Julia McDonald PhD
@Juliabmcd
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CESATE Postdoc @VAPugetSound. Interested in using clinical science to help high-risk & high-need groups. 🌈
Seattle, WA
Joined October 2016
As a suicide loss survivor, I feel conflicted talking about my brother’s suicide. So why do I keep talking about it? And who's hurt when we can't talk about our mental health? Check out my 2nd post on @PsychToday - featured as an Essential Read! https://t.co/D0KIE5rCWh
psychologytoday.com
Suicide is a leading cause of death, but too many people still feel uncomfortable talking about it. Who is hurt when we can't talk about suicide, and what can we do about it?
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Graduate school is an escape room. Each milestone unlocks a new series of seemingly endless tasks to solve. The good news is…my internship cohort escaped grad school!!! Plus we escaped an actual escape room :) Really great way to end this journey to become psychologists.
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Excited to talk about the value of lived experience in our upcoming webinar: "A DARN Conversation with Self-Relevant Researchers in Disability and Mental Health" This Friday, 4/19, 11 am PST Please register, share, & engage: https://t.co/m0rthFliCA
Join us for a DARN and @SPSPnews panel with self-relevant researchers in #disability and mental health. Featuring @sarahevictor, @AndrewDevendorf, Rachel Fouladi, and @kathleen_bogart, researchers who study topics that overlap with their identities or personal experiences.
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If anyone is going to APS this year and wants to learn more about scientific communication, sign up for @AndrewDevendorf’s workshop!
I feel honored to be mentioned with these fellow Workshop hosts ☺️ I'm holding a workshop on writing about psychology & science for a general audience at APS 2024. If you want to learn how to write/pitch an op-ed, blog post, and more...would love to have you! @PsychScience
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Come attend our APA webinar tomorrow: “Addressing Mental Health Stigma in Clinical Psychology” Fri, 3/15, 1 pm EST Over 1000 ppl have registered!! Live ?s will be fielded. It will be fun & informative @APA @sarahevictor @MayaNauphal + Drs Gudino & Swee https://t.co/A9CmBN8tI5
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I successfully defended my dissertation last week: "The Prevalence and Perceptions of Self-relevant research ("Me-search") in Psychological Science" I'm now Dr. Andrew Devendorf (pending paperwork), which is crazy. It's been an exhausting road, but it happened 😄
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I moved from Tampa to Seattle for clinical internship (cost ~$10,000-12,000) Here's some cross-country moving tips. 1) Reserve moving pods early. Prices will jump a lot in summer. You can adjust your moving dates & cancel res's whenever. 2) Sell items on FB marketplace. Be..
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Excited to share our upcoming @APA Essential Science webinar: "Addressing Mental Health Stigma in Clinical Psychology" on Mar 15 at 1 pm EST Register here: https://t.co/nj9BjVcsEV Join @MayaNauphal, @sarahevictor, @DrOmarGudino, Michaela Swee & myself for a rich discussion ☺️
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Huge congrats to all the psychology PhD students who applied for internship! And KUDOS to anyone who also break the APPIC portal. Last year, the site kept crashing when @Juliabmcd & I submitted our 419 rankings. Took over an hour. Still have nightmares 🤕
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Now in-print! We found: -55% of clinical psychologists have done me-search -Me-search on mental illness is more stigmatized than when done on physical illness -Researchers from marginalized backgrounds = ⬆️rates of me-search @PsychScience @sarahevictor
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How often do clinical psychologists have a lived experience with, or close connection, to their research? Does the field of psychology accept this “me-search”? ...
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I get vulnerable on @psychspodcast while blending my personal & professional experiences with suicide, depression & mental health stigma. What are signs of suicide? How do you help others cope with loss? Plz share - Juila & Gill are fantastic humans :) https://t.co/LhD0TF9g6e
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Cool study alert 🚨
Check out our new study! "Framing depression as a functional signal, not a disease: Rationale and initial randomized controlled trial" We found a strengths-based framing of depression is better than a disease framing on hope & stigma. 🧵1/5 https://t.co/402mnnedJb
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When abusers come armed, it can be deadly. On National Gun Violence Awareness Day, 6/2, we will #WearOrange for the countless women in this country whose lives have been stolen at the hands of an armed abuser. Why will you wear orange?
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While horrifying acts of mass gun violence grab national attention, gun violence takes 120 lives and wounds hundreds more in individual acts of gun violence every single day in this country. We #WearOrange for victims and survivors of gun violence whose stories often go untold.
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Nothing is killing American children and teens more than guns. No other country can say the same. #WearOrange
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Today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. A time to call attention to our nation’s gun violence crisis that steals more than 43,000 lives and wounds 76,000 more every year, because an America free from gun violence is worth fighting for. #WearOrange with @everytown
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Facts don't change minds, stories do. I shared my story for why I'm passionate about studying depression & increasing mental health literacy. It was hard, but glad I did it. Meant a ton hearing others be vulnerable, too BIG thanks 2 hosts: David Doan @vickyusf @USFalumniAssn
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Coming soon to @ABCTNOW in Seattle: "Dismantling Mental Health Stigma Among Clinical Psychologists" A panel co-hosted by me & @MayaNauphal Starring: @Cassie_Boness @JSchleiderPhD @sarahevictor & Drs. Michaela Swee + Steve McCutcheon. Let's make some change!
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