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Psychology Lecturer at Northumbria University, in the UK. Study materials, data etc at the website below. He/him. https://osf.io/5wxdn/

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I think it's a disclaimer if, for example, they publish a psychotherapy manual as part of an article. As in "Here's a CBT for PTSD protocol. But don't use it unless you are qualified to do so".

Obviously, it's very poorly worded.

06.01.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jesus wept. Some stuff in here is grim.

22.09.2025 08:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quite amazed by the articles that @sociologicalsci.bsky.social puts out on a regular basis -- this one here by Lewis Anderson: imaginative, bold, well-informed, an incredible eye for detail, this will really be moving the field forward

doi.org/10.15195/v12...

12.09.2025 12:08 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Computational postdoc ad for KCL funded by the Wellcome Trust on the NEPTUNE project

Computational postdoc ad for KCL funded by the Wellcome Trust on the NEPTUNE project

🧠 We're hiring a computational postdoc!

3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.

Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.

DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5

03.09.2025 07:13 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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First of new Tyne and Wear Metro in service after delays The Swiss-built trains will eventually replace the existing fleet, which is more than 40 years old.

🍾🍾🍾 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🍾🍾🍾

18.12.2024 18:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Auditory Hallucinations in Patients with Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Trial Background Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder characterized by symptoms such as auditory hallucinations, which can seriously impact patients' quality of life and social functioning. Mindfulness...

Big effect (d = 2.76!) of mindfulness-based therapy for auditory hallucinations in this - www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5... - RCT. But inactive control intervention, and (I think) the trial registration was made after recruitment had started.

09.12.2024 09:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great set of talks from this conference, for anyone interested in skin-picking, hair-pulling, and related problems.

09.12.2024 09:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If anyone is keen to start a @reproducibilitea.bsky.social journal club that focuses on mental health research, the reading list for our 'Reprodicibilitea for Psychopathology' journal club is here - doi.org/10.17605/OSF... - and will save you a bit of work.

30.09.2024 21:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Arg! Will delete and repost...

30.09.2024 21:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0