Hamilton Morrin
@hamiltonmorrin.bsky.social
@KingsIoPPN Doctoral Fellow | Video games, BCIs, VR & Neuropsych | Genetics BSc | @MaudsleyNHS ST Doctor | @GamingTheMind Trustee | Ex @RCPsych Psych Star
0.07% of ChatGPT users showing signs of psychosis or mania may sound low, but that amounts to ~560,000 people each week openai.com/index/streng...
Strengthening ChatGPT’s responses in sensitive conversations
We worked with more than 170 mental health experts to help ChatGPT more reliably recognize signs of distress, respond with care, and guide people toward real-world support–reducing responses that fall...
openai.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
0.07% of ChatGPT users showing signs of psychosis or mania may sound low, but that amounts to ~560,000 people each week openai.com/index/streng...
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Are you at #MCMComicCon and want to relax? Come to our Reset Room, a calm oasis where you can chill, do lo-fi activities, & re-energise before heading back to the show! We have mental health information too! Staffed by this cool crew. Find us upstairs in the Platinum Suite! 🧠🎮
October 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Are you at #MCMComicCon and want to relax? Come to our Reset Room, a calm oasis where you can chill, do lo-fi activities, & re-energise before heading back to the show! We have mental health information too! Staffed by this cool crew. Find us upstairs in the Platinum Suite! 🧠🎮
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We're still at #MCMComicCon with our Reset Room! If you need to take a break for any reason, come by. It's quieter in here! We also have mental health information and lo-fi activities. It's run by today's awesome crew right here! 🧠🎮
Find us upstairs in the Platinum Suite!
Find us upstairs in the Platinum Suite!
October 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We're still at #MCMComicCon with our Reset Room! If you need to take a break for any reason, come by. It's quieter in here! We also have mental health information and lo-fi activities. It's run by today's awesome crew right here! 🧠🎮
Find us upstairs in the Platinum Suite!
Find us upstairs in the Platinum Suite!
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Gaming the Mind Conference
Prof Paul Fletcher delivers the day's keynote.
As a clinical neuroscientist sees the potential of games to measure stress responses from players, and to use biofeedback for training self-regulation - explored through The Insight Project with Ninja Theory
Prof Paul Fletcher delivers the day's keynote.
As a clinical neuroscientist sees the potential of games to measure stress responses from players, and to use biofeedback for training self-regulation - explored through The Insight Project with Ninja Theory
September 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Gaming the Mind Conference
Prof Paul Fletcher delivers the day's keynote.
As a clinical neuroscientist sees the potential of games to measure stress responses from players, and to use biofeedback for training self-regulation - explored through The Insight Project with Ninja Theory
Prof Paul Fletcher delivers the day's keynote.
As a clinical neuroscientist sees the potential of games to measure stress responses from players, and to use biofeedback for training self-regulation - explored through The Insight Project with Ninja Theory
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Gaming the Mind Conference
Dr Victoria McCloud chairs a panel featuring @chellaramanan.bsky.social from @3foldgames.bsky.social, Dom Matthews from Ninja Theory, and Dr Andrew Howe
Dr Victoria McCloud chairs a panel featuring @chellaramanan.bsky.social from @3foldgames.bsky.social, Dom Matthews from Ninja Theory, and Dr Andrew Howe
September 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Gaming the Mind Conference
Dr Victoria McCloud chairs a panel featuring @chellaramanan.bsky.social from @3foldgames.bsky.social, Dom Matthews from Ninja Theory, and Dr Andrew Howe
Dr Victoria McCloud chairs a panel featuring @chellaramanan.bsky.social from @3foldgames.bsky.social, Dom Matthews from Ninja Theory, and Dr Andrew Howe
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Gaming the Mind Conference
Ninja Theory Studio Head Dom Matthews discusses the development of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. The studio worked with people with lived experience of psychosis, aiming to create a truthful representation of the symptoms in lead character Senua.
Ninja Theory Studio Head Dom Matthews discusses the development of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. The studio worked with people with lived experience of psychosis, aiming to create a truthful representation of the symptoms in lead character Senua.
September 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Gaming the Mind Conference
Ninja Theory Studio Head Dom Matthews discusses the development of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. The studio worked with people with lived experience of psychosis, aiming to create a truthful representation of the symptoms in lead character Senua.
Ninja Theory Studio Head Dom Matthews discusses the development of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. The studio worked with people with lived experience of psychosis, aiming to create a truthful representation of the symptoms in lead character Senua.
