Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠
@drjacekdebiec.bsky.social
Psychiatrist. Researcher of Fear and Memory. Author.
#PlanetaryHealth, #BrainHealth and #MentalHealth
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/psychiatrists/jacek-debiec-ann-arbor-mi/121480
#PlanetaryHealth, #BrainHealth and #MentalHealth
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/psychiatrists/jacek-debiec-ann-arbor-mi/121480
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There was a lot of #AcademicFreedom, good scholarship, and independent thought in German universities before Hitler. After Hitler had risen to power, many academics fled the country. Some resisted the Nazi regime and were persecuted. Most adapted to a new situation. Here are some examples. 1/n
"Australia's interior has been baking in the mid-40s in recent days... A catastrophic fire danger...is predicted... During days of extreme or catastrophic danger, bushfires can become fast-moving and uncontrollable, while flying embers can ignite spot fires several kilometres ahead of fire fronts."
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"Australia's interior has been baking in the mid-40s in recent days... A catastrophic fire danger...is predicted... During days of extreme or catastrophic danger, bushfires can become fast-moving and uncontrollable, while flying embers can ignite spot fires several kilometres ahead of fire fronts."
" #Climatechange is beginning to erode home prices... In some areas of the country that are exposed to disasters, homes are not selling because prospective buyers can’t afford both the mortgage and the insurance... insurance rates double or quadruple..."
#ClimateSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
#ClimateSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
Home Prices on a Warming Planet
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
" #Climatechange is beginning to erode home prices... In some areas of the country that are exposed to disasters, homes are not selling because prospective buyers can’t afford both the mortgage and the insurance... insurance rates double or quadruple..."
#ClimateSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
#ClimateSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
“Meta has designed social media products and platforms that it is aware are addictive to kids, and they’re aware that those addictions lead to a whole host of serious mental health issues.”
#PsychSky
time.com/7336204/meta...
#PsychSky
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“Meta has designed social media products and platforms that it is aware are addictive to kids, and they’re aware that those addictions lead to a whole host of serious mental health issues.”
#PsychSky
time.com/7336204/meta...
#PsychSky
time.com/7336204/meta...
"A..startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat... This would do nothing to prevent ocean acidification, localized air pollution and other harms from drilling, mining, processing and burning fossil fuels."
#ClimateSky
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
#ClimateSky
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The Strange and Totally Real Plan to Blot Out the Sun and Reverse Global Warming
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
"A..startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat... This would do nothing to prevent ocean acidification, localized air pollution and other harms from drilling, mining, processing and burning fossil fuels."
#ClimateSky
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
#ClimateSky
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
“Tools to manipulate the central nervous system – to sedate, confuse or..coerce – are becoming more precise..
The same knowledge that helps us treat neurological disorders could be used to disrupt cognition, induce compliance,..turn people into unwitting agents”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The same knowledge that helps us treat neurological disorders could be used to disrupt cognition, induce compliance,..turn people into unwitting agents”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers
UK academics say latest chemicals are ‘wake-up call’ and urge global action to stop weaponisation of neuroscience
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“Tools to manipulate the central nervous system – to sedate, confuse or..coerce – are becoming more precise..
The same knowledge that helps us treat neurological disorders could be used to disrupt cognition, induce compliance,..turn people into unwitting agents”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The same knowledge that helps us treat neurological disorders could be used to disrupt cognition, induce compliance,..turn people into unwitting agents”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Reposted by Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠
80 years ago on this day, the #NurembergTrials started.
What have they taught us about the human condition?
Have we learned the lesson?
What have they taught us about the human condition?
Have we learned the lesson?
How #democracy transforms to #autocracy: lessons from the #NurembergTrials.
The transcripts from the Nuremberg Trials and the defendants' statements help us understand how the democratic Weimar Republic transformed into a totalitarian Third Reich.
Below is a thread with selected excerpts.
1/n
The transcripts from the Nuremberg Trials and the defendants' statements help us understand how the democratic Weimar Republic transformed into a totalitarian Third Reich.
Below is a thread with selected excerpts.
1/n
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
80 years ago on this day, the #NurembergTrials started.
What have they taught us about the human condition?
Have we learned the lesson?
What have they taught us about the human condition?
Have we learned the lesson?
"The chief justice of the high court says judges around Australia are acting as 'human filters' for legal arguments created using AI, warning the use of machine-generated content has reached unsustainable levels in the courts."
