Dr Chris DJ Taylor

New from the band formerly known as Hearing the Voice...a short paper about felt presence and early psychosis.

We report some basic links to things like fear and quoted examples from our "Voices in Psychosis" study 1/3

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great to have the iMAPS-2 RCT published as part of this special issue

doi.org/10.1093/schb...

Imagery-focused therapy helps people understand and transform their mental images, using safe place imagery, rescripting, and more.

Great to see this video about the iMAPS-2 trial results of imagery therapy for psychosis below 👇
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
@penninecarenhs.bsky.social
@nihr.bsky.social

💭 70% of people with psychosis experience distressing intrusive images, yet therapy rarely targets them.

Imagery-focused therapy (tested in the iMAPS-2 trial) could change that, offering new ways to reduce distress and support recovery: buff.ly/jbM0TRo

#Psychosis #MentalHealthResearch #CBTp

What if therapy focused not on thoughts or voices, but images in our mind's eye?

The iMAPS-2 trial tested an imagery-focused therapy for psychosis; helping people make sense of vivid, distressing mental images.

iMAPS is:
safe ✅
acceptable ✅
ready for a full-scale RCT 👇

🧵 THREAD

“Steak Pie Betrayal and Trust in Marketing” Part 3 of my BBC Interview with Kate Bottley on BBC Radio Sheffield ahead of tomorrow’s final Celebrity Traitors episode

“Regaining Trust” Part Two my interview with presenter Kate Bottley about Trust and Mistrust in the BBC One show “The Celebrity Traitors” - 👇

@sheffielduni.bsky.social @penninecarenhs.bsky.social

Great to talk to presenter Kate Bottley about Trust and Mistrust in the BBC One show “The Celebrity Traitors” - here is a clip👇

Great to be out for a morning, pre work run!
Even if it is raining 😂 ☔️

Hi @mentalelf.bsky.social Many thanks for highlighting 😊 I will check it out 😎

Please Repost: We're Hiring!
Senior Clin Psych/CBT Therapist (8a) in Manchester for exciting adolescent paranoia school's trial of an innovative imagery & values-based therapy. Led by myself & Dr Jess Kingston @drjk.bsky.social & colleagues including @richardbentall.bsky.social 👇
🔗 lnkd.in/e4cjW9QT

#TheMostInterestingThinginMentalHealth: What if #trauma focused therapy for young people, isn't working the way we thought it would?
A new trial N=120. No differences at therapy end, but 11 months later, reduced anxiety, fewer panic attacks. It takes time👇
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

I’m sure it will be a cracking Keynote @drjohnabaker.bsky.social 😎

The review highlights two existing measures for screening for postpartum anxiety. Existing #CBT evidence based protocols/therapies could be used to target some of the concerns e.g. intrusive thoughts, worry but work in more bespoke, tailored theoretical models & targeted therapies would good steps 😊

Thank you 🙏. I agree with Feldman et al. that 1st step is a unified definition of postpartum anxiety & longitudinal studies. There is undoubtedly a complex relationship between postpartum anxiety, sleep deprivation, breastfeeding and bonding - it needs to be better understood for better treatments.

Sohee Park and Ben Alderson-Day conduct closing remarks

A group photo of ICHR delegates

Georgia Punton presenting work on sleep and hallucinations

Tanya Lurhmann presenting on voices

It was an absolute joy this week to chair my second meeting of @theichr.bsky.social hosted by the wonderful @parkbmb.bsky.social in Nashville.

So much excellent work from ICHR & @echrhallucinations.bsky.social - thank you to all who presented! #ICHR2025

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/S221...

#TheMostInterestingThinginMentalHealth: New mother’s experience #anxiety at rates which rival #postpartum #depression - but we're barely talking about it?
New Lancet Psychiatry review. N=850 research papers on postpartum anxiety with a call to action👇

#TheMostInterestingThinginMentalHealth: What if I told you that the core beliefs “you’re useless”, “you’re worthless” could actually impact voice hearing experiences and worsen mental health.
New @thementalelf.bsky.social Blog by Dr. Nicola Airey and I !

www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-healt...

Thanks André and colleagues! Great
to finally have made it the woodland, after admiring your work for many years! 🌳🌤️🍄 And this a really interesting review on core beliefs and psychotic experiences to have written about! Thanks again to Simon Bradstreet for his support!

Great to have written this blog with my colleague Dr Nicola Airey on this important review of core beliefs and psychosis!

#TheMostInterestingThinginMentalHealth: #Insomnia is major factor contributing to many mental health problems. @ProfEspie University of Oxford
@ox.ac.uk gives top tips for clinicians at the European CBT Conference
#EABCT2025 @babcpevents.bsky.social
@babcpjournals.bsky.social @babcp.com

#themostinterestingthinginmentalhealth Mental health services have known #exercise and nutrition help mental health conditions for decades. So why is it SO hard to get them into practice. A new Lancet Psychiatry review gives a roadmap across the world
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#TheMostInterestingThinginMentalHealth: Scientists can now predict which mental health treatment will work for you, before you even try it! It's a step towards better personalised therapy & what will work best for whom #mentalhealth #cbt #psychosis
academic.oup.com/schizophreniab…

#Yorkshire - Gaddings Dam!

#Goodmorning

EABCT2025 EABCT2025, EABCT2025.org,

Just two weeks now before we kick-off #EABCT2025 in Glasgow with the pre-congress workshops!

Still time to sign up for pre- and in-congress workshops (some already full!) or to attend the congress in-person or online.

Check out all the details here:

eabct2025.org

@babcp.com

Great to be back #Bythesea