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2 years

Very sorry to learn of Paul Bebbington's diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. With characteristic grace and thoughtfulness, he has written a personal account of his experiences in @TheBJPsych . #mentalhealth #dementia

Losing the thread: experiences of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease | The British Journal of...

Losing the thread: experiences of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease - Volume 222 Issue 4

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Sad to be leaving @TheLancetPsych & @TheLancet in November after many enjoyable years, but delighted to be joining @mirandarwolpert and the rest of the team at the @wellcometrust #mentalhealth Challenge Area as Head of Field Building. #hellogoodbye

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Just received my favourite ever out of office autoreply: "Thanks for your email. I am currently dancing on a beach".

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A brief, broad-brush, subjective, and by no means comprehensive 🧵 of my hopes for #mentalhealth research in 2022 and beyond. 1/6

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My father was a little fragile toward the end of his life, but always seemed to magically de-age whenever he went back to Northern Ireland. The last time I was there with him, he made it all the way round the walls of Derry. He saw this mural, and it made him smile. #DerryGirls

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Nick Cave defines a good faith conversation. We need more of these in #mentalhealth .

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All things must pass! Last day at @TheLancet and @TheLancetPsych after eleven years. I will miss my brilliant colleagues, but look forward to starting with the marvellous @wellcometrust #mentalhealth team next week.

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Borderline personality disorder operates “as a closed system... meaning almost any behaviour can be explained within its logic, including refusing to accept the diagnosis”. Great piece by @Shrink_at_Large .

The epistemic injustice of borderline personality disorder | BJPsych International | Cambridge Core

The epistemic injustice of borderline personality disorder

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2 years

@trishgreenhalgh My mother (who was a teacher, then worked for the local education authority) gave me the best advice I have ever had about being a manager: “People who work for you should never have to worry about what sort of mood you’re in.”

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@mrianleslie This bit from an interview he gave in 1966 has always stayed with me. (Quoted in Craig Brown’s ‘One Two Three Four’.)

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3 years

The last @TheLancetPsych Editorial published while I’m still in the Ed-in-Chief’s chair. It’s all about the need for public #mentalhealth to be effective (in addition to being right). And yes, the headline is borrowed from @Manics .

A design for life

If the 1990s were the decade of Peter Kramer's Listening to Prozac, the 2020s are shaping up to be the decade of Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson's The Inner Level. The popularity of both books...

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I could not have had a better Deputy Editor at @TheLancetPsych , and I could not wish for a better successor.

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3 years

Second, in #mentalhealth research I’d like to see the perception of “lived experience” develop into “lived expertise”. That is, to have first-hand perspectives recognised & respected as sources of knowledge—and of good research questions—in their own right. 3/6

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9 months

A very welcome email from @BirkbeckUoL / @birkbeck_ETC . #PhDone #medhums

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2 years

My response to the news from Birkbeck: universities need their arts and humanities departments, *especially* if they are keen on developing STEM subjects. Why? This Brian Eno quote puts it better than I could.

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3 years

If it's a good research question addressed using an appropriate method, there is no such thing as a "negative result"—just an important answer. #mentalhealth #science

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2 years

Both up-to-the minute and rich with classic #JamesBond goodness. @kimtsherwood has done some fantastic world-building, and I hope that a heavily highlighted copy is on Barbara Broccoli’s desk.

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What could we achieve in #mentalhealth science if we all worked together? We at @wellcometrust would like to commission a report on the use of citizen science in mental health. Expressions of interest: 20 Nov Full applications: 15 Jan Full details here:

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2 years

Concern about depression+anxiety among the young is valid & necessary. But too many adults in public life are leaping to conclusions about causes and solutions based on intuition alone. And the history of #mentalhealth has many examples of ideas that were intuitive but wrong. 1/2

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3 years

If I say it’s hard to summarise @lfoulkesy ’s book in a tweet, it’s a compliment: this is a carefully argued and nuanced piece of work. It’s also very well written and deeply compassionate. #mentalhealth

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2 years

Off to #ECNP2022 by train. A long overnight journey ahead, but relatively low-carbon. And I am appropriately dressed. @ECNPtweets

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2 years

Quick thought: @JAMAPsych : shared genetic aetiology between GI disease/ #mentalhealth problems. @TheLancetPsych : polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia assoc w/cardiac problems. What might we gain—or lose—by reframing some #mentalhealth problems as multisystemic conditions?

