There is a lot of rejection in science. Best way to deal with it is to know that it’s a universal experience so don’t personalize it.

Is adolescent media use associated with psychotic experiences (PEs)? 🎮 Our new paper in JAMA Psychiatry, with Jai Shah Dr Marie-Claude Geoffroy Manuela Ferrari & colleagues, does not provide evidence that media use is an independent risk factor for PEs.

University of Windsor is hiring a SSHRC or CIHR Canada Research Chair, Tier 2 in Health Disparities and Public Health #AcademicTwitter universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?jo…

Excellent news for the future of Canadian science. 👏 Let’s not wait another 2 decades+ to consider the next increase in support… index to inflation! 🇨🇦🔬🧫🧬

Come on Canada! We can do it! Senator Stan Kutcher Peter Julian 🇨🇦

Today's at 2024 LHRS conference round table with distinguished experts Benjamin Lahey, Louise Arseneault and Michel Boivin who shared their inspiring journeys in longitudinal research a their impactful contributions, and their vision for the futur.

At @LHRSC this morning: we had the privilege of hearing a brilliant keynote by Robert Krueger presenting on the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology known as HiTOP.

A joy to chair this invited symposium at @LHRSC on protective factors for suicidal ideation and self-harm with Dr Becky Mars Roxanne Sicotte Sascha MacNeil Ian Colman Heidi Eccles.

So much fun seeing scientific symposia turned into art! Really enjoyed the wonderful Life History Research Society meeting Life History Research Society Conference 2024. A big thank you to Natalie Castellanos-Ryan Dr Marie-Claude Geoffroy, Isabelle Ouellet-Morin, Caroline Temcheff & their amazing teams for organizing this terrific meeting!

Distressed adults with learning disabilities are less likely to perceive a need for help and less likely to seek treatment compared to those without learning disabilities. New Ian Colman research led by MSc student Seana Semchishen: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

First Nations Canadians under age 60 were 6-7 times (!!) more likely to die from Covid in 2020/21 compared to non-Indigenous Canadians. Shocking new report from Statistics Canada: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/45-28-0…

More evidence that guaranteed cash transfers results in improved health outcomes. We discuss this in our World Psychiatry review of social determinants of mental health: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wp….

Very cool post-doc opportunity at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet) on young adult #mentalhealth and labour force exclusion: 945000.webcruiter.no/Main/Recruit/P…

Thought-provoking commentary on future directions for scalable parenting interventions aimed at promoting early child development across the globe. nature.com/articles/s4156…

A masterpiece of a paper on the #SocialDeterminants of #MentalHealth. Universal parenting interventions and supports are key. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wp…