Apply to do a PhD investigating the link between neurodevelopmental and anxiety disorders across development, with me, Laura Howe, @franrice.bsky.social and Abby Russell as part of the @gw4alliance.bsky.social Deadline 20th October Please share! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Tropical summer nights in Oslo 🌅

Such a great summary by @perlinedemange.bsky.social of today's panel during Oslo Pride on 'Education of Mental Health Professionals and the Role of Intersectionality' - thank you so much for coming 💚

An incredible PhD opportunity from Men Matter Scotland for someone passionate about understanding and preventing suicide. 🔹 Deadline: 11 June 2025 🔹 UK applicants only

Want to opt out of the next 3 years? Do a postdoc in Oslo! PATHWAY will study mental health in persons with autism using #MoBa and Nordic registers. It's a collaboration between #Ahus, @uio.no and @ki.se Please share! Apply here: 2411.webcruiter.no/Main2/Recrui...

We are inviting members of the public to provide feedback and guidance on our research. Visit www.bristol.ac.uk/ieu/engagement/ppi to learn more about patient and public involvement and find out about current opportunities.

Job Opportunity!💡We’re looking for a Research Assistant to join the #DiscoveringLiveability team 🔍 In addition to a salary, this 5 year role is accompanied by tuition for a part-time Health in Social Science PhD programme. To find out more, click on the link below:

❓Interested in suicide research? ❓Have an undergraduate degree, and a desire to do a PhD? We have a 5 year post combining a salaried role with PhD funding for a candidate to study as they work on our Discovering Liveability Project. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Please share widely!

Co-Production Collective is looking for someone to manage our projects with partners. If you are interested in co-production in research, policy and service development, we would like to hear from you! Find out more about the role and how to apply in our blog: shorturl.at/AAPln #coproduction

Diagnostic overshadowing in PTSD & autism: what do we know about trauma in ASD? buff.ly/0c0Hz5V Sofiia Karnatska blogs a systematic review of PTSD in autistic individuals, which provides some useful insights about effective assessment & treatment of #PTSD in #Autism. 🧵 THREAD

Can green space help protect us from self-harm and suicide? buff.ly/j3QgbR6 Trish Darcy reviews new research that suggests green space exposure may help protect against suicide-related outcomes—especially for women. #GreenSpace #UrbanMentalHealth #Suicide #SelfHarm #SuicidePrevention 🧵 THREAD

Calling all mental health researchers! Do you need some #ElfHelp from The Mental Elf? 🌳🌤️🍄 This year we have been commissioned by many mental health research groups to help them disseminate their new research. We know how difficult it can be for researchers to get their work out there. 🧵 THREAD

The involvement of patients and the public is important in public health research. We are holding a free webinar on 4th March, 7pm to share a bit about our research and how the public can get involved. Do join us! shop.bris.ac.uk/conferences-...

A calm and crisp (-8°C) eve at Oslofjord. The days getting longer again is a gentle reminder that everything is a cycle.

“Don't be evil”? This phrase was a key part of Google's corporate code of conduct, symbolising its commitment to ethical and transparent business practices. And, in 2015, the tech giant replaced it with “Do the right thing.”

Call for papers and participation - #SuicideCultures and the Sociology of Suicide, a 2 day symposium at the University of Edinburgh 6-7th May blogs.ed.ac.uk/suicide-cult...

Upcoming seminar from Queer Minds Scotland featuring @kirstyclarkphd.bsky.social on "Investigating How Societal Narratives and Social Networks Shape LGBTQ+ Youth Suicide Risk" 26th Feb 4-5pm GMT - online/free! events.bookitbee.com/university-o...

🆕 Please share 9th Suicide & Self-harm Early & Mid-Career Researchers' Forum Call for Abstracts Closing date 31st March. If you are an early or mid-career researcher working in the field of suicide or self-harm, this conference is for you. All welcome. 🔗 suicideresearch.info/2024/10/09/9...

Direct and indirect genetic effects on early neurodevelopmental traits. New paper by Laura Hegemann & al. @bstpourcain.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14122

Very - VERY - proud of my hometown 💗🙏 Hamburg, thank you.

If your research could be affected by such policies, you can use OSF or similar services to post a preprint with a CC-BY license to ensure it is accessible to everyone: osf.io/preprints OSF is open source, free-to-use, and maintained by @cos.io a 501(c)3 charity.

On a non-scientific (and non-political) note: what is your current creative project or book you read? I had a glass of wine with colleagues to celebrate the end of the week while working on another scarf 🧶🍷

*** JOB ALERT *** Tenured Associate Professor position in Developmental Psychology at the University of Oslo. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Deadline: March 3rd, 2025. Please reach out in DM for details and repost widely! #openscience experience a plus! #DevSci #devpsy

Study led by Ingunn Olea Lund triangulating different methodological approaches suggests links between maternal prenatal stress and child birthweight, gestational age & emotional/behavioral difficulties are largely confounded by shared familial factors bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Suicide Cultures and the Sociology of Suicide, University of Edinburgh 6-7th May 2025 blogs.ed.ac.uk/suicide-cult... Sociologically inclined + working on suicide? You can apply to hang out with @annamueller.bsky.social + @sethabrutyn.bsky.social and the #suicidecultures team for 2 days

The PGC #GWAS identified 36 key genes and implicated GABAergic interneurons and medium spiny neurons in the PFC and hippocampus. Intestinal cells & serotonin production may also play a role. go.nature.com/3PJhi3W This could lead to new pathways or targets for drugs. 4/5

Die Ermächtigung der Faschisten ist bereits in vollem Gange: Die Wagenknechte und die Kretschmer-CDU wählen in Sachsen einen Faschisten ins Aufsichtsgremium des Verfassungsschutzes. Ein Brandstifter in der Feuerwehr! 🔥 www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...

🚨PLEASE SHARE: Senior reseach post: come and work at the IEU with Gib Hemani and @mendelrandom.bsky.social on Mendelian randomization, become my co-worker :) – research posts with closing date 5th February 2025.

Happy to see this finally online: we investigated the genetic association signal of Borderline Personality Disorder in a GWAS meta-analysis with >12,000 cases. We identified 6 risk loci, and investigated shared genetic risk using genetic correlations and PheWAS www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

It is important to look further into Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors and the stigma surrounding these. These are often overlooked. In younger children they can be indicators of coping with stress that often remains invisible into adulthood, such as the minority stress. Thank you for this post 😊

Visited Bergen this weekend with a full dose of christmas vibes & even sunshine. Here is a little snip from the historical Brygge 🎄

🔊Next conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN) in Bristol, 22-23 May. ✅Keynote by @michellemeyer.bsky.social ✅Panel on the current frontier of MR w/ George Davey-Smith (Bristol), Dalton Conley (Princeton), and Alice Carter (Novo-Nordisk). essgn.org/essgn-confer...

Last week at the NordForsk meeting in Copenhagen - an inspiring two-day workshop with researchers from all over the Nordics discussing current projects and future directions on 'Welfare of children and young people in the post-pandemic Nordics'.

Winter is taking over in Oslo! Wishing you all a cosy Sunday ❄

Hi! I am a 3rd year PhD student, researching self-harm in children and adolescents. Looking forward to connecting with researchers interested in NSSI, suicidology, mental health, neurodivergence, minority identity, LGBTQ+ .. I also love music, knitting, book clubs & flea markets 🧶🪡🪢📖🎧

Useful tips for those in the academic sector wanting to get started on Bluesky: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...