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3 years

The wise words of the late Aaron T. Beck, published in 1976. #mentalhealth #cbt

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1 year

“Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I’m 64 [·3]?” Very much so. Congratulations to my former colleagues at @TheLancetPsych !

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“Around 2/3 of psychiatrists and other clinicians felt it was their job to predict suicide. Our fantasy that we can do this, and our fear that we can't...distracts us from providing therapeutic care and closes our hearts to those in distress.” 4/6

Eight ‘truths’ about suicide | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core

Eight ‘truths’ about suicide

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3 years

Third, let’s have deep & precise thinking about how environment and mental illness relate to one another; an ecological approach that can take into account factors within and between individuals, and figure out how exactly this fits into the wider social/economic picture. 4/6

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2 years

@DrMatthewSweet Some years ago, Hugh Grant contributed to one of the “Books Beyond Words” series—visual stories for people with learning disabilities. I saw him at the launch, and he was supportive, self-effacing, and completely delightful.

The Drama Group — Beyond Words

Please note: ebooks are designed to be read on smartphones, tablets and eReaders ( except Kindles ). You will need to have an ereading app installed on your smartphone or tablet to open the file....

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2 years

Main impression of #mentalhealth research in #Germany : there is recognition of the need not just for scientific advances, but to do things differently… - More collaboration - Larger projects - Improved data collection - Better lived experience engagement & involvement

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3 years

‘A warning against the use of #mentalhealth services to change aspects of human behaviour that are disapproved of on social, political, moral, or religious grounds.’ Sad news about Michael King made me think of this bold & compassionate work from 2004.

Treatments of homosexuality in Britain since the 1950s—an oral history: the experience of patients

Objectives To investigate the circumstances since the 1950s in which people who were attracted to members of the same sex received treatments to change their sexual orientation, the referral pathway...

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2 years

I’ve just read one of the best summaries of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in, oddly enough, a neo-noir crime novel. (Jonathan Ames, ‘A Man Named Doll’). #mentalhealth

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First, let’s get clarity. What do we mean by “mental health”/“mental illness”? Are we always talking about the same things when we discuss these subjects? We don’t all need to agree on one diagnostic system—but let’s at least figure out exactly where we disagree. 2/6

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3 years

New jobs in #mentalhealth at @wellcometrust . Join us on our journey to a better future...

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2 years

We'd like to try something new. Can you help @wellcometrust to run a programme getting bright ideas from *outside* the field that might help move #mentalhealth research forward? If so, please look at our new Request for Proposals. Deadline Dec 2.

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Psychological therapy trials: why it’s time to open the manuals. #OpenAccess #mentalhealth

Why treatment manuals of psychological interventions should be freely available

More than 80% of the almost 1 billion people with mental disorders live in low-income and middle-income countries.1 The majority of these individuals have very little or no access to evidence-based...

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2 years

@iaymh For those attending the morning plenary at #IAYMH2022 , here are some of the papers/websites to which I just referred. Adolescent Depression: National Trends, Risk Factors, and Healthcare Disparities: Adolescent Depression:

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3 years

We're growing. Would you like to join @wellcometrust to help us develop and nurture the field of #mentalhealth ? Senior Research Manager: Research Manager: #ScienceJobs

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2 years

My colleague is in a very talkative mood today.

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It's time to approach the #mentalhealth literature in a new way—one that helps us to shape and design projects that will make a real difference. Wellcome is delighted to support @GALENOS_Global . Read all about it:

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2 years

The GALENOS project has launched! Funded by @wellcometrust and in conjunction with @UniofOxford this project will will make it easier for anyone interested in mental health science to access scientific literature about #depression #anxiety and #psychosis

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Welcome to a new world of literature-based #mentalhealth research & publishing. The first @GALENOS_Global review is up! Are TAAR1 agonists viable as antipsychotic drugs? All evidence gathered & analysed here, #openaccess , w/plain language summary.

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2 years

Today’s new word: “erschöpfungsdepression” (exhaustion-depression). Coined many decades ago by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Kielholz; now—says Marie Åsberg—a concept that is again gaining popularity. #ECNP2022

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Would you like to shape the future of #mentalhealth ? @GALENOS_Global , a Wellcome-funded project, is producing an open, comprehensive, constantly updating catalogue of the best scientific literature & setting the research questions that matter. 1/2

New living evidence resource of human and non-human studies for early intervention and research...

In anxiety, depression and psychosis, there has been frustratingly slow progress in developing novel therapies that make a substantial difference in practice, as well as in predicting which treatme...