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Gaming the Mind Conference
@chellaramanan.bsky.social speaks about @3foldgames.bsky.social's Before I Forget, and depicting dementia in a non-cliched, respectful way. She and the team worked with psychiatrists for input, including our own Dr Donald Servant.
@chellaramanan.bsky.social speaks about @3foldgames.bsky.social's Before I Forget, and depicting dementia in a non-cliched, respectful way. She and the team worked with psychiatrists for input, including our own Dr Donald Servant.
September 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Gaming the Mind Conference
@chellaramanan.bsky.social speaks about @3foldgames.bsky.social's Before I Forget, and depicting dementia in a non-cliched, respectful way. She and the team worked with psychiatrists for input, including our own Dr Donald Servant.
@chellaramanan.bsky.social speaks about @3foldgames.bsky.social's Before I Forget, and depicting dementia in a non-cliched, respectful way. She and the team worked with psychiatrists for input, including our own Dr Donald Servant.
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Gaming the Mind Conference
Dr Andrew Howe, Consultant Psychiatrist & Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, speaks on Jungian archetypes in The Legend of Zelda, and using the mythology of games in psychological therapy. He guides us through active imagination based on Ocarina of Time 💭
Dr Andrew Howe, Consultant Psychiatrist & Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, speaks on Jungian archetypes in The Legend of Zelda, and using the mythology of games in psychological therapy. He guides us through active imagination based on Ocarina of Time 💭
September 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Gaming the Mind Conference
Dr Andrew Howe, Consultant Psychiatrist & Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, speaks on Jungian archetypes in The Legend of Zelda, and using the mythology of games in psychological therapy. He guides us through active imagination based on Ocarina of Time 💭
Dr Andrew Howe, Consultant Psychiatrist & Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, speaks on Jungian archetypes in The Legend of Zelda, and using the mythology of games in psychological therapy. He guides us through active imagination based on Ocarina of Time 💭
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Gaming the Mind Conference
Malachi Gow showed us his game "i love me, i love me not", a relaxing game focusing on teaching mental health habits.
He is the recipient of our first Independent Developer Award, and £1,000 for further development. 🏆
malgow.net
Malachi Gow showed us his game "i love me, i love me not", a relaxing game focusing on teaching mental health habits.
He is the recipient of our first Independent Developer Award, and £1,000 for further development. 🏆
malgow.net
September 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Gaming the Mind Conference
Malachi Gow showed us his game "i love me, i love me not", a relaxing game focusing on teaching mental health habits.
He is the recipient of our first Independent Developer Award, and £1,000 for further development. 🏆
malgow.net
Malachi Gow showed us his game "i love me, i love me not", a relaxing game focusing on teaching mental health habits.
He is the recipient of our first Independent Developer Award, and £1,000 for further development. 🏆
malgow.net
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Gaming the Mind Conference at @rcpsych.bsky.social
Addictions Psychiatrist Dr Stephen Kaar on research looking at longitudinal research into gaming disorder. Evidence suggests young people with depressive, anxiety, ADHD symptoms are at higher risk of developing gaming disorder symptoms.
Addictions Psychiatrist Dr Stephen Kaar on research looking at longitudinal research into gaming disorder. Evidence suggests young people with depressive, anxiety, ADHD symptoms are at higher risk of developing gaming disorder symptoms.
September 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Gaming the Mind Conference at @rcpsych.bsky.social
Addictions Psychiatrist Dr Stephen Kaar on research looking at longitudinal research into gaming disorder. Evidence suggests young people with depressive, anxiety, ADHD symptoms are at higher risk of developing gaming disorder symptoms.
Addictions Psychiatrist Dr Stephen Kaar on research looking at longitudinal research into gaming disorder. Evidence suggests young people with depressive, anxiety, ADHD symptoms are at higher risk of developing gaming disorder symptoms.
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Gaming the Mind Conference at @rcpsych.bsky.social
@leonxiao.com on loot boxes and regulations related to odds disclosure, minimum age requirements, and advertising, as well as countries where they are recognised as gambling, and the myriad cases where games don't comply with regulations!
@leonxiao.com on loot boxes and regulations related to odds disclosure, minimum age requirements, and advertising, as well as countries where they are recognised as gambling, and the myriad cases where games don't comply with regulations!
