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Hjördis Lorenz
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Clinical Psychologist working with #trauma #PTSD @msf.ca @ox.ac.uk Views are my own.
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Honoured to join Doctors Without Borders (MSF) as Mental Health Supervisor in Ukraine 🇺🇦, supporting and training local psychologists in conflict-related #PTSD treatment.

#HumanitarianMentalHealth #MSF #MédecinsSansFrontières
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Back from presenting at #EABCT in Glasgow! 🙌

Privileged to co-run a CFT workshop on Complex PTSD w/ Deborah Lee & colleagues, and share pilot research on a CBT-based rumination intervention for PTSD.

Energised & inspired by the brilliant research & people!
September 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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We have a fully funded PhD position available across the
@uniofbath.bsky.social & @bristoluni.bsky.social. Project will look at moral injury in staff working to prevent community violence. For more info 👉 shorturl.at/lu5Mj @ukpts.bsky.social @estss.bsky.social
The Experience and Impact of Trauma and Moral Injury in Staff Working to Prevent Community Violence - GW4 BioMed MRC DTP
Project Code MRCNMH26Ba Paskell Project Type Dry lab Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Project Summary Download Summary Third-sector staff working to prevent or support those affected by c...
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September 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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📢 Our systematic review, led by Bomikazi Lupindo, is out in BJPsych International!

We examined how school and community violence affect adolescents’ mental health in Sub-Saharan Africa.

#YouthMentalHealth @topicgroup.bsky.social @oxexppsy.bsky.social

📄Read full article here ➡️ bit.ly/424I4tT
Impact of exposure to community and school violence during adolescence in the African context: systematic review | BJPsych International | Cambridge Core
Impact of exposure to community and school violence during adolescence in the African context: systematic review
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September 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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🔍 Practitioner Psychologists (incl. 2nd/3rd yr Trainees): Have you experienced indirect trauma exposure through work?

We're running a short survey to understand its impact.

📝 psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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July 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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🌟 A joy supervising this project by DClinPsych student John Kerr – just published in The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist!

We explore the challenges junior mental health workers face when assessing trauma ➡️ bit.ly/4mgQfvA

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‘You never know who you’re gonna speak to’: exploring Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners’ experiences of assessing traumatic events | the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist | Cambridge Core
‘You never know who you’re gonna speak to’: exploring Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners’ experiences of assessing traumatic events - Volume 18
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May 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Highly recommend watching this 3 part educational video series, with TOPIC's own Dr. Chloe Chessell, exploring childhood anxiety! In part 1, she explores what anxiety is and when it becomes problematic.

Watch below and stay tuned for the next two parts👇
April 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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🚨 Thrilled to share my PhD paper just out in PLOS ONE!

We developed & validated the concrete and abstract thinking (CAT) measure - an accessible, reliable tool to assess abstract thinking linked to rumination & worry.

@oxexppsy.bsky.social #paramedicmentalhealth

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Development and validation of a measure of concrete and abstract thinking
Abstract-analytical thinking, which characterizes rumination and worry, has been shown to be a risk and maintenance factor for psychological disorders, yet there are no accessible, reliable measures t...
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April 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM