🧵 1/7 Are psychological treatments for children and adolescents with PTSD safe? We just published a new systematic review and meta-analysis looking specifically at this question. We brought together evidence from 72 randomized controlled trials involving 5,677 young people. Here’s what we found👇

A scientific consensus about what the term ‘trauma’ means has so far proven elusive. A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology advances a common understanding of the emotional, contextual and cognitive aspects of psychological trauma. go.nature.com/3Q86EqM 🧪

New meta-analysis of our team (@University of Münster, Germany) published in @Journal of Environmental Psychology. Check it out. 📜👀

Nexhmedin Morina@nexh-morina.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Small, significant long-term effects of social norm interventions on pro-environmental behavior: new meta-analysis (~22-month FU). Even small shifts matter at scale, but we need to boost effectiveness. Thank you Frederike Lemmel & @tholehoppen.bsky.social, #climatechange: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...

In meinem Team an der Universität Göttingen ist eine PhD Stelle (3 Jahre, 75%) ausgeschrieben – bitte gerne teilen bzw. bei Fragen melden! www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...

I'm happy to share that I started a new position as Acting Chair of the Department for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy @uni-goettingen.de. Exciting times. I'm very grateful to be welcomed by a great team. Special thanks to @marcellawoud.bsky.social, @Andre Pittig, & @lisaleehr.bsky.social ☺️🙏

🚨Our new systematic review identifies diversity data gaps in PTSD research. 🔹 Middle-aged, well-educated, and non-marginalized groups were overrepresented. - Although marginalized groups and those with lower SES are at increased risk for PTSD. tinyurl.com/4vrey5mv

Moving beyond gender: a systematic review of diversity data gaps in prospective trauma research

Background: To better understand heterogeneity in PTSD development and to ensure that knowledge of risk and intervention mechanisms is available for a diverse group of trauma exposed individuals, p...

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🎉Excited to share that our new meta-analysis has just been published in The British Journal of Psychiatry! Exploring how effectively psychological interventions for adult PTSD alleviate comorbid depression—the first comprehensive meta-analysis on this matter convering all psychological interv. 1/5

For those interested, here is a link to a new power paper: Hancock, G. R., & Feng, Y. (2026). nmax and the quest to restore caution, integrity, and practicality to the sample size planning process. Psychological Methods. yifengquant.github.io/Publications...

🚨New Preprint! Training spatial memory for traumatic scenes in #VR reduces intrusive memories. ~10 years in the making, with many great collaborators across 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 🇩🇪, including C.Brewin, J.King, P.Dibbets, @neilburgess10.bsky.social, @nexh-morina.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.31219/osf... #PsychSciSky

„Von daher ist dieses Buch sehr wertvoll, weil es Lehrkräften Wissen an die Hand gibt und deutlich macht, dass in der Schule viel getan werden kann, um die Kinder und Jugendlichen in der Schule gut zu unterstützen.“ Martina Kindsmüller über unser Buch zu sozialen & Prüfungsängsten in der Schule 🙏

Published today in Nature Medicine. In one of the world’s largest RCTs of its kind (n=3,936), a smartphone app teaching 5 key cognitive-behavioral therapy skills improved subthreshold depression—and the effects lasted 6 months. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cognitive behavioral therapy skills via a smartphone app for subthreshold depression among adults in the community: the RESiLIENT randomized controlled trial - Nature Medicine

A trial that used a master randomized design found that the skills commonly found in smartphone-based cognitive behavioral therapy, when tested alone or in combination with behavioral activation, were...

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We (@nexh-morina.bsky.social @riekemcuno.bsky.social, myself, & co-authors) are pleased to share this press release of our University (Münster) about our article just published in Nature Human Behaviour☺️: www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph... Original publication📝: www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph...

Comparison with neighbors can increase climate-friendly behavior

Social comparisons have proven effective in changing one’s behaviour, also with regard to adopting a more environmentally conscious lifestyle. This is one of the key findings of an international meta-...

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Wir (@nexh-morina.bsky.social, @riekemcuno.bsky.social, meine Wenigkeit und Ko-Autor:innen) freuen uns diese Pressemitteilung zu unserem frisch in Nature Human Behaviour publizierten Artikel teilen zu dürfen☺️: www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph... Originalveröffentlichung📝: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Vergleich mit Nachbarn kann klimafreundliches Verhalten steigern

Soziale Vergleiche sind ein wirksames Mittel, um das Verhalten zu ändern – auch im Hinblick auf einen nachhaltigeren Lebensstil. Zu diesem zentralen Ergebnis kommt eine internationale Studie eines For...

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No innovation in the treatment of depression will be a ’silver bullet’ that will dramatically change the outcomes. Only together can innovations really improve outcomes. Read our new paper in the Br J Psychiatry. With @mathiasharrer.bsky.social and @toshi-frkw.bsky.social doi.org/10.1192/bjp....

