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This section contains regularly updated highlights of the news from around The Johns Hopkins University. Links to the complete news reports from the nine schools, the Applied Physics Laboratory and other centers and institutes are to the left, as are links to help news media contact the Johns Hopkins communications offices.

 

What Looks Like Substance Abuse Could be Self-Medication, Study Finds

When improved antidepressants hit the market in the 1980s, heavy drinking among people with depression dropped 22 percent, suggesting people who knowingly use drugs and alcohol to relieve mental and physical pain will switch to safer, better treatment options when they can get them, a new Johns Hopkins University study found.

December 17, 2018 Tags: , , , , , , ,
| Category: Business and Economics, Public Health, Social Sciences

Message from President Daniels on Sexual Violence

President Ronald J. Daniels on Dec. 4 sent a message to students, faculty members and staff members at the university’s Homewood campus, commenting on sexual violence issues. This statement, a follow-up to previous messages on these issues, comes in the wake of the arrest by Baltimore police of two suspects in a sexual assault at an early November off-campus fraternity party.

December 4, 2014 Tags: , , , ,
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Student-Related News, University Administration, University-Related

Message from President Daniels on Alcohol Issues

Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels today updated students, faculty, and staff on the recently released results of a survey about drinking on the campuses of nine Maryland colleges and universities and outlined the initial steps the university will take to address this “serious and urgent matter.”

August 19, 2014 Tags: , , , ,
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Student-Related News, University Administration, University-Related