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Sahib Khalsa @skhalsa.bsky.social · Aug 7

Postdoc job alert! I’m looking for someone with a PhD in neuroscience/psychology, psychiatry, biomed engineering, computational modeling or a related field to join my NIH-funded team at UCLA studying the neural & computational mechanisms of #interoception in anorexia nervosa 1/2

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Anna-Lena Zietlow @alzietlow.bsky.social · Jul 28

📢 Bitte teilen! Bei uns @cfmhlab.bsky.social sind ab 15.09.25 zwei Postdoc- oder WiMi-Stellen (50%, E13 TV-L, aufstockbar bis 100%) zu besetzen.

🗓️ Bewerbung bis 07.08./15.08.
Alle Infos 👉 tud.link/gs7b7p

Fragen gern via Mail oder PM.
@tudresden.bsky.social

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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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Child and Family Mental Health Lab @cfmhlab.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚀 Unsere Arbeitsgruppe an der TU Dresden sucht Verstärkung!

Wir bieten eine Postdoc-Stelle (E13 TV-L, Elternzeitvertretung) ab 01.10.2025 an der Professur für Klinische Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie.

Bewirb dich bis 15.8. und werde Teil unseres Teams!

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Child and Family Mental Health Lab @cfmhlab.bsky.social · Jul 7

We're thrilled to see our new meta-analysis on childhood maltreatment and interoception published in Nature Mental Health! 🧠💔

Led by our @juliaditzer.bsky.social, we found that emotional abuse/neglect is linked to lower trust in bodily signals — a risk factor for mental health issues.

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 7

My first dissertation paper is out in Nature Mental Health! 🤩

With colleagues from @tudresden.bsky.social and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, we conducted a meta-analysis on the link between childhood trauma and interoception — our ability to sense internal bodily signals.

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A meta-analytic review of child maltreatment and interoception

Nature Mental Health - Interoception, the perception of internal bodily signals, is crucial for mental and physical well-being, yet the origins of disruptions in interoception are not well...

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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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tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 10

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thanks so much for sharing!

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thank you so much for sharing!

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thanks so much for sharing!

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thanks so much! I am glad to hear you like it :)

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 8

As fas as I know (and I also did another quick search), there is unfortunately no research on this topic yet. There’s some on medical trauma in adults, but I haven’t seen any on childhood medical trauma.

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thanks so much for sharing 🤩

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thank you so much, @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social :)

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 7

It was an honor to lead this project as first author.
Thanks to my wonderful co-authors Christian Woll, Clara Burger, Alisa Ernst, Ilka Böhm, @alzietlow.bsky.social & @susangarth.bsky.social for their support and expertise! 🫰

Full paper: rdcu.be/eu8bo

A meta-analytic review of child maltreatment and interoception

Nature Mental Health - Interoception, the perception of internal bodily signals, is crucial for mental and physical well-being, yet the origins of disruptions in interoception are not well...

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 7

Our conclusions:

Emotional abuse and neglect can shape how safe and “at home” we feel in our own bodies.

These forms of trauma deserve more attention — in public discourse, clinical care, and prevention efforts. 🏥🏫💬

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 7

Why does this matter?

Low body trust can interfere with:
- Emotion regulation
- Identifying personal needs
- Processing stress

This may help explain why survivors of emotional trauma are at higher risk for anxiety, depression, or eating disorders. 🙍‍♀️

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 7

Our main finding:

🫀💭 People who experienced emotional abuse or emotional neglect in childhood tend to report lower trust in their bodily signals — a key part of interoception.

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 7

My first dissertation paper is out in Nature Mental Health! 🤩

With colleagues from @tudresden.bsky.social and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, we conducted a meta-analysis on the link between childhood trauma and interoception — our ability to sense internal bodily signals.

rdcu.be/eu8bo

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A meta-analytic review of child maltreatment and interoception

Nature Mental Health - Interoception, the perception of internal bodily signals, is crucial for mental and physical well-being, yet the origins of disruptions in interoception are not well...

rdcu.be

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Child and Family Mental Health Lab @cfmhlab.bsky.social · May 10

📣 Hot off the press! Comment on physical neglect in @naturementalhealth.bsky.social.
Thanks to Andreas Maercker & team for the collaboration & big shoutout to our very own @juliaditzer.bsky.social, @janaray.bsky.social & @alzietlow.bsky.social!

💬 We’d love to hear your thoughts! 👉 rdcu.be/elbbu

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · May 8

🚨 With @janaray.bsky.social, @alzietlow.bsky.social & amazing colleagues @UZH, I wrote a Comment for @naturementalhealth.bsky.social on the overlooked issue of physical neglect—the most common yet under-recognized form of child maltreatment.

I'd love to hear your thoughts!
👉 rdcu.be/elbbu

Rethinking the measurement of physical neglect in research and practice

Nature Mental Health - Physical neglect is a frequently overlooked form of child maltreatment in both research and practice. Here, we summarize the complexities of measuring physical neglect, and...

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · May 3

One thing that really bothered me about this discussion was the number of speakers who insisted that the gov attacks on US science are "unprecedented". They're not. Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, Iran, Turkey & more all purged their academy. Surely learning from that history is essential. #EGU25

Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · May 2

Five minutes to go and already a very full room here for the final session of #EGU25 , a last-minute debate on “How should the global geoscience community respond to attacks on science”, focussed on the US.

It’s so incredibly sad that this is even necessary. But there is clearly will to act.

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · May 3

Human kind by Rutger Bregman

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Child and Family Mental Health Lab @cfmhlab.bsky.social · May 2

We’re proud to see our #PhD student @leakrumpholtz.bsky.social at #SRCD2025.

Can’t wait to hear about all the things she’s learning! 🤓

Lea Woelflein (née Krumpholtz) @leakrumpholtz.bsky.social · May 1

Grateful for the insightful discussions during my poster presentation at #SRCD25 on the associations between perinatal depression, anxiety, and child development, focusing on the role of infant physiology.

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