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Devin Terhune @devinterhune.bsky.social · 12d

Excellent opportunity to pursue a PhD on dissociative states with @susannahpick.bsky.social and me at the IoPPN @kingsioppn.bsky.social Reach out to us with any questions

Dr Susannah Pick @susannahpick.bsky.social · 15d

Applications opening on 8th October for our @kingsioppn.bsky.social MRC DTP PhD studentships for 2026 entry - lots of great projects being offered including one from me and @devinterhune.bsky.social on transdiagnostic dissociative states/symptoms kcl-mrcdtp.com/apply/projec...

Projects - MRC DTP

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Georg Schomerus @geschom.bsky.social · 12d

Total wichtige Studie.

Die Industrie ist hier nicht nur unglaubwürdig, sondern geradezu zynisch. In Schottland wurde der Mindestpreis, der sich dezidiert gegen den Konsum großer Mengen billigen Alkohols richtet, jahrelang von der Alkoholindustrie gerichtlich aufgehalten.

Carolin Kilian @carolinkilian.bsky.social · 12d

Alkoholproduzenten setzen auf verantwortungsvollen Konsum und Risikokompetenz. Unsere Berechnungen zeigen: Mindestens die Hälfte ihres Umsatzes lässt sich auf eindeutig gesundheitsschädigenden Alkoholkonsum zurückführen. Wie glaubwürdig sind also solche Bekenntnisse?

👉 doi.org/10.1024/0939...

Das Geschäft mit dem Leid – wie viel Umsatz macht die Alkoholindustrie mit Risiko- und Hochkonsum? | SUCHT

Zusammenfassung: Zielsetzung: Während die Alkoholindustrie öffentlich für einen „verantwortungsvollen“ Alkoholkonsum wirbt, deuten Studienergebnisse aus anderen Ländern darauf hin, dass mehr als die H...

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xavier roberts-gaal @xrg.bsky.social · 25d

We often hear from reviewers: "what about demand effects?" So we developed a method to eliminate them. Something weird happened during testing: We couldn’t detect demand effects in the first place! (1/8)

Summary of design and results from our three studies. (A: Design) Each study used a similar experimental design, measuring both positive and negative demand in an online experiment, with three commonly-used task types (dictator game, vignette, intervention). Our experiments had ns ≈ 250 per cell. (B: Results) Observed demand effects were statistically indistinguishable from zero. The plot shows means and 95% confidence intervals for standardized mean differences derived from frequentist analyses of each experiment and an inverse variance-weighted fixed-effect estimator pooling all experiments (solid bars). Prior measurements of experimenter demand from a previous dictator game experiment (de Quidt et al., 2018; standardized mean difference from regression coefficient) and a meta-analysis primarily including small-sample, in-person studies (Coles et al., 2025; Hedge’s g statistic) are also shown for comparison (striped bars). The main text includes Bayesian analyses that quantify our uncertainty.

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Philipp Klein @jpkhl.bsky.social · Sep 9

It has often been suggested that psychotherapy works because patients expect it will work before they have even started treatment. But what if treatment expectations are an emergent phenomenon that develops in the course of psychotherapy and contributes to a successful outcome?

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Cyril Costines @costines.bsky.social · Sep 3

#Bewusstseinskultur #Rausch

„Die Drogen langweilen uns mit ihrem Paradies”

PDF-Volltext: rb.gy/h568tp

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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · Aug 29

What can *genetic insensitivity to opioids* teach us about endogenous opioid function in humans?

Fully funded position in Oslo (PhD student or postdoc)

Interested in pain, mu/kappa opioids, behavioural genetics, RCTs, or related? Apply here:
2411.webcruiter.no/Main2/Recrui...

Please RT for reach

Phd candidate or postdoc– Genetic determinants of opioid responsiveness

The Department of Research and Development at the Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Oslo University Hospital in collaboration with Leknes Affective Brain lab (www.affectivebrains.com) and the...

