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Tom Kent

@tompsy.bsky.social

Lecturer @Royal Holloway, U. of London & Clinical Psychologist. Interested in psychological therapy, LGBQ, research, social history, etc. Own views.

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Tom Kent@tompsy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A major new ONS analysis linking Census 2021 to death records (2021–2024) shows that LGB+ people in England and Wales have higher mortality than heterosexual people. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

All-cause and cause-specific mortality by sexual orientation, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics

Leading causes of death and all-cause and cause-specific mortality rates per 100,000 people by sexual orientation, broken down by Census 2021 characteristics.

ons.gov.uk

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting. Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.

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Tom Kent@tompsy.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The potential overturning of conversion therapy bans highlights something wider: therapy isn’t “anything goes.” We don’t just say or practise whatever we think or believe — our work is guided by evidence, ethics, and professional standards. #SCOTUS #therapy

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Tom Kent@tompsy.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We’re looking for LGBQ individuals who’ve had NHS therapy (in the past year) to share experiences of topics that felt hard to discuss. I’m supervising this project — see the poster in Millie’s post for details. #LGBTQ #Mentalhealth #Psychotherapy #NHS

Millie@mlpsych97.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Do you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or queer? Are there topics you found difficult to discuss in therapy? I want to hear from YOU! #LGBTQ+ #Research #mentalhealth #LGBTQplus #LGBTQResearch #lesbian #gay #bisexual #queer #psychology

Martin Plöderl@ploederl.bsky.social · last yr.

This is the 2017 study bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Another study we did using data from a German clinic journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... After the many rejections of both manuscripts, which I did not experience before, I decided to move away from LGB-related research.

Sexual orientation differences in treatment expectation, alliance, and outcome among patients at risk for suicide in a public psychiatric hospital - BMC Psychiatry

Background Sexual minority (SM) individuals (gay, lesbian, bisexual, or otherwise nonheterosexual) are at increased risk for mental disorders and suicide and adequate mental healthcare may be life-sav...

bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com

Martin Plöderl@ploederl.bsky.social · last yr.

UK study: LGB patients benefit as well from psychotherapy as heterosexual pts. We did a similar study in 2017, it was very hard to get it published, maybe bc results didn't fit the narrative. Don't get me wrong, homophobia is real, also in healthcare. We need to get rid of biases in research, too

Psychological therapy outcomes by sexual orientation and gender: a retrospective cohort study | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core

Psychological therapy outcomes by sexual orientation and gender: a retrospective cohort study - Volume 55

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Tom Kent@tompsy.bsky.social · last yr.

1/ 📢 Pleased to share that our new paper is now published in Psychological Medicine! We looked at therapy outcomes for LGB patients compared to heterosexual patients in NHS Talking Therapies. Here’s a short thread on what we found 👇 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S003...

Psychological therapy outcomes by sexual orientation and gender: a retrospective cohort study | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core

Psychological therapy outcomes by sexual orientation and gender: a retrospective cohort study - Volume 55

doi.org

Tom Kent@tompsy.bsky.social · last yr.

One of Paul Flowers’ concluding points in his keynote was the importance of supporting the next generation of qualitative researchers. I think mentorship from more experienced researchers is very advantageous—not only for early career success in academia, but also for achieving impact #qmip2025

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Tom Kent@tompsy.bsky.social · last yr.

In his keynote, Paul Flowers highlighted the use of logic models—within qualitative intervention development—as a key tool for building team consensus, supporting theorising, and shaping commissioning briefs. #qmip2025

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Tom Kent@tompsy.bsky.social · last yr.

Michael Larkin also discusses AI in qualitative analysis. Similar to Virginia Braun’s points, "we" are the instrument of analysis. AI simply identifies topics that are spoken about; it is not performing analysis, and we need to resist the idea that AI is doing an analysis #qmip2025

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Tom Kent@tompsy.bsky.social · last yr.

Braun says no (yeah nah) to AI. That coding and analysis is a human endeavour. Coding should not be thought of as a laborious task that needs to be completed quickly and “free from bias”, but rather as a worthwhile, enjoyable, and creative experience, where we are the interpreters #qmip2025

Tom Kent@tompsy.bsky.social · last yr.

🌈 Supervising a study on avoided topics in therapy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) individuals. 💬 When developing the study idea, LGBQ participants told us: “what was left unsaid mattered most.” 🔁 Please repost to support this research.

A poster for a LGBQ research study
Tom Kent@tompsy.bsky.social · 2y ago

"It is important, therefore, not to embrace new therapies too easily but to focus on other innovations that will result in better outcomes, such as increased frequency of sessions, feedback to patients, and better matching the needs of patients to the expertise of therapists."

Pim Cuijpers@pimcuijpers.bsky.social · 2y ago

Just published in the American Psychologist: “How to Improve Outcomes of Psychological Treatment of Depression: Lessons From “Next-Level” Meta-Analytic Research”. This was published in association with the 2024 Award that I received from the APA: doi.org/10.1037/amp0...