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2 years

Young people deserve better than for their problems to be used as a screen on which adults project their concerns about adolescent lifestyles and/or the world in general. A sense of urgency is good; but so is suspending preconceptions and actually listening to young people. 2/2

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1 year

It’s Thursday, so it must be time for the #weeklypapers in #mentalhealth . This week’s selection of eye-catching publications… 1/6

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1 year

Particularly interested in this #ECNP2023 talk. Migraine is an example of a non-psych specialty condition with no biomarkers, diagnosis relying on subjective report, and unclear mechanism. How were new therapeutics developed, and what can #mentalhealth learn from this?

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'21st-century mental health science has incredible potential to transform lives for the better. Our job is to build and nurture the systems and resources that will allow it to fulfil this potential.' Field building in #mentalhealth at @wellcometrust .

Experts must work together to power mental health science | Wellcome

From neuroscience and psychiatry to history, economics and lived experience – innovation in mental health science is driven by researchers working together.

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2 years

There must be some solutions for health and social problems other than “It should be taught in schools” and “GPs should prescribe it.”

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2 years

A new contract opportunity from the @wellcometrust Mental Health team! It’s one for the medical historians and science writers. Yes, we’re going back to the future… #twitterstorians #mentalhealth 🧵1/4

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1 year

Robin Murray: “Once we treat psychosis with D2 blockers, our job is only beginning. We need to treat the multiple causes of the psychosis.” #mentalhealth #WCP23

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3 years

Fourth, let’s not rush to judgement on every innovation in #mentalhealth based on personal likes/dislikes; but neither should we let novel therapies hang around in the “promising” category for too long. Rigorous & transparent testing ASAP, please. 5/6

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Should we be testing for autoimmune encephalitis in psychotic disorders? Tom Pollak says “yes”: ⁃Early stage AE can look just like idiopathic psychosis ⁃Early detection and treatment saves brain ⁃Should test for it in all acute psychoses with red flag signs #ECNP2023

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2 years

Long time since I was a junior dr (we used the 4 humours in those days, &c). But I hope this is relevant to new FY1s: The most anyone can ask at this stage is that you’re a safe dr. Stay organised, know when patients are getting in danger, & look after each other. And that’s it.

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Brenda Penninx: distinguishing between “typical” and “immuno-metabolic” depression. “Immune function dysregulation will not be present in all patients. We need to take this into account in order to stratify.” #ECNP2023

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1 year

The RADAR trial of antipsychotic reduction/discontinuation has been a big talking point for the past week. All I have to say on the subject is that I respect anyone who tests their opinions against the evidence. 2/6

Antipsychotic dose reduction and discontinuation versus maintenance treatment in people with...

At 2-year follow-up, a gradual, supported process of antipsychotic dose reduction had no effect on social functioning. Our data can help to inform decisions about the use of long-term antipsychotic...

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3 years

@Dr2NisreenAlwan “If you’re someone’s boss, they should never have to worry about what sort of mood you’re in.” A very valuable piece of advice from my mother.

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Formulating a good research question in #mentalhealth means drawing on many different sources of knowledge. How can people's subjective experiences inform new understanding? Can you help us find out? Full details of our new @wellcometrust contract call:

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. @TheLancet : ‘We have not developed effective means to select, organise, and present new research in a way that optimises understanding and application.’ We’re onto this at Wellcome. More news soon on the #mentalhealth evidence synthesis and research prioritisation programme.

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6 months

Nick Cave is right, as usual.

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3 years

We are looking for a Research Manager and a Senior Research Manager for our #mentalhealth Field Building team at @wellcometrust . Why not join the crew?

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11 months

It’s Thursday, so it’s #weeklypapers day: #mentalhealth publications that have caught my eye this week. Bio/psycho/social/whatever. I dig everything. This week’s pick… 1/6

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1 year

It’s Thursday, so time for another weekly papers round-up. For newcomers, this is just a selection of #mentalhealth publications that have caught my eye this week. 1/5

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Pleased to say that after a decade's absence, I have rejoined the @rcpsych ! Particularly delighted to do so while @DrLadeSmith is President.

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Finally—and above all—let’s stay ambitious and optimistic about the future of #mentalhealth . Happy New Year! I still have faith in you. 6/6

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1 year

Robin Murray points out the many, many pathways to psychosis. If you just take a group of people with “psychosis” and do 500 scans, “you’re muddling up all these aetiological groups”. #WCP23 #mentalhealth

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3 years

New blog: Deep thought and simple questions. What is the single most important research question to move #mentalhealth science forward? Please tell me what you think.

