I recently supervised a great student to conduct a small qualitative study on how autistic people perceive the items of a potential psychosis screener.

Horrible idea. If some music biz veterans want to set up a Glasgow rock museum/mausoleum, fine, but not in the CCA, which is about creating new work, nurturing the local cultural community and bringing the world to Scotland.

The Herald@heraldscotland.bsky.social · 3w ago

ScotsRock, an 'ambitious' new cultural destination celebrating the country's 'extraordinary' contribution to global music has launched www.heraldscotland.com/news...

I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.

"...campaigning by disabled activists, & ensuing disability rights wins (made it) possible to reclaim diagnoses such as autism or ADHD... to recognise forms of workplace discrimination, harm, & exclusion caused by inaccessible institutions & in turn the productivist norms of capitalist society."

Robert Chapman@drrobertchapman.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A talk I gave earlier this year has, unfortunately, become relevant again this week so I've published it here. open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...

Tried a new antipsychotic as current one is causing metabolic problems, and the new one made me dangerously physically unwell. Ah, baws. Back to the drawing board.

If you serve on a Research Ethics Committee please read our editorial: 'Recovery Philosophy, Mental Health Nursing Research and the Challenge of Paternalism in Research Ethics Committees' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Spain, an EU member, has, as I'd often said, the second highest number of bodies (+120000) in "known" mass graves after Cambodia. But, often forgotten, we we don't know how many in mass graves from Maoist China, Stalinist Russia, Suharta's massacre of Indonesian Communists, Congo etc

Nick Lloyd@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The map in my original tweet shows the number of graves, not number of bodies. Andalucía, by some way, has the most in terms of victims. In mass graves as shown in this map or otherwise.

We are recruiting a fully-funded 3.5yr PhD student to examine the potential genetic relationships between autism and hypermobility. Full details of the project and how to apply here ⬇️ usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me... Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.

Understanding the relationship between autism and hypermobility | Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme | Usher Institute

Precision Medicine Project - Understanding the relationship between autism and hypermobility

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Does your team require high quality qualitative research support? I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw

Great to see this video about the iMAPS-2 trial results of imagery therapy for psychosis below 👇 @sheffielduni.bsky.social @penninecarenhs.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

The Mental Elf@thementalelf.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Distressing mental images affect around 3 in 4 people with psychosis. They can feel vivid, emotional, and overwhelming, yet are rarely addressed in therapy. The iMAPS-2 trial tested a therapy focused on these images and their link to negative beliefs. 🧵 THREAD #iMAPS2 #Psychosis #ElfHelp

🌈 Do you know anyone passionate about researching LGBTQ+ suicide, suicide prevention and suicide bereavement, experienced in qualitative methods, and looking for work? Send them my way because I'm recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Request #8538 to @bsky.app: I would love to use Bluesky regularly, but I can’t. Why? No locked/private accounts. This isn’t a nice-to-have feature. It’s a safety essential that excludes many in Mad and Disabled communities who face real risks posting publicly. Please sort this Out.

Hi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx

psychosisresearch.info/artificial-i... There is some enthusiasm locally for using large language models (LLMs) to create more diverse patient and public involvement in clinical research - given PPI is hard to do. We at @psychosisresearch.bsky.social have some concerns we have summarised here.

turning researchers into glassy eyed automatons who prompt a machine to churn out 150 papers a year for their glassy eyed peers to feed through the same machine for "peer review" so they can be published behind a massive paywall ... it's like Robert Maxwell's wet dream

BBC News - 'Possible' misuse of Oxevision monitoring system, trust admits - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Possible' misuse of Oxevision monitoring system, trust admits

The use of the monitoring system in mental health wards has been explored at the Lampard Inquiry.

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Currently on the "justify everything" stage of registered report writing. Justifying "Why Scotland". Why indeed.

Have given myself a challenge of learning how to do a registered report - by doing! Does anyone have an example of a stage 1 registered report that I could look at, please?

I feel the government want folk with serious mental illness to die. Speaking with my 'serious mental illness patient' hat on. See also whatever is happening with PIP.

Recovery in the Bin@ritb.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Taking away eligibility for the Covid vaccine from almost anyone under 75, including carers, healthcare workers and most clinically vulnerable people, is a national scandal. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Such an important article from @researchpixie.bsky.social et al More time and research needed into this neglected area

Eva Naprika@evanaprika.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Institutional Abuse, Neglect and Harm in UK Community Mental Health Services: A Scoping Review of the Peer‐Reviewed Evidence - Edwards - 2025 - Health Expectations - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The thing to know about Trump's autism and paracetamol claims is that the cruelty is the point. They want women in pain and disabled people stigmatised. And they enjoy showing they can lie outrageously without accountability. I worry that debating the science is to play their game, by their rules.

In our study, led by the amazing Taylor Burns, we found that masking of autistic traits may leave autistic people vulnerable to identity distress which in turn effects mental health. This means constantly adapting to neurotypical norms may make it hard for autistic people to hold on to who they are

Durham University@durham.ac.uk · 10mo ago

New research involving @drmbothapsych.bsky.social in our @durhampsych.bsky.social finds that identity distress (where someone has difficulty forming a cohesive sense of identity) is at the heart of higher rates of poor mental health experienced by autistic people. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/3KMtz88

Calling all UK Qualitative researchers working with Health-related Trials! We’d love your insights in a survey exploring your experience of the pace and timing of the qualitative research, as well as your experience of working with the trial team. 🔗 uofg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

On Saturday 20th September, Byres Hub will be open for tours and the chance to sit for a live portrait by Project Ability artists. You can visit the exhibition area and go up to our room with a view to look out across St Mungo Square, the University's Western Campus and the south of Glasgow.

Research opportunity (UK only)! Understanding experiences of re-accessing secondary mental health services following discharge from Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) services. We want to hear from you. tinyurl.com/y2ku4e4y

ChatGPT was only pretending to write a book? Wow, it really is human.

Dr. Casey Fiesler@cfiesler.bsky.social · last yr.

This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I... Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…

“correlations with human output mean little to substantiate claims of human-likeness, especially when the input to the AI models tested is the output of human cognition in the first place” A truly incredible piece, so many amazing quotes. Well worth the read and a much needed counter.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 11mo ago

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

A summary of links around the study: "Exploring Participant-Generated Examples of Social Change". Short video on the findings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID5m... University press release: www.uwe.ac.uk/news/new-soc... Full article (open access - free for anyone to download): doi.org/10.1002/jcop...

Exploring Participant-Generated Examples of Social Change

YouTube video by Miles Thompson

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There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case. Academics: 1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... 2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

Alex de Campi@alexdecampi.bsky.social · 11mo ago

There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used. As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how Part 1: is your work in Libgen? www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...