Seems very timely "What normalization does is transform the morally extraordinary into the ordinary. It makes us able to tolerate what was once intolerable by making it seem as if this is the way things have always been." —  Jason Stanley. How Fascism Works en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Fas...

First-Person Psychiatric Accounts: A Substack Collection Personal accounts of mental health challenges and mental healthcare, many of which are among the most widely read and appreciated posts in Psychiatry at the Margins. www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/first-pers...

🚨 New Job Opportunity! 🚨 We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to support active clinical research studies within the Hub (principally the METPSY research study) at the University of Edinburgh. 📍Edinburgh 📆 Apply by 11th September 🔗 More info 👇 elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

🚨Update: METPSY is now recruiting adults aged 16–35! 🚨 Adults aged 16–35 living in Scotland can now take part in our METPSY study (previously 16–25). Open to those with a diagnosis of depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. Interested? Get in touch 📩 [email protected] or visit our website!

Calling all early-career researchers!! @thetransmitter.bsky.social & @neuromatch.bsky.social want to know: what kinds of resources do early-career researchers need? Share you thoughts anonymously at the link below: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...

I love when this happens, and also feel frustrated when I can’t show them to the world. My human just ends up having to deal with me showing him all the pretty plots.

@arishmrl.bsky.social & colleagues have found that people with autoimmune conditions are at nearly double the risk of mental health issues - depression, bipolar, anxiety - compared to the general population. Read the full paper: edin.ac/40jxw9h; highlighted in the Guardian 25/06: edin.ac/44pQyfF

@dsmith2025.bsky.social and I have another new paper out today in BMJ Mental Health. Excited to have published the first ever research study from the Our Future Health UK cohort, involving data from over 1.5 million adults. Highlights below 👇 LINK: doi.org/10.1136/bmjm... @edinunineuro.bsky.social

What is 'metabolic psychiatry'? And how can we make meaningful advances in mental health prevention and treatment using metabolic science? Out now in Nature Mental Health, our new article defining this emerging field and outlining key questions for future research: rdcu.be/etahP

I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.

Had a great time teaching on the Neuroimmunology & Neurochemistry themed Africa Advanced School in Neuroscience. Teaching is, as always, the part of my job that makes me happiest. Now onwards to #SONA2025!

Upcoming Event! 📢 @arishmrl.bsky.social will be speaking at the National Rural Mental Health Forum on 30th April! Sign up to learn more about how metabolism is connected to mental health and our newly launched study, METPSY 👇 changemh.org/forum

Are you 16-25 and living in Scotland? 📣 Join our METPSY research study to help us understand how metabolism links to severe mental illness (depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia). Interested? 📩 Get in touch at [email protected]! Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/takeparthub

Every trans person deserves safety, dignity and respect. No exceptions. No conditions. No debate. Visibility is only meaningful if it leads to real change. #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility

Affective disorders and chronic inflammatory conditions: Analysis of 1.5 million participants in Our Future Health https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.25.25324636v1

Our protocol for the METPSY study in the @hubmetpsych.bsky.social is out now in BMC Psychiatry. METPSY is a longitudinal study of metabolic markers and clinical outcomes in young people with depression, bipolar, or schizophrenia. Recruitment for the study opens shortly! doi.org/10.1186/s128...

We're pleased to see that the Scottish Medicines Consortium approval of injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) for the prevention of HIV on the NHS in Scotland This new option may help those facing barriers to using oral #PrEP A significant step forward in #HIV prevention for people living in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Interested in neuroimmunology? An exciting intensive course is planned just before the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa 2025 conference in Morocco. Please share widely: sona2025.uca.ma/Neuroimmunol...

It’s been a pleasure to take part in a series of futurist thinking sessions to imagine the future of the Africa Brain Health Network. It doesn’t end here — we are excited to work towards the vision of brain health being integrated into the daily lives of 1.5 billion people across Africa.

#WorldAIDSDay "The first ever research agenda was developed by the activists, not scientists. So, their advocacy was science and evidence-based. They also demanded greater transparency on every aspect of the HIV response." @madhupai.bsky.social #Bioethics #Equity www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

Want to read a story about #queer joy, community, and cultural resistance? I’m honoured to be published in the newest edition of The Ana and esp to be chosen as the Editors’ Pick. What a privilege to have my words resonate in some small way with others! Read here: www.wearetheana.com/issue-15-dusk

With colleagues at ALBA, I'm running an international climate survey for #LGBTQIA+ people in #neuroscience (including #psychology, #psychiatry, etc). It takes 10-20 min & you can enter a drawing for gift cards. Please repost & share w/colleagues. tinyurl.com/LGBTNeuro #QueerSTEM #LGBTQSTEM

Posting this because these images are making the rounds again. Plus, someone told me it was the best thing I ever did, and I was flattered. p.s. only possible since I've been directly involved with several papers that meet these exact criteria, so mea culpa blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

Meaningful community engagement is at the heart of our #HIV research at FAMCRU (Stellenbosch Uni). We recently asked: what do young people living with HIV in South Africa want us to research? Out now @plos.bsky.social Global Public Health: doi.org/10.1371/jour... #Science #WorldAIDSDay

conference schedule planning for 2024 is already getting out of hand ... i think i'm now at one or two conferences each in March, Apr, May, June, July whoops 😅

I enjoyed chatting with Jodi and Rebecca about gender equity in STEM and how men can and should be engaging these conversations. My first time recording a podcast! Full episode available via The Academinist on ur fav platforms 🧠 theacademinist.buzzsprout.com/1007881/1407...

New paper: of 5000 PhDs awarded at large Dutch uni, men were about twice as likely to receive a cum laude degree even if they had same supervisor. Difference most severe with all male PhD committees & reduces with more female members. www.nature.com/articles/s41...