Lauren Weinstock, PhD
@lmweinstock.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist, Internship Training Director, Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at Brown University | suicide prevention at criminal legal + hospital care transitions (NCHATS.org) | SMI Tx | fan of live music and Bravo tv | opinions mine
Reflecting the efforts of so many - most importantly our study participants who gave their time to help others - I'm thrilled to share the results of our RCT evaluating the effectiveness of the #SafetyPlanningIntervention for #SuicidePrevention in the year after jail release.
RCT: Among people released from pretrial jail detention, those who received the Safety Planning Intervention with telephone follow-up experienced 42% fewer suicide events over 12 months compared with enhanced standard care. ja.ma/4oWA6vW
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Reflecting the efforts of so many - most importantly our study participants who gave their time to help others - I'm thrilled to share the results of our RCT evaluating the effectiveness of the #SafetyPlanningIntervention for #SuicidePrevention in the year after jail release.
Reposted by Lauren Weinstock, PhD
Suicide prevention requires systemic change. Governments worldwide must:
- Decriminalise suicide
- Implement national suicide prevention strategies
- Fund accessible mental health care
Policy saves lives. Let’s demand action.
#WSPD2025
- Decriminalise suicide
- Implement national suicide prevention strategies
- Fund accessible mental health care
Policy saves lives. Let’s demand action.
#WSPD2025
September 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Suicide prevention requires systemic change. Governments worldwide must:
- Decriminalise suicide
- Implement national suicide prevention strategies
- Fund accessible mental health care
Policy saves lives. Let’s demand action.
#WSPD2025
- Decriminalise suicide
- Implement national suicide prevention strategies
- Fund accessible mental health care
Policy saves lives. Let’s demand action.
#WSPD2025
Reposted by Lauren Weinstock, PhD
The updated version of the database of PhD fellowships produced and maintained by my team can be downloaded by anyone here:
research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
For each of the 187 fellowships, you will find a short description, deadline, $ amount, link, etc.
Good luck!
research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
For each of the 187 fellowships, you will find a short description, deadline, $ amount, link, etc.
Good luck!
August 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The updated version of the database of PhD fellowships produced and maintained by my team can be downloaded by anyone here:
research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
For each of the 187 fellowships, you will find a short description, deadline, $ amount, link, etc.
Good luck!
research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
For each of the 187 fellowships, you will find a short description, deadline, $ amount, link, etc.
Good luck!
We tried something new this year as part of our orientation…
Feeling grateful to Brown’s Swearer Center and to all the community partners who shared their work with us! 🙏 What a great introduction to Providence for our Brown psychology residents! 😊
Feeling grateful to Brown’s Swearer Center and to all the community partners who shared their work with us! 🙏 What a great introduction to Providence for our Brown psychology residents! 😊
New Psychology Residents Walk in the Communities They Will Serve
psych.med.brown.edu
August 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
We tried something new this year as part of our orientation…
Feeling grateful to Brown’s Swearer Center and to all the community partners who shared their work with us! 🙏 What a great introduction to Providence for our Brown psychology residents! 😊
Feeling grateful to Brown’s Swearer Center and to all the community partners who shared their work with us! 🙏 What a great introduction to Providence for our Brown psychology residents! 😊
Reposted by Lauren Weinstock, PhD
Currently in the "we're so back" phase
July 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Currently in the "we're so back" phase
It's a bit off-cycle, but you never know who might be looking and when... Brown has a new T32 postdoctoral fellowship in child health equity! Applications are open now and will be reviewed on a rolling basis. More details can be found in the link below:
today.brown.edu/announcement...
today.brown.edu/announcement...
Today@Brown
today.brown.edu
July 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's a bit off-cycle, but you never know who might be looking and when... Brown has a new T32 postdoctoral fellowship in child health equity! Applications are open now and will be reviewed on a rolling basis. More details can be found in the link below:
today.brown.edu/announcement...
today.brown.edu/announcement...
Always love a music post!
1. "Any Major Dude Will Tell You," Steely Dan covered by Wilco
2. "Top of the World," The Carpenters covered by Shonen Knife
3. "When You Were Mine," Prince covered by Cyndi Lauper
4. "Hazy Shade of Winter," Simon & Garfunkel covered by The Bangles
and just out...
1. "Any Major Dude Will Tell You," Steely Dan covered by Wilco
2. "Top of the World," The Carpenters covered by Shonen Knife
3. "When You Were Mine," Prince covered by Cyndi Lauper
4. "Hazy Shade of Winter," Simon & Garfunkel covered by The Bangles
and just out...
1: Covers I like better than the original. In no particular order.
“A horse with no name” by Michelle Branch, originally by “America.” This played on a cool Bojack episode as one of several horse-themed songs on the show (e.g., “Wild Horses”)
music.apple.com/us/album/a-h...
