In this paper led by @madelinestein.bsky.social we outline how suggestion effects can act as a salient confound in psychedelic experiments/trials (eg one certain NEJM trial ... see paper). We also note how suggestion effects can be harnessed in valuable ways in this domain.

Madeline V. Stein@madelinestein.bsky.social · last yr.

@devinterhune.bsky.social and I have a new invited paper out in the #IJCEH. if you're interested in #psychedelics, #hypnosis, #suggestion, #placebo or #nocebo effects—this is worth a read 🤓 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It is live!! the CREW website including information on Cognitive Remediation best practice from programmes around the world is now available online www.cognitiveremediation.info well done to all involved #cognitiveremediation

PhD studentship available in developmental cognitive neuroscience, in Cambridge - please publicise. Open to women candidates, as the student will be based at Newnham College.

Duncan Astle@duncanastle.bsky.social · last yr.

Funded PhD opportunity with @sjblakemore.bsky.social and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁). drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...

📢 First experimental study from my fellowship is now open for recruitment! This explores the experience of pleasure in the lab and daily life - so should be a fun one 😃 Participation involves one or two sessions in-person in Denmark Hill. Please share, and get in touch if you're interested.

📢 First experimental study from my fellowship is now open for recruitment! This explores the experience of pleasure in the lab and daily life - so should be a fun one 😃 Participation involves one or two sessions in-person in Denmark Hill. Please share, and get in touch if you're interested.

We're looking to speak with people in the UK who have experienced psychosis and worry about relapse. Could you help? Reposts/shares hugely appreciated! 🙏 #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #psychsky #Psychosis #MentalHealth #MentalHealthResearch #schizophrenia

Loneliness needs to be treated as a societal issue, not just one that required psychological interventions, argues IoPPN's @kathrynbates.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com #IoPPNInTheNews #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek theconversation.com/why-loneline...

Why loneliness should be treated as a social issue

Fighting loneliness means more than self-help. It means rebuilding the social fabric – with spaces, services and support for everyone.

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Another blog post on parenting and working, and being good and bad at both. I swear I will write more about fellowship, ECR, clinical academic things at some point soon.....turns out I have a lot to say about my experience of motherhood. drclemedwards.substack.com/p/turns-out-...

Turns out I'm the same person I was.

Do parents need to add value in the workplace?

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Hospital medics - I’m researching a story about Epic, the supplier of electronic patient record systems. Any views? Let me know on or off the record. #journorequest

Really looking forward to this, building on the learning and work that went into the showcase of creative PPI work we held last year, but this time out of the university and in the community - I think it's going to be an inspiring and discussion-filled evening. Join us!

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience@kingsioppn.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us & @nihrmaudsleybrc.bsky.social at Peckham Levels on Fri 16 May for a special #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek evening of powerful stories, poetry & artwork exploring lived experience of #MentalHealth, diagnosis, stigma & more. 🎟Free event, register on Eventbrite👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/voices-of-...

I'm really looking forward to this! Excited to present the ESM findings in daily life from the AVATAR2 trial and hear about all the other fascinating work in the program.

SAA 2025 Leuven@saa2025leuven.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 The SAA program is live at www.saa2025.com/Program and it’s almost too good to be true — but it is true! So many incredible symposia, paper sessions, and posters to choose from that you’re guaranteed some FOMO! 🤯

📢 A second blog and a new hosting platform drclemedwards.substack.com New blog post - What did you do before 9am? And I think you can subscribe now, so you get an email when I do another one - positive response to this slightly negative, but honest, one is in the pipeline...

Twin Priorities & The Rest | Clem Edwards | Substack

Talking about being a Mum and an Early Career Clinical Academic. Click to read Twin Priorities & The Rest, by Clem Edwards, a Substack publication. Launched a day ago.

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Really important study on #FND Please distribute @fndportal.bsky.social @fndsociety.bsky.social @timnicholson.bsky.social

Livia Asan@liviaasan.bsky.social · last yr.

🧠 Help Us Understand Pain Perception in FND! 🧠 Looking for volunteers with & without #FND for a study in London @kingsioppn.bsky.social. Single lab visit testing pain perception with electrical stimulation. Interested? Please message me: Livia.Asan@kcl.ac.uk ✉️ Thanks for sharing!

Great to see this finally out. In this multi-level meta-analysis @madelinestein.bsky.social very carefully distinguished between different types of #suggestion effects and different types of administration methods in the #nocebo literature. A number of familiar findings but also some surprises!

Madeline V. Stein@madelinestein.bsky.social · last yr.

Out today! We conducted a multi-level meta-analysis that included ~400 effect sizes, allowing us to make fine-grain distinctions between different nocebo induction methods. In particular, we were meticulous when defining different types and modes of suggestions. Hope you enjoy!! tinyurl.com/mwmeetuz

Celebrated IWD with my first (and possibly last 😅) 5k with the twins in the buggy - a 50kg+ effort these days but they were great company - kept telling me to be careful because I was going soooo fast 💪🏼 and insisted on having their straps on just in case 😂.

