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Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · 1d

#CSHRB study results highlight the critical interplay of alcohol & social settings on performance monitoring processes. Social cohesion tends to increase performance monitoring for players. At least in cooperative tasks, feedback effects between players & observers become synchronized bit.ly/4oBwhMI

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Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · 2d

Environmental factors play a key role in shaping alcohol use behavior patterns. #CSHRB co-authored study identified these settings as influences on drinking: evenings/weekends, celebrations, bars, presence of alcohol-related cues, distracting activities & crowded, mixed-gender spaces bit.ly/48D0W7z

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Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · 3d

#CSHRB co-authored study results highlight the potential for integrating passive & active data to improve symptom prediction & early intervention efforts for PTSD & CUD in veterans. Future research should explore long-term engagement strategies & clinical applications bit.ly/4ow6Iwu

Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats to #CSHRB's Christine Lee & colleagues re Check In With Yourself and new websites to help people cope bit.ly/3Jgf4sY

How do you cope? Free online tool surveys mental wellness - UW Medicine | Newsroom

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Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · 8d

#CSHRB study says re alcohol use, depressive symptoms predicted lower odds of drinking alcohol on a given month; if young adults did drink then depressive symptoms predicted heavier drinking. For cannabis, depressive symptoms predicted both greater odds of using cannabis & heavier use bit.ly/47epBwZ

Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · 9d

#CSHRB study points to the promise of brief, technology-based interventions to help promote recovery & symptom reduction in trauma-exposed populations. The study evaluated enhancements to a promising CBT text intervention for PTSD + AM (alcohol misuse) bit.ly/478Ts9O

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Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · 17d

#CSHRB study found significant reductions in negative trauma cognitions following a brief cognitive intervention delivered in the early recovery period after a recent sexual assault. Reductions in trauma cognitions did not mediate the effect of the intervention on PTSD symptoms bit.ly/3VU3pCZ

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Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · 21d

#CSHRB study says greater within-family anti-social behavior (ASB) in adolescence predicted moderate increases in alcohol use disorder (AUD) in emerging adulthood; whereas adolescent AUD did not predict subsequent ASB bit.ly/3IFImkC

Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · 24d

#CSHRB thesis suggests that individuals without existing risk-mitigation strategies for HIV show the greatest vulnerability alcohol & chemsex effects on sexual risk behavior & would likely benefit the most from intervention bit.ly/3Il5Pre

Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · 28d

#CSHRB thesis concludes increased alcohol consumption is predicted by higher depression symptomatology & alcohol-related problems, highlighting the relationship between depression, behavioral activation & alcohol use in young adults bit.ly/4mUeUFH

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Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Sep 23

#CSHRB thesis concludes prevention programs for trading harms could focus on educating young adults prone to high financial stress, sensation seeking traits & positive social norms of trading about the potential risks of trading bit.ly/48xRaTX

Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Sep 16

#CSHRB study featured this week via the Harvard Medical Schools' BASIS research article review underscores the need to address addictive issues holistically. The study found more frequent co-use is related to stronger correlations between problem gambling & problematic alcohol use bit.ly/3Vndw2V

The DRAM, Vol. 21(9) – Problem gambling, alcohol use, and co-use: The amplification of problem behavior – BASIS (The Brief Addiction Science Information Source)

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Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Sep 15

Join Center for Suicide Prevention & Recovery (CSPAR) for a Suicide Research Spotlight! Detecting Suicide Risk from Short Term Risk Factors and Google Searches: A Prospective Longitudinal Study Over One-Year Thursday, Sept 18, 2025 at 9-10 am PST bit.ly/3VloLZF

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Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Sep 11

#CSHRB co-authored study finds low support for drug checking for fentanyl & first responders' distribution of FTS. Drug checking may have the most utility for PWUD who were trying to avoid fentanyl; however, its potential benefits may not be fully realized bit.ly/4pkmGe8

Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Sep 10

#CSHRB study sought to identify potential avenues for disrupting the theorized syndemic relationships between PTSD, substance misuse & HIV for Native Americans. Both interventions reduced PTSD symptoms, substance use & sexual behaviors that may increase risk of HIV transmission bit.ly/3Ij2rNl

Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Department of Health and Human Services has pulled back a government report warning of a link between cancer & drinking even small amounts of alcohol, according to the authors of the research. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/h...

Federal Report on Drinking Is Withdrawn

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Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Sep 2

Consistent with #CSHRB hypotheses, BRITE intervention led to consistent & robust decreases in PTSD compared to symptom monitoring for sexual assault survivors. Contrary to expected BRITE was not superior to symptom monitoring of alcohol misuse: both conditions improved on this outcome bit.ly/4gosSOt

Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Aug 27

The presence of a romantic partner may up the risk of engaging in simultaneous alcohol & cannabis (SAM) use at the daily level, & SAM use with a partner present is associated with high-risk drinking behaviors & more positive alcohol-related consequences compared to alcohol-only use bit.ly/47zZWkb

Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Aug 11

#CSHRB study says Latinx YAs experienced more pandemic-related stressors than Non-Latinx (NL) White YAs. Across 2020–2022 and adjusting for use in 2019, Latinx YAs reported more cannabis use days and NL Asian YAs reported fewer cannabis and alcohol use days than NL White YAs bit.ly/45wiKhs

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Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Jul 21

#CSHRB author hypothesized participants who disclosed victimization(s) would report lower levels of negative outcomes vs those who did not disclose victimization(s). Instead, participants who didn't disclose their victimization(s) reported significantly fewer sexual risk behaviors bit.ly/44VB43c

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Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Jul 21

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Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Jul 16

#CSHRB co-authored study says sleep difficulties fell substantially following trauma-focused intervention, but global sleep difficulties remained high. This adds to research suggesting sleep disturbance may be better conceptualized & treated as comorbid with PTSD rather than secondary bit.ly/4nU63oO

Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Jul 14

#CSHRB co-authored study says there were no statistically significant differences in depressive symptoms comparing adolescent Latinx Children of Non-Immigrants (CONI) & non-Latinx White CONI to Latinx Children of Immigrants (COI). Latinx CONI had greater elevated depressive symptoms bit.ly/4lWG3Yr

Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Jul 2

#CSHRB co-authored study suggest no differences in Promoting First Relationships® (PFR), from English into Spanish, effectiveness by preferred language, self-identified ethnicity & US nativity on the study outcomes, with the exception of stronger PFR-related gains in several instances bit.ly/3GjzjEO

Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) @cshrb.bsky.social · Jul 1

#CSHRB co-authored study indicates survivors’ perceptions of the social reactions received after their assault varied considerably & they were more likely to perceive an interaction as upsetting when the specific “negative” reactions of controlling & infantilization were present bit.ly/3ZYvYBL