Dr Chris Forman
@drcjforman.bsky.social
Child Clinical Psychologist. Draw from Psychodynamic and 3rd wave Behavioural therapies. Based in the UK 🇬🇧
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Dr Chris Forman
@drcjforman.bsky.social
· Jun 22
Maria A Oquendo, the new Chair of DSM-6 (yes it's coming) has received unrestricted educational grants and/or lecture fees form AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Otsuka, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, and Shire. She receives royalties from the commercial use of....
Psychology students, if you are looking for an example of conflicts of interest in research and theory development, look no further.
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Youth mental health is an intractable problem
The numbers do not come down with programs tried so far
There are programs that work, they don't happen in traditional settings though
Bricks and mortar will not help
The numbers do not come down with programs tried so far
There are programs that work, they don't happen in traditional settings though
Bricks and mortar will not help
October 16, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Youth mental health is an intractable problem
The numbers do not come down with programs tried so far
There are programs that work, they don't happen in traditional settings though
Bricks and mortar will not help
The numbers do not come down with programs tried so far
There are programs that work, they don't happen in traditional settings though
Bricks and mortar will not help
Used to wonder why sweeteners gave me headaches, you can taste that it’s not sugar. If you’re gonna go for fizzy drinks, have them full fat (sugar) but have them as a treat. Easier said than done, I appreciate
Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/sep/03/sweeteners-can-harm-cognitive-health-equivalent-to-16-years-of-ageing-study-finds
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/sep/03/sweeteners-can-harm-cognitive-health-equivalent-to-16-years-of-ageing-study-finds
September 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Used to wonder why sweeteners gave me headaches, you can taste that it’s not sugar. If you’re gonna go for fizzy drinks, have them full fat (sugar) but have them as a treat. Easier said than done, I appreciate
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Psychosis Severity Tied to Childhood Trauma, Not Inherited Mental Illness
A cross-national study shows trauma’s lasting impact on psychosis is not explained by parental mental illness.
By Richard Sears
www.madinamerica.com/2025/09/psyc...
A cross-national study shows trauma’s lasting impact on psychosis is not explained by parental mental illness.
By Richard Sears
www.madinamerica.com/2025/09/psyc...
Psychosis Severity Tied to Childhood Trauma, Not Inherited Mental Illness
Childhood maltreatment has a powerful and independent impact on psychosis later in life, according to new research on schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
www.madinamerica.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Psychosis Severity Tied to Childhood Trauma, Not Inherited Mental Illness
A cross-national study shows trauma’s lasting impact on psychosis is not explained by parental mental illness.
By Richard Sears
www.madinamerica.com/2025/09/psyc...
A cross-national study shows trauma’s lasting impact on psychosis is not explained by parental mental illness.
By Richard Sears
www.madinamerica.com/2025/09/psyc...
Reposted by Dr Chris Forman
It’s ironic that we embrace broad identity labels to express how unique we are.
Now we have a new one for people who don’t like groups, and share rare traits like authenticity and independent thinking.
Call me anal but I don't think we need it.
My GQ latest:
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/a-ne...
Now we have a new one for people who don’t like groups, and share rare traits like authenticity and independent thinking.
Call me anal but I don't think we need it.
My GQ latest:
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/a-ne...
A new personality type - ‘Otrovert’ - is here to make life even more confusing
Forget ‘extroverts’ and ‘introverts’, there's a new way to categorise ourselves in town
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
It’s ironic that we embrace broad identity labels to express how unique we are.
Now we have a new one for people who don’t like groups, and share rare traits like authenticity and independent thinking.
Call me anal but I don't think we need it.
My GQ latest:
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/a-ne...
Now we have a new one for people who don’t like groups, and share rare traits like authenticity and independent thinking.
Call me anal but I don't think we need it.
My GQ latest:
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/a-ne...
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UK mental health people (incl users), please feed back on this draft of the Youth Access Quality Framework (on youth mental health hubs). #healthpolicy #mentalhealth
Full disclosure: my PhD student had something to do with this.
www.youthaccess.org.uk/quality-and-...
Full disclosure: my PhD student had something to do with this.
www.youthaccess.org.uk/quality-and-...
The Youth Access Quality Framework consultation
Complete the quality framework consultation to help us ensure it's meaningful, practical, and supportive
www.youthaccess.org.uk
July 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
UK mental health people (incl users), please feed back on this draft of the Youth Access Quality Framework (on youth mental health hubs). #healthpolicy #mentalhealth
Full disclosure: my PhD student had something to do with this.
www.youthaccess.org.uk/quality-and-...
Full disclosure: my PhD student had something to do with this.
www.youthaccess.org.uk/quality-and-...
Remember, if a health product is trending on social media, tell them to stick it up their **** rather than yours.
If you are thinking of getting a coffee enema, you may want to read the article I just wrote for @forbes.com first to decide whether in the end it's a good or bad idea to put coffee there.
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
Coffee Enemas Are Trending On Social Media. Here Are The Dangers
Some wellness influencers have been pushing the use of coffee enemas on social media. But are their claims backed by scientific evidence? And what might be the risks?
www.forbes.com
July 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Remember, if a health product is trending on social media, tell them to stick it up their **** rather than yours.
Psychology students, if you are looking for an example of conflicts of interest in research and theory development, look no further.
Maria A Oquendo, the new Chair of DSM-6 (yes it's coming) has received unrestricted educational grants and/or lecture fees form AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Otsuka, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, and Shire. She receives royalties from the commercial use of....
