Tim Dalgleish
@TimDalgleish
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Clinical Psychologist. Affective scientist. Programme Leader at @mrccbu @Cambridge_Uni @CPFT_Research. Translational science of #MentalHealth. Tweets=own views.
Joined October 2011
I once submitted a paper to a US journal from the UK and, because of the time difference, according to the time stamp on the email it was desk rejected 3 hours before I submitted it . .
I once submitted a paper and immediately cracked open a beer to celebrate. It was desk rejected before I was even done drinking the beer. Was eventually accepted elsewhere and is currently my most highly cited paper.
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When I started as a psychology research assistant, on the third day I discovered the drawer where the pens were kept.
17-Year-Old Discovers Planet 6.9 Times Larger Than Earth on Third Day of Internship With NASA
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In the spirit of communicating research groups' outputs for 2018, here's ours:.23 paper rejections.3 grant rejections.2 prize nomination rejections.7 cakes turned out all wrong.relegated 2 divisions on Fifa.Bring on 2019!.
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@joshraclaw Important question. Does The Hulk also have those 7 PhDs or is it generally accepted that your qualifications don't transfer when you transform?.
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Next year our Unit @mrccbu in Cambridge will be 80 years old (. Sadly, the UK MRC has decided to now close all its units and our funding ends in 2027 so it’s the end of an era for the CBU as we know it. 1/n.
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Very proud to accompany my 18 year old son to the polling station for his first ever General Election vote. We are in Conservative-Liberal Democrat marginal seat. Everyone please vote today if you can, especially young people! #YouthQuake
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New 'in press' paper from our group @mrccbu that we're excited about. It collates our collective thoughts on the current status of transdiagnostic approaches to mental health. With @MJBlack_psych, David Johnston and Anna Bevan. @CPFT_Research .
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When you keep trying to ignore an upcoming deadline . .
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Academic life provides many moments of joy but few surpass the feeling of elation when a 1.5 hour meeting is unexpectedly cancelled in the middle of a busy day . .
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It has been a privilege over 8 years to be one of the PIs on the #myriadproject with @sjblakemore @WillemKuyken and Mark Williams, funded by @wellcometrust. Today is publication day with 7 papers in BMJ @EBMentalHealth : (see also .
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Recent sobering meta-analysis providing no support for mindfulness based interventions for acute-phase ‘common mental health problems’. Maybe worth remembering that MBCT was originally developed as a secondary prevention for depression, where the evidence seems stronger.
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If there is a second wave of the virus because we reverse lockdown too soon and compliance is reduced we should call it The Second Cummings. .
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Deeply honoured and humbled to be elected as a Fellow of @BritishAcademy_ .I'm very much looking forward to taking an active role in the Academy's many fantastic initiatives.
Congratulations to all the new Fellows of the British Academy, and especially @TimDalgleish FBA.
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Applications for postgraduate study @mrccbu are open! Please consider applying and come and study in wonderful Cambridge. RTs appreciated.
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Went out to join in the 8 pm clapping for the NHS to find a Spitfire doing heart-shaped loop-the-loops above the street. Felt slightly inadequate.
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Large scale (N=1868) machine-learning study reveals very poor performance – 61% – in a binary discrimination of depression/no depression, from MRI data. Suggests that the many smaller N studies with much higher predictive power are likely inflated. Not surprised . .
Diagnosis of major depression from structural MRI by machine-learning. Sobering result: 61% accuracy with N=1868. Mimicked smaller studies by subsampling reveals strong effect of training AND test size. Even with N~100, estimated accuracies vary by >20%.
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New job alert! Fixed-term research assistantship in our group @mrccbu @Cambridge_Uni working on 2 projects investigating cognition and affect in adolescents and adults. Deadline May 17th. Retweets very much appreciated.
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Adding Motivational Interviewing to CBT significantly improves outcomes for those diagnosed with anxiety disorders. Meta-analysis of 12 trials (N=609). Hedge's g=.59.
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A real pleasure and honour to participate in the awarding of an honorary doctorate @CLEPLeuven today to my friend and mentor Mark Williams for services to depression research.
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Very excited! Two new F/T group-leader research appointments in my dept. @mrccbu @Cambridge_Uni. The posts come with research support and are open to either early-career or more senior applicants. One post is in mental health. Deadline 11.4.21. Please RT!.
