New paper🎉 In a retrospective audit (n=376) of an Australian mental health service: 👉57% patients had significant personality difficulties 👉Only 3.5% had a recorded PD diagnosis PD may be going unrecognised or undiagnosed in acute settings 🔗 https://t.co/HuVpzbL6KK

Our study protocol for the 7-day iCBT for social anxiety disorder randomised controlled trial was recently published in Trials 🥳 This project is a collaboration between @blackdoginst @UNSWScience + @CRUfAD, supervised by @drjillnewby. To read more: https://t.co/yV2kHuMMIo

Yesterday I spoke with @davidmarchese from @triplej about the lasting impact of bullying. Thank you to the young people who shared their stories, and the Hack team, @ABCaustralia and @blackdoginst for the opportunity. @UNSW | @UNSWScience https://t.co/xsSTfryPIm

How bullying can torment you years later. An excellent interview with @drkaylasteele from @blackdoginst about the disastrous effects of bullying, and how to support your mental health if you’ve been through it: https://t.co/675Dnn1XCx via @ABCaustralia

I had the pleasure of speaking with @GeraetsNell for the @smh about sibling estrangement. In the words of @oasis if you want to reconnect with your sibling, ‘Some Might Say’… ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’. Read more👇 https://t.co/GIezvOLzyO @UNSW @UNSWScience @blackdoginst

Had the pleasure of speaking with ⁦@ABCaustralia⁩ about the difference between shyness and social anxiety, ⁦@drjillnewby⁩ and my article in ⁦@ConversationEDU⁩ and research with ⁦@UNSW⁩ + ⁦@UNSWScience⁩ + ⁦@blackdoginst⁩

What’s the difference between shyness and social anxiety? Our new article by @drkaylasteele @blackdoginst @UNSWScience https://t.co/nBlnzzWv27 via @ConversationEDU

Our new article ‘Whats the difference between shyness and social anxiety’ with @drjillnewby is now live via @ConversationEDU To learn more about social anxiety disorder, and how it differentiates from shyness, read below 👇 @UNSW | @UNSWScience | @blackdoginst

Our review of Illness Anxiety Disorder is out now led by @KatarinaKikas (first PhD paper 🎉🤩)! with @alizaws and Emily Upton @blackdoginst & @UNSWScience check it out:

1/ I’m not sure, but leaning toward the view that all the research showing that therapeutic alliance predicts therapy outcome may be leading us astray. Here me out Just about any well-intentioned therapist can develop a decent working alliance with someone at the healthier end

3/ and embrace the spirit of critical enquiry and scientific collaboration using 'both/and' arguments. This creates the possibility for better, more tailored treatment for individuals who are suffering, which (hopefully) is at the heart of our work as health professionals.

2/ A/Prof Loyola McLean says of the divide opinions within her profession: "It could well be that we're talking about two halves of the same whole". Rather than widen this divide with 'either/or' arguments, I'd prefer to see health professionals acknowledge their differences...

Interesting article by @natasha__may, but I'm weary of arguments that contribute to splitting (creating an us vs. them dynamic) + reinforce difficulties in identity integration/formation of healthy relationships that we see in people with #BPD + #CPTSD https://t.co/lH8hIsmabf

Unconscious Motivations for Becoming a Therapist feat. McWilliams, Shedler, and Cundy For many therapists, formative relationships with confusing, unpredictable, or depressive caregivers that are internalised as relational templates are what drive us professionally. We come to

So proud to announce the official launch of Mello - a free, evidence-based app to help the 1.3 million young Australians struggling with mental ill-health. The app works by targeting stuck thinking (worry/rumination). Download it in Oz for free - check out

New postdoc position at @blackdoginst + @unsw calls for #NewProfilePic 👋

Newly updated "Psychiatric diagnoses are descriptive, not explanatory. It's not that we don't know their causes 𝘺𝘦𝘵. It's that DSM diagnoses cannot speak to causes, now or ever. The DSM was not designed to speak to causes, only describe effects." https://t.co/o3RC9Cpmqv

Are you living in Australia and struggling with social anxiety? 🫣 @blackdoginst and @UNSW are currently recruiting participants for a 7-day online cognitive behavioural therapy program for social anxiety. For more information visit: https://t.co/QeQCCPoQxR

Amazing job opportunity for #ECRs looking for a postdoc in youth mental health right here👇with the awesome @alizaws

I took a brief hiatus from twitter to do some important stuff IRL such as graduating with a PhD in Clinical Psychology from @UOW and starting a new job as a postdoctoral research fellow at @UNSW and @blackdoginst. Here's to the end of one chapter and the beginning of the next ✨