June 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Psychology students, if you are looking for an example of conflicts of interest in research and theory development, look no further.
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Those living in England and willing to get off antidepressants, benzodiazepines and z-drugs safely can be referred to this clinic run by @markhoro.bsky.social and @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social Lucky them! #pharmasky #medsky
www.nelft.nhs.uk/national-psy...
www.nelft.nhs.uk/national-psy...
National Psychiatric Drug Deprescribing Clinic (PDC)
www.nelft.nhs.uk
June 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Those living in England and willing to get off antidepressants, benzodiazepines and z-drugs safely can be referred to this clinic run by @markhoro.bsky.social and @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social Lucky them! #pharmasky #medsky
www.nelft.nhs.uk/national-psy...
www.nelft.nhs.uk/national-psy...
How are you supposed to dress for roaring heat but strong chance of thunderstorms? 🫠
June 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
How are you supposed to dress for roaring heat but strong chance of thunderstorms? 🫠
Reposted by Dr Chris Forman
Yup. They call it psychoanalysis, circa 1900.
June 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Yup. They call it psychoanalysis, circa 1900.
“There is evidence of other bad outcomes too, such as decreased prosocial behaviour or decreased relationship quality with parents.”
Mental-health lessons in schools sound like a great idea. The trouble is, they don’t work | Lucy Foulkes
Mental-health lessons in schools sound like a great idea. The trouble is, they don’t work | Lucy Foulkes
All-class therapy sessions don’t help, and may even make matters worse. The evidence shows we need different solutions, says Dr Lucy Foulkes, an academic psychologist at Oxford University
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“There is evidence of other bad outcomes too, such as decreased prosocial behaviour or decreased relationship quality with parents.”
Did anyone else experience a seismic shift today? Like something had turned a corner?
May 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Did anyone else experience a seismic shift today? Like something had turned a corner?
Reposted by Dr Chris Forman
This is a *key* new paper in the world of school mental health interventions
A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y)
No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia)
(🧵)
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y)
No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia)
(🧵)
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
April 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is a *key* new paper in the world of school mental health interventions
A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y)
No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia)
(🧵)
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y)
No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia)
(🧵)
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
Reposted by Dr Chris Forman
The romanticisation of mental health problems in adolescents and its implications: a narrative review by Awa Ndour & Lucy Foulkes - now online and #openaccess in our #ECAP journal:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#youthmentalhealth #mentalhealth #ESCAP
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#youthmentalhealth #mentalhealth #ESCAP
The romanticisation of mental health problems in adolescents and its implications: a narrative review - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Romanticisation is the perception and portrayal of a phenomenon as more attractive, interesting, cool, profound or desirable than it really is. There are concerns that mental health problems are incre...
link.springer.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The romanticisation of mental health problems in adolescents and its implications: a narrative review by Awa Ndour & Lucy Foulkes - now online and #openaccess in our #ECAP journal:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#youthmentalhealth #mentalhealth #ESCAP
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#youthmentalhealth #mentalhealth #ESCAP
Black Mirror Season 7 is chilling and close to the bone as it always has been. @charliebrooker.bsky.social is still a genius. Looking forward to the Bandersnatch sequel #BlackMirror #Netflix
April 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Black Mirror Season 7 is chilling and close to the bone as it always has been. @charliebrooker.bsky.social is still a genius. Looking forward to the Bandersnatch sequel #BlackMirror #Netflix
All in all, Musk and Thiel’s ideology stems from an existential crisis within themselves. In other words, they cannot accept their own mortality.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Founder as Victim, Founder as God’: Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and the two bodies of the entrepreneur
Silicon Valley’s tech moguls have increasing political ambitions, as spectacularly illustrated by Peter Thiel’s and Elon Musk’s involvements in the US 2022 midterm elections and 2024 presidential e...
www.tandfonline.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
All in all, Musk and Thiel’s ideology stems from an existential crisis within themselves. In other words, they cannot accept their own mortality.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Dr Chris Forman
April 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Reposted by Dr Chris Forman
There's a common misconception that ADHD has been shown to have a neurological basis. It hasn't. The evidence is not compelling e.g. this negative meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Brain alterations in children/adolescents with ADHD revisited: A neuroimaging meta-analysis of 96 structural and functional studies
The findings of neuroimaging studies in children/adolescents with ADHD, and even those of previous meta-analyses, are divergent. Here, Activation Like…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
There's a common misconception that ADHD has been shown to have a neurological basis. It hasn't. The evidence is not compelling e.g. this negative meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Been shouting about this for a long time. Fix health services from the ground up, starting with communities and addressing the social difficulties within them. It does permeate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The neighbourhood that could hold the secret to fixing the NHS
With public satisfaction in the NHS just 21%, one area has a plan to shake up its services that could reduce GP waiting lists, as well as unblock hospital beds - but can it really work nationwide?
www.bbc.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Been shouting about this for a long time. Fix health services from the ground up, starting with communities and addressing the social difficulties within them. It does permeate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Dr Chris Forman
Reposted by Dr Chris Forman
BLACK MIRROR returns April 10
- here’s what’s in the box…
- here’s what’s in the box…
March 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
BLACK MIRROR returns April 10
- here’s what’s in the box…
- here’s what’s in the box…
🤣 Glad I’m not the only one that had this thought
Where did the psychologist in #Adolescence her get training, Guantanamo Bay?
March 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🤣 Glad I’m not the only one that had this thought
