This is a *key* new paper in the world of school mental health interventions A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y) No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia) (🧵) mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...

We’re new around here on BlueSky 👋 Curious about what we do? Watch this presidential address from Dr. Stephanie Fitzpatrick: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSyn... And explore more on our YouTube channel for insights into the field of health psychology, training, careers, and more!

Self-report outcomes seem not to overestimate treatment effects compared to clinician-rated outcomes.

My new @nejm.org Perspective: Medicaid on the Chopping Block posted today, discussing the many essential roles #Medicaid plays and the major cuts now under consideration that could take away coverage and access from millions of low-income people. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

It’s officially time for Unrivaled. The inaugural season tips off Friday in Miami with 36 of the top #WNBA players taking the court in the new 3-on-3 league. At @canishoopus.bsky.social, I break down what the league is, who is playing, how to watch and more! www.canishoopus.com/2025/1/17/24...

And a #SkyHoops list that has NBAThreads peeps + Bluesky peeps that consistently talk hoops

Facilitative #interpersonal #skills in benign vs. challenging #therapy situations in trainee #therapists: a pilot study | pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39221904 | #PsychSciSky #psychology #openaccess #AcademicSky 🧪🤯👨‍⚕️

If, like me,you sometimes find small talk a bit tricky, here's a blog post on why it isn't small after all. The latest mouthfull.blog post features Fleabag and some 1970s preschoolers. On the bigness of small talk:

This is the best paper you’ve probably never read. It covers underlying assumptions about what counts as a psychiatric disorder. For example, are disorders defined by their underlying nature or are they categories identified by us for specific uses? psychiatryonline.org/doi/epdf/10....

Really interesting new research showing that university counselling services offering a range of therapies do substantially better than those offering just one therapy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interventions that enable individuals to circumvent obstacles, offers social support, provides incentives, and highlights healthy social norms are very effective at changing behavior. Changing emotions, attitudes, and beliefs, doesn't help much. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

It's primary care, not pediatrics alone.

One could say that the research field on prevention of depression is stuck. Interested in this field and in solutions how to continue? Read my new open access paper in Current Directions in Psychological Science doi.org/10.1177/0963...

Here's a Q&A thread about conversation analysis and research into communication in healthcare - from questions I've been asked! #EMCA #healthcarecommunication #healthcommunication

Here's a post I wrote arguing against bucket lists (I think they are simply not useful, contribute to harmful mass tourism without enriching people's experience, encouraging people to put off goals for play and recreation until retirement. helendecruz.substack.com/p/against-bu...

I love this paper: The #psychotherapy hype checklist! 🔥👇🏻 #PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky

WNBA Expansion Update: Who's the Frontrunner? #WNBA #WNBAExpansion Via www.beyondwomenssports.com/wnba-expansi...

🔍Diving deep into the world of psychotherapies for #depression: Our new multiverse meta-analysis created over 4000 meta-analyses. The results? Most analytical strategies suggest the efficacy of psychotherapy for depression. 🧵1/3

NBA Twitter is coming to Bluesky 🥹

I put together a WNBA starter pack for those who are new to Bluesky and looking for some familiar faces from the other place who love women's hoops. go.bsky.app/BuG1DhS

New paper!📄 We analysed >350 million patient encounters in Norwegian primary care and found that 1/9 visits concern mental health! This is on par with cardiovascular (12.1%) and respiratory (11.0%) complaints, and only outnumbered by musculoskeletal complaints (17.7%)🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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My paper analyzing policies passed at the federal and NC state levels that impacted CMHCs is out! I’ve been thinking about writing this piece since my 2nd year, and thanks to my coauthor Dr. Apryl Alexander, you can now read it as open access 😊 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

HSR: Mental health care provision in community health centers and hospital emergency department utilization onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans. They’re a safety net under stress

Does anyone here know whether the VA hires psychologists whose PhDs are in School Psychology (APA Approved), but who have done internships (APA approved) and a postdoctoral fellowship working with the lifespan (i.e., PCBH, integrated primary care, health psych)?

New article collection launching today: Supporting the next generation of psychologists go.nature.com/48Irn8M Editorial: go.nature.com/3O0ajmp Topics: mentorship, peer review, lab culture, doctoral training, and non-academic careers Please share with your networks! #psychscisky #academicsky

Our new interactive timeline provides historical context to help explain how current racial and ethnic health disparities are rooted in a long history of U.S. policies and events. www.kff.org/how-history-...

I imported 18 friends from Twitter to Bluesky

🚨 New Paper 🚨 We randomized veterans with PTSD to crisis response planning (CRP) or safety planning during massed PTSD therapy. Results support the superiority of CRP for suicide risk reduction. Sig diff emerged at week 1 & were maintained at treatment end. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Important report from Inseparable looking at problems with access to mental health care in America Check out the state scorecards - so helpful for policy advocacy! www.inseparable.us/access/

Let’s talk about comp exams in psych PhD programs! Should they be the same or similar in format across all students or vary within departments or programs? Also, do we even need them?

I can't post this clip enough, and what better time than tonight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BCX...

If your study is in RATS don’t use the terms childhood or show a picture of a sad human kid, come on do better #scicomm #DevPsychSky

I am curious... do most psychotherapists feel this way? If so, then isn't basic psychopathological research ultimately just an exercise in futility? societyforpsychotherapy.org/when-is-quan...

Reposting because many people following me will either love or hate this, and because the arguments need serious engagement.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy informed behavioral health interventions delivered by non-mental health professionals: A systematic review www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Also a good time to re-up this:

It's almost 2024, people...

Okay #suicideprevention folks, I am updating my undergrad/masters interprofessional suicide prevention course for spring. Interesting pedagogy/assignments? @drjbake.bsky.social @akaniuka.bsky.social @allentien.bsky.social @querby-lab.bsky.social @shirleybwang.bsky.social @meganlrogers.bsky.social

Have y'all seen Morton Ann Gernsbacher's hamburger description for synthesizing multiple sets of research into a single paragraph. It is really a lovely, clear, and short video. My students will get this tomorrow as well. vimeo.com/222034325

OUT NOW! My new book A Biopsychosocial Approach to Health: From Cell to Society from SAGE Psychology. A text book for undergrad/postgrads in psychology, health psychology, public health, nursing, and other health studies. uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/a-... #PsychSciSky

Matching barriers and facilitators to implementation strategies: recommendations for community settings #ImpSciComms #impsci implementationsciencecomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

After adjusting for publication bias, we found that 0.27, 0.53, and 0.86 represent small, medium, and large effect sizes, respectively. We also present thresholds based on six psychotherapy subtypes.

Determining an effect size (ES) of interest can be hard, so many fall back on Cohen's defaults. But these defaults were never meant to be universally applied! In our new paper we identified empirically derived ES thresholds for psychotherapy in depression doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...

Counties in states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA saw a 25% decrease in drug arrests, a 19% drop in “violent offense” arrests, and a 24% decrease in “low-level” offense arrests (Simes & Jahn 2022). Expanding public benefits leads to lower crime rates!

New here, looking to build my following list with clinical psychology and sleep folks. If you think you’ve curated a good list, let me know. I’ve used a few people’s following lists to get things started.