Devan Walter

Hey. Fat people also deserve food. Fat people using snap benefits deserve to eat guiltfree. Going without will not make them instantly skinny, and in some cases, like those with diabetes, not eating on a set schedule can exacerbate health problems. Being fat does not equal laziness or weak morality.

UNC Research Uncovers Ways to Address Early Suicidal Thoughts in Children | Newsroom A new study is uncovering ways to assess early suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children as young as 5 –years old.

no child should have to face scary thoughts of suicide on their own. yes, it’s sad that young kids have them. But it’s our job to figure out how to help. I’ve got a few studies going to do just that. First look at this work here: news.unchealthcare.org/2025/10/unc-...

Great study! A general implication is that when we infer effects of retrospectively measure variables on outcomes, we’re largely just seeing the effects of how people are currently feeling.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Totally agree! Your client(s) are lucky to have you (and you, them). 😁

Navigating Academic Brokering: Enhancing Belongingness in Scientific Training Programs As more psychologists engage with marginalized communities for research, the lack of diversity in the academic workforce and inadequate cultural sensitivity training often leads to relying on trainee...

So proud to share our paper on Academic Brokering with brilliant #LatinaScholars. 🌟 Grateful to @dllabarrie.bsky.social for leading the way & to Amanda Perozo Garcia, Michelle Perez, and @thaniagalvanphd.bsky.social for making this project come to fruition. 💜

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

This is a fantastic resource for students applying to clinical/counseling programs this cycle: A list of PIs, organized by areas of research, accepting students!

Please share widely!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Fear of Suicide, Control, and Effective Hospitalizations The presumed effectiveness of psychiatric inpatient care for suicide risk is being reconsidered; research shows that such care is often lacking and must become more evidence-based.

Great new blog by David Jobes on improving inpatient services for suicidality www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... #suicideprevention

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Are you accepting PhD applications in Clinical Psychology for Fall 2026 (U.S.)?
If so, please consider adding your name to the document linked in the comments. Our hope is to help reduce the load on applicants.

Please share widely and on X! #clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social

Pleased to have been part of the team that contributed to this recently published paper on the development of the External Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, led by Mariah Xu, w/Grace Cho, Cindy Veldhuis, & measure developer Brett Marroquin. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.

So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Before the attempt: How people think and plan in suicide crises Cognitive processes preceding suicidal attempts (SA) remain poorly understood, particularly in distinguishing those who act on suicidal thoughts from …

Check out our new paper "Before the attempt: How people think and plan in suicide crises."

We characterized contemplation & planning in suicide crises, and identified factors that related to classification in the attempt group (vs. a plan-only group).

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Folks have started reaching out again, so here’s your reminder: I will be reviewing PhD applications this fall!

📅 Deadline: Nov 15, 2025
🔗 Info: publish.illinois.edu/healthequity...
📨 Questions? vjrodrig@illinois.edu
🔵 @vjrp.bsky.social

#PhDChat #HealthEquity #ClinicalPsych

Suicide Researchers

We’re updating the list of suicide researchers who may take a grad student for 2026:

shorturl.at/yTT9n

Applicants - this year may feel especially heavy. Hope this brings you a little direction, hope, and a reminder that you’re not alone.

You are the future. Let your voice shape what comes next.

I know I'm a pretty passive follower but I wanted to say thank you for your work and voice.

If they want us to give up, that's a good sign that we should not give up. Doing the work (especially your work) is resistance. And, if nothing else, remember that spite is an excellent motivator at times.

To my colleagues at Harvard with recently terminated NIH and NSF grants, please, please report them below.

We’re told of at least 200 NSF grants and widespread NIH terminations.

NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...

NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...

And please spread the word 🙏

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.

Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

550 US rabbis sign letter condemning Trump's antisemitism policy (RNS) — The letter comes after a poll found that most American Jews oppose the way President Donald Trump is handling antisemitism.

In case you missed it: it's not a small deal that 550 U.S. rabbis have signed a letter condemning Trump's antisemitism policy.

Via @yonat.bsky.social: religionnews.com/2025/04/28/5...

🙏 We need your help 🙏

The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.

We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:

NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...

NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

w/ @noamross.net

UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...

This is how you do it.

The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".

The moral imperative may be to fight...

but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:

www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...

Asking Preadolescents About Suicide is Not Associated With Increased Suicidal Thoughts Rising rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) in preadolescents make suicide-risk screening in this age group critical to reduce harm. Althou…

Asking Preadolescents About Suicide is Not Associated With Increased Suicidal Thoughts www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Kidnapping.

Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.

Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.

A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.

Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.

This is the literal destruction of knowledge.

Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...

Man, white people really eat up "peaceful" protest crap. I need y'all to put two and two together. No cops = equals peaceful. When there are crowds of predominantly white people protesting and they're called "peaceful", you're playing into the stereotype that Black people are violent which is BS.

Getting to the bottom of it: Comparative medical and psychological risk for gonadectomy among individuals with and without presurgical psychological assessment Presurgical psychological assessments (PPA) can be helpful in assessing for psychological risk factors and identifying medical risk factors that may impede recovery from surgery. Transgender and ge...

I’m excited to share a recent publication, Comparative medical and psychological risk for gonadectomy among individuals with and without presurgical psychological assessment.

You can read the full article here: doi.org/10.1080/2689... or message me for a copy.

Stop illegal and unconstitutional arrests by ice now Text SIGN PMSWJC to 50409 to send this to your officials.

Please sign onto this petition and send it to your members of Congress (it takes 30 seconds via @resist.bot!)

NEW: The University of Michigan will end its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives campus wide, the president said in an email