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ESTSS Future Leaders Talks on #Psychotrauma #podcast launch episode:

"Why psychotrauma matters—and where you can make your mark in the ESTSS community"

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📣New ESTSS Future Leaders "Talks on Psychotrauma" Podcast coming soon!

Prof. Dominic Murphy, Dr Maria Bragesjö and Dr Joanne Mouthaan on why psychotrauma matters - and why you should join the ESTSS community.

Get inspired. Get connected. Stay tuned. 🎙️

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I completely agree! AI shouldn't replace human teachers & we should fight for more resources. But funding is slow & we found students want to be able to practice over & over which is not feasible in a classroom where many students need to take turns. We concluded that AI should be a supplement only.

(PDF) Using AI chatbots to train and test clinical communication skills: A meta-analysis, a feasibility study, & qualitative interviewing PDF | Background: Generative AI chatbots which are capable of holding a natural-sounding conversation have been suggested to be a viable method of... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...

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#PsychSciSky (7/7)

📊 Professionals see #networks as insightful for clients & useful in treatment selection, but have concerns re: clients’ ability and own time constraints in learning to interpret output. Professionals who regularly use #eMentalHealth for giving clients questionnaires see more value in networks. (6/7)

🤖 Professionals who are more positive about technology in #mental #healthcare, who are happier with #eMentalHealth, & who use e-mental health in more ways are more interested in using #AI in their practice. They hope that AI will broaden access to care but have concerns about #data privacy. (5/7)

Presenter standing in front of a conference poster titled "What do mental healthcare professionals think about AI and data-driven methods in clinical practice? A mixed-methods investigation"

I also had the opportunity to present a poster on a project that my two master thesis students have been working on for the past year. We investigated mental healthcare professionals' attitudes towards #AI and data-driven methods such as network models in #mentalhealthcare. (4/7)

Screenshot of a conversation between a human and a chatbot simulating a patient with suicidal ideation

🧑‍🎓 Students perceive #genAI patient simulator #chatbots as acting like they would expect a real patient to act, and are enthusiastic about the idea of using them to train their clinical skills. At the same time, they want them to supplement, not replace, working with human simulated patients. (3/7)

💬 Meta-analytic evidence shows that practising with #chatbots and #VR are effective means of training #healthcare #communication skills such as #clinicalpsychology intakes, explaining treatment options, and suicide risk assessment. (2/7)

Presenter standing in front of a screen displaying a presentation titled "Using AI chatbots to train and test clinical communication skills: A meta-analysis, a feasibility study, and qualitative interviewing"

🧵 Last week, I had the pleasure of attending #ESRII2025. I presented a meta-analysis and a feasibility study that I've been working on with @joannemouthaan.bsky.social on improving suicide prevention training in #psychology #education. Some key takeaways: (1/7)

Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...

PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky

👩‍💻 Do you work in the #GGZ in NL? Do you have opinions on how #AI & #technology might change #psychotherapy? Or on how we could use #data to better personalise interventions? Maybe you're not sure!

💭 Share your opinions in a short survey with optional follow-up interview via tinyurl.com/futv7p4j

Parental warmth—not poverty or danger—predicts positive world beliefs in adulthood Groundbreaking research spanning 14 years and eight countries reveals that warm parenting during childhood strongly predicts young adults’ beliefs that the world is good, safe, and enticing—while material hardship and harsh discipline showed little effect on worldview.

Parental warmth—not poverty or danger—predicts positive world beliefs in adulthood

Still collecting data for this study! Sharing is caring and we appreciate every participant! 🙏

Practising with AI: a chatbot for suicide prevention In the ‘Educatips’ column, Psychology lecturers share their most important insights about teaching. This month, Joanne Mouthaan and Anna Hudson talk about an AI chatbot they are developing with which ...

Was super fun to get to sit down and chat about our super cool upcoming project on #AI #chatbots in training and testing #SuicidePrevention skills!

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How does your #childhood affect how you interact with others as an adult? My master students are collecting data on childhood #adversity, #mood, and #social behaviour to find out! Want to fill in some questionnaires (~15-30 mins) and help them out? Join our study via: tinyurl.com/ms9ccf29 🙏

“Cooperation and constructive partnerships are vital, and […] science has the ability not only to advance our understanding of the world but also to bring people together.”

Accessibility and public availability of treatment protocols and manuals for evidence-based psychological interventions for severe mental disorders: A survey of randomized trials Background: Psychological interventions are developed and tested as packages of multiple components. Identifying active ingredients requires access to detailed intervention descriptions, such as from ...

Yes, I am one of those horrible people who submit during the season. New preprint, 1st paper from my #ERCStG DECOMPOSE
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The goals of DECOMPOSE are break-down psychological interventions into components, integrate these in a taxonomy and evaluate incremental efficacy

Do Therapists Know When Their Clients Deteriorate? An Investigation of Therapists' Ability to Estimate and Predict Client Change During and After Psychotherapy In routine outcome monitoring, psychotherapists receive feedback from their clients about their self-reported progress during therapy. This practice is based on research indicating that therapists ov....

More evidence that "therapists cannot rely on their clinical judgement alone to assess client progress and outcomes and will depend on routine outcome monitoring to detect client deterioration".

Nice to find some fellow suicide prevention researchers!

Exciting to see Bluesky grow! I created a starter pack for folks interested in all things traumatic stress. Please don’t hesitate to add: go.bsky.app/MHqLdaG