Isaac Winterburn

University of Oxford. What do you think about self-diagnosis of mental disorders? Are you: - A UK based psychiatrist who works with adolescents (aged 10-24 years) - Available for a 45 minute online interview Come take part in our study! Contact: sara.svobodova@bnc.ox.ac.uk or lucy.foulkes@psych.ox.ac.uk for more information

Are you a UK psychiatrist with views to share about self-diagnosis?

We’re looking for UK-based psychiatrists who work with young people aged 10–24 and would be available to take part in a 45-minute online interview

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07.05.2025 14:56 — 👍 15    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 1

Really looking forward to launching this online museum soon! Exhibits will be different portrayals of mental health problems in TV shows, films, and songs 🎥📺🎵. Hoping to start a conversation about the extent, accuracy, and impact of these examples.

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30.04.2025 18:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Particularly thankful to @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social for her continuing guidance and support. We have a number of projects underway which explore the way we are talking about mental health. I look forward to sharing more about them in the future! (2/2)

27.03.2025 12:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Another brilliant term finished, enjoying every moment of studying here - expanding my knowledge of the subject I love and gaining experience with new methods. Feeling very grateful for everyone's help and for all of these exciting opportunities (1/2)...

27.03.2025 12:46 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

Scoping review: potential harm from school-based group mental health interventions Carolina Guzman-Holst, Rowan Streckfuss Davis, Jack L. Andrews, Lucy Foulkes

🚨NEW PAPER from my group: Scoping review of potential harm from group-based CBT and mindfulness interventions in schools

Our research question was essentially this: How often do school mental health interventions make things worse?

acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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19.03.2025 12:26 — 👍 45    🔁 19    💬 4    📌 4

Anxiety by Doechii

What do you think about mental health words appearing in songs?

I’ve been hearing this Anxiety song a lot on TikTok recently, and found it’s getting stuck in my head (it’s kind of a banger?!) - but I’m hesitant about MH language used in this way

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17.03.2025 12:26 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0

Testable | Build experiments & surveys | Recruit participants Testable helps you build a wide range of behavioral experiments and surveys in the simplest and fastest way.

Experimental researchers: Does anyone have experience of collecting data on Testable, and how does it compare to Prolific? (Cost, ease of getting participants, quality of data?)

including @isaacwinterburn.bsky.social here

Thanks!

www.testable.org

04.03.2025 09:39 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

The number of people with chronic conditions is soaring. Are we less healthy than we used to be – or overdiagnosing illness? Are ordinary life experiences, bodily imperfections and normal differences being unnecessarily pathologised? One doctor argues just that

I'm concerned about several ideas promoted in this article on overdiagnosis, which argues that people are now excessively and unnecessarily seeking medical diagnoses for a range of difficulties. I describe my concerns below

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

03.03.2025 16:03 — 👍 71    🔁 20    💬 5    📌 10

Self-Diagnosis of Mental Disorders: A Qualitative Study of Attitudes on Reddit Abstract There is concern that a growing number of individuals, especially adolescents, are diagnosing themselves with mental disorders. However, there has been limited empirical research into this phenomenon: why it might happen, what the costs and benefits might be, and what the implications are for anyone who is experiencing distress. To address this, this study used reflexive thematic analysis to explore attitudes toward self-diagnosis of mental disorders as expressed on the discussion website Reddit. From 1195 user comments, five themes were generated: (1) There is tension over who is the expert in diagnosis; (2) Self-diagnosis is a route to self-understanding in an inaccessible system; (3) Teenagers on social media are the problem; (4) Self-diagnosis can become self-fulfilling, and (5) Now no one is believed. Together, these themes highlight that there is considerable anger, derision, and criticism targeted toward people who self-diagnose with mental disorders, and that this is particularly targeted toward adolescents who self-diagnose on or as a result of social media. The findings have important implications for understanding how to support and validate people, particularly adolescents, who (sometimes accurately) use diagnostic language to express how they are feeling.

*NEW PAPER*: Public attitudes towards self-diagnosis of mental disorders

In this study, we explored people’s attitudes towards self-diagnosis of mental disorders by analysing 1,000+ comments on the discussion forum website Reddit

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journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

18.10.2024 15:13 — 👍 34    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0

❗️Final call to participate❗️

Mine and @bethanyjcliffe.bsky.social’s study on UK doctoral student experiences of self-relevant #mentalhealthresearch is closing at the end of this week! This means you have 4️⃣ more days to take part 👉 uniofbath.questionpro.eu/doctoral-sel...

#PhDSky #PsychSciSky

26.11.2024 10:46 — 👍 15    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you for the warm welcome everyone, excited to get started!

22.11.2024 10:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hello BlueSky! I am an MSc (1+3) student studying psychological research @ University of Oxford, interested in child and adolescent mental health, particularly how young people understand, conceptualise, and talk about their mental health.

I am also interested in 70s music, sports, and snacks 😎

21.11.2024 16:54 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 1