In February 2024, I wrote Scientific Reports about a published meta-analysis claiming that mindfulness interventions affect neural plasticity, 'cementing the neuropsychological basis of mindfulness-based interventions'. Paper was retracted yesterday—here a process summary.🧵

My first paper using SNP data was really just a description of all the patterns I ran into while cleaning the data: nature.com/articles/ejhg2…

Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.

Interested in love and mate preferences? Our dataset includes responses from 117,293 participants across 175 countries. You're welcome to use it for your own research! Paper and dataset linked below. @ with amazing collaborators from the large-scale cross-cultural consortium <3

Suicide attempts among early adolescents aged 10 to 14 show varying long-term outcomes, with most individuals experiencing favorable adult social and psychiatric outcomes. ja.ma/3TlZT2Y

Human mitochondria connect with each other at a distance through thin membrane protrusions called "nanotunnels" As if they are "reaching out for help". Mitochondria in people with mitochondrial diseases show more nanotunnels in healthy mitochondria do. Below is one of the most

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Viewpoint: Ketamine's antidepressant potential is hindered by commercial barriers, highlighting the need for a federal program to prioritize drug repurposing based on patient needs. ja.ma/4eweJ0B

🚨 My new paper! How can we improve polygenic score (PGS) performance across diverse populations? I benchmarked leading PGS methods across EUR, AFR & EAS ancestries — and found a simple, accurate, and efficient approach. 🔗 tinyurl.com/6cmvxnu2

Postdoc job alert! I’m looking for someone with a PhD in neuroscience/psychology, psychiatry, biomed engineering, computational modeling or a related field to join my NIH-funded team at UCLA studying the neural & computational mechanisms of #interoception in anorexia nervosa 1/2

The Lithium for Alzheimer’s Paper Everyone is Talking About (🔗 in 8/8) 1/8) A major new paper published in nature from researchers at Harvard reinvigorated scientific interest in lithium for Alzheimer’s disease. We will dive into the new data and end with practical takeaways

🚨 Last Days to Submit! The WPA ECP Newsletter wants YOUR contributions! 🧠 Research • Clinical reflections • Case reports • Event summaries • Creative work — share with ECPs worldwide. 🗓️ Deadline: 13 August 2025 – don’t miss it! 🔗Submit: bit.ly/ECP-NewsSub #WPA #ECP

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Most viewed this week from JAMA Psychiatry: Low-dose #semaglutide reduced alcohol craving and consumption in adults with alcohol use disorder. ja.ma/4lpShbb

Untreated ADHD is linked to: • Smoking and substance use • Alcoholism • Obesity and diabetes • Depression and insomnia • Lung cancer The sobering reality of ADHD: Cohort studies show life expectancy drops ↓ 8–13 years

Researchers and doctors from Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, in a new The Lancet Commission, call for improved physical health monitoring for people prescribed psychiatric medication kcl.ac.uk/news/doctors-c…

Most psychiatric GWAS are Eurocentric, limiting relevance across ancestries. Latin America’s genetic and environmental architecture offers a chance to advance global discovery. See the recent review by the Latin American Genomics Consortium (LAGC)🌎📷🧬 nature.com/articles/s4158…

LDAK-KVIK is our new tool for mixed-model association analysis (MMAA) of quantitative and binary traits. LDAK-KVIK has the power of BOLT-LMM, but the computational demands of REGENIE. See the tweets below for more information.

🧠 New ENIGMA-PGC study: Whole-brain voxel-based analysis across global cohorts shows structural brain abnormalities linked to PTSD. This large-scale collaboration highlights how international data sharing advances our understanding of PTSD neurobiology sciencedirect.com/science/articl…