Ciarán Shannon

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!

We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.

Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑

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Screen grab of letter from MPs, MLAs, MSPs & MSs to the PM condemning UK support for Israel’s actions in Gaza. It highlights a man-made humanitarian catastrophe, including famine, mass killing of children, and denial of aid — violations of international law and the Genocide Convention. It condemns the killing of journalists, defends the right to protest, and also condemns Hamas for the 7 Oct attacks, killings and hostage-taking.

The second page of the letter continues, urging the Prime Minister to act immediately rather than wait until September, warning that every day of delay means more deaths and starvation. It highlights the UK’s obligations under the Genocide Convention and risks of continuing political, diplomatic, and military support for Israel. It calls for recalling Parliament to impose sanctions, supporting a ceasefire, ending arms sales, backing international investigations, and ensuring unimpeded delivery of aid. The letter concludes that the UK’s moral standing will be judged by whether it stands for humanity or remains silent.

The scale of suffering and bloodshed in Gaza is intolerable.

Alongside party leaders from across the UK, I have written to the Prime Minister demanding immediate action.

Parliament must be recalled to end arms sales, introduce sanctions and uphold international law.

Effect of Everyday Life Rehabilitation on recovering quality of life in individuals with serious mental illness in supported accommodation: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial Background Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) living in supported accommodation often lead lonely and sedentary lives. Everyday Life Rehabilitation (ELR) is a collaborative, person-centred,...

Effect of Everyday Life Rehabilitation on recovering quality of life in individuals with serious mental illness in supported accommodation: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...

Study advert for Developing a consensus definition of relapse in psychosis: A Delphi Study - an online survey for people who have experienced psychosis, their supporters, researchers and clinicians. by Alice Thomson. University of Glasgow.

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Relapse in psychosis is a term that is used a lot, but what does it mean?

A (fab) DClinPsy trainee I am co-supervising is conducting an online survey to find out people's views and perspectives. Please consider taking part or reposting this study invitation.

More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds Guardian investigation reveals promotion of dubious advice, questionable supplements and quick-fix healing methods * What is the most common mental health misinformation on TikTok? More than half of all the top trending videos offering mental health advice on TikTok contain misinformation, a Guardian investigation has found. People are increasingly turning to social media for mental health support, yet research has revealed that many influencers are peddling misinformation, including misused therapeutic language, “quick fix” solutions and false claims. Continue reading...

More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds

. @galavpsych.bsky.social Great to meet you today. Thanks for a great visit to Kyrie farm. Wonderful to see such innovations in Ireland. Thx.

Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.

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Just gorgeous. They are the best dogs…. Many hours of walks, cuddles and madness …. Enjoy

Look forward to seeing this

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@gaylehegarty.bsky.social thought you’d appreciate a picture of Fiadh as a pup!!

Omega-3 supplements for the prevention of psychosis: another trial shows no benefit, so is it time to move on? https://buff.ly/4fwRB0B

David Mongan reports on a recent RCT and reflects on what’s next for the field.

#Psychosis #Schizophrenia #Omega3 #Prevention #UltraHighRisk #UHRpsychosis #RCT

The tree is up! Cat will soon climb, dogs will chew… Wouldn’t have any other way. Happy Xmas!

Stark warning as NHS short staffing found to 'cause 4,000 extra deaths a year' A review has revealed the 'life-or-death implications for patients' when nurses and doctors are quitting in huge numbers as NHS struggles with 150,000 staffing shortfall

NHS short staffing associated with at least 4,000 extra deaths annually.

High staff turnover & reliance on agency workers lead to severe consequences, esp. in A&Es.

Stable, well-staffed workforce needed for patient safety & quality care #ResuscitateEmergencyCare

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Wow. According to this image it looks like nurses - whose real-terms pay has declined by at least 20% since 2010 are responsible for driving up UK borrowing. Thanks for clearing that up BBCNews

Digital mental health interventions for the treatment of depression: A multiverse meta-analysis The varying sizes of effects in published meta-analyses on digital interventions for depression prompt questions about their efficacy.A systematic sea…

Are digital interventions for depression effective?

We ran 3,638 meta-analyses on 125 RCTs (32,733 participants) to find out.

Effect sizes ranged from small to medium (Hedges’ g = 0.16–0.74), with guided interventions & LMICs showing greater benefits.

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Changed my background - Belfast during April 2020.

@profjohnread.bsky.social Welcome John. Good to see you join the exodus….

Red fox labs

Delighted we were involved is this project (led by Dr Susan Lagdon). Important topic - Healthy Young Adult Relationships pure.ulster.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...

Thanks. They’re so good for me in so many ways….

Thanks. She’s just lovely.

Long walk = happy dogs (and humans)

Good bps is here - I’m a clinician and researcher in N Ireland (and dog lover)

My first post. My favourite place and my wonderful dogs.

Nice to see you here…

Running away just fine….