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Howard_Shaffer

  1. News from @AP: Report: State tobacco prevention funding lacking. Let's allocate resources where they belong. apne.ws/JIgXdu%0A about 8 hours ago via AP Mobile on iOS
  2. The Transparency Project was ahead of its time - thetransparencyproject.org/index.htm Troves of Personal Data, Forbidden to Researchers nyti.ms/MbFMvr 10:25 AM May 22nd via Tweet Button
  3. Dr. Ryan Martin blogging for the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling: "Change Your Gambling. Change Your Life" masscouncil.blogspot.com/2012/05/change… 9:11 AM May 21st via Tweet Button
  4. DSM 5 Could Mean 40% of College Students Are Alcoholics healthland.time.com/2012/05/14/dsm… via @TIME 7:51 PM May 14th via Tweet Button
  5. Listening to Freakonomics Radio - stitcher.com/s?AABAAHya9 learn about prize linked savings - positive use of gambling 11:41 AM Apr 28th via Stitcher
  6. New longitudinal research: Preschool Behavior Can Predict Addiction & Problem Gambling in Adulthood ti.me/JCCfYt via @TIMEHealthland 11:51 AM Apr 26th via Tweet Button
  7. Are behavioral expressions of addiction less common than substance related addiction? - Sharecare sharecare.to/IgtOkD 11:01 AM Apr 26th via Tweet Button
  8. Evidence for nonspecific treatments: The quit-smoking drug Chantix for alcohol & cocaine addiction ti.me/ygVAXf via @TIMEHealthland 10:09 AM Apr 25th via Tweet Button
  9. Lots of easier ways to shift consciousness: #Really? Teens Trying to Get Drunk on Hand Sanitizer ti.me/I8VTeD via @TIMEHealthland 10:07 AM Apr 25th via Tweet Button
  10. Ask Dr. K: Is my gambling problem related to anxiety? j.mp/K5QgbZ 7:29 AM Apr 24th via Tweet Button
  11. Scheduled for a May 15 release: APA Addiction Syndrome Handbook apa.org/pubs/books/431… 3:18 PM Apr 18th via Tweet Button
  12. The DRAM, Vol. 8(4) - Glass half empty or half full? Internalizing and externalizing pathways to risky alcohol use i... bit.ly/JiiByT 2:51 PM Apr 18th via Tweet Button
  13. Science under attack again: Pseudoscience and Tennessee’s Classrooms - nyti.ms/JmDqpE 5:07 AM Apr 16th via Tweet Button
  • Name Howard Shaffer
  • Location Harvard Medical School
  • Web http://www.divisi...
  • Bio Psychologist; Assoc. Prof, Harvard Med School; Director, Div. on Addiction; Specialties: Addiction treatment, research & teaching; golf psychology; photography.
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