My daughter used to be in Rainbows, like the girl in this story. She coloured in. She iced some biscuits. Did some games. She was welcomed. She played, laughed and joined in. The cruelty is entirely the point. When did bullying little girls become the norm. 1/2

🆕 publication! www.researchgate.net/publication/.... Main findings: ✅ Staff in Dutch forensic psychiatric settings have favorable attitudes toward Trauma-Informed Care ✅ Training on trauma is significantly related to positive attitudes ➡️ Implication: training could enhance staff readiness

www.linkedin.com/posts/observ... Interview with yours truly on why I demonstrate against the budget cuts in Dutch education.

Sharing my first nonfiction book 💙: www.amazon.com/tears-golden.... 😥 A moving story of deep grief, healing, hope and resilience 🌌 Discovering the link between spiritually transformative experiences and the science of quantum physics #Booksky #nonfiction 💡📚

Proud to share a recent paper by PhD student Carola van Tilburg, a clinical psychologist dedicated to studying the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral treatment for perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Carlos Alcaraz hitting some of these cross-court shots nearly 5.5 hours in is hard to fathom. What an incredible match. My goodness.

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner’s Roland Garros final becomes the 2nd longest Grand Slam final in the Open Era. 1. Djokovic & Nadal 2012 Australian Open, 5 hours, 53 minutes. 2. Alcaraz & Sinner 2025 Roland Garros, 5 hours, 29 minutes. It was an honor to witness it.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Work examining the influence of rape myths on convictions finds that their use in court is associated with more lenient sentences: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Is het #2voor12 of Jiskefet vanavond. Tweede Bijbelboek van het Oude Testament: Nieuwe Testament 🙈

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Dr. Steve van de Weijer giving a guest lecture on Intergenerational transmission of criminal behavior @maastrichtu.bsky.social @nscr-instituut.bsky.social

Amongst the carnage, 100 days in… “Damage caused by the Trump administration, science-policy experts warn, could set the United States back for decades. ‘So many of the damaging impacts are going to be extremely difficult to reverse and are going to take a very long time to recover from’…”

Here's a press release about Expanding Empathy 2025, which returns starting next week through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making! Check out the details about the talks and what some of the speakers think about empathy, social life, and interdisciplinary research. ssri.psu.edu/news/expandi...

We don't just need universities to train doctors and engineers... We also need humanists, to help us to understand the world we live in. I am striking because we need to educate the next generation of teachers, journalists, and opinion makers. @tullioviola.bsky.social #WOinACTIE #StakingHO

Protest at Vrijthof, Maastricht against budget cuts of this government! #woinactie @maastrichtu.bsky.social

Message for Dutch university staff: Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/ee...

Who is joining us on April 16th? #woinactie #strike #protest The quality of Dutch higher education and research is at stake!

American democracy is in grave danger. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

The institution of American science is on the front lines in the fight against fascism. This is more than just indirect cost caps. On March 7th, we stand for the freedom of thought, the power of knowledge, and, ultimately, democracy. #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall Please share widely!

Ending the night with this. *Get your hankies* A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.

Some sanity on this Saturday. #standwithukraine 🇺🇦

You all here probably ditched your X account. I think it is time to boycott all of EM’s companies, especially Tesla. There are many great alternatives to his overpriced brand. www.thedailybeast.com/america-its-...

Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.

New cohort of Forensic Psychology MSc students. Thrilled to see such an international classroom! Jamaica, India, Mauritius, Czech Republic, South Africa, Germany, Ireland, Belgium, Italy and more🙏 @henryotgaar.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social

Just published (in Dutch): Elder abuse in the Netherlands: A grey area. With our aging population and dwindling funding for care for the elderly, our research group started a 4-yr research project. This is the first review paper (DM your email if want a copy). ouderenpsychologie.eu/2024/12/05/o...

Haven’t been very active here since my dearest son’s passing, now a little over a year ago. Have experienced immense grief but also continued soul-to-soul communication after so-called death. Am writing a book about my journey now. Will publish in 2025 with Balboa Press, an imprint of Hay House.

#forensky #psychscisky

Come and work with us at the largest and most collegial research group in forensic and legal psychology in Europe! We are hiring an Assistant Professor www.academictransfer.com/en/342456/as... @henryotgaar.bsky.social

Survey of 380 climate scientists finds 80% predict at least 2.5C rise in global temperature causing heatwaves, wildfires, floods, storms, and major societal disruption. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪

May today's Earth Day remind us of the immense beauty of our Blue Planet. May we take increasingly better care of our Mother Nature, as we know we are merely passing souls, temporarily in human form. #EarthDay2024

#PsychSciSky #ForSky

Our publication on denials and avoidance statements by children interviewed at the Dutch child protection service is now published online, open access 🙌 @henryotgaar.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/lcrp...

When you are doing a case consultation with colleagues and one of them gets distracted by the solar eclipse that is happening across North America 🙈#solareclipse

#PsychSciSky #ForSky

Just published! A scoping review on trauma-informed care training for staff in forensic mental health services. Open Access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Dear fellow scientists, let’s free our knowledge from predatory publishing and sign this pledge! freeourknowledge.org/2024-01-30-c.... 👇🏼👀

As a scientific discipline that uses statistical tests to make scientific claims, we are not even remotely close to performing sufficient replication studies. More journals should explicitly invite replication studies.

So this is how the human mind (read: ego) works. It’s okay if you eat vegan for your own health benefit, but not okay if you eat vegan because you don’t want to eat animals and their products🤷‍♀️

New BlueSky Scientists - Find Your Community! 🧪 Put hashtags in your posts to make them appear in subject-specific “feeds.” Check out this list of hashtags and feeds that BlueSky scientists are using 👇 Click "Add to My Feeds" and "📌" the feeds you like. Make your own feed! See next post 👉

Several of the world’s largest food and restaurant companies, including McDonald’s, PepsiCo, Chipotle and Starbucks, have not made progress on their goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Some are even producing more. nyti.ms/3taEM9L

This is completely bizarre 👇🏼

If you're in #SciComm and #SciSky spaces & interested in having a policy impact, consider joining the #Science4Policy feed! bsky.app/profile/did:... I'm looking forward to seeing it grow into a space where we can share resources & opportunities that help scientists engage with policy processes!

“Students who were not psychology majors were dropping in for advice, because Black students wanted to talk to a Black professor. Unless your department counts this as service, you end up advising more students because you need to step up and say something.” www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Working remotely can cut someone's climate change footprint in half 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/work...

Happy to be invited to speak at the symposium of the Association of Dutch Family lawyers and Mediators (vFAS) to lecture about the need for screening of intimate partner violence prior to mediation. @dremmakatz.bsky.social

Hopefully Bluesky will become Twitter 2.0. The color is right! 💙

There exist lots of misconceptions about the Rorschach, both among lay people and psychologists. This paper explains how the task works, its strengths and weaknesses, and how it can be used competently in forensic assessment. link.springer.com/article/10.1.... The article is Open Access.