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How it sometimes feels working as a clinical psychologist in a cognitive neuroscience unit. Via @prof_nch
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This, in my humble opinion, is not remotely something should aspire to. Quite the opposite in fact. I struggle to read a paper every two weeks. .
Mark Griffiths: the professor who publishes a paper every two days.
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Our group’s meta-analytic review, led by @darrenldunning, on RCTs of #mindfulness interventions for young people is now out online @TheJCPP.
Effects of mindfulness interventions for young people. Systematic review by @darrenldunning (33 studies; N=1763). Using only 17 RCTs with active controls, effects for Mindfulness (d=.42), Depression (d = .47) & Anxiety/Stress (d = .18). Article link ->
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We are hiring @mrccbu! We have two 5+ year senior/post-doc positions, 1 for a clinical psychologist (or equaivalent), on a @wellcometrust Mental Health Award investigating uncertainty processing and anxiety. Details here: Please share!.
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All 84 schools recruited and randomised in our mindfulness in schools trial. It's a real privilege to be part of this project and work with such an amazing trial team. @OMC_mindfulness @mrccbu @sjblakemore @wellcometrust
Enormously proud of the MYRIAD research team @OxPsychiatry. They have recruited 84 schools, 22,000 children and earlier this week randomised the schools to the two arms of our trial of mindfulness and resilience in schools.
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New group preprint. Meta-analysis of RCTs (k=33;N=3666) of #mindfulness in schools programmes showing benefits across behavioural, psychological and mental health measures. Led by @darrenldunning with @lfoulkesy @par_jen @Kirsty_G1990 @WillemKuyken @mrccbu
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Before I joined twitter a few months ago people warned me about lots of things . But, NO ONE warned me about this! What happens when I get one more follower?
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Lovely and moving tribute to Bill Yule: William Yule obituary | Children's health | The Guardian
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For anyone wishing to sacrifice an hour they won't get back, a keynote talk I was privileged to give @BABCP in Sept on #ptsd in young people is online. Showcasing collaborative work with @RMeiserStedman @CAWBill Patrick Smith et al @mrccbu @KingsIoPPN .
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Calling prospective PhD students interested in joining our group to research the #transdiagnostic cognitive neuroscience of mental health. Applications now open @mrccbu .Full details:Please get in touch over email if you have any questions. RTs appreciated
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Bill was a mentor and a friend. He shaped the way I think about so many things. I will miss this thoroughly decent and humble man. It was a privilege to know him. Thank you Bill for all of the good you brought to the world.
We are so sad to hear about the death of Professor Bill Yule. He made enormous contributions to clinical psychology as a discipline & to training. He was the embodiment of a scientist-practitioner. He will be deeply missed. His famiy are very much in our thoughts at this time.
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This attempt at summarising and critiquing the current status of transdiagnostic approaches to mental health is now published and open access: as an Introduction to a Special Issue at Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
New 'in press' paper from our group @mrccbu that we're excited about. It collates our collective thoughts on the current status of transdiagnostic approaches to mental health. With @MJBlack_psych, David Johnston and Anna Bevan. @CPFT_Research .
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New paper on social influence in adolescence, expertly led by @saz_ahmed_ with @sjblakemore @lfoulkesy @jovitaleung @Cait_Griffs @BarcMennett @darrenldunning @Kirsty_G1990 @par_jen @WillemKuyken. OA: @wellcometrust @mrccbu @CambPsych @UCL_ICN #MYRIAD
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Embarrassingly, I once submitted a Ms to the office of a prestigious journal in New York from the UK and got an emailed rejection timed 3 hours before my submission (due to the time difference). I was rejected in advance.
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I was once on talk radio participating in a phone-in from listeners about clinical psychology issues. I was introduced as 'Doug Leach' and the presenter kept calling me 'Doug'. It was strangely liberating – I could say whatever I wanted and Doug would take the heat . .
People often misspell my name. So much so that I’ve taken out aliases with the misspelling for my email in grad school and would commonly get emails there. from my program.
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I’m going to steal this section for my next grant application . .
Trump’s 2d term agenda:. “I think, I think it would be, I think it would be very, very, I think we’d have a very, very solid, we would continue what we’re doing, we’d solidify what we’ve done and we have other things on our plate that we want to get done.”
