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Everyone needs to be aware that this man, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, the man who oversees federal regulation of medicine, seriously rejects the germ theory of disease and believes that illness is an outward manifestation of a lack of moral worth.
Not only does the University of Edinburgh have net assets of £3.1bn, but they have a surplus of £43mn. Yet, in the name of savings, the university continues to pursue redundancies which harm students, staff, and the institution itself.
An utter disgrace.
it is the same playbook everywhere. “vote for us! we will make you great again by punishing the people you hate! do not pay attention to the fact that we’re also shoveling your money into the pockets of the uber wealthy and building a giant boot to step on your face too (preferably forever)”
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
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Are digital interventions for depression effective?
We ran 3,638 meta-analyses on 125 RCTs (32,733 participants) to find out.
Effect sizes ranged from small to medium (Hedges’ g = 0.16–0.74), with guided interventions & LMICs showing greater benefits.
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Blog on our new JoPACS viewpoint led by @molthof.bsky.social, highlighting problems of ignoring socio-environmental causes for psychopathology, using the example of the p-factor for which all dominant theories position liability *within* the person.
eiko-fried.com/causes-of-me...
Tomorrow, I'll be speaking at the EPP workshop in Heeze about "What can (and can’t) the #ExperienceSampling method do for you? Designing and carrying out high-quality, transparent ESM research". If you'd like to find out more about ESM, check out our FREE handbook: www.kuleuven.be/samenwerking...