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says
Stephen Gageler warns the speed of AI’s development could be outstripping people’s ability to ‘comprehend its potential risks and rewards’
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"The chief justice of the high court says judges around Australia are acting as 'human filters' for legal arguments created using AI, warning the use of machine-generated content has reached unsustainable levels in the courts."
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
"Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel 'robbed of knowledge and enjoyment' after a course they hoped would launch their digital careers turned out to be taught in large part by AI."
#AcademicSky
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#AcademicSky
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel 'robbed of knowledge and enjoyment' after a course they hoped would launch their digital careers turned out to be taught in large part by AI."
#AcademicSky
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#AcademicSky
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The unwillingness to abandon fossil fuels accelerates the transformation of this civilization into fossils.
"Canada..moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris... The country is slipping into the robe of a petrostate, just like all the other petrostates."
"Canada..moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris... The country is slipping into the robe of a petrostate, just like all the other petrostates."
I wrote a little thing.
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
Carney’s calamitous course causes consternation at climate summit
Canada arrived at COP30 with empty hands, expressly moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The unwillingness to abandon fossil fuels accelerates the transformation of this civilization into fossils.
"Canada..moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris... The country is slipping into the robe of a petrostate, just like all the other petrostates."
"Canada..moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris... The country is slipping into the robe of a petrostate, just like all the other petrostates."
80 years ago on this day, the #NurembergTrials started.
What have they taught us about the human condition?
Have we learned the lesson?
What have they taught us about the human condition?
Have we learned the lesson?
How #democracy transforms to #autocracy: lessons from the #NurembergTrials.
The transcripts from the Nuremberg Trials and the defendants' statements help us understand how the democratic Weimar Republic transformed into a totalitarian Third Reich.
Below is a thread with selected excerpts.
1/n
The transcripts from the Nuremberg Trials and the defendants' statements help us understand how the democratic Weimar Republic transformed into a totalitarian Third Reich.
Below is a thread with selected excerpts.
1/n
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
80 years ago on this day, the #NurembergTrials started.
What have they taught us about the human condition?
Have we learned the lesson?
What have they taught us about the human condition?
Have we learned the lesson?
Reposted by Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠
Academics from all fields should be at the forefront of the action for the planet everywhere. Their absence is the greatest betrayal of academia's mission. #ClimateSky
"There’s no research on a dead planet - so why do so few academics engage in activism?"- @charliejgardner.bsky.social
"There’s no research on a dead planet - so why do so few academics engage in activism?"- @charliejgardner.bsky.social
1/ There's a lot of talk these days about scientific neutrality and the role of academics in our planetary emergency
So I'd love to introduce myself by sharing some of my work on academic activism and talking a bit about my own shift from 'the lab' to the streets
So I'd love to introduce myself by sharing some of my work on academic activism and talking a bit about my own shift from 'the lab' to the streets
December 3, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Academics from all fields should be at the forefront of the action for the planet everywhere. Their absence is the greatest betrayal of academia's mission. #ClimateSky
"There’s no research on a dead planet - so why do so few academics engage in activism?"- @charliejgardner.bsky.social
"There’s no research on a dead planet - so why do so few academics engage in activism?"- @charliejgardner.bsky.social
What is the weight of American collective moral responsibility?
"Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds."
#ClimateSky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds."
#ClimateSky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What is the weight of American collective moral responsibility?
"Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds."
#ClimateSky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds."
#ClimateSky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
For a wise doctor, patients are always their greatest teachers.
"When paradigms begin to shift, patient communities often move faster than scientific institutions... patients not only generate knowledge for themselves but sometimes propel medicine to catch up."
aeon.co/essays/could...
"When paradigms begin to shift, patient communities often move faster than scientific institutions... patients not only generate knowledge for themselves but sometimes propel medicine to catch up."
aeon.co/essays/could...
Could chronic inflammation be the medical paradigm shift of our age? | Aeon Essays
Acute inflammation helps the body heal. But chronic inflammation is different and could provoke a medical paradigm shift
aeon.co
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
For a wise doctor, patients are always their greatest teachers.
"When paradigms begin to shift, patient communities often move faster than scientific institutions... patients not only generate knowledge for themselves but sometimes propel medicine to catch up."
aeon.co/essays/could...
