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The Refuel MS clinical trial has started🎉 We’re testing how effective the Refuel MS intervention is vs usual care🔎

Recruitment is now by invite via @ukmsregister.bsky.social📝 Thank you to all who helped us get here🧡

@ronamoss-morris.bsky.social

#multiplesclerosis#msresearch#digitalintervention

➡️Special issue for protocols and data notes at @bsamjournal.bsky.social - any area of health psychology/behavioral medicine welcome! If a protocol was peer reviewed by a funder, it may be eligible for rapid review 👀 Accepting submissions through 6/1/2026. Details: journals.lww.com/bsam/Documen...

🚀 REFUEL-MS attended the MedTech Accelerator Bootcamp – and what a fantastic experience it was!

Many thanks to the team at London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE) for hosting! @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

🔗 Head over to our Instagram to read more: www.instagram.com/p/DMYApCJtv7...

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📢 Pleased to share that our new paper is now published in Psychological Medicine!
We looked at therapy outcomes for LGB patients compared to heterosexual patients in NHS Talking Therapies.
Here’s a short thread on what we found 👇
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S003...

As an NHS GP, I can now prescribe weight-loss jabs – but a quick fix for obesity is not what we need | Helen Salisbury Few patients will be eligible for the drugs. Better food regulation and social policy are far more likely to give lasting results, says GP Helen Salisbury

Well said, @helensalisbury.bsky.social: weight loss drugs are rarely the answer to our obesogenic, food-insecure society.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

1️⃣ NEW *open access* measure alert 🧵 We’ve just published the Illness-Related Distress (IRD) Scale in Psychological Medicine doi.org/10.1017/S003... It's a 14-item, trans-diagnostic PRO for distress related to living with any long-term physical condition (LTC). But WHY does this matter 🤔 ⬇️

The crucial value of exploratory research » Eiko Fried Exploratory research is vital for discovery, but often undervalued. Here I argue it is key to scientific progress & needs defending.

New interview on the value of exploratory research.

"My brief explanation of this crisis is that researchers didn't say ‘I found something interesting’, but ‘I found exactly what my fantastic theory had predicted, heureka’.
And then they gave a TED talk."

#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky 🧪

Our April newsletter is out!🌸📧

This issue is packed with updates, including highlights from the Refuel-MS launch event, details on our upcoming clinical trial, a recap of the MS Trust Conference, introductions to new team members, and information on how to get involved through PPI opportunities.

IoPPN researchers receive two NIHR Team Science Awards Dr Emily McBride and Dr Sophie Bennett receive two of the first National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Team Science Awards.

Congratulations to King's IoPPN researchers Dr Emily McBride and Dr Sophie Bennett! They have both received a @nihr.bsky.social Team Science Award, as part of their work on multiple long-term conditions and type-2 diabetes.

#AcademicSky #MedSky

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ioppn-r...

Cost Utility of Specialist Physiotherapy for Functional Motor Disorder (Physio4FMD) | Neurology Clinical Practice Background and ObjectivesFunctional motor disorder (FMD), a motor-dominant variant of functional neurologic disorder, is a disabling condition associated with high health and social care resource use ...

The economic evaluation of the Physio4FMD trial was finally published today!
www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
@jonstoneneuro.bsky.social

The gut microbiome's link with multiple sclerosis www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Want to learn more? Read the blog!
buff.ly/494e8rO
It's an evidence-based summary of this new paper, written by an expert who has critically appraised the research so you don't have to. All blogs are short (1,200 words) & easy to read, so ideal if you just have a few mins.

Lots of exciting things to come from @kcl-ms-research.bsky.social - be sure to follow their page!

The relationships between depression, inflammation and self-reported disease activity in IBD and their impact on healthcare usage - BMC Gastroenterology Background Depression is common in people living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Depression rates increase with active disease and are linked to poorer clinical outcomes. Previous studies inves...

Our new open access paper in BMC Gastro as part of BOOST project in #IBD: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@ronamoss-morris.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social Prof Chris Norton, Dr Joanna Hudson & Dr Vari Wileman

Wow!

