One join us on Saturday for the High Stakes Session! Featuring @zivacooper.bsky.social @heatherwardmd.bsky.social @siararouzer.bsky.social @rachelrabin.bsky.social #SOBP2026 If you are around on Saturday, come say hi!

Biological Psychiatry@biologicalpsych.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Attending #SOBP2026? Let us know what you’re presenting so we can share with the community! 🧠🧬

This recent Research Highlight from @heatherwardmd.bsky.social‬ discusses how single rTMS sessions with fMRI to probe mechanism are critical stepping stones that line the path toward highly effective neuromodulation interventions for substance use www.nature.com/artic...

1. Excited to share our new publication in ‪@apa-journals.bsky.social‬ with Alex Moussa-Tooks @iubccnc that links grip strength 🏋️‍♂️ and well-being to alterations in resting-state network connectivity 🧠 psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...

Grip Strength as a Marker of Resting-State Network Integrity and Well-Being in Early Psychosis | American Journal of Psychiatry

Objective: Psychomotor function is a critical marker of risk and outcome of psychosis. Grip strength is one aspect of psychomotor function that is known to be linked to structural neural integrity and...

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1. Excited to share “Rewiring recovery: Patient-centered 🧲🧠 neuromodulation interventions for substance use disorders that meet people where they are,” in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with @VUMCPsych collaborators Sophia Blyth and Kristopher Kast www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Studies like Petersen et al. that use single rTMS sessions with fMRI to probe the mechanism of rTMS for substance use disorders are critical stepping stones toward highly effective neuromodulation interventions for substance use @heatherwardmd.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.” In the US alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe

This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

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This was such a fun Research Highlights piece to write for @npp-journal.bsky.social! I basically got to 👏 the impressive 🧲 🧠 work of @npetersen.bsky.social 🤩 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Excited to announce award of my K99/R00 "Theta burst modulation of hippocampal-cortical rhythms in schizophrenia," under amazing mentors at Stanford including @coreykeller.bsky.social! We will ask whether hippocampal oscillations can be systematically influenced by stimulation in schizophrenia.

1. Our new @JAMAPsych publication shows that provoking symptoms before administering TMS for OCD and nicotine dependence may enhance clinical response. Read more here & tweetorial below: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Co-authors include intern Ishaan Gadiyar, @kaidikang.bsky.social (PhD biostat 2025 @vanderbilt.edu) @vandyatvandy.bsky.social & @heatherwardmd.bsky.social VUMC News feature: news.vumc.org/2025/06/06/n... #MentalHealth

New study highlights potential boost to brain stimulation therapy through targeted symptom provocation

A study explores deliberately triggering symptoms immediately before administering rTMS enhances treatment outcomes.

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Vanderbilt PhD candidate Megan Jones @mntj21.bsky.social co-first-authored a JAMA Psychiatry review & analysis of 70+ randomized clinical trials that has collected 2K+ views (Altmetric 46) within 2 days. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... More about her at www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...

Symptom Provocation and Clinical Response to TMS

This systematic review and meta-analysis investigates the association between symptom provocation and efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for nicotine dependence and obsessive-compulsi...

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A 45yo man with a history of TBI and seizures presents with depression resistant to multiple medications. What should be the next treatment? Experts review rTMS, ECT, ketamine, and neurosurgery in this Clinical Challenge @heatherwardmd.bsky.social journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/f...

A Case of Treatment-Resistant Depression Complicated by... : Harvard Review of Psychiatry

An abstract is unavailable.

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🥗 If these aren't fightin' words, I don't know what are.

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · last yr.

A new analysis reveals that Trump’s tax plan will “actively transfer money from low-income people to the top 0.1% of income earners.” 🔗: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The entire SAMHSA staff that manages the National Survey on Drug Use and Health has been terminated. This is the only survey that tracks mental health and substance use trends in the US. We really are flying blind now.

Unsurprisingly, funding has now also been terminated at University of Pittsburgh. Work from my outstanding colleagues in Psychiatry & Psychology, Erika Forbes and Jennifer Silk, investigating suicide in LGBQT young adults, terminated midstream😩 PA folks, add this to your daily calls to congress ☎️

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last yr.