September 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Gaming the Mind Conference at @rcpsych.bsky.social
@leonxiao.com on loot boxes and regulations related to odds disclosure, minimum age requirements, and advertising, as well as countries where they are recognised as gambling, and the myriad cases where games don't comply with regulations!
@leonxiao.com on loot boxes and regulations related to odds disclosure, minimum age requirements, and advertising, as well as countries where they are recognised as gambling, and the myriad cases where games don't comply with regulations!
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Gaming the Mind Conference at the @rcpsych.bsky.social
Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones on the establishment of the gaming disorder diagnosis and the range of presentations seen at the The National Centre for Gaming Disorders.
Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones on the establishment of the gaming disorder diagnosis and the range of presentations seen at the The National Centre for Gaming Disorders.
September 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Gaming the Mind Conference at the @rcpsych.bsky.social
Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones on the establishment of the gaming disorder diagnosis and the range of presentations seen at the The National Centre for Gaming Disorders.
Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones on the establishment of the gaming disorder diagnosis and the range of presentations seen at the The National Centre for Gaming Disorders.
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Gaming the Mind Conference
Dr Stone Hsieh on the neurological benefits of exercise. He and Bread Lab's ActiGamer project looks to see if active video games can reduce ADHD symptoms, and the feasibility if introducing this as an intervention.
Dr Stone Hsieh on the neurological benefits of exercise. He and Bread Lab's ActiGamer project looks to see if active video games can reduce ADHD symptoms, and the feasibility if introducing this as an intervention.
September 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Gaming the Mind Conference
Dr Stone Hsieh on the neurological benefits of exercise. He and Bread Lab's ActiGamer project looks to see if active video games can reduce ADHD symptoms, and the feasibility if introducing this as an intervention.
Dr Stone Hsieh on the neurological benefits of exercise. He and Bread Lab's ActiGamer project looks to see if active video games can reduce ADHD symptoms, and the feasibility if introducing this as an intervention.
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Gaming the Mind Conference
Elin Festøy delivers a talk about My Child New Beginnings, about raising a Lebensborn child dealing with trauma in a hateful environment. The game aims to build empathy with the child, to create a strong motivator for transformation.
Elin Festøy delivers a talk about My Child New Beginnings, about raising a Lebensborn child dealing with trauma in a hateful environment. The game aims to build empathy with the child, to create a strong motivator for transformation.
September 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Gaming the Mind Conference
Elin Festøy delivers a talk about My Child New Beginnings, about raising a Lebensborn child dealing with trauma in a hateful environment. The game aims to build empathy with the child, to create a strong motivator for transformation.
Elin Festøy delivers a talk about My Child New Beginnings, about raising a Lebensborn child dealing with trauma in a hateful environment. The game aims to build empathy with the child, to create a strong motivator for transformation.
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Preparing for the launch of the first ever Gaming the Mind conference! Hosted at the @rcpsych.bsky.social
Ready for a day talking about the exciting growing field of gaming and mental health!
Ready for a day talking about the exciting growing field of gaming and mental health!
September 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Preparing for the launch of the first ever Gaming the Mind conference! Hosted at the @rcpsych.bsky.social
Ready for a day talking about the exciting growing field of gaming and mental health!
Ready for a day talking about the exciting growing field of gaming and mental health!
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Today I'll mostly be talking about videogames at the Royal College of Psychiatrists @gamingthemind.bsky.social conference
#BeforeIForget @3foldgames.bsky.social
#BeforeIForget @3foldgames.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Today I'll mostly be talking about videogames at the Royal College of Psychiatrists @gamingthemind.bsky.social conference
#BeforeIForget @3foldgames.bsky.social
#BeforeIForget @3foldgames.bsky.social
I'm glad to share our new retrospective cohort study in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women's Health on neuropsychiatric and mental health outcomes in hyperemesis gravidarum www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Neuropsychiatric and mental health outcomes in hyperemesis gravidarum: a retrospective cohort study
Our study suggests that although hyperemesis gravidarum is associated with higher
risk for poorer mental health outcomes compared with pregnancy without the condition,
the relationship between hyperem...