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New paper from our group @mrccbu reviewing and critiquing the literature on 'psychological decentering', led by @MarcPBennett, with proposals for work going forward. Part of @wellcometrust Active Ingredients project.
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My main insight from social distancing/isolation and working from home is how terrifyingly similar to my normal life it is. .
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I feel privileged to be a clinical psychologist and it’s a wonderful job. I’m worried though that the new @UK_ACP description of the profession is a bit self-aggrandising. I think many CPs and other professions might be uncomfortable with it.
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Three weeks left to apply. Come and join us @mrccbu in Cambridge
We are hiring @mrccbu! We have two 5+ year senior/post-doc positions, 1 for a clinical psychologist (or equaivalent), on a @wellcometrust Mental Health Award investigating uncertainty processing and anxiety. Details here: Please share!.
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When your graduate students try to encourage you to learn R . .
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Very excited about the start of the #transdiagnostic meeting today. Everything is set-up for a wonderful day of talks including 2 fantastic keynotes. The drinks are on ice for the post-drinks reception in the garden, and Cambridge is expecting a sunny 30°C!
We are looking forward to meeting everyone today! Sunny Cambridge is ready to welcome you too! 🌞 . Please feel free to share content, insights & views from the day on this thread! 💡 . The TMHN conference organisation committee.
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We're hiring! Two new post docs in our group @mrccbu.1) @The_MRC-funded #mentalhealth data informatics post.2) @wellcometrust-funded cognitive-neuroscientist post on mechanisms of action of mindfulness in adolescents.Please RT.
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We are recruiting a new research assistant on the Wellcome-funded MYRIAD project looking at #mindfulness in adolescence, based @mrccbu @Cambridge_Uni and working with @OMC_mindfulness. The post is until September 2020 in the first instance. Please share.
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We are looking for a new post doc to join the programme that I lead @mrccbu on translational approaches to developing and refining mental health interventions. Please DM with any questions. RTs would be really appreciated.
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Excited to share save-the-date details of the 3rd International Conference on Transdiagnostic approaches to Mental Health @mrccbu @Cambridge_Uni in September 2023. A great line up of keynote speakers and Cambridge in September is beautiful! Please share
Please share & save our next conference date!. 7-8 September 2023. MRC-CBU, .University of Cambridge, UK . It is our pleasure to announce our Keynote Speakers:. Roz Shafran @Rozshafran1.Shannon Sauer-Zavala @SauerZavala .Stefan Hofmann @SHofmann1512 .Duncan Astle @duncanastle.
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When your exciting new theory meets the reality of your data . .
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Our practitioner review of PTSD in children and young people, led by Patrick Smith, with @RMeiserStedman, is now out and open access @TheJCPP .@mrccbu @CPFT_Research @uniofeastanglia @Cambridge_Uni
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Large (N=~5k) UK mindset training RCT for 10-11 year olds shows no significant benefits across all academic and non-academic outcomes.
Just finished reading the big UK mindset training study. It's extremely well designed:.✅Randomized control study.✅Sample size >4000.✅High treatment fidelity.✅High statistical power.✅Controlled for cluster sampling.
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New preprint: Using treatment-selection analytics to explore who might benefit by switching from maintenance medication to #mindfulness to prevent depressive relapse. Led by @suschweizer with @DepressionLab @WillemKuyken et al. @mrccbu @NIHRresearch .
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No support for Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) in the amelioration of depression from a large RCT with year-long CBM training.
Cognitive bias modification to prevent depression (COPE): results of a randomised controlled trial #myen. "Active CBM intervention did not decrease the incidence of major depressive episodes as compared to a control intervention".
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When you resubmit with the perfect rebuttal of Reviewer 2. .
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Job alert! We are recruiting a new research assistant in our group @mrccbu to work on mental health projects with adolescents and adults. Deadline 23/6/22. Please share.
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Huge congratulations to @sjblakemore @Livingstone_S Eleanor Maguire and all of the other new Fellows of the @BritishAcademy_.