"When paradigms begin to shift, patient communities often move faster than scientific institutions... patients not only generate knowledge for themselves but sometimes propel medicine to catch up."
aeon.co/essays/could...
Worth a read:
"A person’s relationship with their mother does shape their..attachment style and...relationships.. But early friendship bonds played an even bigger part than maternal relationships in the ways people navigated adult friendships and romantic partnerships."
nautil.us/childhood-fr...
"A person’s relationship with their mother does shape their..attachment style and...relationships.. But early friendship bonds played an even bigger part than maternal relationships in the ways people navigated adult friendships and romantic partnerships."
nautil.us/childhood-fr...
Childhood Friends, Not Moms, Shape Attachment Styles Most
Childhood Friends, Not Moms, Shape Attachment Styles Most: A new study upends conventional wisdom about how we relate to those closest to us.
nautil.us
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Worth a read:
"A person’s relationship with their mother does shape their..attachment style and...relationships.. But early friendship bonds played an even bigger part than maternal relationships in the ways people navigated adult friendships and romantic partnerships."
nautil.us/childhood-fr...
"A person’s relationship with their mother does shape their..attachment style and...relationships.. But early friendship bonds played an even bigger part than maternal relationships in the ways people navigated adult friendships and romantic partnerships."
nautil.us/childhood-fr...
Reposted by Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠
There is no good #publichealth without good #planetaryhealth. Excellent by @michaelemann.bsky.social:
"What world is Gates living in? The idea that climate action must come at the expense of efforts to address human health is a provable fallacy"
#ClimateSky
#MedSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"What world is Gates living in? The idea that climate action must come at the expense of efforts to address human health is a provable fallacy"
#ClimateSky
#MedSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bill Gates’s climate comments are a dangerous distraction
People do not have to dismiss or exaggerate the climate threat to justify concerted action.
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
There is no good #publichealth without good #planetaryhealth. Excellent by @michaelemann.bsky.social:
"What world is Gates living in? The idea that climate action must come at the expense of efforts to address human health is a provable fallacy"
#ClimateSky
#MedSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"What world is Gates living in? The idea that climate action must come at the expense of efforts to address human health is a provable fallacy"
#ClimateSky
#MedSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Therapists who use ChatGPT during sessions with patients should change their profession.
"His therapist was pasting parts of their conversation into the chatbot and then reading back AI-generated prompts as if they were his own."
#PsychSky
m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...
"His therapist was pasting parts of their conversation into the chatbot and then reading back AI-generated prompts as if they were his own."
#PsychSky
m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...
Patient confronts therapist over ChatGPT use in sessions, exposing a growing trust crisis in mental health care - The Economic Times
A MIT Technology Review investigation has revealed that some therapists are secretly using ChatGPT during sessions, leaving patients feeling betrayed. One patient, Declan, discovered his therapist pas...
m.economictimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Therapists who use ChatGPT during sessions with patients should change their profession.
"His therapist was pasting parts of their conversation into the chatbot and then reading back AI-generated prompts as if they were his own."
#PsychSky
m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...
"His therapist was pasting parts of their conversation into the chatbot and then reading back AI-generated prompts as if they were his own."
#PsychSky
m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...
There is no good #publichealth without good #planetaryhealth. Excellent by @michaelemann.bsky.social:
"What world is Gates living in? The idea that climate action must come at the expense of efforts to address human health is a provable fallacy"
#ClimateSky
#MedSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"What world is Gates living in? The idea that climate action must come at the expense of efforts to address human health is a provable fallacy"
#ClimateSky
#MedSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bill Gates’s climate comments are a dangerous distraction
People do not have to dismiss or exaggerate the climate threat to justify concerted action.
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
There is no good #publichealth without good #planetaryhealth. Excellent by @michaelemann.bsky.social:
"What world is Gates living in? The idea that climate action must come at the expense of efforts to address human health is a provable fallacy"
#ClimateSky
#MedSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"What world is Gates living in? The idea that climate action must come at the expense of efforts to address human health is a provable fallacy"
#ClimateSky
#MedSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Conscious dreaming may occur in both Rapid Eye Movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) sleep.
#PsychSky
#NeuroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PsychSky
#NeuroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A dream EEG and mentation database - Nature Communications
The authors present a multicenter database to investigate the neural correlates of dreaming, including physiological, behavioral and experiential data. This database could boost the research on the me...
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Conscious dreaming may occur in both Rapid Eye Movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) sleep.
