Douglas Badenoch

I dunno. They seem to have a knack of avoiding accountability and jumping onto the next bandwagon. However, you can always tell what they’re up to because it’s whatever they’re accusing others of doing

Too much glitz, too little evidence, in full body scan stories How new screening tests get free and glowing publicity

Full body scan stories are like catnip for some journalists. They boast of waiting lines of 100,000, driving up demand. But evidence? Not so much. open.substack.com/pub/garyschw...

Congratulations Lucy. Loads of stuff we do in healthcare doesn’t work or is harmful, mental health is no exception. It’s just as important to highlight it as it is to find effective interventions.

YouTube video by Mental Elf Supporting community-based and early-career researchers to work in mental health

Let’s reach everyone interested in mental health across our communities with the message that they can build a career in mental health research.

It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and the theme this year is COMMUNITY.

#MentalHealthResearch #MentalHealthCareers

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I've been fretting for some time about "what happens when they find out what PubMed does?"

It's great to hear that there are concerted efforts underway to create alternatives. They need our support.

Many thanks @hildabast.bsky.social for highlighting this.

Psychology in the Classroom: First do no harm: Universal Mental Health Interventions in Schools Summary In this episode is a NIHR Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, discusses her recent paper titled   Where the authors ‘examine three areas: the types of potential harms and advers...

When do universal school mental health interventions cause harm, and why?

Carolina Guzman-Holst discusses these questions in the below podcast - please share with interested parties

changingstatesofmind.libsyn.com/first-do-no-...

Our scoping review on this topic: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40101758/

How to read a paper involving artificial intelligence (AI) This paper guides readers through the critical appraisal of a paper that includes the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical settings for healthcare delivery. A brief introduction to the diff...

Our new paper!! Led by @drpauldijkstra.bsky.social with @jessrmorley.bsky.social and awesome medical student Yosra Mekki. #digitalhealth #medsky #episky

How to Read a Paper Involving AI.

bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...

Discussed here

sciencebasedmedicine.org/misinformati...

Edmund Sonuga-Barke: RE-STAR - multidisciplinary adventure in participatory translational science Welcome to the 2025 IoPPN Research Festival Podcast! In this first episode, we hear from Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke, a leading expert in developmental psy...

🎧 We're getting ready for the 2025 #IoPPNfestival & chatting with the keynote speakers for our podcast.

Ep. 1 features Prof Edmund Sonuga-Barke from @kingsioppn.bsky.social talking to @dbadenoch.bsky.social about RE-STAR: Regulating Emotions – Strengthening Adolescent Resilience

The problem with mental health awareness in schools, Dr Lucy Foulkes, UCL Leading Edge Day 2025

Next Tuesday, I'm giving a talk at UCL about the downsides of mental health awareness in schools.

I'll be sharing the work I've been doing over the last two years, which explores the negative effects that universal mental health interventions can have in schools

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Quetiapine may pip lithium to the augmentation post in 'treatment resistant depression': results from the LQD study buff.ly/Y7jCajZ

#LQDstudy #Quetiapine #Lithium #Depression #RCT

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Calling all mental health researchers! Do you need some #ElfHelp from The Mental Elf? 🌳🌤️🍄

This year we have been commissioned by many mental health research groups to help them disseminate their new research. We know how difficult it can be for researchers to get their work out there.

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Marketing outpacing science on 2 women's health issues "Hair wellness" nutraceutical & "the menopause face cream epidemic"

Dr. Jen Gunter dissects 2 women’s health issues in which marketing has outraced science - “hair wellness” nutraceutical & “the menopause estrogen face cream epidemic.” garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/marketing-...

Sciencey stuff is absent references to actual science.

It says it was created by scientists “trained by” Oxbridge, Harvard. So maybe they did a business marketing course.

I suspect some comms departments might want a word.

Square white with some hexagons in the background. Text: Sign up to the Parent Carer Research Network Logos: Parent Carer Research Network, Charlie Waller Trust, MHID Mental Health in Development

The Parent Carer Research Network, in partnership with Mental Health in Development at the University of Oxford, is here. We welcome any #parents or #carers interested in getting involved in #research to improve children and young people's #MentalHealth.

parentcarerresearchnetwork.org.uk

Seems like a good idea.

Will probably need public subscription, like how they used to build libraries the last time the robber barons ran the show.

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Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods <em>Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods</em> is an open access journal aiming to improve how we publish and share evidence synthesis in health and social care.

Call for papers on #AI in #EvidenceSynthesis:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Peer Support in Mental Health webinar: Evidence, Experiences & Insights Explore the role of peer support in mental health & gain fresh insights into the current national landscape, guided by compelling research.

Peer support in mental health webinar
2.00-4.30pm GMT, Mon 20 Jan
Tickets going fast!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peer-suppo...

With @soniajohnson1.bsky.social @acgrundy.bsky.social Steve Gillard, Una Foye, Ruth Cooper, Natasha Lyons & Members of the UCL Co-Production Collective.

Not until we've discovered a better method for determining the effects of interventions.

The issue is applicability. These findings show we need better critical appraisal and trial design, not fewer RCTs.

"Is my patient so different that these results cannot help them?"

Not exactly news, but well-researched evidence is always welcome.

Recommend!

Many thanks for the mention Trish. (Must get the JLL set up on here)

Link wasn’t working for me so here it is again

www.jameslindlibrary.org/medical-rese...