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The price paid by young people is high. It is time to prioritise their well-being and education
Over 120 experts sign open letter to @GavinWilliamson demand the young are prioritised now. They have sacrificed so much in this crisis. Let them play, learn, socialise @thesundaytimes . Open letter here:
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*ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN* for the #Transdiagnostic Mental Health Conference, Sept 7-8 @mrccbu Cambridge. Just £50 for full 2-days live streaming + access to recordings of all sessions + certification. Link: In-person places also available. Pls Share!.
Full conference schedule attached. 7-8th Sep 2023 Cambridge, UK. Please circulate to your colleagues and register if you’d like to join us for this in-person event:.
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The second data wave from the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience @mrccbu @CambPsych has been released including preprocessed MRI and MEG data on N=~650 uniformly distributed from 18-88 years of age.
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New paper now out showing the importance of cognitive factors in determining the trajectories of post-traumatic stress response in children and young people following trauma. Led by @RMeiserStedman with @ClareD1987 @mcki0065 @DrAdrianBoyle @mrccbu @TheJCPP
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Congratulations for @suschweizer for leading on this mammoth piece of work on the meta-analytic impact of affective information on both brain and behaviour measures of executive processing (working memory) in healthy individuals and those with mental health problems. @mrccbu.
Great start to my Sunday! Our (@AjayBSatpute @shiratzil @ProfAndyField @_c_hitchcock @MJBlack_psych @LFeldmanBarrett @TimDalgleish) meta-analysis on the effect of affective material on working memory is accepted for publication in Psychological Bulletin.
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The first signs that Spring is around the corner, here in Cambridge. We need a boost today. Via @Kings_College
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Yesterday was @WomenScienceDay and (a day late) I wanted to take the opportunity (following @rogierK ’s lead) to appreciate the 15 amazing female colleagues with whom I share a research group @mrccbu. Thread 1/15
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The welcome sight of beer being delivered to the local pub in advance of garden opening next Monday in England!
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Our group @mrccbu is excited to be here at #wccbt2023 in Seoul. We have 11 talks and 2 symposia on: Augmentation and Modular Approaches within Contemporary CBT Treatment (Today 8.30) and Recent Advances in Mindfulness-Based Interventions (Today 10.30) in Hall D. Here’s a thread:.
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An excellent paper looking at the prevalence of trauma exposure, subsequent PTSD and other mental health problems, and risk behaviours in children and adolescents in the UK. Most sobering finding is the very small minority who end up receiving help . .
Our paper on #trauma and #PTSD in British #youngpeople is out today in @TheLancetPsych. Thank you to @andrea_danese, @L_Arseneault, @HelenLFisher, @t_matth, @candice_odgers, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie Moffitt, Daniel Stahl, and the @ERiskstudy team.
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Very excited to share this new review with @_c_hitchcock @mrccbu . Accessible version is here: Thanks to @JennRichler for so much help and wisdom in the editorial process.
'Transdiagnostic distortions in autobiographical memory recollection', a new Review by @TimDalgleish & @_c_hitchcock. Web: ReadCube:
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Funded PhD places @mrccbu @Cambridge_Uni 2018. Different domains of basic/clinical cognitive (neuro)science. Please RT. @CamNeuro @calmcbu
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World to 2021: ‘at least you can’t be as bad as 2020. ’. 2021 to world: ‘hold my beer!’.
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Got a copy of the new Brexit 50p coin. It's more sympathetically designed than I expected .
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Our RCT of app-deliverable, online trauma-focused CBT for young people is now recruiting. If you're a young person, or know a young person, suffering with PTSD then please have a look. RTs appreciated. With @CAWBill @RMeiserStedman @KimberleyGol @The_MRC .
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Had fun talking to @claudiahammond on @BBCRadio4's All in the Mind yesterday about, among other things, our work on emotional diversity and chronic depression with @alizaws @_c_hitchcock .@mrccbu #c2ad @CPFT_Research @Cambridge_Uni.
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When I try to help my research group colleagues with their code . .
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The welcome sight of beer being delivered to the local pub in advance of garden opening next Monday in England!
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Not a remotely intimidating room #wccbt2023
Our group @mrccbu is excited to be here at #wccbt2023 in Seoul. We have 11 talks and 2 symposia on: Augmentation and Modular Approaches within Contemporary CBT Treatment (Today 8.30) and Recent Advances in Mindfulness-Based Interventions (Today 10.30) in Hall D. Here’s a thread:.