“A horse with no name” by Michelle Branch, originally by “America.” This played on a cool Bojack episode as one of several horse-themed songs on the show (e.g., “Wild Horses”)
music.apple.com/us/album/a-h...
A Horse with No Name (feat. Michelle Branch) by Patrick Carney on Apple Music
Song · 2017 · Duration 4:35
music.apple.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Always love a music post!
1. "Any Major Dude Will Tell You," Steely Dan covered by Wilco
2. "Top of the World," The Carpenters covered by Shonen Knife
3. "When You Were Mine," Prince covered by Cyndi Lauper
4. "Hazy Shade of Winter," Simon & Garfunkel covered by The Bangles
and just out...
1. "Any Major Dude Will Tell You," Steely Dan covered by Wilco
2. "Top of the World," The Carpenters covered by Shonen Knife
3. "When You Were Mine," Prince covered by Cyndi Lauper
4. "Hazy Shade of Winter," Simon & Garfunkel covered by The Bangles
and just out...
A few years ago, I (w/2 other training directors) participated in an SSCP Q&A on the #ClinicalPsych internship application process. Thinking about applicants who like to use this time of year to get a head start on the process, I thought it might be another good time to share...
July 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A few years ago, I (w/2 other training directors) participated in an SSCP Q&A on the #ClinicalPsych internship application process. Thinking about applicants who like to use this time of year to get a head start on the process, I thought it might be another good time to share...
Started the process of moving offices, and woah…
June 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Started the process of moving offices, and woah…
Things are feeling especially hard & unpredictable right now, but one thing’s for certain - it’s the eve of our annual internship orientation. Taking a moment to enjoy that same “back to school” excitement that I get each year, when we welcome & launch our next cohort of psychology residents!
a man is riding a segway in an office with the words welcome aboard below him
ALT: a man is riding a segway in an office with the words welcome aboard below him
media.tenor.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Things are feeling especially hard & unpredictable right now, but one thing’s for certain - it’s the eve of our annual internship orientation. Taking a moment to enjoy that same “back to school” excitement that I get each year, when we welcome & launch our next cohort of psychology residents!
Latest pub from our P50 suicide prevention center, NCHATS, led by a great team out of Wayne State & Henry Ford Health in Detroit.
JMIR Research Protocols-Suicide Risk Screening in Jails: Protocol for a Pilot Study Leveraging the Mental Health Research Network Algorithm and Health Care Data
JMIR Research Protocols-Suicide Risk Screening in Jails: Protocol for a Pilot Study Leveraging the Mental Health Research Network Algorithm and Health Care Data
Suicide Risk Screening in Jails: Protocol for a Pilot Study Leveraging the Mental Health Research Network Algorithm and Health Care Data
Background: Suicide in local jails occurs at a higher rate than in the general population, requiring improvements to risk screening methods. Current suicide risk screening practices in jails are insuf...
www.researchprotocols.org
June 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Latest pub from our P50 suicide prevention center, NCHATS, led by a great team out of Wayne State & Henry Ford Health in Detroit.
JMIR Research Protocols-Suicide Risk Screening in Jails: Protocol for a Pilot Study Leveraging the Mental Health Research Network Algorithm and Health Care Data
JMIR Research Protocols-Suicide Risk Screening in Jails: Protocol for a Pilot Study Leveraging the Mental Health Research Network Algorithm and Health Care Data
And these are just the tangible costs…
“…having a loved one in prison or jail is estimated to cost families across the country nearly $350 billion each year — about four times the amount the federal government estimates it costs taxpayers annually to operate the nation's prisons and jails.”
“…having a loved one in prison or jail is estimated to cost families across the country nearly $350 billion each year — about four times the amount the federal government estimates it costs taxpayers annually to operate the nation's prisons and jails.”
The true cost of prisons and jails is higher than many realize, researchers say | www.npr.org/2025/06/03/n...
The true cost of prisons and jails is higher than many realize, researchers say
A new report tries to capture the true cost of incarceration to families of people behind bars. It found it costs them around $350 billion every year — almost four times the government's estimate for ...
www.npr.org
June 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
And these are just the tangible costs…
“…having a loved one in prison or jail is estimated to cost families across the country nearly $350 billion each year — about four times the amount the federal government estimates it costs taxpayers annually to operate the nation's prisons and jails.”
“…having a loved one in prison or jail is estimated to cost families across the country nearly $350 billion each year — about four times the amount the federal government estimates it costs taxpayers annually to operate the nation's prisons and jails.”
Stand for the things you know are right; It's the truth that the truth makes them so uptight. ❤️
Sly & the Family Stone - Stand! (Live)
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June 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Stand for the things you know are right; It's the truth that the truth makes them so uptight. ❤️
Reposted by Lauren Weinstock, PhD
Our latest on this: bsky.app/profile/did:...
