🎙️ The Biological Psychiatry Podcast is launching this week! 🎙️

We'll be bringing you conversations with leading researchers about their latest findings in biological psychiatry!

Stay tuned for our first few episodes. More details coming soon!

Ausschreibungstext für den DGPA Early Career Award 2026

Are you a DGPA member (or thinking of becoming one 😁) conducting outstanding research in biopsychology, psychophysiology, or neuroscience? Apply now for the 2026 Early Career Award! @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social

Would love to get some colleagues at the intersection of NLP and CogSci. Reach out if you have any questions! Deadline: 31-Jul-2026

Richtig, unausweichlich, gut für alle
NRW will mit dem neuen Hochschulstärkungsgesetz auch den Schutz vor Machtmissbrauch und Diskriminierung verbessern. Die Debatte um den Gesetzentwurf legt zugleich die Widerstände im System offen. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/04...

New paper: In a larger longitudinal sample, HR and #HRV predicted later reductions in depression and better functioning. HRV also predicted fewer BPD criteria. Not causal—but suggests #ANS as meaningful treatment target. Now published in Translational Psychiatry!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cancer neuroscience: The past, the present, and the road ahead The multilayer crosstalk between cancer and the nervous system not only shapes cancer development but also influences systemic human physiology that governs patient outcomes. This review outlines over...

Our landmark paper outlining the future of #CancerNeurosciene now published in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social Here are my two cents: if cancer forms functional synapses with neurons, what are the implications for brain-body interactions, psychological states and behavior? #TeamEffort!

🔬 On April 28th, Prof. Giuseppe Gangarossa (@peppeganga.bsky.social) from the Université Paris Cité will share his research on how #interoceptive signals shape #reward processing. As always, everyone is welcome, no registration necessary!

🔗 All information: www.psych.mpg.de/seminars

Thanks a lot for the invitation.

I can't wait to meet the MPI of Psychiatry's community 🤩 and discuss about science.

Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) explained - Basic Concepts… Dr. Nicholas Westers addresses the pervasive but often misunderstood issue of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), explaining how to recognize signs, dispelling myths and spotlighting protocols and interventions…

“asking about self-injury is not going to put the idea in their head, if they haven't already thought about it”

👉 Watch on ACAMH Learn · Free CPD/CME
#ChildMentalHealth #SelfHarm #Suicide

Ma este Európa szíve erősebben dobog Magyarországon.

Europe’s heart is beating stronger in Hungary tonight.

‼️Don't forget to submit your abstract for the 2026 SPR meeting in Halifax!! Trainees have the chance to be selected for the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Poster Award. Learn more about the award: mailchi.mp/f933c452e18b...

JOB ALERT🚨

We are hiring a new research coordinator in the lab. Please apply if you are interested in psychopathology and personality reproach.

Information about the position is here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Feel free to ask any questions here, in DM, or email.

📣Job Alert: In unserem Team ist ab Sommer eine 🎓PhD-Stelle zu vergeben. 👉Thema: Stress in der Elternschaft, soziale Berührung und Oxytocin. Methoden fMRT und Ecologically Momentary Assessment 🤳🧠🫂👨‍👧. Infos hier: karriere.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php?ac...

A view of the night sky from Mars. (Yes, really)

Colliding currents can target the deep brain without surgery Human studies show promise of stimulation approach for epilepsy and other diseases

A new approach, called temporal interference stimulation, offers access to deep-brain areas previously only targetable with surgery. https://scim.ag/3NLYZgO

@eeskevanroekel.bsky.social @charlottev.bsky.social & myself are recruiting a PhD student on momentary emotion beliefs and well-being in adolescents (includes ESM & qualitative methods). Position requires Dutch (for data collection). Happy to answer questions!

👉 Apply: tiu.nu/23638 (27 april 2026)

Registration for the 2026 Residential Course in Catania is now open!
Don't miss out - visit the course website for all further information, including the programme and application process:

residentialcourse.com/6th-edition-...

Childhood Maltreatment and Deviations from Normative Brain Structure: A Mega-Analysis of 3,711 Individuals from the ENIGMA MDD and ENIGMA PTSD Working Groups Childhood maltreatment (CM), encompassing abuse and neglect, is highly prevalent and associated with elevated risk for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and other…

Childhood maltreatment has age- and sex-specific effects on brain morphometry.

"I got my PhD by writing prompts instead of doing research, I'm winning"

got some bad news, there still no jobs and now you also know nothing

📣 New preprint out from the lab!

We introduce emotional bandwidth: how much of your emotional state space you move through daily. Wider negative emotional bandwidth predicted more depressive symptoms, even beyond standard affect metrics, and linked to loneliness via depression.

Thread below👇

Diese Kampagne braucht dich jetzt Monatelange Wartezeiten – und jetzt werden psychotherapeutische Leistungen gekürzt?

The compensation for psychotherapeutic services in Germany was cut yesterday. Please support the petition against that 👇
c.org/wc7Vhk7h5L

<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library Background Given the high prevalence of mental illnesses in adolescents, there is an urgent need for effective prevention strategies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the school-based internet ...

Stoked to see the first of 5 RCTs from the ProHEAD consortium, published now in JCPP. Here we show evidence for web-based stress management in universal prevention of mental health problems in >2000 young people (12-25 years).

acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Doppelter Glückwunsch Jens!!

Governing real-world health data as a public utility The utility model offers a framework for ethical stewardship, patient empowerment, and distributed innovation

The vast troves of health data generated during everyday medical care should be treated like essential public infrastructure—governed as a regulated utility rather than left fragmented across private silos, argue the authors of a new #SciencePolicyForum. https://scim.ag/4btOrfm

A crowdsourced megastudy of 12 digital single-session interventions for depression in US adults Nature Human Behaviour - An online experiment compared 12 brief online interventions for depression. Most improved mental health immediately, but these gains decreased over time, with only two...

Our crowdsourced megastudy comparing a diverse set of 12 single-session interventions for depression is out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com!

Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/e6pzz (no paywall)

We also published a brief non-academic piece about the study today: theconversation.com/free-10-minu...

Lack of reviewers threatens robustness of neuroscience literature Simple math suggests that small groups of scientists can significantly bias peer review.

Broad peer review is crucial for a healthy scientific literature, but neuroscientists turn down review requests too often. Simple math suggests that small groups of scientists can significantly bias the literature, writes @jvoigts.bsky.social.

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/l...

Childhood post-adoption experiences and the long-term trajectories of deprivation-specific neurodevelopmental problems: a longitudinal study of the English and Romanian adoptee cohort - European Child... European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Early institutional deprivation is associated with a co-occurring constellation of deprivation-specific problems (DSPs), including autism, ADHD,...

New research publication: Childhood post-#adoption experiences and the long-term trajectories of deprivation-specific neurodevelopmental problems: a longitudinal study of the English and Romanian adoptee cohort by Rodriguez-Perez
et al:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#ECAP #openaccess

📣📣📣Job alert Multimodal Language Department Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics MAX PLANCK RESEARCH GROUP LEADER POSITION (W2 BBESG) lnkd.in/eaq5MW9a

📣 Calling: Alle Eltern

Wir planen psychotherapeutische Gruppen für Eltern von Säuglingen mit Regulationsschwierigkeiten, um zu entlasten & stärken.

Sagt uns, was ihr euch wünschen würdet:
www.soscisurvey.de/saeuglingsgr...

Danke fürs Mitmachen & Teilen! 🙏✨

@tudresden.bsky.social

Registration open 🎉

MEEP – Heidelberg Summer School on Memory and Sleep

www.zi-mannheim.de/forschung/ab...