Interested in doing a #PhD? We have a project on intolerance of uncertainty in #anxiety funded by the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) with myself and Prof Colette Hirsch Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience See here for PhD ad C024-010: maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/academic-caree… Please RT Rona Moss-Morris Dr Anna Cartwright CEDAR_KCL

For any and all who struggle with the drudgery of daily living and the myriad challenges of life, this is worth a quick read. Humorous, warm, and heartfelt. The map of days. open.substack.com/pub/aliensideb…

One way to see if social media is polarizing is to take it away. A new large, preregistered study of social media deactivation before the 2020 election looked at exactly that🧵 The design involves randomizing thousands of users to deactivating their accounts:

Do smartphones really cause mental illness among adolescents? Ten problems with Jonathan Haidt’s book #DigitalParenting #ScreenTime #MentalHealth #Adolescence #evidence Source: Parenting for a Digital Future search.app/5mtYKbxowzuowM…

Most robust finding in all psychiatry- supported by 32 studies on tens of millions of kids in many countries: Result: Youngest kids in class much more likely to get #ADHD diagnosis than oldest. Significance: Normal immaturity is widely mislabeled mental disorder/treated w pills.

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The evidence for the negative mental health effects of social media generally or for adolescents specifically is really poor

…and stocked to share findings from a collaboration between UWA CARE and Patrick Clarke, using ✨ actual social media content ✨ as experimental stimuli! Thanks for having me Association for Cognitive Bias Modification 🙌 Learn more about using social media content as stimuli: sites.google.com/view/areynolds…

Really interesting piece on people self-identifying with a psychiatric label that has little to do with the actual label in terms of content overlap. Relates to Hacking's 'looping effect' and ideas around 'peri-psychiatry' (Haltigan 2023). bps.org.uk/psychologist/e…

"It was found that the mere presence of smartphone had no significant effect on cognitive outcomes (d = −0.02, SE = 0.02, 95% CI [−0.06, 0.01], p = .246)" The Effect of Mere Presence of Smartphone on Cognitive Functions: A Four-Level Meta-Analysis tmb.apaopen.org/pub/7np97zr5

Researchers at the University of Sydney would like to understand experiences of people living with chronic pain, including how pain pain might change over time, and psychological wellbeing. This 1-hour study involves an online survey and a 7-day diary. tinyurl.com/jtb8ndvr

The selector of the thumbnail pic to go with this event really captured a vibe

Two days ago, a lawfirm filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against 6 commercial publishers (incl Elsevier & Wiley) in the federal district court in New York. They allege a 3-part scheme on part of publishers. 🧵 lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/acad…

Full time permeant Level B/C position going in Psychology at Curtin staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancies/…

My PhD student Chloe Jones outlining how the links between social media use and mental health are less robust when research uses directly observed measures from mobile data. youtu.be/-GK_gpe1oOE?si…

Celebrating 60 years of psychology at Curtin! 🎉 Watch this video featuring Prof Natalie Gasson, Emeritus Profs Jan Piek & Clare Rees, Assoc Profs Brian Bishop & Jenny Thornton, our VC, and more staff & students: youtube.com/watch?v=zGAjxc… #CurtinPsychology #60Years

Write up of my PhD student, Chloe Jones' research on social media and mental health. The 'effect on' language is a little heavy handed (as cross-sectional research) but otherwise captures some of the major implications well psypost.org/new-study-chal…

I had the pleasure of chatting with Gareth King for his podcast series 'Ruined By The Internet' where we discussed the evidence about the ways in which our digital behaviour has and not impacted our attention and focus. Available where you get your podcasts