The ASSIST Lab @ UW–Madison is hiring a full-time Research Specialist! This position is a great fit for someone interested in clinical psychology research, suicide prevention, intensive longitudinal methods/EMA, and digital approaches to understand mental health. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...

Research Specialist - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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And that’s a wrap for this application cycle! Huge thanks to Amber Pereira and Rachel Rans who helped keeping this list up to date! Good luck to all the applicants and we will come back for the next cycle in summer 2026 💫 Community rocks 🤟

Irene Xu@irenexu.bsky.social · last yr.

We’re updating the list of suicide researchers who may take a grad student for 2026: shorturl.at/yTT9n Applicants - this year may feel especially heavy. Hope this brings you a little direction, hope, and a reminder that you’re not alone. You are the future. Let your voice shape what comes next.

This is a fantastic resource for students applying to clinical/counseling programs this cycle: A list of PIs, organized by areas of research, accepting students! Please share widely! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

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For those justifiably concerned/angry about this, there's a way to make your voices heard. Public notice and comment on this proposed rule goes through Sep 27 Go to this link and click "Submit a public comment" at the top: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Oren Samet@osamet.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Our youth suicide prevention lab is thrilled to be recruiting a PhD student this year for our NEW Clinical Psychology PhD Program at Old Dominion University @oduclinpsycphd.bsky.social! See additional details here: www.odu.edu/psychology/g...

(1/6) New pre-print alert! 🤩🚨 We provide new evidence for contra-hedonic functions of NSSI & ED behaviors in adolescents. See 🧵 for a brief summary 👇 osf.io/preprints/ps...

Check out our new paper "Before the attempt: How people think and plan in suicide crises." We characterized contemplation & planning in suicide crises, and identified factors that related to classification in the attempt group (vs. a plan-only group). www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Before the attempt: How people think and plan in suicide crises

Cognitive processes preceding suicidal attempts (SA) remain poorly understood, particularly in distinguishing those who act on suicidal thoughts from …

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🎉 After 2 years of work, our #OpenScience guide for researchers in developing countries is LIVE! Check out our new preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... We map the opportunities 🌟 + barriers 🧱 facing Global South researchers. *(1/4)*

there was a new study published *today* in Nature showing that state-level anti-trans laws increase suicide among trans kids up to 72%. when we say that the New York Times (and other rags of equal repute) is killing us, that's because *IT IS LITERALLY KILLING US*

State-level anti-transgender laws increase past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in the USA

Nature Human Behaviour - From 2018 to 2022, 48 anti-transgender laws were enacted in the USA across 19 states. This study shows that these anti-transgender laws increased past-year suicide attempts...

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“This Pride Season, we’re honoring that legacy - the legacy of those who came before us, who channeled their righteous anger into liberation, who practiced self-care as resistance, and who built networks of care that allowed our community not just to survive, but to grow.”

Trans Lifeline@translifeline.org · last yr.

Our goal this month is to raise the funds we’ll need to nurture our community all year long — where everyone has space to bloom. For those who can, donate here: bit.ly/Our-Roots-Run-Deep-2025

We’re updating the list of suicide researchers who may take a grad student for 2026: shorturl.at/yTT9n Applicants - this year may feel especially heavy. Hope this brings you a little direction, hope, and a reminder that you’re not alone. You are the future. Let your voice shape what comes next.

Suicide Researchers

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New article: Experts in traumatic stress are concerned about global impact of what is happening in U.S. "The fallout for science and humanity may be profound." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Experts in traumatic stress are concerned about global impact of what is happening in U.S.

Trauma is a global issue and public health concern. Political decisions may directly impact rates of trauma exposure, be it individual trauma or mass disaster, and guide how we deal with the conseq...

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Fascinating presentation using machine learning to identify groups of individuals based on intensity and duration of ideation and attempt history at @suicideresearchsym.bsky.social by @irenexu.bsky.social!