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · Aug 27

Are interoception and mental health linked? Many assume so, with interoception even described as a psychiatric “p-factor.” But in our latest preprint, we were surprised to find little evidence for such a connection. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 Thread with our reflections on the matter 👇

Interoceptive Ability is Unrelated to Mental Health Symptoms: Evidence From a Large Scale Multi-Domain Psychophysical Investigation

Interoception-the sensing and perception of the internal viscera-is widely cast as a transdiagnostic mechanism linking brain-body interaction to mental illness. Prevailing models propose that altered ...

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Parker Singleton @parkersingleton.bsky.social · Aug 18

🍄 Our new living systematic review and meta-analysis on psilocybin for depression is out. Here's what we found and the open science infrastructure we built to support it 🧪🧵
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Martin Plöderl @ploederl.bsky.social · Aug 17

1. I need to recover this thread from X about a review on lithium in tap-water and suicide. It shows that papers aren't retracted despite being total nonsense

Martin Plöderl @ploederl.bsky.social · Feb 10

1. There seem to be several issues with this new paper about lithium in tap water and suicide. Thanks for sending me a pdf >

Martin Plöderl @ploederl.bsky.social · Feb 6

Lithium in water and suicide rates. A review.
R = −0.576.
That's a massive effect. Too good to be true?
https://journals.lww.com/intclinpsychopharm/Abstract/2023/03000/An_investigation_into_the_association_between.2.aspx

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Child and Family Mental Health Lab @cfmhlab.bsky.social · Aug 5

📣 Noch 2 Tage bis zum Bewerbungsschluss!

Bitte teilen – wir freuen uns auf die Bewerbungen! 🤩

Child and Family Mental Health Lab @cfmhlab.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚀 Unsere Arbeitsgruppe an der TU Dresden sucht Verstärkung!

Wir bieten eine Postdoc- oder WiMi-Stelle (50%, E13 TV-L) ab 15.09.2025 an der Professur für Klinische Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie.

Bewirb dich bis 7.8. und werde Teil unseres Teams!

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Rich Haridy @richharidy.bsky.social · Aug 5

Bit of a quiet landmark this study. Offers significant evidence to suggest non hallucinogenic psychedelic analogs could be effective as antidepressants. Amazing stuff.

The psychoplastogen tabernanthalog induces neuroplasticity without proximate immediate early gene activation - Nature Neuroscience

Aarrestad et al. show that, in contrast to psychedelics, the nonhallucinogenic psychoplastogen tabernanthalog promotes neuroplasticity through 5-HT2AR activation without immediately increasing extrace...

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Lukas A. Basedow, PhD @labasedow.bsky.social · Jun 26

Well, this preprint would agree with you: osf.io/preprints/ps...
"Contrary to prior hypothesis, PAT was no more effective than open-label tAD treatment (estimated difference: 0.3 favoring open-label tAD; 95% confidence interval: [-1.39, 1.98]; p=0.730)."

OSF

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Lukas A. Basedow, PhD @labasedow.bsky.social · Jun 20

There is definitely an argument to be made that we basically induced an ASC through a setting fostering meditative processes which are reflected in the 5D-ASC scales. We're still collecting data though, so a comprehensive answer will have to wait a while :)

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SFB/TRR 289 Treatment Expectation @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · Jun 18

Huge congratulations to our two CRC members @labasedow.bsky.social and Marcel Wilhelm from @unimarburg.bsky.social for winning two out of four science slam prizes! 🥳🤯

Of course we also congratulate @ldruart.bsky.social and Pavel Goldstein for the other two awards - all super deserved! 🤩

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Lukas A. Basedow, PhD @labasedow.bsky.social · Jun 17

Really happy to be able to present my Poster regarding placebo-induced psychedelic effects at #SIPSplacebo2025
Funded by the @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social

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Lukas A. Basedow, PhD @labasedow.bsky.social · Jun 17

Really happy to have participated again. Always a fun challenge!
@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social @sipsplacebo.bsky.social
#SIPSplacebo2025

SFB/TRR 289 Treatment Expectation @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · Jun 16

Next up, @labasedow.bsky.social from @unimarburg.bsky.social tells us about fake drugs and real highs! 🫠

But can we really get high from a placebo drug? What are the mechanisms?

