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New preprint! We got 1500 people to do some cognitive tasks and asked them about hallucinations – tl;dr: some previous effects haven't replicated in this sample; but others have

The Swinburne Centre for Mental Health is conducting an important monthly survey between April 2020 and March 2021 on the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of Australians (the COLLATE project). Click on the link tinyurl.com/june-collate now for more information...

⬆️ restricting, binge eating, purging and exercise behaviours during #COVID19 in #eatingdisorders #anorexia ⬆️ binge eating and ⬇️ exercise in the rest of the population First data on #COVID19 and eating disorder behaviours out now in #IJED onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our first The COLLATE Project publication on the impact of the #COVID19 pandemic on eating and exercise behaviours in people with eating disorders and the general population is now in press! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100… #collateprojectAU #COVID19Aus Swinburne University of Technology @SWAN_Research1

Says a government who refused to support universities that conduct said medical research during the pandemic, resulting in widespread job cuts/redundancies, project funding cuts/discontinuation, and an overall loss of productivity. Good one.

Professional writing: Shouting “fuck!” at a blank page and hoping something happens

I want you to meet the Liberal-National Coalition members who were at uni while it was FREE. Instead of making corporations pay their tax and making uni and TAFE free for all, they're doubling the cost of humanities degrees. Thread 👇🏽

On Friday the govt announced its plan to radically change uni fees, and the headlines rightfully focussed on those 110% hikes to humanities degrees. But now the full plan is out and the real story is clear: this is a massive defunding of tertiary education. THREAD.

Congratulations to our lab member Kim Morris and team on the publication of their systematic review on the influence of COMT rs4680 on functional connectivity in healthy adults. A brilliant achievement! #PhDChat #AcademicTwitter #BrainScience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Check out my new blog for The Mental Elf on a systematic review comparing the quality of therapeutic interactions between telephone and face-to-face psychological therapy. Interesting findings!

The next edition of the The COLLATE Project survey on #COVID19 goes live this Wednesday 1st July from 9am! Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the link to be posted then! #collateprojectAU #MentalHealthMatters #COVID19Aus #COVID19Vic

Those headlines about how the jobless aren’t applying jobs - turns out the data doesn’t stack up - ‘Deeply hurtful’ claims of Australian jobseekers turning down work are based on scant evidence theguardian.com/australia-news…

YEAR 12 MATHS QUESTION: A man with $270 billion is worried that the world is getting poorer. Should he: a)Use the $270 billion to fix the poverty b)Buy a missile

NEW #collateprojectAU RESULTS published in JAD led by Dr Tamsyn VanRheenen : doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.… Psychological distress in people with existing mood disorders⬆️during #COVID19, linked to adverse lifestyle changes. Current concerns about loved one's health & access to needed medical care

Writing hard. Brain soft.

Manuscript submission checklist x.com/TheoShantonas/…