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How different diets change the gut microbiome and affect protection from or vulnerability to diseases rdcu.be/dNWyv Nature Reviews Microbiology an outstanding review

New - Physical activity & mental health: a little less conversation, a lot more action Our Elvis themed call to action piece in Journal of Physical Activity & Health is out now, open access How many Elvis songs can you count in our piece? journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/…

This overview of systematic reviews finds that the literature overall suggests that exercise-based interventions are likely to improve health-related quality of life and exercise capacity across numerous long-term conditions.

🇬🇧The NHS is progressing slowly in adopting lifestyle interventions, but Dr Brendon Stubbs and Joseph Firth are leading efforts to elevate exercise in depression treatment guidelines 🏋️‍♀️ Watch my YouTube video to hear my perspective as an NHS doctor ↓

Where it all started.

Stress management apps appear to be a useful tool for many, but the state of the field needs improvement. Focusing on mechanisms/integration in real world settings now needed. John Torous, MD MBI Joseph Firth tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our new meta-analysis on effects of mental health apps for Stress tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 78 RCTs, only small benefits so far (tiny after pub-bias adjustment). Promising area for future development? or is the best digital intervention for reducing stress just the "OFF" button?

Interesting meta-analysis published in Lancet Psychiatry showing that people with severe mental illnesses have higher odds (OR=2.40) of suffering from physical multimorbidity. Is there any better medicine than encouraging these people to lead a physically active lifestyle?

Our new study, including 363 million people, investigated the effects of antipsychotic treatment on cardio-cerebrovascular mortality in schizophrenia.

Join us for a fantastic line up of Australian experts on diet, physical activity and mental health- Brisbane TRI or on line: The Mind and Body Balance conference. Scott Teasdale Grace McKeon Megan Teychenne Donni Johnston Simon Rosenbaum pafoundation.org.au/MBB2024

New research shows racial/ethnic disparities in exposure to tobacco content on streaming platforms! 📺 As TV viewership varies across groups, streaming giants might exploit algorithms to precisely target vulnerable communities. MGH Psychiatry MGH SUDs Initiative MGH Tobacco Research and Treatment Center

Plenary on "The Digital World & Youth Mental Health" for the Nordic Neuropsychology Meeting in Trondheim. Very much enjoyed presenting on work from our collaboratives on app-based interventions, 'online lives' & mental health, AI developments and digital implementation, & more!

And I was wondering why our African Lion paper published in this issue of Current Biology wasn't considered for the Cover photo... 🦎👅

What can we learn from the vast amounts of digital data on mental health🧠💻? Our new paper in PLOS Mental Health proposes 'Mental Health Culturomics' for examining mental health trends & public engagement in the online world: journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a… #mentalhealth #socialnetworks

Our new paper in PLOS Mental Health on "Mental Health Culturomics" : journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a… Presenting an early framework for combining diverse sources of digital data, in order to produce new insights into the global discourse around mental health/illness in the online world

#NewOpinionAlert 🚨 Ivan Jaric (Université Paris-Saclay IDEEV_lab), Josh Firth (University of Leeds, @UniOfOxford), Uri Roll (אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב) and Joseph Firth propose 'Mental Health Culturomics' to analyse and understand mental health trends online journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…

FMH SPARTAN seminar More than Physical Health Benefits of Physical Activity kicks off Melody Ding sets the scene with recent Lancet paper. Dr Lucy Gunn Lucy D Gunn RMIT Healthy Liveable Cities Lab on costing broader benefits of #PhysicalActivity. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Our new study on Physical Health & Fitness Apps for youth mental healthcare. Early Online: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… What lifestyle factors and app features are most important for young people? Nationwide perspective gathering exercise in >400 service users UoM Mental Health Research Group Greater Manchester Mental Health