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SFB/TRR 289 Treatment Expectation @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · Jun 17

Huge thanks to Lene Vase for highlighting both our recent placebo meta-analysis and the patient advisory board ❤️

The meta-analysis: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The patient advisory board: treatment-expectation.de/projekte-peo...

@sipsplacebo.bsky.social
#SIPSplacebo2025

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Dr Paul Liknaitzky @pliknaitzky.bsky.social · Jun 16

Glad to see this paper out finally. Well done @trpwolff.bsky.social for driving it!

I think this idea has potential for significant impact in psychedelic drug development.

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📄 doi.org/10.1177/2050...

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SARG - SCHARR @sarg-scharr.bsky.social · Jun 16

✨ Job opportunity! ✨ We're currently seeking a Research Associate in Psychology for a new project led by @fieldmatt.bsky.social which will use machine learning to develop a better understanding of why many people drop out of treatment for gambling problems. More project info at: bit.ly/45WEyVb

Research Associate in Psychology at University of Sheffield

An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Associate in Psychology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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PCI Psychology @psych.peercommunityin.org · Jun 11

PCI Psychology is here!! 🎉🥳

After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org
#PsychSciSky #scipub

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Klinische Psychologie&Psychotherapie Kindes- & Jugendalter@RPTU @kijuld.bsky.social · Apr 7

An der @rptu.bsky.social wird eine neue W2-Professur "Klinische Psychologie und Psychopathologie" geschaffen 🎉

Wir freuen uns über zahlreiche Bewerbungen und stehen auf dem #dpk25 bei Fragen gerne zur Verfügung!

jobs.rptu.de/jobposting/0...

W 2-Professur für Klinische Psychologie und Psychopathologie (m/w/d)

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Klinische Psychologie&Psychotherapie Kindes- & Jugendalter@RPTU @kijuld.bsky.social · Apr 14

Gerne weiterteilen und geeignete Kandidat:innen darauf aufmerksam machen!
Neben Verfahrensoffenheit ist auch offen, ob Schwerpunkt auf Kinder & Jugendliche oder Erwachsene - oder eben über die Lebensspanne

Klinische Psychologie&Psychotherapie Kindes- & Jugendalter@RPTU @kijuld.bsky.social · Apr 7

An der @rptu.bsky.social wird eine neue W2-Professur "Klinische Psychologie und Psychopathologie" geschaffen 🎉

Wir freuen uns über zahlreiche Bewerbungen und stehen auf dem #dpk25 bei Fragen gerne zur Verfügung!

jobs.rptu.de/jobposting/0...

W 2-Professur für Klinische Psychologie und Psychopathologie (m/w/d)

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Lukas A. Basedow, PhD @labasedow.bsky.social · Apr 8

Really proud that this paper got published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
While I was only involved peripherally in the final publication, this paper is the result of a project I started during my master thesis 8 years ago! It's great to see continuous collaboration result in a cool paper.

Sporadic use of classic psychedelics and neuropsychological performance: A cross-sectional analysis

Evidence on the neuropsychological consequences of classic psychedelics like psilocybin, LSD, and ayahuasca is conflicting, and little is known about …

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · Apr 8

“We argue that high-quality collective outcomes are endangered not only by self-interested individual defectors, but by ‘cartels’ of mutually satisfied mediocrities.” 👀

I’ve often referred to Gambetta’s book in the context of academic dysfunction. Very excited to discover more relevant work!

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Lukas A. Basedow, PhD @labasedow.bsky.social · Mar 21

Great to see a psychedelic null result published in JAMA Psychiatry! "[...], repeated low-dose LSD administration was safe in an outpatient setting, but it was not more efficacious than placebo in reducing ADHD symptoms." (Strong Placebo response as well!) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Safety and Efficacy of Repeated Low-Dose LSD for ADHD Treatment in Adults

This double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial determines the safety and efficacy of repeated low doses of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in reducing attention-deficit/hyperactivity...

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