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Joe Ryan
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Consultant Clinical Psychologist and EMDR practitioner, working in the NHS and media mental health support. Obsessions: minds, books, cats.
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Joe Ryan @drjoepsych.bsky.social · Nov 15
My first credit on the BBC this week! A genuine pleasure to work with the talented production team, and amazing contributors! I recommend a watch on iPlayer: Our War -10 Years On.
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If you’re in the UK, I can’t recommend watching this enough. 9pm on BBC3. A deeply moving documentary, which I’m so honoured to have played a small part in the production of.

#LifeAndDeathRow #BBCThree #BBCStudios #iPlayer
January 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Applied research is the path to legitimacy in psychological science

Comment by Judith P. Andersen

Web: go.nature.com/41qmccZ
PDF: rdcu.be/d2XLq
December 9, 2024 at 7:37 PM
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Vague Psychology Concepts

"The vagueness of psychological concepts is often considered a bug that needs to be fixed. In contrast, we argue that it is not a bug, it is a feature."

Hutmacher & Franz (2024): doi.org/10.1037/amp0...

#Psychology #MetaSci #PhilSci 🧪
Psychology is currently facing a multilayered crisis stemming from the fact that the results of many psychological studies cannot be replicated (replication crisis), that psychological research has neglected cross-cultural and cross-temporal variation (universality crisis), and that many psychological theories are ill-developed and underspecified (theory crisis). In the present article, we use ideas derived from debates in theoretical and philosophical psychology as a basis for responding to all three crises. In short, we claim that psychological concepts are inherently vague in the sense that their meanings and the rules for their application are indeterminate. This does not imply that psychological concepts are ineffable or lack meaning. It implies, however, that hoping to arrive at a finite set of necessary and sufficient criteria that define psychological concepts once and for all is an illusion. From this, we deduce four recommendations for responding to psychology’s crises. First, we argue that the replication crisis could be approached by paying more attention to the context conditions under which psychological realities and knowledge about these realities are being created. Second, we claim that the universality crisis can be alleviated by putting more effort into exploring variability across times and cultures. Third, we contend that acknowledging the language dependence of psychological research could be a fruitful way of addressing the theory crisis. Last, we show that embracing theoretical and methodological pluralism would be an antidote against psychology’s crises in general. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
December 1, 2024 at 7:02 AM
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This makes real intuitive sense. A nice review of the research by Harrison.
natrevpsychol.nature.com Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · Dec 4
Vulnerability factors shed light on stress generation in depression

Journal Club by Thomas J. Harrison

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

#psychology #psychscisky #academicsky #clinpsy
Pull quote that says "the reciprocal relationship between stress and depression can be informed by individuals’ characteristics"
December 4, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Such an amazing experience to have been a (small) part of making this with Curious Films. Psychologically informed documentary making is more than possible, it’s essential for so many reasons. #curiousfilms #mediapsychology #clinicalpsychology
November 28, 2024 at 9:39 PM
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Do you share information online for young people about mental health? If so, our coproduced guidelines could be just what you are looking for!
November 27, 2024 at 5:52 AM
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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.

(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
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November 22, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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Black cats. If you know, you know ❤️❤️
November 15, 2024 at 6:05 PM
drjoepsych.bsky.social
My first credit on the BBC this week! A genuine pleasure to work with the talented production team, and amazing contributors! I recommend a watch on iPlayer: Our War -10 Years On.
November 15, 2024 at 5:55 PM