Nicolas Oakey-Frost, PhD

Thanks, Tom :)

Anyone out there really really good at data cleaning in R?

What keeps someone going, even in their darkest moments?

The answer isn’t the same for everyone – especially when it comes to military personnel and their families.

Yeah; my PSOGD pub published I 2022 may get an issue number this year?

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(1/3) Research Spotlight! 💡 A study led by Dr. David Rozek and other STRONG STAR Faculty found that around 40% of clinicians and mental health allies still use suicide prevention strategies that are NOT evidence-based. #SuicidePrevention #Research

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9th Suicide & Self-harm Early & Mid-Career Researchers' Forum

Call for Abstracts

Closing date 31st March.

If you are an early or mid-career researcher working in the field of suicide or self-harm, this conference is for you.

All welcome.

🔗 suicideresearch.info/2024/10/09/9...

Hell yes.

To my fellow ECRs: as you navigate the current fuckery, I encourage you to Door Dash yourself a good cheeseburger. Things seem much less existentially doomed when consuming a cheeseburger...
#treatyoself
#cheeseburger #doom

Apples are like the whiskey of fruit. Every varietal is so different in character with a lot of really great nuance to be found.

Gotta catch all them apples!
#howdoyoulikethemapples #apples #whiskey

These are the times to celebrate whenever possible :) congratulations!

Agreed; you have chosen correctly.

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I remember mine vividly, too. Was in the University PSC and I was sooo stoked. Wish it could feel that way again

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Not sure I even feel paper acceptances anymore...this isn't a flex, just a reflection of how numb I am.

The formatting and grammar really brings the vim and vigor that has been missing in our scientific conversation; definitely a top reason I got into clinical psychology.

Said no one, ever.

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#MentalHealth #PTSD

Our Impact 2024 - STRONG STAR Training Initiative

While we can't predict how that prevents suicide, I am confident that the training and access offered by SSTI is saving lives.

Read the full impact report here:
strongstartraining.org/our-impact-2...

Because of the work of my SSTI colleagues, more people have access to empirically supported treatment for PTSD and suicidal thoughts, they are getting better, and that improvement is measurable.

4500 clinicians trained in 2024.
40000 sessions of treatment completed.

Our recent impact report from @strongstartraining.bsky.social focuses not on shiny scientific arguments, but on the reach of clinicians into their communities across the United States supporting veterans and their family members in recovery from severe and debilitating psychological distress.

I joined SSTI to extricate myself (even if momentarily) from the rat race of "mechanism" research and learn from those disseminating and implementing research into practice, training, and support for clinicians doing the work.

Clinical scientists and researchers, including myself, can lose sight of the "singularity" that drives their research agenda. In my case, it is the prevention of suicidal behavior.

Anybody else feel like Melania looked like The Crooked Man from Conjuring 2 yesterday?

I have already leaned through sad experience to not tell a ton of people I am a psychologist. Several folks have already initiated discussions of their therapy with me…

Two pieces of advice for academic interviews For prospective grad students and faculty

Read Paul's post here:
smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/p/two-pieces...

Don't trust the administrators, don't trust the graduate students. EVERYONE will have something to say about you. Be pragmatic and political. Some interviewers and other individuals will try and lull you into a sense of calm or ask you to put your guard down; DON'T fall for it.

We are entering grad school, faculty, and internship interview season. I want to share one of the most valuable pieces of advice I got from a mentor as a post. bacc. that is written up well here by Paul Bloom:

"Trust nobody. When you are interviewing, you are always on".

#iykyk #bookofmormon