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2 years

Spring is coming. #Snowdrops

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1 year

A selection of #mentalhealth publications I’ve been reading this week. No endorsement implied—just things that have caught my eye. If people find this thread useful, I might do it again. 1/6

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2 years

I have been in Berlin for just over 24h, and learned more than an album trilogy’s-worth about big things happening in #mentalhealth research here. Munich tomorrow! #Germany #Deutchland

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6 months

How lovely. The man whose radio show got me interested in psychiatry in the first place.

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6 months

Kings College London on the side of The Strand building is an homage to my brilliant dad. Photo sent to all of my siblings by my sister who lives and works in the city. In memoriam xx @KingsCollegeLon

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Over the past week, I’ve been asking researchers “If you were to travel 10 years into the future, how would you know that current #mentalhealth research efforts have succeeded?” A few of the answers: (1/2)

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Allan Young: “Bipolar disorder is the only disorder in medicine in which individuals can present with symptoms that are diametrically opposite… Everything about it is complicated.” #mentalhealth #WCP23

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3 years

Allowing for healthy scepticism re: some of the social psychology cited, I’d recommend this fine book by @mrianleslie to everyone in the #mentalhealth world. We need ‘the integration: the alchemic reaction that occurs when opposing views collide and transform into something new.’

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4 months

As Keith Hawton retires, a look back on the considerable progress in suicide prevention in the past decade. Keith is far too modest to trumpet his part in this. But he has saved more lives than most other doctors you’ll meet.

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Feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of #mentalhealth publications? Not to worry. Here are the #weeklypapers : my small, personal selection of the most interesting research, comment, and more.

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My take on lessons for #mentalhealth science from migraine: listen to lived experience. Phenomenology can provide important mechanistic clues. Question assumptions re: cause & effect. Learn from failures. When targets are identified, rapid progress is possible. #ECNP2023

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I’ve been to a lot of conferences, and judging by attendance and mood in the room, this certainly counts as a buzz. All the more reason to seek out and rigorously analyse the evidence! #ECNP2023 #mentalhealth

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Psychedelics are hot in the field of mental health! So many people are here to learn more about the latest science on therapeutical #psychedelics . #ECNP2023 @deedsou @DaniloDeGregor1 @N_Gukasyan

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Prevalence of psychotic disorders in the general population: 0.4%. In people experiencing homelessness: 14%. Something is badly wrong with health and social care.

Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders Among Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

This systematic review and meta-analysis assesses the prevalence of mental health disorders among people experiencing homelessness.

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On 28 Sept at 5pm, I’ll be anatomising the Anatomy of Melancholy at @bodleianlibs with John Geddes, @manymanyplies , Sister Stephanie-Therese, and @PhilipPullman . Join us for the livestream. #mentalhealth #medhums

Melancholy: A New Anatomy

Explore the surprising echoes and differences between Robert Burton's holistic approach to melancholy four hundred years ago, and psychiatry today

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Young person on the train extolling the virtues of wired headphones: “They take up no space! They never need recharging! Best purchase ever!” As I always say: don’t try to be cool, just stick with it long enough and cool eventually comes back round to you.

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Janet Cunningham discussing experiences in implementing immunopsychiatry in real life. “It was a lot harder than we thought. Healthcare is not built for this sort of interaction between disciplines”. #ECNP2023 #mentalhealth

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3 years

I asked: ‘What is the single most important research question to move #mentalhealth science forward?’ Thanks for all your responses! In some ways, the most intriguing questions were the ones that *weren’t* raised...

The dog that didn’t bark

‘Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?’ ‘To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.’ ‘The dog did nothing in the night-time.

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2 years

Balanced article on the latest wave of amyloid-targeting drugs for Alzheimer’s. Contains the classic @ProfRobHoward aphorism.

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1 year

Hasn’t Thursday come around quickly? Time for another round of the #weeklypapers in #mentalhealth . Worth a read this week… 1/6

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2 years

At this year’s Kraepelin Symposium in Munich. The theme is “Precision Psychiatry”—or to put it another way, can #mentalhealth research and practice finally go beyond Kraepelin?

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The Richard Doll Building in Oxford has the only plaque I’ve ever seen that cites its sources.

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1 year

“ @GALENOS_Global will create and maintain a free and open-access global resource for everyone concerned with #mentalhealth , seeking new insights that accelerate progress.” New @BMJMentalHealth Perspective on this innovative @wellcometrust -funded project.