We are taking applications for a 3-year POSTDOC position on the topic of tracking cognitive dynamics using passive smartphone sensor data, in clinical and non clinical samples with the Neureka app gillanlab.com/join-the-lab/ Closing June 1st. Pls share 🔁👍 or reach out with any informal queries!

Join the Lab

We're hiring! Postdoctoral Fellowship: Predictive Models for Cognitive Fluctuations  Closing date: 12 noon (IST), June 1st 2024 We are seeking a Research Fellow to pioneer the development of passive s...

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Closing *today* last call for a postdoc at the ICN. Ideal for those interested in naturalistic fmri and/or computational modelling. Can sponsor visas for those who want to move.

Oliver Robinson@olijrobinson.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨New postdoc job alert!🚨 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... ...we are looking for someone with an interest in computational psychiatry and/or naturalistic neuroimaging to work on a new ERC Advanced grant "The Neurocomputational Mechanisms of Anxiety Treatment Response (MECHANX)". (1/3)

Where do you buy your books? We’ve picked hundreds of books over the 20 years Brixton Book Group has been running. Tag your favourite book shop in the comments. #bookgroup #bookclub #books #bookshops #booksky

Amazing opportunity for mental health researchers looking for headspace and support to write that fellowship application ⬇️⬇️

Mental Health Research Incubator@mhrincubator.bsky.social · last yr.

Trying to find the time (and space) to work on that #mentalhealth #research fellowship application? Apply for our 2025 Writing Retreat! It offers guidance from senior colleagues & panel members on how to write a good application & sell it to the funder. 👇 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/writing-retr...

Funded PhD opportunity looking at barriers to accessing physical health services in people experiencing psychosis and bipolar mood states. Please get in touch if you’d like any more information. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Understanding access to physical health services in people with severe mental illness in Lancashire and South Cumbria. at Lancaster University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Understanding access to physical health services in people with severe mental illness in Lancashire and South Cumbria. at Lancaster University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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❗RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES❗ We're hiring for an ambitious @wellcometrust.bsky.social project exploring brain mechanisms of planning/inference in psychosis 🧠 Tackled at multiple scales: from single neurons to human behaviour/fMRI and neural networks. Opportunities for 1 post-doc 1 clinical fellow 👀

Prof Rick Adams@drrickadams.bsky.social · 2y ago

💥 Some POST DOC JOB news 👀... I'm very happy to say that @melgaby.bsky.social, @mattnour.bsky.social, @mariaeckstein.bsky.social and I have been awarded funding from @wellcometrust.bsky.social to look at how planning 📝and mental models of the world 🌍 are affected by psychosis...

Hi SAA members, did you publish any ambulatory assessment research recently that you would like us to amplify? Just tag us and we'll repost! #AcademicSky

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New meta-analysis led by @madelinestein.bsky.social sheds new light on variability in placebo responding. Trait responsiveness to verbal suggestions was found to weakly predict placebo effects.

Madeline V. Stein@madelinestein.bsky.social · 2y ago

our meta-analysis looking at #suggestibility as a predictor of the #nocebo response is now available open access!

This weekend @waterstones.bsky.social are offering 25% off on preorders for Presence in paperback! Out next month, all very exciting. Ok I'll stop selling things now. www.waterstones.com/book/presenc...

Does shame mediate the influence of trauma on psychosis? A systematic review and meta-analytic structural equation modelling approach

Don’t miss the Young People’s Mental Health Creative Showcase organised by Dr Christina Carlisi’s UCL team, happening this Friday evening! www.eventbrite.com/e/ucl-young-...

UCL Young People's Mental Health Creative Showcase

An exhibition of young people's artworks on the topic of mental health and mental health research.

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Music to Make You Better www.clemedwards.com/post/music-t... a first blog post about parenthood, academia and needing looking after.

I am recruiting for student co-convenors to coconvenors to help organise the 2026 SMaRteN conference. Application deadline: 28th Feb www.unismart.org.uk/2026-confere...

What makes a good ESM item? We asked 42 ESM/EMA experts this question in a Delphi study, and the result is the ESM-Q: A consensus-based quality assessment tool for ESM items. Now accepted at #psynomBRM. Updated preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... Thread below.

Gudrun Eisele@gudruneisele.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy to share the result of our Delphi study with 40+ international ESM/EMA experts: ESM-Q: A Consensus-Based Quality Assessment Tool for Experience Sampling Method Items osf.io/preprints/ps... Part of the ESM item repository project (www.esmitemrepository.com) co-lead by Anu Hiekkaranta (1/4)