www.thelancet.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I'm glad to share our new retrospective cohort study in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women's Health on neuropsychiatric and mental health outcomes in hyperemesis gravidarum www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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New preprint! We are pleased to share our Hierarchical Bayesian framework for Interoceptive Psychophysics! Implemented in rstan, we provide a complete suite of tools spanning model comparison, parameter recovery, multifactor designs, power analysis, and more! 🎯 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
New preprint! We are pleased to share our Hierarchical Bayesian framework for Interoceptive Psychophysics! Implemented in rstan, we provide a complete suite of tools spanning model comparison, parameter recovery, multifactor designs, power analysis, and more! 🎯 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Brain–computer interface control with artificial intelligence copilots
#MLSky #CompNeuro #NeuroAI
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#MLSky #CompNeuro #NeuroAI
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Brain–computer interface control with artificial intelligence copilots - Nature Machine Intelligence
AI copilots are integrated into brain–computer interfaces, enabling a paralysed participant to achieve improved control of computer cursors and robotic arms. This shared autonomy approach offers a pro...
www.nature.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Brain–computer interface control with artificial intelligence copilots
#MLSky #CompNeuro #NeuroAI
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#MLSky #CompNeuro #NeuroAI
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
If you'd like to understand more about the recent phenomenon dubbed "AI/chatbot psychosis" by the media, you could do far worse than listen to @theguardian.com's Science Weekly Podcast where I explain what it is, why it happens, and what we can do about it
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
September 2, 2025 at 6:02 AM
If you'd like to understand more about the recent phenomenon dubbed "AI/chatbot psychosis" by the media, you could do far worse than listen to @theguardian.com's Science Weekly Podcast where I explain what it is, why it happens, and what we can do about it
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
I must confess, the reason I rarely use this platform is that almost every time I try to share a link via the app, I receive some sort of error message
September 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I must confess, the reason I rarely use this platform is that almost every time I try to share a link via the app, I receive some sort of error message
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Now is the time! Early bird rates end on 1st September, so don't delay signing up for the Gaming the Mind Conference 2025!
Will we see you there?
Monday 29th September at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London.
Details below!
Will we see you there?
Monday 29th September at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London.
Details below!
Gaming the Mind Conference 2025.
A must if you are interested in video games and mental health! 🎮🧠
Monday 29th September at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London.
Early-bird rates till 1st September.
We look forward to seeing you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gaming-the...
A must if you are interested in video games and mental health! 🎮🧠
Monday 29th September at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London.
Early-bird rates till 1st September.
We look forward to seeing you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gaming-the...
Gaming the Mind Conference 2025
Gaming the Mind Conference 2025 brings together experts to explore the fascinating connection between video games and mental health!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Now is the time! Early bird rates end on 1st September, so don't delay signing up for the Gaming the Mind Conference 2025!
Will we see you there?
Monday 29th September at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London.
Details below!
Will we see you there?
Monday 29th September at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London.
Details below!
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Do you have kids with ADHD traits who'd like to participate in a study on the effects of exercise gaming on self-regulation skills? Join this study by our friends at BREAD Lab and you can advance scientific knowledge, and get £40 for your time! More details below. See thread for links!
August 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Do you have kids with ADHD traits who'd like to participate in a study on the effects of exercise gaming on self-regulation skills? Join this study by our friends at BREAD Lab and you can advance scientific knowledge, and get £40 for your time! More details below. See thread for links!
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New preprint: "Delusions by design? How everyday AIs might be fuelling psychosis (and what can be done about it)"
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OSF
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July 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New preprint: "Delusions by design? How everyday AIs might be fuelling psychosis (and what can be done about it)"
osf.io/preprints/ps...
substack.com/@drtompollak
@hamiltonmorrin.bsky.social
@aldersonday.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
substack.com/@drtompollak
@hamiltonmorrin.bsky.social
@aldersonday.bsky.social
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🧵 New preprint out now:
"Delusions by Design? How Everyday AIs Might Be Fuelling Psychosis (and What Can Be Done About It)"
We explore how LLMs may shape thinking in people vulnerable to psychosis, for better or worse.
📄 osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵 New preprint out now:
"Delusions by Design? How Everyday AIs Might Be Fuelling Psychosis (and What Can Be Done About It)"
We explore how LLMs may shape thinking in people vulnerable to psychosis, for better or worse.
📄 osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
July 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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🧵 New preprint out now:
"Delusions by Design? How Everyday AIs Might Be Fuelling Psychosis (and What Can Be Done About It)"
We explore how LLMs may shape thinking in people vulnerable to psychosis, for better or worse.
📄 osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵 New preprint out now:
"Delusions by Design? How Everyday AIs Might Be Fuelling Psychosis (and What Can Be Done About It)"
We explore how LLMs may shape thinking in people vulnerable to psychosis, for better or worse.
📄 osf.io/preprints/ps...