Da stimmen wir natürlich zu! 🌟

Ein spannender Artikel mit u.a. @ulrikebingel.bsky.social 👩‍⚕️

MS-Wissenschaft Rundgang MS-Wissenschaft

⭐ Today the new website of @w-i-d.de's #MSWissenschaft launched! ⭐

It is a museum boat with this year's topic "medicine of the future" that tours Germany, Poland, and Austria from 7.5. onwards.

Guess what - we will also be on the boat!

More info on our exhibit: ms-wissenschaft.de/de/ausstellu...

a woman in a car with the words " meet at the rendezvous point " on the bottom ALT: a woman in a car with the words " meet at the rendezvous point " on the bottom

We will also be at three Meet-The-Scientist days to answer all of your questions about treatment expectations.

📍 Potsdam (11.6. with @jlaferton.bsky.social)
📍 Cologne (14.7. with @ulrikebingel.bsky.social, Sven Benson, and/or @helenahartmann.com)
📍 Mainz (22.8. with Marcel Wilhelm)

More info soon!

Here is the next "In a nutshell" video, in which @jlaferton.bsky.social explains what expectations and recovery after surgery have in common! 🏥👩‍⚕️

German: youtu.be/IezkAjHpc1c
English: youtu.be/1-0dDnScJ_o

We'd be grateful if you comment or leave a like, and of course, subscribe for more content! 🤩

Currently reviewing some new "In a nutshell" videos for our @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social YouTube channel! 🤩

Some cool videos coming up feat. @janhaaker.bsky.social, @jlaferton.bsky.social and Christine Knaevelsrud! 🤯

For now, stay tuned and subscribe: youtube.com/@sfb-trr_289...

We also have some new affiliated projects! 🤩

First, we heard a great talk from @jlaferton.bsky.social on enhancing treatment expectations for knee replacement outcomes🦵😷

Then, Marcel Wilhelm and Gertraud Gradl-Dietsch presented a project on the impact of different treatment framing on depression ☹️

Wirkstoff Mensch, besser könnte es zu unserer Forschung nicht passen! Hört mal rein!

Vier Kommunikations-Tipps für besseren Therapieerfolg Wie lassen sich die Behandlungserwartungen der Patient:innen nutzen, um den Therapieerfolg zu optimieren? Diese Frage diskutiert Laura Weisenburger.

Aaaand since we're talking podcasts, don't miss this summary by @apothekenumschau.bsky.social's podcast "ne Dosis Wissen" in four communication strategies for better therapeutic outcomes! 🗣️👤

Listen to it (in German): www.apotheken-umschau.de/podcast/epis...)

New MSc in Pain Neurosciences. Ready to shape the future of pain research? Applications open soon for 2026 admission.

September is #PainAwarenessMonth, and we are excited to be launching our brand-new MSc in Pain Neurosciences. Could you help shape the future of #pain research? Opening soon for 2026 admissions 👀

Learn more 👇
bit.ly/OxMScPain

Huge congratulations to Frederik Schlitt (A17), Sven Polifka (A15), Christopher Milde (A04/Z02), & our associated CRC member @jlaferton.bsky.social for winning @sipsplacebo.bsky.social poster prizes! ✨

We definitely (re)presented great research at this year's #SIPSplacebo2025 conference! 😁

Lehrbeauftragte auf Honorarbasis für die Praktika I bis III: Arzt-Patient-Kommunikation im Fach Medizinische Psychologie und Soziologie. Die HMU Health and Medical University Potsdam sucht zum Wintersemester 2025 Lehrbeauftragte auf Honorarbasis für die Praktika I bis III: Arzt-Patient-Kommunikation im Fach Medizinische Psychologie und...

🎓 Die HMU Potsdam sucht Lehrbeauftragte (Honorar) für die Praktika I–III zur Arzt-Patient-Kommunikation ab WiSe 2025! Psychologie/Medizin, didaktisches Talent & Lust auf Lehre? Jetzt bewerben! 👉 www.psychjob.eu/de/job/lehrb...

Finally on my way to the SIPS Conference in Kraków — a bit delayed due to a beautiful wedding weekend, but excited to join the amazing placebo science community!
See you soon, @sipsplacebo.bsky.social l 👋

#SIPSconference2025 #SIPSplacebo2025

Psychometric Evaluation of the Beliefs About Stress Scale in the German General Population Background Beliefs about stress significantly influence health outcomes. Reliable, economical scales are essential for assessing these beliefs to foster understanding on mechanisms by which stress m.....

Just published: Validation and normative data for the Beliefs About Stress Scale (BASS) in a representative German general population sample!
potentially useful for both research and clinical assessment of stress beliefs.
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1002/mpr....

