#Psychology PhD @UniofHerts. Interested in #childhoodtrauma #mentalhealth #psychosis #art #travelling. Not sure if we still need a "views my own" disclaimer.

Joined December 2015
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How do trauma-focused interventions influence hallucinations vs. delusions? Check out our new systematic review and meta-analysis...More details in the thread below! 👇 #Psychosis #MentalHealth #Psychology #Trauma #SystematicReview #MetaAnalysis
Our new systematic review & meta-analysis of trauma-focused psychological interventions (TFIs) for psychosis. 36 studies (N=1,384), 18 in meta-analysis (N=806), spanning pre–post designs and RCTs, tested effects on hallucinations vs delusions. #thread cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Are CBT and BA for depression effective in primary care? Guess what the main findings of a just published MA are...no difference when compared to other therapies; no evidence of effectiveness of self-help CBT for depression in primary care; most studies are of low quality!
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Exciting new PhD project in collaboration with Profs Keith Laws & Iosif Mporas! 🔬 Investigating voice patterns & AI for mental health conditions. Background in Psychology/Psychiatry or Computer Science? Apply here: herts.ac.uk/research/centres…
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PhD proposal Reference HW4 - under the Health and Wellbeing tab #MentalHealthResearch #AIinHealthcare #PhDLife #SpeechTechnology
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Please note: Applicants must hold a UK honours degree (First-Class Honours or Upper Second-Class Honours) and that studentships are only available to applicants who are permanently resident in the UK and qualify for home-student status.
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Important work on the links between childhood trauma and subclinical psychosis... all thanks to an excellent supervisor and our team!
A new meta-analysis led by one of my excellent ex-PhD students @diamantis22 - looking at the associations between childhood abuse and adult schizotypy in healthy individuals
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To all the people who express their gratitude for the support they receive during responding to their overwhelming emotions and experiences...Thank you for seeking help, thank for sharing, thank you for finding hope in your most challenging times...#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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Diamantis Toutountzidis retweeted
We have provided a detailed atlas of the links between mental disorders & later medical conditions Pre-registered nbepi.com/R Full data/code nbepi.com/gmc Short animation nbepi.com/gmc2 Paper nbepi.com/gmc1 @QldBrainInst @GrundforskFond
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Diamantis Toutountzidis retweeted
The @OCTC_Oxford @oxicpt team have put resources online for therapists working remotely with OCD. Service user focussed material follows shortly. Resource page: ohspic.web.ox.ac.uk/clinic-r… Specific therapist guidance here as pdf: ohspic.web.ox.ac.uk/files/th…

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We set out immediate priorities and longer-term strategies for mental health science research in the wake of COVID-19, informed by surveys of the public and an expert panel convened by @acmedsci and @MQmentalhealth. doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(2…. @profelainefox @mirandarwolpert
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Going to share this here b4 even reading it...First-episode psychosis in a 101-year-old male tinyurl.com/rpewd96

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Thank you for all the support throughout the years @Keith_Laws! Once again...I couldn't have asked for a better supervisory team W/ Prof Tim Gale, Dr Karen Irvine, and @_ShivaniSharma. Also many thanks and respect to my examiners Prof Lia Kvavilashvili and @docbloomfield
Congratulations @diamantis22 ... today known as Dr Diamantis. Three years of studying the links between early-life trauma and schizotypal traits in healthy individuals ...passed quickly (for me at least...a joy to supervise!)
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Study claims that "ayahuasca may show potential as an intervention for suicidality" without testing suicidal people - beyond the non-sig result that "trended toward significance". frontiersin.org/articles/10.…

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Most of the sample had low scores of suicide at baseline
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"this study is the first comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of the incidence of non-organic adult-onset psychotic disorders done in 16 years and provides an update on the epidemiological landscape" @Hannah_ElisaJ et al 2019 thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…

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Excellent critique by @sameerjauhar & @J_F_Hayes - I wish I was so thorough in my work. Really important to consider those who struggle with meds adherence when making claims against psych meds. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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Diamantis Toutountzidis retweeted
If your New Year’s resolution is to be a better, sharper scientist, can I recommend u start by following @Keith_Laws. His tweets are object lessons in critical thinking for mental health sciences.
As Mark Twain said..."Facts are stubborn things, statistics are pliable"
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We've got a new pre-print out! A systematic review and meta-analysis of the incidence of psychotic disorders. Whole project here: doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/2T7X… - there's a main article, supplementary material and a beast of a spreadsheet. @Dr_JB_Kirkbride

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Diamantis Toutountzidis retweeted
The debate starts! We're told this is the first time in 57 @MaudsleyDebates that a topic has been repeated. ECT was debated in the first #MaudsleyDebates in March 2000. You can watch the livestream, although it looks like it's not started there yet: youtu.be/e-d-wmk26bQ.
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