Simon Brett

A protocol for the development of a core outcome set for adults with depression Heterogeneous outcome measurement limits the comparison and combination of results from randomized controlled trials and observational studies aimed at evaluating therapeutic interventions for depress...

Our newly published protocol for the development of a core outcome set for adults with depression.

With @pimcuijpers.bsky.social @toshi-frkw.bsky.social @astridchevance.bsky.social and many others.

www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python

Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

New paper led by @drlynam.bsky.social on the need for more training in and engagement with open science practices in clinical psych programs. It has been difficult to make progress due to a variety of barriers, including students working in labs uninterested or hostile to these approaches.

Interoceptive Ability is Unrelated to Mental Health Symptoms: Evidence From a Large Scale Multi-Domain Psychophysical Investigation Interoception-the sensing and perception of the internal viscera-is widely cast as a transdiagnostic mechanism linking brain-body interaction to mental illness. Prevailing models propose that altered ...

Are interoception and mental health linked? Many assume so, with interoception even described as a psychiatric “p-factor.” But in our latest preprint, we were surprised to find little evidence for such a connection. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 Thread with our reflections on the matter 👇

Great to see this out! The final installment in a series of studies led by Jia White exploring strengths-based approaches for autistic high schoolers.

Check out all the studies here:
1. doi.org/10.1177/1362...
2. doi.org/10.1007/s402...
3. doi.org/10.1080/0013...
4. doi.org/10.3390/educ...

Understanding Autistic Traits with the CATI Our new study confirms the CATI is a reliable, inclusive tool to explore Autistic traits! What is the CATI? The Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory (CATI) is a 42-item questionnaire designed with Autistic input. It explores six key trait areas — like sensory sensitivity, masking, and self-regulatory behaviours (all traits named or endorsed by an Autistic focus group) What did we do? We tested the CATI with over 2,600 adults. Half were Autistic (diagnosed and self-identifying) and half non-Autistic people to check ensure it is a valid and reliable measure of autistic traits for both autistic and non-autistic adults. Autistic-led and community-shaped This is an Autistic co-led paper, that was steered by the community which included a review of the original CATI trait names and question wording. Read the paper open access  https://tinyurl.com/CATIAUTISM You can complete the CATI or want to know more  www.cati-autism.com

New paper alert! We psychometrically validated the Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory. Please check it out. The main takeaways are below, but this has been such a wonderful project!
Open access paper tinyurl.com/CATIAUTISM

New paper alert!

Information transfer within and between autistic and non-autistic people is out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com

nature.com/articles/s41...

THREAD! 🧵⬇️

Four images to illustrate some prominent single-gene myths. Top left shows a photograph of a person deftly rolling their tongue into a U-shape. Top right shows a photograph of a person’s ear, highlighting the shape and features of the earlobe and cartilage. Bottom left shows a close-up photograph of a person’s eye, with a vivid blue colouration. Bottom right shows a photograph of a person poised to write with their left hand on the blank white page of a spiral-bound notebook.

Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n

Following public false claims on autism causation and attacks on science, INSAR has released a statement that people are “born with autism”
www.autism-insar.org/page/insarst.... Autism as innate and lifelong is the focus my new free paper (long thread incoming): www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...

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Tutorial on exploring ecological momentary assessment data is online at AMPPS, with:
- Accessible ways to visualize data for better understanding
- Models to get some first insights
- Further reading boxes for more advanced topics
- Reproducible pipeline you can run over your own data

Always lots to learn from Prof Liz Pellicano. The picture is of Liz speaking on her first visit to @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social

Thrilled that our article on knowledge, explicit stigma, and implicit biases towards autism across Hong Kong, the UK, and the US is now published #OpenAccess in @journalautism.bsky.social ⭐ Was so great working with
Yulin Cheng & Patrick Dwyer on this! 🧵1/6
doi.org/10.1177/1362...

@journalautism.bsky.social
#AutismResearch

Suitability of the DSM-5 social anxiety disorder severity scale for autistic adults - Simon G Brett, Jacquiline E den Houting, Melissa H Black, Lauren P Lawson, Julian Trollor, Samuel RC Arnold, 2024 In autistic adults, measurement tools may not adequately differentiate between autistic characteristics and features of anxiety. This may be particularly eviden...

This is the first ever study to ask autistic adults directly how they understood questions used in the Severity Measure for Social Anxiety Disorder.

Full article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Easy read summary: nceidh.org.au/sites/defaul...

Autistic people reveal the limitations of a social anxiety measure Our research takes an important step toward creating better measures of social anxiety in autistic people.

Measurement of social anxiety in autistic people is fraught with difficulty. Results from our research reveal there is more work to do to make sure measures of social anxiety work well for autistic people. Read more at: nceidh.org.au/news/autisti...

We would really like to hear from you if you are an autistic adult who is receiving CBT or has received CBT in the last six months. We would like your views on how autistic adults’ experience communication during CBT. We know that many autistic people access CBT.  We also know that autistic people can struggle with communication, especially during challenging times, such as a mental health setback. We would like to know how communication was for you during your experience of CBT. We hope our research will help healthcare professionals support communication with autistic people more effectively.If you choose to take part, I will talk to you about how you found communication in CBT. The questions will be emailed to you in advance, and you do not need to answer any questions that you do not feel comfortable with. The interview can be an online meeting, in person, or by email (whatever is your preference).  The interview should take no longer than 90 minutes.

A colleague is investigating how autistic adults experience communication during CBT for her PhD research.

If you are interested, please contact a.wilson@pgr.reading.ac.uk for more information

We are setting up a network of schools across England that are interested in mental health research. Schools get lots of benefits on top of being involved in cutting edge mental health research. Schools and researchers, do get in touch! Wisdom.network@psy.ox.ac.uk

RESEARCHERS & PRACTITIONERS IN SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH 🏫📚🧠

to complement the lovely general C&A MH lists from @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social (go.bsky.app/mJXZrD) & @olademk.bsky.social (go.bsky.app/KSGUBYg)

Hoping this will be primarily crowd-sourced, so please tell me who to add: go.bsky.app/5EXucz1

Hi Emma, would love to join, if possible. Thanks!

A screenshot of the first page of the article, showing the title ("when I say ... neurodiversity paradigm"), the author information, and the start of the main text.

🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️

"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"

Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#MedEd

@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social

Hi Laura, I’m new to Bluesky and would love to be added too and connect with others.

group of people raising drinks and celebrating

What better way to start on a new platform other than celebrating success. Here's celebrating Simon Brett's successful PhD viva, with examiners @cmanning.bsky.social &Eva Loth and co-supervisor Liz Pellicano.