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New meta-analysis from @IoanaA_Cristea @pimcuijpers finds no support that biomarkers are related to psychotherapy outcome, across 51 trials (N~5K) via @EikoFried
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Fantastic open longitudinal dataset (N=120,000) of over-50s from 11 countries with a rich array of psychological, biological, economic and social variables @SHARE_MEA
European cross-national longitudinal study of ageing with 6 waves and N=120,000. Freely available to the entire research community:
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The DSM-5 has just been updated to include 'obsessive classification of mental health conditions' as a new diagnosis. via @jorsmo .
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Meanwhile, here in Cambridge, one of our cows fell in the river . .
Thanks to @cfrs_cambridge for helping me out this morning. Hopefully the humans on the bridge weren’t too late for work after a small distraction 🐮
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Got a paper rejection. Gonna resubmit but this time with a dark blue title page. I think it’ll be fine now.
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Just wanted to add huge congratulations to Caitlin @mrccbu who has deservedly been named an APS Rising Star for her great work in affective science and clinical psychology🥂🎖️🎂 – I knew her before she was famous!.
Thanks for all the well wishes! Research is such a team effort and I am thankful for my fantastic students and research assistants - Team work makes the dream work! Also lucky to have very encouraging mentors who nominated me for this award. Thank you for your support.
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Thank you @claudiahammond for the All in the Mind invite. Chance to discuss our @OfficialNIHR-funded RCT evaluating our modular transdiagnostic intervention for common #mentalhealth problems. Prereg preprint @mjblack_psych @mrccbu .
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Apply to be a student with us! PhD application process now open @mrccbu.
Fantastic opportunities to study here at the @mrccbu. Full details can be found on our website:. #studentships #cambridgestudentships
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Looking forward to this week's Infinite Monkey Cage on The Teenage Brain with @sjblakemore @robinince @ProfBrianCox @rorybremner . @BBCRadio4 at 4 pm. @themonkeycage .
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Sure, it’s freezing but It’s never too cold for punting in Cambridge.
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To all my inspirational friends and colleagues who’ve come out and to all those who haven’t found the right time or the right way, happy #NationalComingOutDay Coming out never stops but the first steps must be among the very hardest.
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Meta-analysis of 41 studies across 27 countries (N=87k+) showing a worldwide prevalence of diagnosed mental health problems in children and adolescents of 13.4% (CI 95% 11.3–15.9). @TheJCPP
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Great opportunity for a Research Clinical Psychologist to work with us and lead on a joint @The_MRC-funded project based at @KingsIoPPN with @uniofeastanglia @OxExpPsy @mrccbu, to develop an app to treat #PTSD in adolescents. Please RT.
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During the second wave of the plague, Isaac Newton thought ‘Oh FFS, not again!’, returned to Lincolnshire and did absolutely nothing.
In 1665 Cambridge University closed because of plague. Isaac Newton retreated to rural Lincolnshire. During his 2 years in lockdown he worked out calculus, the true meaning of colour, gravitation, planetary orbits & the 3 Laws of Motion. Will 2020 be someone’s Annus Mirabilis?.
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Sorry to miss #EABCT2022 but please check out the symposium from my @mrccbu colleagues @rachelcknight95 @MarcPBennett @darrenldunning with @joannebeames @saz_ahmed_ @daroptimism Friday 10.30: Identifying #activeingredients in effective interventions for adolescent mental health.
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@sjblakemore @KathleenBall100 I’ve given up grammar pedantry – new year’s resolution. It stems from intellectual insecurity I’ve decided. Now I literally couldn’t care fewer about it.
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Our pair of meta-analyses on the behavioural and neural effects of emotional information on working memory, led expertly by @suschweizer with @_c_hitchcock @MJBlack_psych @LFeldmanBarrett et al., is now out and Open Access. @mrccbu .
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Come and join us in Cambridge next month for our #Transdiagnostic Conference. Places still available. It's a bargain! Registration=£175 (£75 Student) for 2 days & incl. lunches, conference dinner & drinks receptions: Accommodation:
Full conference schedule attached. 7-8th Sep 2023 Cambridge, UK. Please circulate to your colleagues and register if you’d like to join us for this in-person event:.
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