Psychology, Mental Health researcher, writer & @LCFC fan, curry & real ale, & @PsychToday blogger ... latest book - Psychopathology 4th edition out March 2027
Brighton, UK
Joined December 2011
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Why do researchers disagree about the effect of social media on adolescent mental health? - it's in the method
Two Practices That Understate the Mental Health Risks Associated With Adolescent Social-Media Use - Jonathan Haidt, Zachary Rausch, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Brexit referendum & psychological distress - the impact of Brexit wasn't just economic, it caused a spike in psychological distress
Impact of 15 years of social, political and economic shocks on population mental health in the UK: a longitudinal analysis mentalhealth.bmj.com/content…
All my lovely DPhil students - now professors, academics, clinical psychologists, and more - and all excellent experimental psychopathologists!
My self-help book on Catastrophic Worrying has been translated into Russian (unbeknownst to me) - Apparently it’s selling well in the Gulags!
There’s an anxiety epidemic in China too!
Burden and trends of anxiety, depressive, and bipolar disorders in Chi… sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
There are many reasons why people worry - here’s one of them
Worry makes people “feel authentic”
Worry Promotes Feelings of Authenticity for People High in Internalizing Symptoms - Joseph Maffly-Kipp, Matthew Vess, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Kanye West and bipolar disorder
Kanye West: his mood and his music – Psychiatry in music | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core - cup.org/4zpP17B
So is Conduct Disorder a socio-economic rather than psychological pathology?
We need to start thinking clearly about where our diagnostic constructs originate
Why is lower family socio-economic status associated with conduct prob… sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
This has ruined my childhood - but I knew those communicator things could never work on a planet without WiFi
I hate to be negative - but didn’t we know all this?
Facing Ambiguity: What We Do in the Space Between Stimulus and Response - Maital Neta, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
APA has floated a working target of 2029 for a DSM-6 and it may be a continuous updated digital model renamed the Diagnostic & Scientific Manual
Hopefully not written by AI and hopefully not still aimlessly searching for biomarkers
Graham Davey retweeted
Psychiatry would be better off if we stuck with DSM-III because each change leads to massive overdiagnosis.
When we finished DSM-IV, I
was proud we had made so few changes- but those we did make (in Autism, ADHD, Bipolar) all led to harmful fads.
DSM-5 was a disaster of dumb changes & there's absolutely no excuse for a DSM-6.
DSM-6 is a grift/mistake whose only real purpose is publishing profits for Am Psychiatric Assoc.
Changing its name from 'Diagnostic & Statistical Manual' to 'Diagnostic & Scientific Manual' is putting lipstick on a pig.
Giant leaps in neuroscience during past 50 yrs have had absolutely no impact on diagnosis.
Is self-diagnosis becoming a mental health problem?
MH information on social media can help people recognise genuine difficulties. But a few symptoms don't necessarily establish diagnosis. Can we improve MH literacy without encouraging the pathologising of everyday experiences?
The biology of OCD - but not sure it tells us much about how it works
A car alarm is a useful analogy: understanding its wiring doesn't explain why it keeps going off
Biological Mechanisms and Treatment of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder - go.shr.lc/4yOGrhJ
This is not a new blog - but, I think, increasingly relevant in our divisive world
The Psychological Impact of Negative News | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
Graham Davey retweeted
"I think it's tiring. I think actually it's ruined, so far, 45 years of my life, thinking it's something else. It's no superpower. It's just a drain and it's just really hard work" aol.co.uk/articles/jamie-oli… The reality of a neurodevelopmental disorder - or two - across the agespan.
Now this is interesting - individuals diagnosed in more recent years had, on average, lower genetic risk scores for ADHD than individuals diagnosed in earlier years
Changes in Genetic Contributions to ASD and ADHD by Year of Diagnosis jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Sustained increases in employment and earnings up to 7 years after treatment - the original rationale for IAPT
The effect of adult psychological therapies on employment and earnings: Evidence from England | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core - cambridge.org/core/journals/…
A fascinating read - why do antipsychotic medications make internal voices sound different
My voice's vocabulary: how antipsychotics change the way my voice speaks - The Lancet Psychiatry thelancet.com/journals/lanps…