What’s the most effective way to deliver exposure therapy for anxiety? We tested: 🔹 Behavioural experiments (BE) 🔹 Cognitive restructuring before exposure 🔹 Habituation-based approaches BE had the best outcomes. 🧠 How do you implement exposure? 🔗 bit.ly/3YTlR0n #mentalhealth #ClinPsy

This meta-analysis of 79 RCTs found that social comparison is an effective behaviour change technique for pro-environmental-, health-, performance-, and service-related behaviours. @tholehoppen.bsky.social @riekemcuno.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials examining social comparison as a behaviour change technique across the behavioural sciences - Nature Human Behaviour

Social comparison is frequently used as a behaviour change technique. This meta-analysis of 79 randomized controlled trials found a significant effect of social comparison as a behaviour change techni...

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📢 New Research Alert! 🚨 Our meta-analysis - just published in @nathumbehav.nature.com reveals that social comparison as a behavioural change technique (SC-BCTs) can effectively change behaviour #BehaviourChange #SocialComparison #MetaAnalysis #Research Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/X

🧠𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗗𝗿. 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗸𝘀𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻 @aleksakaurin.bsky.social ist Professorin für Klinische Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie und Psychotherapie und leitet die psychotherapeutische Hochschulambulanz für Kinder und Jugendliche an der @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social

Da gerade viele erschrocken in Richtung USA blicken: Was glaubt ihr denn was eine AfD-Regierung mit all den Stolpersteinen & Gedenkstätten machen würde? Meint ihr ernsthaft, Schulklassen fahren dann noch nach Auschwitz? Ich sage nur „Fliegenschiss“ & „Mahnmal der Schande“. Was erwartet ihr denn?

"This trial suggests compelling evidence for task-sharing and telemedicine to improve access to psychotherapies for perinatal depressive and anxiety symptoms."

Rebecca Sripada, PhD, ABPP@rebeccasripada.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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,

Das ist unser Team. Interesse mehr über uns zu erfahren?😊 praxisschafftwissen.wixsite.com/nids/%C3%BCb...

Our meta-analysis "Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs" is now published at Psychological Bulletin! Please refer to this thread, ResearchGate, and PsyArXiv for details! psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

Mikey Biddlestone@mikeybiddlestone.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨Our meta-analysis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs has been accepted at Psychological Bulletin!🚨“Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs” osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵👇 1/16

Liebe Promovend*innen im Bereich Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, call for nomination😊: Fühlt ihr euch hervorragend betreut? Nominiert eure Doktormutter/euren Doktorvater als beste Promotionsbetreuerin / besten Promotionsbetreuer (Umfrage läuft bis 03. März): ww2.unipark.de/uc/betreuerp...

Es reicht eine einzige, simple Logikfrage. Wenn der Vorschlag der CDU geeignet sein soll, die extreme Rechte einzudämmen, warum stimmt die extreme Rechte dann zu und klatscht begeistert?

Wie cool ist das - wissenschaftliche und klinische Überlegungen zu Klima, Krieg und Krisen in der Entwicklung von Kindern und das großteils frei zugänglich! econtent.hogrefe.com/toc/kie/curr... Danke an ALLE, u.a. @dirkholzinger.bsky.social, @alzietlow.bsky.social, @evalottabrakemeier.bsky.social

Kindheit und Entwicklung: Vol 33, No 4

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King's College London launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social / @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social, a free platform with over 1,600 datasets, to support mental health research worldwide. 🌍 Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...

King's launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets to support mental health research

Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London have launched a new free platform to allow people to discover hundreds of longitudinal mental hea...

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RCT im deutschen Versorgungssystem: App-basierte, selbstgeleitete Exposition (inkl. zwei Video-Sitzungen) bei Panikstörung effektiver als die Regelversorgung.

App-basierte Psychotherapie der Panikstörung mit selbstgesteuerter Exposition in virtueller Realität

Eine Panikst�rung ist durch wiederkehrende und unvorhersehbare Panikattacken und die st�ndige Angst vor weiteren Panikattacken gekennzeichnet. Die 12-Monats-Pr�valenz liegt in der Allgemeinbev�lkerung...

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The empty nest effect? JAMA study: The % of adults 50+ who feel lonely, by year. The pandemic certainly made matters worse, but it was bad to begin with and remains that way. 2018: 34% 2020: 41% 2021: 37% 2022: 42% 2023: 37% 2024: 33% jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Loneliness and Social Isolation Among US Older Adults

This study characterizes loneliness and social isolation among population-based samples of community-dwelling US adults aged 50 to 80 years.

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Hallo dt. Wissenschaft: wer jetzt noch auf X postet — vor anstehender Bundestagswahl —, kann nicht mehr behaupten, von der politischen Tragweite fortgesetzter X-Nutzung nichts gewusst zu haben. Musk ist bekennender Demokratiefeind. Wenn Euch an unserer Demokratie noch irgendwas liegt: raus aus X!

Mario Sixtus@sixtus.net · 2y ago

Das hier schrieb Elon Musk vor ein paar Stunden und repostete dazu eine Message der rechtsextremen Influencerin Naomi Seibt. (Archiv-Link: http://archive.today/VXBNy ) Immerhin sind damit alle Unklarheiten beseitigt.