How to Improve Patients' Treatment Expectations Patients' treatment expectations may affect their treatment outcomes. Coauthor Johannes A. C. Laferton, PhD, joins JAMA Senior Editor Anne Cappola, MD, ScM, to discuss the latest article in JAMA's Communicating Medicine series, which explores how to help patients have a better experience and better outcomes with treatment.

Coauthor Johannes Laferton joins JAMA Senior Editor Anne Cappola to discuss how to help patients have a better experience and better outcomes with treatment.

🎧 Listen now:

Out now in JAMA:

Together with Meike Shedden Mora and Winfried Rief @rief01.bsky.social , we share four evidence-supported communication strategies to help health care professionals improve patient expectations—and thereby enhance treatment outcomes.
#MedTwitter #Psychology

Psychological internet interventions are effective in people suffering from depressive symptoms who do not meet criteria for depression yet. Particularly for those with at least moderate symptom severity @mathiasharrer.bsky.social @toshi-frkw.bsky.social

bit.ly/4kcYMxS

Important NEJM series on Depression in Primary Care
Coincidentally, we are hosting a webinar for German speaking Primary Care Providers on Detecting and Treating Depression in Primary Care for almost no fee. Info & singup: tinyurl.com/3a3rzk9e
#Psychologie #PsychoBubble #Psychiatry #clinpsy

New paper out in Stress and Health: doi.org/10.1002/smi.... Stress beliefs moderate the impact of COVID-19 related work stress on depressive, anxiety and distress symptoms in health care workers
Replication of Wekenborg et al 2024
#PsySciSky #MedSky #PsychBubble #Psychologie #AcademicSky

Fantastic! Congrats Tobi!

Jobausschreibung für eine Medizinische Hilfskraft an der MSH Medical School Hamburg

Stellenausschreibung (German speakers only): Kolleg:innen suchen eine medizinische Hilfskraft 💉 zur Unterstützung eines super spannenden Projekts an Zwillingen um die Entstehung von Zwangsstörungen besser zu verstehen. Ist ein tolles Projekt und ein super Team in Hamburg. Gern teilen 🙂🙏

We have started interviewing the first applicants. If you are interested in a PhD position with us @neuromadlab.bsky.social, send me a message with your CV soon.
#neuroscience #psychscisky

Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With Private Equity Acquisition This observation study examines changes in hospital-acquired adverse events (or conditions) and hospitalization outcomes associated with private equity acquisit

Private equity acquisition was associated with increased hospital-acquired adverse events, including falls and central line–associated bloodstream infections, along with a larger but less statistically precise increase in surgical site infections.‘
#MedSky #scisky

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

„Und diese psychisch kranken Kinder, die etwa 15% aller Kinder sind, müssen oft verzweifelt monatelang auf einen Psychotherapieplatz warten obwohl wir in einem der reichsten Länder der Erde leben und obwohl es genug Therapeuten gibt denen aber man keinen Kassensitz gibt?“

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeitende (d/w/m) im Bereich medizinischer Entscheidungsforschung & Global Hea... Vollzeit | 31.12.2023 | Campus Charité Mitte

Spannende Stelle (Promotion oder Postdoc) in einem EU-Projekt in der medizinischen Entscheidungsforschung und Global Health an der Charité Berlin bei Odette Wegwarth und @helgegiese.bsky.social: karriere.charite.de/stellenangeb...
#PsychSciSky #BehSky Public Health #PhDSky #AcademicSky

Vermögen in Deutschland sind grotesk ungleich verteilt: Den obersten 10% gehören fast zwei Drittel, Tendenz steigend. Die ärmere Hälfte besitzt fast nichts. Was lässt sich dagegen tun?
Neues Projekt für @zeit.de, mit Daten von @charlottebartels.bsky.social und Timm Bönke.
www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...

Antidepressants or Tolkien character?

This was fun, funny and quite challenging
antidepressantsortolkien.vercel.app

Join my team @univie.ac.at as PhD student in health psychology. We offer a 4 year contract, membership in the doctoral school CoBeNe, and exciting opportunities to contribute to research on eating, physical activity and other health behaviours. Apply until 1 Dec: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

Correction: it is n=491, so rather small number of participants

Note to self: don’t share papers while coping with Monday morning commute an skipping between 3 delayed train connections :/

I am not an author of this paper. I recommend reaching out to the corresponding author

Association between expectations and clinical outcomes in online v. face-to-face therapy - an indivi... Online treatment appears to be equally susceptible to expectancy effects as face-to-face therapy. This furthers our understanding of the importance of placebo-like factors in online treatment and may ...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37905404/ Meta Analysis in Psychol Med with 7000+ patients: Expectations predict outcome of internet based and face to face psychotherapy
#PsySciSky #ClinPsy #PsychoBubble