#PsychSky
#NeuroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PsychSky
#NeuroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠
"The Epstein-Barr virus...is the pathogen that causes 'kissing disease' (or mononucleosis), and according to the new findings, it can..reprogram specific immune cells, potentially driving the onset of the chronic autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus.."
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-t...
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-t...
Scientists Trace Lupus to One of The World's Most Common Viruses
One of the world's most common viral infections could underlie virtually every case of lupus, according to a recent study providing the strongest evidence yet for a link.
www.sciencealert.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"The Epstein-Barr virus...is the pathogen that causes 'kissing disease' (or mononucleosis), and according to the new findings, it can..reprogram specific immune cells, potentially driving the onset of the chronic autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus.."
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-t...
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-t...
"The Epstein-Barr virus...is the pathogen that causes 'kissing disease' (or mononucleosis), and according to the new findings, it can..reprogram specific immune cells, potentially driving the onset of the chronic autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus.."
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-t...
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-t...
Scientists Trace Lupus to One of The World's Most Common Viruses
One of the world's most common viral infections could underlie virtually every case of lupus, according to a recent study providing the strongest evidence yet for a link.
www.sciencealert.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"The Epstein-Barr virus...is the pathogen that causes 'kissing disease' (or mononucleosis), and according to the new findings, it can..reprogram specific immune cells, potentially driving the onset of the chronic autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus.."
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-t...
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-t...
Reposted by Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠
Z rozmowy o zbiorowym denializmie dorosłych i lękach klimatycznych dzieci, którą ze mną przeprowadziła dla Zwierciadła Dominika Tworek: "Może właśnie nasze dzieci martwią się, bo widzą, że jako dorośli się nie martwimy?"
CC: @joannakedzierska.bsky.social
#COP30
zwierciadlo.pl/psychologia/...
CC: @joannakedzierska.bsky.social
#COP30
zwierciadlo.pl/psychologia/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Z rozmowy o zbiorowym denializmie dorosłych i lękach klimatycznych dzieci, którą ze mną przeprowadziła dla Zwierciadła Dominika Tworek: "Może właśnie nasze dzieci martwią się, bo widzą, że jako dorośli się nie martwimy?"
CC: @joannakedzierska.bsky.social
#COP30
zwierciadlo.pl/psychologia/...
CC: @joannakedzierska.bsky.social
#COP30
zwierciadlo.pl/psychologia/...
Reposted by Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠
Dominika Tworek recently interviewed me for Polish Zwierciadlo about #climatedenial in adults and #climateanxiety in children:
"Maybe our children worry because we, adults, don't worry enough?"
#ClimateSky
#COP30
zwierciadlo.pl/psychologia/...
"Maybe our children worry because we, adults, don't worry enough?"
#ClimateSky
#COP30
zwierciadlo.pl/psychologia/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Dominika Tworek recently interviewed me for Polish Zwierciadlo about #climatedenial in adults and #climateanxiety in children:
"Maybe our children worry because we, adults, don't worry enough?"
#ClimateSky
#COP30
zwierciadlo.pl/psychologia/...
"Maybe our children worry because we, adults, don't worry enough?"
#ClimateSky
#COP30
zwierciadlo.pl/psychologia/...
"A wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed against Mindbloom, Inc.. The lawsuit alleges the program prioritized profits over medical oversight and safeguards for patients.. Mindbloom..works as a joint venture...shipping the ketamine troches"
#PsychSky
wcti12.com/news/local/w...
#PsychSky
wcti12.com/news/local/w...
Wrongful-death lawsuit filed against Ketamine program for Greenville man's death
Morris Law Firm has announced a wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed against Mindbloom, Inc., an Orlando-based ketamine provider, in relation tot he death of P
wcti12.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"A wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed against Mindbloom, Inc.. The lawsuit alleges the program prioritized profits over medical oversight and safeguards for patients.. Mindbloom..works as a joint venture...shipping the ketamine troches"
#PsychSky
wcti12.com/news/local/w...
#PsychSky
wcti12.com/news/local/w...
Enjoy your coffee, chocolate, or wine while you can, but don't take them for granted.
#ClimateSky
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
#ClimateSky
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Chocolate, coffee and wine won’t survive climate change, study predicts
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Enjoy your coffee, chocolate, or wine while you can, but don't take them for granted.
#ClimateSky
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
#ClimateSky
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...