This is why 'polycrisis' is a useful way of looking at the world right now weforum.org/agenda/2023/03…

AI image synthesis tools are redundancy processing machines: they feed on repeating patterns in their training data, digest them, compress them, & spit them out again, sometimes in strangely distorted ways. This is particularly apparent in Midjourney's new »Zoom Out« feature 1/7

(1/6) New paper in Comprehensive Psychiatry! This work differentiates the multidimensional needs of young people at primary mental health services. Using a latent class analysis, we revealed 3 distinct groups. Frank Iorfino Ian Hickie Jai Shah Brain & Mind Centre sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our paper "Towards a youth mental health paradigm: a perspective and roadmap" is out in Molecular Psychiatry: bit.ly/3YAx8kS Patrick McGorry Stephen Wood Merete Nordentoft Ian Hickie Jai Shah John Torous, MD MBI Prof Helen L. Fisher Sophia Frangou Matcheri Keshavan, MD Dost Öngür Uli Reininghaus

Spent the long weekend losing my mind over Montreal’s urban design. It’s the best in North America by a wide margin. Want to see some fantastic public spaces? 🧵📸

I guess it was only a matter of time before the anti-glasses grift became a thing? This community is so hellbent on having a contrarian opinion on every incredible scientific invention.

🚨Our paper on understanding the temporal dependencies between transdiagnostic mental health and other relevant factors using Bayesian networks. TLDR: Functioning has temporal effects on suicidality Mathew Varidel @IanHickie Sally Cripps bit.ly/3Px75rI

A special day: 20th anniversary of PEPP-Montréal and celebration of the career of Dr Ashok Malla. Wonderful reflections and a call for new horizons from so many - locally, nationally and globally.

Our new paper on the precursor stage of first-episode psychosis is now available online Schizophrenia Bulletin. doi.org/10.1093/schbul… We looked at combinations and 256 temporal associations among precursor symptoms. Jai Shah Douglas Research Centre

Release day for my new book. The cover art – a Buddhist mandala done in Coast Salish form – is by Dylan Thomas (Lyackson First Nation). I sincerely hope this book is judged by its cover. I am excited to share this book with the world and am so thankful to everyone who helped me

The impact (good or bad) that you have on people through your teaching and mentoring will likely be greater than the impact of your research on society.

Fantastic opportunity for all interested to set the Australian (and wider) early psychosis research agenda Patrick McGorry @matthewrbroome Jai Shah Rachel Upthegrove MBE Zaynab Sohawon FRSA BCAh Prof Lucia Valmaggia Nev Jones PhD Sue Cotton Eóin Killackey Stephen Wood Ashleigh Lin aepcc.org.au

Not confirmed yet but all MDPI, Frontiers & Hindawi journals planned to be erased (level 0) from Finnish academic assessment by end of 2024. Should be clear that if you're a researcher here, a high time to stop submitting/reviewing for those journals.

Describing his childhood in Nothern Canada, Dr. Christopher Mushquash said, “The one thing that I always had was Ideas. I thought about things a lot, I thought about things deeply.” Watch his full acceptance speech and more from the #GairdnerAwards Gala right here ⬇️ bit.ly/2023Acceptance…

Our annual Christmas miracle in Saint-Henri. The little pink house on top of the Canada Malting Plant by the Lachine canal is, once again, decorated for the holidays. Pic: Shaune Thompson 💕🎄 #Montreal

Toronto media and Blue Jays fans are convinced he’s heading to Toronto to sign with the Jays

Today our comprehensive review of the social determinants of #mentalhealth was published in World Psychiatric Association (WPA) wpanet.org World Psychiatry. Our piece reviews the current evidence on causes & prevention, & makes 7 recommendations framed around social justice. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wp… #sdoh

Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.

Are Critiques of DSM/ICD as Devastating for Psychiatric Diagnosis as Some Critics Seem to Think? psychiatrymargins.com/p/are-critique…