Registration is now open for the in-congress workshops at #EABCT2025 in Glasgow this September! Just £30 for a half-day workshop from world-leading presenters on some of the hottest topics in CBT - check out the listing and register while there's space! eabct2025.org/in-congress-... @babcp.com

In-Congress Workshops

In-Congress Workshops In-congress workshops are half-day workshops and will take place during the main congress, on Thursday 4th, Friday 5th  and Saturday 6th September 2025. Registration f...

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If you fancy learning more about mixed methods during your lunch hour, we still have plenty of spaces. Could you kindly reshare? @matthewbroome.bsky.social @tamsinford.bsky.social @drshirleyr.bsky.social @marialoades.bsky.social @sosoallan.bsky.social @olademk.bsky.social @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social

The next round of the BRILLIANT GROW mental health and addiction researcher development programme has launched. Do check it out as its a fantastic opportunity to develop your career with coaching, expert insights and peer support ⬇️⬇️

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

On your marks, get set...GROW! 🌱 Applications for our GROW 2025 Researcher Development Programme for #mentalhealth and #addiction early career researchers are now open. ‍💫 APPLY NOW 👇 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/grow25/

One of the finest jokes I have ever seen. 👏

Overdiagnosis? Seems timely to reshare... In CAMHS, little evidence of overdiagnosis of emotional disorders, rather the opposite - many children and young people with diagnosable mental health disorders not receiving a clinical diagnosis or timely help Full 'STADIA' RCT: doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...

<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library

Background Standardised Diagnostic Assessment tools, such as the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA), may aid detection and diagnosis of emotional disorders but there is limited real-world...

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Kapil Sayal@kapilsayal.bsky.social · 2y ago

📣 New Research! It took 6 years but we got there! The STADIA trial reports… What we did: Large multi-centre #RCT with 1225 children and young people with emotional difficulties referred to #CAMHS across England, followed-up for 18 months. 6 Headline findings… see below… (1/7)

Quote of the day by @jonahblank.bsky.social who said the following on BBCs The Context re 83% cut to USAID budget: “The fact that the poorest people in the world are being deprived of medicine and food by the wealthiest person on the planet is just heartbreaking”. Yup

Nixon via Vance - ‘the professors are the enemy’ 😮 ‘the administration is aggressive, serious and purposeful. We must not pretend that we are simply seeing a badly executed ‘efficiency drive’ or a chaotic frenzy of action.’

Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · 2y ago

My latest post is now out. I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook. This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must! christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...

Task-sharing and telemedicine delivery of psychotherapy to treat perinatal depression: a pragmatic, noninferiority randomized trial. Nature Medicine. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Task-sharing and telemedicine delivery of psychotherapy to treat perinatal depression: a pragmatic, noninferiority randomized trial - Nature Medicine

A multinational randomized trial shows that task-sharing via nonspecialist providers and the use of telemedicine platforms, delivery models that can overcome barriers to scalability and access, are no...

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This looks worth a longer inspection ….

Candice Odgers@candiceodgers.bsky.social · 2y ago

In case you needed more evidence that social media may not be the thing we should be obsessing about when it comes to wellbeing…another meta-analysis of experimental data showing no link.

A new study looks at the impact of reviewing psychometric feedback reports before a therapy session on therapeutic outcomes. Some encouraging findings: - If therapists look at feedback reports before sessions, these sessions lead to stronger improvements,

Interested in a Cambridge PhD? Apply for AIM to get ready! @camneuro.bsky.social @tamsinford.bsky.social @gkmurray.bsky.social www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/aim-phd

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

I owe an apology to all James Bond movies. I mocked them for having completely unrealistic, cartoonish villains that simply weren't believable. 2025 has made it impossible to levy that criticism anymore.

Our new paper examines whether asking children as young as 5 about suicide is safe, feasible, and acceptable—an early step in our groups broader effort to build a full developmental model of youth suicide risk. Stay tuned for more from our group. Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Elementary School-Aged Youth: A Pilot Study in 5- to 10-Year-Olds

Emerging evidence suggests that elementary aged children may experience suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) at rates higher than previously expecte…

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If you want to take part in the EABCT Congress in Glasgow this September, there's only one week left to submit a symposium, skills class, panel debate, clinical roundtable, or in-congress workshop. Find out more & don't miss out on the largest CBT event in Europe this year eabct2025.org/submission

Submission

Submission PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION BELOW AND THEN MAKE A SUBMISSION Please click here to see a short video explaining the different submission types If you still have questions ab...

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Europe said it would stand by Ukraine. Europe opened its arms to Ukrainian refugees. We cannot & must not let Ukraine down now. Please use your voice to tell those in power how much you care. Write to your MP. Join a demonstration. Share trusted information. Don't stop. #SlavaUkrainii 🇺🇦

Couldn’t agree more. But he’ll have secret service who’ll take a pot shot at any dissenters. Could be disastrous

Dorothy Bishop@deevybee.bsky.social · 2y ago

if Trump gets a state visit let’s organise for crowds to line the streets, boo, and show him our backsides

March 7, 2025. #standupforscience2025

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

March 7, 2025. Washington DC and Nationwide. Because Science is for everyone.

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Both pithy and sage advice.

Jon Roiser@jonroiser.bsky.social · 2y ago

100% true facts detected

100% true facts detected

Jay Rayner@jayrayner1.bsky.social · 2y ago

I have three reviews to go for the Obs but today, after 180 of them, is my last column for OFM. So I thought I’d summarise my searing advice from the last 15 years: the wisdom, the provocations and the occasional stupidities. Enjoy. Or grind your teeth. Your call www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...

And let’s make sure that mental health interventions are right there at the forefront of global clinical trials

The Lancet@thelancet.com · 2y ago

.@who.int has established a Global Clinical Trials Forum. The forum is calling for the public & medical community to identify the key randomised controlled trials (RCTs) needed to improve clinical practice & public health. Find out more: tinyurl.com/4wzy6pc6

See also @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social, a fab young people's research advisory group of young people with #MentalHealth lived experience #InvolveYoungPeople #YouthVoice #PPI #PublicInvolvement

The McPin Foundation@mcpinfoundation.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are the McPin Foundation, a charity that exists to transform mental health research. Follow us If you have an interest in mental health, through lived experience or research. We’ll share how our work is making an impact and how to get involved. Find out more here 👇 linktr.ee/mcpin_founda...

Are you an ECR working on #MentalHealth? There's a free writing retreat just for you in July - check here on how to apply mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/writing-retr...

babcp.com/Spring-Confe... @blackwellse.bsky.social @chrisdjtaylor.bsky.social @drjodaniels.bsky.social @victoriapile.bsky.social @barneydunn75.bsky.social @rhulpsychology.bsky.social @babcp.com @babcpjournals.bsky.social

More grim commentary on the mood of the US scientific community

Lisa Grossman@astrolisa.bsky.social · 2y ago

I went to AAAS this weekend and talked to lots of scientists about how they're feeling In These Times www.sciencenews.org/article/defu...

Please retweet: @babcpjournals.bsky.social Spring Conference In Person 8th-9th April, London. Keynotes: Prof Lance McCracken (Uppsala) ACT for Pain, Associate Prof Janet Feigenbaum (UCL) on DBT, Dr Pamela Jacobsen (Bath) on Mindfulness & Dr Mary Welford on Compassion:Info👇 babcp.com/Spring-Confe...

Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being. www.youtube.com/@americanmed...