April Smith, PhD

Research builds in the best ways. I presented our RISE interoception intervention 2+ years ago in CO, and Liz Atwood immediately saw the potential for youth. She ran with the idea & led this project adapting RISE for school-based health centers. Now the paper is out! psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

I currently solicit 4-6 suggestions from authors and of course use the references to come up with other ideas. But it seems no one is available to take on reviews outside of their board duties, which I get, since I'm generally in the same boat.

These days finding a single reviewer feels like finding a unicorn, so I can only imagine what it must feel like to find three for a paper...But seriously, I am starting to feel at a loss for getting folks to review. Any suggestions?

Connecting the dots between interoceptive sensibility, anxiety sensitivity, and eating disorder symptoms among individuals who engage in exercise for weight or shape purposes Individuals who engage in maladaptive exercise for weight/shape reasons are at high risk for eating disorders (EDs). Disrupted interoceptive sensibili…

Congrats to @ryleelusich.bsky.social on this paper! Among individuals who exercise for weight/shape reasons, noticing bodily discomfort emerged as a key bridge to body dissatisfaction and desire to lose weight.
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We are getting excited for #SRS2026! Come check us out!

Mostly b/c it gets at the idea of "do you love learning for learning's sake", but also b/c it sounds really cool.

This reminds me of why I think my mentor (Thomas Joiner)'s question to incoming grad students is one of the greatest ever: Do you want to live the life of the mind?

In case you didn't know, I have the best lab ever. Here they are surprising me with cake pops. I'm so thankful to get to work with them every day, including my birthday. Thank you, REDS lab!

Congratulations to @rachelfrietchen.bsky.social and @mbillmanmiller.bsky.social on successfully passing their General Doctoral Exams!!

First Body Advocacy Movement (BAM) group of the semester was a great success thanks to @laurenpictor.bsky.social's leadership!

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HUGE congrats to @laurenharris.bsky.social on submitting her K23, "Glycemic variability and interoceptive attention as proximal predictors of eating disorder symptoms in Anorexia Nervosa and Atypical Anorexia"!!!

My at 8:01 having secured slots

Me at 7:59 ahead of 8:00am summer camp registration for my kids

Suicides Were Frequent at the Golden Gate Bridge. Not Anymore.

In better news: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
Although I wish this had happened sooner, I'm beyond grateful the protection is finally there.

Four Decades of Psychological Treatment for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge‐Eating Disorder: A Meta‐Regression of Changes in Abstinence Rates Over Time Objective Earlier meta-analyses showing low rates of abstinence in treatments for bulimia nervosa (BN) and binge-eating disorder (BED) have spurred growing efforts to improve outcomes. In response, ...

Wow. No evidence of improved outcomes for the treatment of bulimia or binge eating disorder over the past FOUR decades. We must do better. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Suicides Were Frequent at the Golden Gate Bridge. Not Anymore.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...

Our lab group is discussing the role of AI in writing and research tomorrow, with the hope of creating lab specific guidance. If any folks have already created something like this already and would be willing to share, we'd love to see what you've come up with!

Great goals. Hope you feel better soon!

Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion.

And it just keeps getting worse: www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

If risk is similar across ‘typical’ and ‘atypical’ anorexia, then language matters. Time to shift away from labels that imply lesser severity. Congrats @laurenharris.bsky.social on this impactful paper! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Excited to have the military adaptation of our interoception intervention featured in the latest APA Monitor. Check it out here (scroll to the bottom :): www.apa.org/monitor/2025...

Looks like we're going to The Hague! Congrats to REDS Labers on their acceptances for #ICED2026! @laurenharris.bsky.social @laurenpictor.bsky.social @carterjillian.bsky.social @oclancy.bsky.social

Impact of an interoception intervention on posttraumatic stress disorder in military service members: The role of the acceptance of internal sensations Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition that disproportionately impacts service members (SMs). Interoception interventions that target malleable, transdiagnostic risk factors...

In an RCT of active-duty SMs and veterans, RISE (our interoception intervention) improved acceptance of internal sensations, which mediated reductions in PTSD severity at follow-up. Findings highlight interoceptive acceptance as a transdiagnostic mechanism. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

add @laurenharris.bsky.social to that list!

Congratulations to @cmcurran410.bsky.social , @carterjillian.bsky.social , and @kefancathywu.bsky.social, who all had data blitz talks accepted at #SRS2026! Can't wait to see them present on these cool projects!

Congratulations Master @laurenpictor.bsky.social ! You totally rocked out your thesis defense!

whoops! Try this one: www.psych.theclinics.com/article/S019...

Loved getting to work on this review with my first 3 grad students (who are now doing amazing things), led by Dorian Dodd w/ @laurenforrest.bsky.social & @lisavelkoff.bsky.social: Managing suicidality and nonsuicidal self-injury in eating disorder treatment. doi.org/0.1016/j.psc...

Yay for open science! Check out our recently published protocol paper for REDS Lab and @uofleatlab.bsky.social's R01, which is investigating predictors of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors in anorexia spectrum disorders.

More than Picky Eaters: What is Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder? Eating a variety of foods is important to keep our bodies properly nourished and allow us to grow. If a person does not eat enough variety or enough food to fuel their body’s needs, they may develop s...

We had so much fun writing this article on ARFID for kids! kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....