Headline: Drinking green tea can CUT YOUR RISK OF DEMENTIA.

Study: Japanese people who drink at least 600ml (~3-5 cups) of green tea a day have 1.5% fewer brain lesions than people who drink little/no green tea. Study funded by Suntory beverages.

It really is abhorrent.

Talking Therapies PGDip in CBT Open Evening 2025 Join us for a online evening to learn all about the Talking Therapies PGDip in CBT programme.

Interested in training as a CBT Therapist?

Register for our online open evening to learn about our #TalkingTherapies Postgraduate Diploma in #CognitiveBehavioralTherapy.

@maudsleynhs.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @rhulpsychology.bsky.social

Mon 3 Mar, 18:00 - 19:30⤵️

Becoming me: How children develop their identity What makes us who we are? Our ‘identity’ is a combination of lots of different parts – some that make us similar to other people and some that make us unique. When all of these parts come…

How do children develop their 'me'? Dr Salim Hashmi explores how young people form their identities, from the age of five, through play, imagination, art and technology for @place2becharity.bsky.social's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #PsychSky

World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Psychology Top Psychology school rankings 2025: Leading universities for Psychological Studies Discover the Psychology Rankings results with the definitive Times Higher Education Subject Rankings 2025.

I am delighted to see @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social in the top 10 in the world for psychology. So much hard work goes into our work, and whilst rankings are not the be-all and end-all, it's a nice way to start 2025.

www.timeshighereducation.com/world-univer...

Global study pinpoints genes for depression across ethnicities Researchers at King's College London and University of Edinburgh have identified new genetic risk factors for depression across all major global populations for the first time, allowing scientists to predict risk of depression regardless of ethnicity.

NEW research by IoPPN (@cathrynlewis.bsky.social) and @edinburghuni.bsky.social (Andrew McIntosh) researchers have identified new genetic risk factors for #depression across all global populations for the 1st time, in study in Cell

Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/global-...

A flyer detailing the Sex and MS webinar on Thursday 16th January from 5:00 - 6:30, including a QR code.

🚨Webinar alert 🚨

Join Dr Ashley Brown and Professor @ronamoss-morris.bsky.social from King's College London as they talk about managing sex and intimacy in Multiple Sclerosis.

When: Thursday 16th Jan, 5:00 - 6:30pm GMT - Microsoft Teams

Interested? Tap here: bit.ly/421VuHN

Welcome to 'Unlocking Behaviour Change' Essays in behavioural science

I've just started a Substack series called 'Unlocking Behaviour Change'. I will write brief essays on behavioural science. The first one will look at how the goal of influencing behaviour can be squared with respect for human agency open.substack.com/pub/robertwe...

Ask the Expert: Anxiety and worry in pregnancy and motherhood

Join an online Q&A about anxiety and worry in pregnancy and motherhood with Professor Colette Hirsch, Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist at South London and Maudsley.

Have your questions answered by:
👉submitting them in advance
👉or ask live in the event

rdn.nihr.ac.uk/news/ask-exp...

Sexual difficulties in #MS are often not asked about or treated. If you want to hear more about our recent trial and how we trying to change this join Dr Ashley Brown, our patient advisers and me on Thurs 16th Jan from 5:00-6:30pm GMT.
bit.ly/421VuHN

Habituation of the biological response to repeated psychosocial stress: a systematic review and meta-analysis Recurrent psychosocial stress poses a significant health challenge, prompting research into mechanisms of successful adaptation. Physiological habitua…

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
How do our bodily stress systems adapt to repeated psychosocial stress? A new systematic review/meta-analysis sheds light on the different ways biological stress systems habituate to recurring challenges. Out now in Neurosci & Biobehav Rev 👇
a short 🧵#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience

Important paper on current funding models
“The substantial cost of grant writing and peer review involves significant opportunity costs, not only financial resources but also the time and effort of researchers, which could otherwise contribute to advancing science or enhancing its social impact”

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