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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · 15h

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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 6d

If you need a scale to assess capability for suicide, our Fearlessness about Suicide Scale continues to demonstrate strong psychometrics, check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Cross‐Sectional Psychometric Comparison of the Fearlessness About Suicide and Fearlessness About Death Scales

Introduction The fearlessness about suicide scale (FSS) was developed in response to evidence suggesting fearlessness about suicide is more relevant to the capability for suicide than fearlessness a...

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · 8d

New publication from @RezaSahlan: In a national Iranian sample, we found that binge/purge eating symptoms + feeling disconnected or burdensome + high suicide capability = highest risk for suicide attempts.
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#SuicidePrevention #EatingDisorders #MentalHealth

Subtypes of Eating Disorder Symptoms, Thwarted Belongingness, Perceived Burdensomeness, Capability for Suicide, and Their Associations With Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempts

Objective Suicidal ideation and attempts as well as eating disorders (EDs) are common among Iranian individuals. Additionally, ED symptoms are associated with suicidality. According to the interpers...

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · 9d

🦊 Exciting news! The REDS Lab is looking to accept a new graduate student in Fall 2026. If you’re passionate about studying or treating eating disorders and suicide, check out how to join us: www.redslab.org/join-the-lab

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Kefan Cathy Wu @kefancathywu.bsky.social · 15d

Read about our interesting findings comparing two fearlessness of death psychometric measures soon!
Heartfelt gratitude for my amazing mentors - @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social @laurenharris.bsky.social and Dr. Rachel Torres!!

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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 15d

Congrats to @kefancathywu.bsky.social, whose first-authored paper, "Cross-sectional Psychometric Comparison of the Fearlessness About Suicide and Fearlessness About Death Scales" was just accepted at #sltb!

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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 18d

What a great #edrs2025! Loved getting to hear about the exciting things our current and former REDS labers are doing on internship, post-doc, and professorship!

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · 28d

@jenfinkelstein.bsky.social thanks so much to you and your family for donating!

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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 Last day to give! 🚨 At Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic, we provide affordable, evidence-based care and train the next generation of therapists. Help fund our 2nd clinician & client scholarships so more people get care 💙 Donate: tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...

Transform Lives Through Eating Disorder Treatment - Tiger Giving Day

Almost 30 million Americans — including over 430,000 Alabamians — will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. Yet access to specialized, affordable treatment remains a critical barrier for m...

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · 28d

New paper from AU professor, Dr. Kunstman, finds that minimizing psychopathology’s harm to Black individuals fuels underfunding of race-conscious mental health programs. guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/...

Racial biases in psychopathology undermine support for race conscious mental health programs | Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Introduction: Race-conscious mental health programs effectively address mental health inequity. However, programs require public support. This work tests whether stereotypes that conceive of Black ind...

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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · Sep 8

Only 2.5 more days left to help support eating disorders treatment in Alabama! Any help spreading the word is greatly appreciated! tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...

Transform Lives Through Eating Disorder Treatment - Tiger Giving Day

Almost 30 million Americans — including over 430,000 Alabamians — will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. Yet access to specialized, affordable treatment remains a critical barrier for m...

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic provides affordable, evidence-based treatment to kids, teens, & adults who would otherwise go without. 💙
We need your help to keep funding our 2nd clinician + client scholarships:
📌 tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...

Transform Lives Through Eating Disorder Treatment - Tiger Giving Day

Almost 30 million Americans — including over 430,000 Alabamians — will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. Yet access to specialized, affordable treatment remains a critical barrier for m...

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · Sep 5

🎉🎊 Congrats to @kefancathywu.bsky.social for being awarded the Suicide and Self Injury Specific Interest Group Student Poster Award for this year's #ABCT2025 conference. Can't wait to see her present this important work in NOLA!

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · Sep 2

REDS Laber, Will Grunewald, had his Body Trust scale translated into Korean, and it continues to demonstrate great psychometrics! Check out the paper here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... and/or the English version here: www.redslab.org/measures

Frontiers | Body trust in Korean population: validation of the Korean version of the body trust scale

BackgroundInteroception is the ability to perceive and integrate internal sensations. A key component of interoception, body trust, involves trusting interna...

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · Aug 28

If you're thinking about Psychology Grad school, come find out more about our awesome programs!

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · Aug 26

Mark your calendars! Tiger Giving Day is happening on 9/10/25!
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Transform Lives Through Eating Disorder Treatment and Training

YouTube video by Auburn Alumni Association

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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · Aug 19

Congrats to @laurenpictor.bsky.social for successfully defending her master's thesis! Stay tuned for the results!

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · Aug 1

We're very excited about this new implementation of our interoceptive awareness training!

April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · Aug 1

We get to work with the real Guardians of the galaxy! Our interoceptive awareness intervention is being implemented by Space Force Delta 8 at Peterson & Schriever Space Force Base. Read more here: www.dvidshub.net/news/544243/...

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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · Jul 29

So excited about this study and its implications for treating co-occurring disordered eating and suicidality! @laurenharris.bsky.social

Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · Jul 28

new pub alert ⚠️ did you know that there are currently no evidence-based eating disorder interventions that provide
explicit guidelines for treating co-occurring AN/AAN and suicidality? in this new (open access) article, we demonstrate how idiographic networks could be used to address this gap.

Using network analysis to personalize treatment for individuals with co-occurring restrictive eating disorders and suicidality: a proof-of-concept study - Journal of Eating Disorders

Background Nomothetic (i.e., on average) eating disorder interventions generally provide insufficient guidance for managing suicidality. The present proof-of-concept study demonstrates how idiographic...

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · Jul 8

Congrats to Reza Sahlan on his new publication! "Suicidal ideation consistently predicted all ED symptoms, including ARFID." dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb...

Longitudinal Associations Among Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Symptoms, Body Dissatisfaction, Restriction, and Suicide Ideation Among Adolescents

Objective Although previous research has established bidirectional links between many eating disorder (ED) symptoms and suicidal ideation (SI), no research has examined how symptoms of avoidant/rest...

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · Jul 8

"These findings support acceptance of internal sensations asa key mechanism of change for improving PTSD. Further, the results provide preliminary evidence for RISE as a viable PTSD treatment supplement for Service Members"

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · Jun 26

Hot off the press! @rachelfrietchen.bsky.social found that among a sample of women receiving residential treatment for eating disorders, pain catastrophizing positively related to suicidal ideation: doi.org/10.1080/1064...

Longitudinal investigation of pain catastrophizing, pain intensity, and suicidal ideation in women receiving residential treatment for an eating disorder

Pain catastrophizing and pain intensity are related to suicidal thoughts and eating disorders. When individuals experience both high pain intensity and catastrophizing, they may experience higher l...

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congrats, Will!

April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · Jun 12

Huge congratulations to Will Grunewald for successfully rocking out his dissertation ahead of his internship start date!

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · Jun 9

Welcome @cmcurran410.bsky.social !

April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · Jun 9

Very excited to officially welcome @cmcurran410.bsky.social to the REDS lab as our new project coordinator! @ryleelusich.bsky.social will be dearly missed and we're so excited for her next steps!

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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · May 29

Wonderful dinner with REDS labers past, present, and future!

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · May 29

Way to go @mbillmanmiller.bsky.social! 🏆🤩

April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · May 29

HUGE congrats to @mbillmanmiller.bsky.social whose #iced2025 poster was one of the top 10 of the conference! 🏅

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