Pablo Romero Sanchiz

Also, a huge congratulations to our own @lukeapsych.bsky.social for winning the People’s Choice Award! 🏆

This recognition highlights how much our research community values accessible and creative approaches to tackling the opioid crisis. Your work truly resonated, Luke, well done! #ResearchImpact

Huge congratulations to all the Junior Research Associates at @sussex.ac.uk. We were genuinely impressed by the quality of the research projects presented!

Special shoutout to our lab member @stephenjoye.bsky.social, who earned the first place in the poster competition. A fantastic achievement! ✨

REALab Study on the loved one's experiences: universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

REALab Study on Online Naloxone Training (University of Sussex students only): universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Today is International Overdose Awareness Day💜

It is an opportunity to reflect on the impact of overdose, acknowledge the experiences of loved ones, and increase awareness about harm reduction. At REALab, our research explores Naloxone and the loved ones' experiences.
More details in the comments.

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Survey here 👉 universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

@pablorom.bsky.social @patrycjazalewska.bsky.social @robynscharte.bsky.social @jcarhoun.bsky.social
@meyrajackson.bsky.social @stephenjoye.bsky.social @lukeapsych.bsky.social

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I’m thrilled to share this preprint with a brilliant co-author team.

We describe several crises mental health science faces in the current sociopolitical context, as well as new and previously-overlooked opportunities to make non-incremental progress.

https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/nz42x_v1

Pro tip, folks: if you make a figure for a publication, don’t just hand the copyright over to the publisher. Post it on OSF first and then give yourself permission to use it in the first publication and then all future publications. That way, no permissions issues.

The science illiteracy of the anti-vaccine movement has always been overshadowed by its moral bankruptcy and the divisive, polarizing rhetoric that it requires to grift in the wellness industry.

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Equally insightful and depressing piece by Ed Kiely (no @bsky.app account?) in the last @lrb.co.uk. The sector is in crisis around the world, true, but the UK HE sector has very particular problems that need very distinct solutions

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Truly impactful work by @abbydunn.bsky.social and @profsamch.bsky.social intergenerational transmission or anxiety at @sussex.ac.uk. Anyone with clinical experience knows how interconnected parents and children's anxiety is, even at subsyndromal levels, and how crucial it is for therapeutic success

Francesca Zecchinato @fzecchinato.bsky.social summarises a recent trial led by @abbydunn.bsky.social, which investigates the effectiveness of an unguided modular online intervention for anxious parents in preventing anxiety in their offspring.

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Psychological distress over 30 years in Great Britain: the times they are a changin’ (or are they?) buff.ly/qpu4p0f

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#MentalHealth #PsychologicalDistress #Surveys #GB #30years

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Hi @sussex.ac.uk !

Sometimes when I talk to intervention scientists about #measurement #psychometrics I get the argument “even if this questionnaire has bad psychometrics, everyone else in my field uses it and I want to be able to compare my results with theirs”. Let’s talk about how that is a misunderstanding 🧵
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I have discussed numerous times with my students (hopefully soon-to-be MH professionals) whether "anxiety" is a "disorder" and it often surprises me how a good number of them consider anxiety "pathological" (am I using too many ""?) instead of a normal reaction to challenges, something to overcome

In my opinion (and it might sound controversial; I don't think so), at the bottom of this is a misunderstanding about how we frame things like sadness or anxiety. Some (professionals & lay people) believe those should be "treated", but they are not only normal but NECESSARY developmental experiences

This is a very important issue, because it might sound like "trashing" psychological interventions or prevention efforts, but it is not. This is how science should work. We have a good idea, we test it, if it works, great, if it doesn't, rethink and retest. With enough evidence against, we drop it.

This placement year has been an incredibly rewarding experience. I've significantly developed my research skills and deepened my knowledge while working with an amazing team!

I'm also pleased to share that I’ve been accepted into the JRA Scheme, which I’ll be continuing with @realab.bsky.social. 🙌🙌

And finally, our great still Placement student soon-to-be JRA @stephenjoye.bsky.social, who is going to work on the @realab.bsky.social Wellbeing Survey and more to explore @sussex.ac.uk wellbeing and use of substances! Please welcome him to @bsky.app and follow for more updates very soon!

Meet @stephenjoye.bsky.social (Stephen Aruwajoye), an integral member of our lab team! Find out more about his upcoming summer project and his responsibilities within other meaningful research projects within the lab.

Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online.

In this month's Wired, a detailed interview with @jay.bsky.team:

Nice discussion of the pros and cons of preregistration by @rogerthegs.bsky.social in the new Handbook of Social Psychology.

doi.org/10.70400/NYK...

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