New story about grant terminations in Pittsburgh www.post-gazette.com/business/hea... 1/2

Unclear why outstanding scientists @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social and @thebalelab.bsky.social were removed from their important service on the NIH advisory board. Would be great to get some transparency on this…

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · last yr.

At least four neuroscientists received termination letters this week dismissing them from NIH advisory boards. “This is unusual and unprecedented,” says @thebalelab.bsky.social, one of the terminated board members. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social @avaskham.bsky.social #neuroskyence bit.ly/4hM0Xa3

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Assessment and Management of Concurrent Substance Use in Patients Receiving Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depressive, Obsessive-Compulsive, Psychotic, and Trauma-Related Disorders: ...

Objective: Limited data are available to inform clinicians on how to manage concurrent substance use in the context of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for the treatment of depressi...

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I'm happy to share our paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social on rsFC, cue-reactivity, and craving in nicotine smoking AND vaping! Thanks to coauthors, @amy.janeslab.org @blaisefrederick.bsky.social @ckorponay.bsky.social @mariascavnicky.bsky.social Here's what we found 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Brain reactivity to nicotine cues mediates the link between resting-state connectivity and cue-induced craving in individuals who smoke or vape nicotine - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Brain reactivity to nicotine cues mediates the link between resting-state connectivity and cue-induced craving in individuals who smoke or vape nicotine

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Small but mighty gathering in Omaha today by UNMC campus. Glad to be there with Adunaevsky.bsky.social!

Proud to stand up for science on the steps of the Tennessee state capital in Nashville! #standupforscience

NIH budget: $ 48b Musk wealth: $351b Both are mostly funded by your tax dollars But only one might save your life . . . . Sources: www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh... Search results: elon musk net worth g.co/kgs/6c8YEuB @standupforscience.bsky.social

Stand Up For Science TN (Nashville) was a success! Thanks to everyone who came out and @campbell4tn.bsky.social and @aftynbehn.bsky.social for coming out and adding their voices to the fight! @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforscience2025

The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard. https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX

‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts

Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.

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#standupforscience2025 in Nashville was a big success. I spoke. I didn’t throw up. 😂 Love seeing all the pics from around the country and around the world. Out of the lab and into the streets! @standupforscience.bsky.social

What's new at @acnporg.bsky.social in 2025? A whole *new* cohort of ACNP Associate Members! 🤩 Over the next few months, we'll be introducing our new Associate Members, so keep an eye out & send congrats their way! #WelcomeToACNP👋 Today, say hello to Dr. Gustavo Angarita from Yale Psychiatry 👇

ACNP@acnporg.bsky.social · last yr.

At the Capitol in NASHVILLE today…

Our press release about the results is now online here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/patient...

Marcus Kaiser@connectomelab.bsky.social · last yr.

Our survey article on how public and patients perceive interventions for brain and mental health, from implants and drugs to noninvasive focused ultrasound, is now published! doi.org/10.1038/s415... @fusfoundation.bsky.social @itrusst.bsky.social @brainbox-neuro.bsky.social

Guardian story about Federal Register issue is up. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump halts medical research funding in apparent violation of judge’s order

Health department orders NIH to hold Federal Register submissions – critical step in process for funding studies

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Here’s what is going on. When you start firing the military’s top lawyers, that means you are getting ready to order the military to do unlawful things. Trump replaces those JAGs with men who will justify any future unlawful and unethical actions that he wants the military to do.

@medvanderbilt.bsky.social will be at the Nashville site standupforscience2025.org/nashville-tn/ and we look forward to seeing others there!

Nashville, TN

Location: Tennessee State Capitol Capitol Hill Area, Nashville, TN, United States Address: War Memorial Building and Legislative Plaza Time: 12-4 PM

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Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · last yr.

🚨 WANT TO HELP US STAND UP FOR SCIENCE? 🚨 Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process! Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... #standupforscience2025