Barsh & Dr. Yasmin Hurd discuss the causes & potential solutions to the #opioidcrisis in the US, the differences in #marijuana in the 1960's & now as well as the benefits/problems w/ the use of #THC & #CBD in senior adults. LISTEN @specificallysen👉youtube.com/watch?v=9AdHfg…

PRESS RELEASE @MountSinaiNYC Scientists Elected to @theNASciences! “Drs Hurd & Mayberg stand at forefront of their fields, leading their contemporaries & others coming up in the field to challenge existing limitations of science & medicine”-Dennis Charney👉bit.ly/3sfbaVL