"We conclude that the standard behavioral scores (difference scores based on reaction time or accuracy) derived from the emotional dot-probe task are not adequately reliable measures of attentional biases to threat in anxious or nonanxious populations" @ CPS journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

We've just pre-printed our first article with @socarxiv.bsky.social 🥳 (not our first article from this team, or this project, but our first ever pre-print!!) The cruel optimism of suicide prevention: thinking beyond the mental health model: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

I started taking a new med in one bad bout of depression where I was totally numb. I have a vivid memory of sitting in a college class, fully distracted by a weird buzzing feeling in my chest. I couldn't figure it out. After a few minutes I realized, oh my god. I was starting to just feel again. 1/

Really cool approach and well written tutorial. It’s awesome that dot probe’s reliability is gaining more attention and we shift the perspective to examining how to use it more reliably rather than assuming it’s reliable. Great work!

Shachar Hochman@hochmanshachar.bsky.social · last yr.

1/6 Hello Bluesky! 👋 Excited to join this community and share my new blog. First post: Using Bayesian hierarchical models to rescue "unreliable" cognitive tasks, with the dot-probe task as my case study. cogpsychreserve.netlify.app/posts/dotpro...

An unspoken requirement to access suicide prevention care on helplines is a person must 1st overcome fear of disclosing to a counselor @danielcoppersmith.bsky.social @kathrynfox.bsky.social & I call for self-guided DMHIs like safety planning to be accessible on helplines along w/counselor support ⬇️

This important study provides valuable insights into young people's experiences with suicidal thoughts, highlighting crucial opportunities for early intervention and the role of language in discussing mental health challengesT acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

University of Maryland, Baltimore is conducting a voluntary, anonymous study on caregiving for someone with suicidal thoughts or behaviors while also working. See the flyer below or click umaryland.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... to learn more and please share with others.

Interesting study on transitions between emotional states in individuals with PTSD and healthy controls:

Emotional State Transitions in Trauma-Exposed Individuals With and Without PTSD

This cross-sectional study examines whether trauma-exposed individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder have a sharper transition between neutral and negative emotional states compared with trauma-e...

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We have just published a free-for-research-use, higher-quality, inclusive alternative to the highly influential Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test of #socialcognition, #theoryofmind, and #faceexpression. The press release is here: www.wellesley.edu/news/an-accu....

An accurate and inclusive test of mindreading: the Multiracial Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test - Wellesley

Wellesley College is one of the most academically challenging institutions of higher education in the country, and we are widely acknowledged as the top women's college in the world. We prepare studen...

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New study on type 1 diabetes! Momentary cognition is vulnerable to glucose fluctuations in T1D, and this effect is magnified in the context of diabetes-related health conditions. Led by the incredible Zoe Hawks, @lauragermine.bsky.social and Naomi Chaytor www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dynamic associations between glucose and ecological momentary cognition in Type 1 Diabetes - npj Digital Medicine

npj Digital Medicine - Dynamic associations between glucose and ecological momentary cognition in Type 1 Diabetes

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RA JOB Opportunity! Our lab is looking for a full time study coordinator! We study suicide & self-injury using EMA. Check out the link for more details: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...

Research Specialist - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Job Summary: The laboratory of Dr. Brooke Ammerman in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks to hire a full-time Research Specialist. Dr. Ammerman's lab is devoted...

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Very cool website, R package, and tutorial paper on preprocessing data from ESM / EMA studies. Website: preprocess.esmtools.com Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Over 200 respondents on the psychology faculty starting salary transparency survey now! We are blown away by the generosity of so many early career scholars, as well as more senior folks <3 Survey still open and data are free to download if anyone wants to analyze! #PsychSciSky #thisispedpsych

U.S. Psychology Professor Starting Salary Transparency - Public

What is this? Hello! You might be wondering, what is this? This spreadsheet presents data from an anonymous survey developed by a team of early career scholars with the goal of increasing transparenc...

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