The effect of increasing availability of vegetarian meals on their sales in worksite cafeterias: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Reducing meat consumption is critical for planetary health and could benefit public health. Restructuring food environments – such as increasing vege

A study in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity suggests that increasing vegetarian meal options in worksite cafeterias can positively influence food choices, lower environmental impact, and reduce calorie intake without affecting business outcomes.

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Neuroanatomy reflects individual variability in impulsivity in youth - Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Psychiatry - Neuroanatomy reflects individual variability in impulsivity in youth

Our latest work looking at the neuroanatomical basis of impulsivity in youth is out now in Molecular Psychiatry!

Revised statistical bar extracts less-common variants from autism genetics studies Adjusting genetic analyses could help plug autism’s heritability gap, according to a new preprint.

A new study “challenges a long-standing assumption in statistical genetics—that a single genome-wide significance threshold works equally well across all allele frequencies,” says @abesterman.bsky.social at the University of California San Diego.

By Holly Barker

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Why do women live longer than men, but spend more time in poor health? A decomposition analysis of the gender gap in unhealthy life years across Europe - European Journal of Epidemiology This study tests the “longevity hypothesis,” which posits that women’s greater number of years spent in poor health is primarily a direct consequence of their longer survival. We analyse gender differences in unhealthy life years (ULY) at age 50 across 22 European countries in 2015–2017. ULY was estimated using three approaches—the Sullivan method, the cross-sectional average length of healthy life, and multistate life tables—applied to four health indicators of varying severity: chronic diseases, functional limitations, self-rated health, and disability. Data were drawn from the Human Mortality Database and the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. We decomposed the gender gap in ULY into a “mortality effect” (ME), reflecting differences in life years lived, and a “health effect” (HE), reflecting differences in morbidity prevalence. Women at age 50 lived more unhealthy years than men across almost all health indicators and countries. In most cases, more than half of the gender gap in ULY was attributable to the ME, indicating that women’s longer survival primarily explains their greater number of years spent in poor health. The HE showed greater variation across indicators and countries. Results were most consistent for chronic diseases and self-rated health, while functional limitations and disability yielded smaller and less consistent differences. Findings support the longevity hypothesis: women’s higher life expectancy is the main driver of their longer lifetime spent in poor health. The variation across health dimensions highlights the importance of distinguishing between them when studying gender inequalities in health.

😷💉 Why do women live longer than men, but spend more time in poor health? This study tests the “longevity hypothesis,” which posits that women’s greater number of years spent in poor health is primarily a direct consequence of their longer survival. bit.ly/3OQF7cD @vdilego.bsky.social

Bluesky Map Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

Omg yes! I keep thinking of other tools that they could integrate!

New analysis shows no link between autism and paracetamol Using a new approach to control for genetic and environmental confounders, a review and meta-analysis finds no link between paracetamol use during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children.

⭐Research highlight: A review and meta-analysis uses a new approach to control for confounders, and finds no link between paracetamol use in pregnancy & neurodevelopmental outcomes in children.
The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41591-026-00005-7

Unique neural signatures of childhood sexual abuse revisited Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) constitutes a detrimental subtype of childhood maltreatment (CM) associated with high trauma load and adverse health outcomes. Previous studies indicate CSA-specific reduc...

Preprint here: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

I know reviewers are overloaded. But we cannot keep doing science like this.

If you know anyone who might be willing to review or help unblock this, please reach out.
#PeerReview #AcademicPublishing #MentalHealth

Our paper studies neural effects of childhood sexual abuse. My shared first author is a PhD student whose dissertation depends on this work @vincenthammes.bsky.social

Academic milestone I never wanted to celebrate:

Nearly 1 year waiting for reviews at @nature.com journal Molecular Psychiatry.

Multiple follow-ups. No movement.
We provided 30+ reviewer suggestions months ago.

Can we automate clinical assessment of thought disorder by finetuning an #LLM? Come find out at our #ACNP2026 poster this evening (Tue) #12!

Resilience Beyond Diagnosis: Prospective Neural Correlates of Better-Than-Expected Outcomes in Depression Background Resilience, the ability to adapt positively in the face of adversity, is shaped by the interplay of risk and protective factors. Previous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies on resilie...

Long due: "Resilience Beyond Diagnosis" out as preprint!
Higher resilience to depression—defined as better-than-expected mental health given cumulative risk—showed no concurrent brain differences, but prospectively predicted lower GMV in orbitofrontal cortex & temporal pole.

doi.org/10.64898/202...

Proud to share that I’ve joined the Tang Lab, where I’ll be working on natural language processing approaches to predict social functioning in schizophrenia. Excited to work with this incredible team led by @stanglab.bsky.social at @northwellhealth.bsky.social. Ready to go, new lab mug in hand ☕️

Massive congrats to Janik to this amazing publications - so well deserved!!

Shared Neural Signatures of Socioeconomic Status, Scarcity, and Neighborhood Threat in Youth Early life adversity is a known risk factor for psychopathology, yet the neurodevelopmental impacts of distinct types of adversity remain unclear. Using machine learning, we examined how adversity (ph...

Read our preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to receive an SfN Trainee & Professional Development Award 🎉 I’ll be presenting our new machine learning preprint showing how cortical thickness predicts socioeconomic disadvantage across development in the ABCD Study. Grateful to share this work at #SfN2025 in San Diego!

✨ New paper ✨ in JAMA Pediatrics! We discuss how understanding the timing ⏰ of stressful events relative to neurodevelopment can help us better identify risk factors (looking backward) and predict future psychopathology (looking forward) at the individual level
#neuroskyence #devpsych #PsychSciSky

📆 Mark your calendars for our next webinar: Inside Adolescence: Substance Use Patterns, Predictions, Risk, and Resilience in the #ABCDStudy®.

The webinar will be held twice on Monday, September 8th, to accommodate different time zones.

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📢 new #PUBLICATION by our young investigator Maria Ortuño!

How do brain metabolites change as we grow? 🧠 New insights show region-specific shifts in key metabolites, shedding light on typical brain maturation and future mental health research.

➡️ Full summary: family-project.eu/research/pub...

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The 12th #IBRO World Congress of #Neuroscience is heading to Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 from 13–16 September 2027! Mark your calendar and join us for an unforgettable #meeting!

#IBRO2027 #IBROinAfrica #CapeTown #SouthAfrica

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Cannabis, psychosis and the structural realities for ethnic minorities buff.ly/lpRKYTP

#Cannabis #Psychosis #EthnicMinorities #RiskFactors #BlackMentalHealth #SocialDeterminants

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Access our entire new commentary for free here : authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHlgbXYiy...

Really enjoyed working with the team on this one. It’s important for the field to hold each other accountable. Here’s why we cannot say “having two children might be best for women’s mental health” ⬇️

Commentary on “Having two children might be best for women's mental health: Evidence from UK Biobank”

📄 Read the full piece here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

With @elvisha.bsky.social , @drerynnchristensen.bsky.social , @lisawiersch.bsky.social, Daniel Hagen, Danielle Stolzenberg, Winnie Orchard & Kimberly D’Anna-Hernandez

Women’s mental health is not one-size-fits-all ❤️
We hope this commentary helps encourage thoughtful discussion and continued research in this important area.