New living evidence resource of human and non-human studies for early intervention and research...

In anxiety, depression and psychosis, there has been frustratingly slow progress in developing novel therapies that make a substantial difference in practice, as well as in predicting which treatme...

mentalhealth.bmj.com

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Eyes on the prize. Can you help @wellcometrust scope and design a new major prize in #mentalhealth science? 💷£50k budget incl VAT ⏳EOI/Q&A deadline: 13 May ⏰Final deadline: 5 June

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What do #psychedelics actually do? Friederike Holze gives #ECNP2023 the facts. “The results indicate that any differences in the pharmacological profiles of mescaline, LSD, & psilocybin do not translate into relevant diffs in the subjective experience.”

Comparative acute effects of mescaline, lysergic acid diethylamide, and psilocybin in a randomized,...

Neuropsychopharmacology - Comparative acute effects of mescaline, lysergic acid diethylamide, and psilocybin in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study in healthy participants

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Robin Murray on cannabis and psychosis risk: “The most important thing not the legal status. The most important thing is education.” And public education on this subject is generally poor. #WCP23 #mentalhealth

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5 months

The @wellcometrust mental health team is at #APAAM24 ! Come and see us in the Innovation Zone at 2pm.

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“When someone asks me what works for me, I answer: accepting my illness, being patient with myself, taking the right medication, and having things to help me distract myself… All this takes time.” A wise and insightful personal account of psychosis. 5/6

Understanding My Personal Schizophrenia

Twenty years have passed since I started recovery from my schizophrenia. Those years have taught me many lessons about my diagnosis, and my purpose in life

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Niall Boyce

@niallpboyce

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@StuartJRitchie Interesting. I recently did something like this (re-evaluated some of the evidence that people in pre-industrial England experienced segmented "first" and "second" sleeps).

Have we lost sleep? A reconsideration of segmented sleep in early modern England | Medical History...

Have we lost sleep? A reconsideration of segmented sleep in early modern England - Volume 67 Issue 2

www.cambridge.org

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Niall Boyce

@niallpboyce

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@wendyburn Reminds me of a time a colleague wrote ‘Your last email ended rather abruptly”, and I replied “Sorry, my cat sent it before I was finished.”

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Niall Boyce

@niallpboyce

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I made my TV acting debut in a ‘Fist of Fun’ sketch in the 1990s. A major role playing ‘Student in a big crowd of students’ in the University of Life sketch. Was paid £5 cash, Hollywood did not come calling. @Herring1967

Richard K Herring

@Herring1967

4 months

The Fist of Fun badge is being relisted on ebay as the buyer didn't pay! So second chance to own this rare and original item

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Niall Boyce

@niallpboyce

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If you like my #weeklypapers thread, why not subscribe to the weekly newsletter? You'll receive *free* notes on my selection of top #mentalhealth research, comment, and more.

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Niall Boyce

@niallpboyce

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Exit sign at Vienna Central Station making a falsifiable claim.

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Niall Boyce

@niallpboyce

2 years

A tremendous discovery (the benefits of browsing in a bricks-&-mortar bookshop). It's a thriller, a political polemic, a philosophical treatise, and an act of historical witness. Best line: 'You can't talk French to a cow, and you can't talk sense to a Nazi.'

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Niall Boyce

@niallpboyce

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When I was a #mentalhealth journal editor, I found there were all kinds of problems with literature reviews: - They didn't keep up w/the science - They didn't triangulate animal+human data - They weren't #openaccess - They weren't transparent—leading to problems with trust

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Niall Boyce

@niallpboyce

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John Cryan: What next for the microbiome and #mentalhealth ? We are stuck at correlations. Need to parse causality and mechanisms. Large-scale longitudinal and translational studies are necessary. #ECNP2023

Microbiota–brain axis: Context and causality

Gut bacteria influence the brain and behavior, but causation in humans remains unclear

www.science.org

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Niall Boyce

@niallpboyce

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We have a new contract opportunity at @wellcometrust #mentalhealth : An evidence synthesis programme! 🧵1/7

Wellcome Webinar - Evidence Synthesis Project Commission

Niall Boyce (Head of Field Building in Mental Health), Olivia Donovan (Procurement Officer), and Suzi Gage (Research Lead for Metrics in Mental Health) discu...

www.youtube.com

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Niall Boyce

@niallpboyce

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Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies. Alternatively, picture yourself in Hall F2 at the Austria Center, Vienna, where the session on psychedelics is about to begin. #WCP23

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