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Mark Vellend's Everything Evolves is one of those books it's hard to review because there's so much I'd like to discuss, but by the time you've outlined and explained the thesis, your word count is used up. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Turns out cost of higher education probably is a deterrent to accessing it, despite Labor pretending it isn’t. Insane that under a Labor government an arts degree cost $50K, law $100K.

Here's an article I just published. As a psychiatrist I have been keen to understand the relationship between the somatic aspects of depression (disturbed sleep, appetite, energy levels) and the experience of depressed mood www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #neuroskyence #psychscisky #philsky

There are some exciting talks coming up in the Bonn Melbourne Seminar in Decision Making and Computational Psychiatry! Please DM if you would like to join. #DecisionMaking #ComputationalPsychiatry @carstenmurawski.bsky.social www.psychologie.uni-bonn.de/de/institut/...

Brains minimize energy consumption while maximizing computation. In humans, this trade-off is reconciled towards complex behaviors & hence relatively high energy use Review & synthesis with @sharnajamadar.bsky.social @annabhlr.bsky.social & Hamish Deery tinyurl.com/47c9n65w osf.io/preprints/os...

𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮 Looks like a very cool paper. #neuroscience doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Nature Mental Health A mega-analysis of functional connectivity and network abnormalities in youth depression www.nature.com/articles/s44...

We are looking for a Chair of Psychiatry at St Vincent’s in Melbourne. A fantastic inner city hospital with a highly regarded mental health service, and in the best Dept of Psychiatry in the country. Applications close on 29 Jan—get in touch if interested jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/9...

Here’s an article that puts together some ideas I have been mulling over for the past year or so. It’s about the two Karls (Jaspers and Friston) and how they have helped me to think about depression journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #psychiatry #PsychSciSky #Neuroskyence

Published today in Nature Med: A new phase III trial of MDMA therapy for PTSD by the MAPS organisation. 71% of subjects no longer met criteria for PTSD after three MDMA sessions, and remission rates are roughly twice those of the placebo group. Stunning results! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fantastic to be part of this initiative to develop the Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2023/august/new-partnership-to-drive-improved-mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-for-adult-and-older-adult-victorians