“The impact of an unsanctioned compassion club on non-fatal overdose” by Jeremy Kalicum et al (2024) via International Journal of Drug Policy…are there any compassion clubs operating in your region? These clubs save lives! Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I'm really not sure how we dig ourselves out of this mess. There's a real divergence within students about how they would like to learn and it is difficult to match

When I teach Principal Component Analysis (PCA), I use my interactive dashboard to engage my students. They can observe how, through an orthogonal transformation (rotation) of a two-feature dataset, the variance of the data projected onto one of the components can be maximized.

First ever dog post, but totally worth it, sound on!!!

A record shop video game! This looks like it could be a lot of fun theguardian.com/games/article/…

🌟We are kickstarting the POSTEdu project!🌟 In this project, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), we will develop a pedagogically-informed, evidence-based, self-guided program for educators interested in teaching Open Research. To do this, we want to hear from you👇

This is a crazy story: Med Students used to be required to buy actual human remains on their booklists abc.net.au/news/2024-05-1…

NSW Health is warning the public of high-dose MDMA tablets (ecstasy) in circulation across NSW, found to contain around twice the amount commonly found in other MDMA tablets in NSW. The grey irregular-shaped tablets have an imprint ‘LION’ text on one side.

PLEASE consider signing this petition about increasing the PhD stipend for research students in Australia. It is nuts that we pay our best and brightest below the minimum wage to do their work! aph.gov.au/e-petitions/pe…

I just backed SUN RA: Door Of the Cosmos on Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/sunra…

It's over four years since I wrote this blog post, and I still see the same thing happening, time after time. In psychology everything mediates everything steamtraen.blogspot.com/2020/04/in-psy…

Experts say everyone from police, to firefighters, bar workers and even parking inspectors, needs to start carrying the treatment and know how to use it. ab.co/3WGKk8w

Psychiatric Diagnosis: A Clinical Guide to Navigating Diagnostic Pluralism New publication by me, Konrad Banicki, Mark L. Ruffalo, & Allen Frances! Focus is on helping clinicians navigate the current plurality of diagnostic frameworks (pdf 🔗in posts 👇) journals.lww.com/jonmd/abstract…

Teaching stats and R using our textbook for complete beginners, Data Analysis for Social Science (bit.ly/dss_book)? #rstats Here are some instructor RESOURCES for you:

Must read for all clinicians: "Psychopharmacology Reconsidered: Concise Guide Exploring Limits of DiagnosistTreatment" Best book ever on psych meds: 1)How meds work 2)Golden tips when/how to use safely 3)Why no new meds? 4)Hype of past 5)Hope for future? a.co/d/2UJ74aq

This suite of resources from AIPEP aims to support psychologists & psychology supervisors in being culturally safe & responsive when working with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people. It consists of a Manual, Guide and Reflective journal: 🔗 bit.ly/4cB6Vbp

“Guiding principles for breaking down drug-related stigma in academic writing” by Ramez Bathish et al (2024) via International Journal of Drug Policy…great resource for drug related academic stigma in our journal! What are some resources you use for stigma? Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This will be a great tool for teaching stats!

I just backed Publish or Perish: A Humorous Party Game about Academia by Max Hui Bai Ph.D. (despite the use of comic sans) on Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/maxhu…