NEW at grant-watch.us: Emma Mairson and Marian Jarlenski report on funding freezes at Brown, Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern, that have received zero payments for #NIH grants since the start of April: grant-watch.us/posts/trends...
June 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Our latest on this: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Feeling this in my bones right now.
I have got to get better about delegating. I am doing so much stupid shit I should not be doing.
June 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Feeling this in my bones right now.
Feeling fortunate to collaborate with this great cross-national team + to contribute to this work on criminal justice contacts among suicide decedents in Toronto over a 20+ year period.
As a psych/French double major in undergrad, also excited to co-author a MS w/a titre en français!
As a psych/French double major in undergrad, also excited to co-author a MS w/a titre en français!
Criminal Justice System Contacts among Suicide Decedents in Toronto, 1998-2020:
An Observational Study: Démêlés avec le système de justice pénale parmi les personnes décédées par suicide à Toronto, e...
Objective This exploratory correlational study explored the demographic, clinical, and offence-type characteristics of people with documented past-year contact ...
journals.sagepub.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Feeling fortunate to collaborate with this great cross-national team + to contribute to this work on criminal justice contacts among suicide decedents in Toronto over a 20+ year period.
As a psych/French double major in undergrad, also excited to co-author a MS w/a titre en français!
As a psych/French double major in undergrad, also excited to co-author a MS w/a titre en français!
Reposted by Lauren Weinstock, PhD
Check out the article about the unintended harms of school based suicide prevention efforts by yours truly.
Volume 53, Issue 5 of RCAP is now available! This special issue led by Drs. Spencer and McKay focuses on understanding the potential for harm associated with treatment of youth mental health. No matter your area of interest, the issue has it covered!
link.springer.com/journal/1080...
link.springer.com/journal/1080...
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology brings together current and innovative research that advances knowledge of psychopathology from infancy ...
link.springer.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Check out the article about the unintended harms of school based suicide prevention efforts by yours truly.
Baseline data from our SPIRIT trial are out. Among 800 ppl passing thru jail: ~50% reported a suicide attempt 30 days prior to study enrollment; most (85%) of which were prior to arrest. Given typically short jail stays, data 🔦 the impt need for effective post detention suicide prevention services.
Baseline and Lifetime Suicidality and Risk Factors Among Pretrial Jail Detainees Enrolled in a Suicide Prevention Trial | Psychiatric Services
Objective: Jail detention may be a marker of suicide risk in the community. This article aimed to describe the phenomenology of suicide risk, including lifetime suicidal behaviors and comorbid conditi...
psychiatryonline.org
May 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Baseline data from our SPIRIT trial are out. Among 800 ppl passing thru jail: ~50% reported a suicide attempt 30 days prior to study enrollment; most (85%) of which were prior to arrest. Given typically short jail stays, data 🔦 the impt need for effective post detention suicide prevention services.
Touché.
(💙 go Devils!)
(💙 go Devils!)
Incredible to get so many people on *Harvard’s* side, what’re they gonna do to get us all rooting for Duke basketball somehow
May 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Touché.
(💙 go Devils!)
(💙 go Devils!)
Working in care transitions, I’ve often said we need policy solutions to improve continuity of care when a person is dc’ed from one system (eg, hospital) but gets stuck waiting for an appt in another (eg, CMHC). Enabling pharmacists to bridge an Rx during these long waits could be a game changer. 🙌
Bill would let pharmacists refill medications without prescriber
The R.I. House of Representatives has approved legislation aimed at ensuring patients can still access vital prescriptions when their prescriber is unavailable.
www.wpri.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Working in care transitions, I’ve often said we need policy solutions to improve continuity of care when a person is dc’ed from one system (eg, hospital) but gets stuck waiting for an appt in another (eg, CMHC). Enabling pharmacists to bridge an Rx during these long waits could be a game changer. 🙌
Reposted by Lauren Weinstock, PhD
At least at Brown, neither trustees nor leaders of the Jewish student community are taking the bait.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Brown University Corporation members praise Brown’s protection of Jewish life amid $510 million federal funding threats
Serving the Brown community since 1891
www.browndailyherald.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
At least at Brown, neither trustees nor leaders of the Jewish student community are taking the bait.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Reposted by Lauren Weinstock, PhD
It is time to abandon student evaluations of teaching
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
April 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It is time to abandon student evaluations of teaching
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
Reposted by Lauren Weinstock, PhD
Taking a break from all this {waves hands all around} to say that this is a feeling of hatred that resides deep in my soul… for me, it is Bryan Adams’ “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman.” 😳
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
March 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Taking a break from all this {waves hands all around} to say that this is a feeling of hatred that resides deep in my soul… for me, it is Bryan Adams’ “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman.” 😳