Michael Spoelma
@mjspoelma
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Researcher/PhD candidate in psychiatry @UNSW @blackdoginst. MBiostat student @Sydney_Uni.
Sydney, Australia
Joined July 2020
RT @TheLancet: šØļø āSelf-harm signals deeper distress and affects millions globally, especially young people, yet it remains neglected due tā¦.
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RT @TheLancet: Self-harm remains neglected worldwide, with at least 14 million episodes yearly. Experts urge policy action on societal drā¦.
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RT @suicideresearch: After almost 5 years in planning, our @TheLancet Commission on self-harm has now been published. Read the new Commissā¦.
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RT @NCISH_UK: The @TheLancet Commission on self-harm published today. Our Prof Nav Kapur really pleased to have been part of the team leadā¦.
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The Lancet Commission on self-harm has now been published!. Free access for the next 50 days via this link:
Self-harm remains neglected worldwide, with at least 14 million episodes yearly. In a new Lancet Commission, experts including co-author Helen Christensen, Scientia Professor of Mental Health at @UNSW Sydney and Research Fellow at Black Dog Institute, urge policy action on
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RT @blackdoginst: We recognise that the healthcare system doesn't always fit the needs of men having thoughts of ending their life. Add youā¦.
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RT @ActaPsychScand: New publication in @ActaPsychScand: "A naturalistic effectiveness study of maintenance therapies for the bipolar disordā¦.
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Background Treatment decision-making for individuals with bipolar disorder can be difficult. Recommendations from clinical practice guidelines can be affected by multiple methodological limitations...
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See our article in @ConversationEDU for a brief overview of the context in which this study was conducted. We also have another study that is currently open for recruitment! Link at the end of the article.
theconversation.com
Psychiatrists rely on guidelines to prescribe medication for bipolar disorders. But beyond side-effects and clinical trials, āreal-worldā effectiveness should be considered thoughtfully.
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Given the limitations of clinical trials, we sought to supplement current understanding of the optimal maintenance treatments for #bipolar disorder using āreal-worldā data. Of note, we found tentative evidence supporting #lamotrigine as the favoured medication for bipolar II.
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Very pleased to announce that my first PhD paper has just been published in @ActaPsychScand!. Available open access via this link. Also see the thread below for a brief description. #bipolar #lamotrigine.
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Background Treatment decision-making for individuals with bipolar disorder can be difficult. Recommendations from clinical practice guidelines can be affected by multiple methodological limitations...
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RT @TheJCPPadvances: In this #OpenAccess paper, @GemmaSicouri et al. aimed to establish the effects of cognitive bias modification of interā¦.
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Previous reviews evaluating CBM-I in youth have found a small effect on anxiety outcomes, but little is known about the effect on anxiety and depression outcomes using validated symptom measures...
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RT @JAMAPediatrics: Study findings suggest that depression in childhood between 2004 and 2019 was uncommon and did not increase over time,ā¦.
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RT @UNSWMedicine: Treatment of bipolar disorder should place more emphasis on 'real-world' effectiveness of treatments, and the observationā¦.
unsw.edu.au
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RT @AcadSocSci: Bipolar disorder isn't the same for everyone. So people should have more say in how they're treated, writes Academy Fellowā¦.
theconversation.com
Psychiatrists rely on guidelines to prescribe medication for bipolar disorders. But beyond side-effects and clinical trials, āreal-worldā effectiveness should be considered thoughtfully.
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In a new article in @ConversationEDU, we talk about problems with the current evidence base for #bipolardisorder treatments, and the need for new approaches. We're also running a survey for those living with #bipolar as part of my PhD; details in the article!.
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RT @sherimadigan: Is it time to reconsider the diagnostic construct validity of depressive disorders for young children? Wrote an editorialā¦.
jamanetwork.com
Depression is a leading cause of global disease burden and premature death,1 with early age at depression onset portending poorly for a host of negative outcomes. Children who experience depression...
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Very happy to announce a new meta-analysis just published in JAMA Pediatrics. Open access link below. @jenlhudson @GemmaSicouri @AnnabelSongco.
Study findings suggest that depression in childhood between 2004 and 2019 was uncommon and did not increase over time, but the lack of data beyond the #COVID19 pandemic is yet to be accounted for.
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