Magnus Karlsson-Good
@mkgood.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist and doctoral student working to improve internet-based CBT. Interested in stats and open science. #ClinPsych #cbtworks
https://www.oru.se/english/employee/magnus_karlsson-good
https://www.oru.se/english/employee/magnus_karlsson-good
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Doing non-causal inference (and being explicit about it), yet using a causal word as second word in the title.
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Doing non-causal inference (and being explicit about it), yet using a causal word as second word in the title.
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Reposted by Magnus Karlsson-Good
Postpartum anxiety: what do we really know?
Around 1 in 8 new mothers experience postpartum anxiety, but we still can’t agree on how to define or measure it.
A new review highlights the progress, confusion & next steps for this vital field.
🧵 THREAD
#PerinatalMentalHealth #PostpartumAnxiety
Around 1 in 8 new mothers experience postpartum anxiety, but we still can’t agree on how to define or measure it.
A new review highlights the progress, confusion & next steps for this vital field.
🧵 THREAD
#PerinatalMentalHealth #PostpartumAnxiety
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Postpartum anxiety: what do we really know?
Around 1 in 8 new mothers experience postpartum anxiety, but we still can’t agree on how to define or measure it.
A new review highlights the progress, confusion & next steps for this vital field.
🧵 THREAD
#PerinatalMentalHealth #PostpartumAnxiety
Around 1 in 8 new mothers experience postpartum anxiety, but we still can’t agree on how to define or measure it.
A new review highlights the progress, confusion & next steps for this vital field.
🧵 THREAD
#PerinatalMentalHealth #PostpartumAnxiety
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Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate
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This one surely has something on offer for every one: In this cross-sectional mediation analysis, the "effects" of soft drink consumption on depression were "mediated" by abundance of Eggerthela in the gut microbiome.
This was sent to me via dm and now you all got to suffer as well.
This was sent to me via dm and now you all got to suffer as well.
Soft Drink Consumption and Depression Mediated by Gut Microbiome Alterations
This cohort study examines the association between soft drink consumption and major depressive disorder diagnosis and severity and whether this association is mediated by changes in the gut microbiota...
jamanetwork.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This one surely has something on offer for every one: In this cross-sectional mediation analysis, the "effects" of soft drink consumption on depression were "mediated" by abundance of Eggerthela in the gut microbiome.
This was sent to me via dm and now you all got to suffer as well.
This was sent to me via dm and now you all got to suffer as well.
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The mental health field is packed with pseudoscience and unsupported treatments. Exhibit XXXX. www.thecut.com/article/trut... @jonathanstea.bsky.social
The Truth About IFS, the Therapy That Can Break You
Internal Family Systems is a widely popular trauma treatment. Some patients say it’s destroyed their lives.
www.thecut.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The mental health field is packed with pseudoscience and unsupported treatments. Exhibit XXXX. www.thecut.com/article/trut... @jonathanstea.bsky.social
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Reposted by Magnus Karlsson-Good
lmao I did not want to know about this (cc @wiringthebrain.bsky.social)
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
lmao I did not want to know about this (cc @wiringthebrain.bsky.social)
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Had to dig this up.
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Had to dig this up.
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The package formerly known as papercheck has changed its name to metacheck! We're checking more than just papers, with functions to assess OSF projects, github repos, and AsPredicted pre-registrations, with more being developed all the time.
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
Check Research Outputs for Best Practices
A modular, extendable system for automatically checking research outputs for best practices using text search, R code, and/or (optional) LLM queries.
scienceverse.github.io
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The package formerly known as papercheck has changed its name to metacheck! We're checking more than just papers, with functions to assess OSF projects, github repos, and AsPredicted pre-registrations, with more being developed all the time.
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
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Trying to bring a bit of old fashioned classic twitter-era medical discussion to Bluesky!
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
Screening Saves Lives! Right??
YouTube video by Medlife Crisis
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Trying to bring a bit of old fashioned classic twitter-era medical discussion to Bluesky!
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
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Newly released Stockholm Declaration recommends the following reforms to publishing:
1. Academia resumes control of publishing
2. Incentive systems to merit quality, not quantity
3. Independent fraud detection and prevention
4. Legislation and policies to protect science quality and integrity
1. Academia resumes control of publishing
2. Incentive systems to merit quality, not quantity
3. Independent fraud detection and prevention
4. Legislation and policies to protect science quality and integrity
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration | Royal Society Open Science
Science relies on integrity and trustworthiness. But scientists under career pressure
are lured to purchase fake publications from ‘paper mills’ that use AI-generated data,
text and image fabrication....
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Newly released Stockholm Declaration recommends the following reforms to publishing:
1. Academia resumes control of publishing
2. Incentive systems to merit quality, not quantity
3. Independent fraud detection and prevention
4. Legislation and policies to protect science quality and integrity
1. Academia resumes control of publishing
2. Incentive systems to merit quality, not quantity
3. Independent fraud detection and prevention
4. Legislation and policies to protect science quality and integrity
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Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders affect one in five women during pregnancy and up to one year postpartum. A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology provides an overview of evidence-based psychotherapies for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and describes their underlying mechanisms. 🔒
Evidence-based psychotherapies for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and their underlying mechanisms - Nature Reviews Psychology
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders affect one in five women during pregnancy and up to one year postpartum and are a strong predictor of perinatal suicidality. In this Review, Singla et al. provide an overview of evidence-based psychotherapies for perinatal depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress and suicidality and describe their underlying mechanisms.
go.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders affect one in five women during pregnancy and up to one year postpartum. A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology provides an overview of evidence-based psychotherapies for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and describes their underlying mechanisms. 🔒
Is it just me or does APA journals not have functionality for reading them on your phone??
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Is it just me or does APA journals not have functionality for reading them on your phone??
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My first paper, out in PsychReview!!
Along with @orbenamy.bsky.social, Nik & @jaeggiadrian.bsky.social, @realadamhunt.bsky.social & I revisit an old theoretical question using concepts from evo psychiatry and anthro:
Why do mixed associations exist b/w social media & mental health?
A 🧵
Along with @orbenamy.bsky.social, Nik & @jaeggiadrian.bsky.social, @realadamhunt.bsky.social & I revisit an old theoretical question using concepts from evo psychiatry and anthro:
Why do mixed associations exist b/w social media & mental health?
A 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
My first paper, out in PsychReview!!
Along with @orbenamy.bsky.social, Nik & @jaeggiadrian.bsky.social, @realadamhunt.bsky.social & I revisit an old theoretical question using concepts from evo psychiatry and anthro:
Why do mixed associations exist b/w social media & mental health?
A 🧵
Along with @orbenamy.bsky.social, Nik & @jaeggiadrian.bsky.social, @realadamhunt.bsky.social & I revisit an old theoretical question using concepts from evo psychiatry and anthro:
Why do mixed associations exist b/w social media & mental health?
A 🧵
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This paper is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Very compelling evidence that the extensive covariance of diverse psychopathology is not an artifact of cross-sectional factor analysis.
They show extensive "co-morbidity" across generations and within-person, over time.
doi.org/10.1037/abn0...
Very compelling evidence that the extensive covariance of diverse psychopathology is not an artifact of cross-sectional factor analysis.
They show extensive "co-morbidity" across generations and within-person, over time.
doi.org/10.1037/abn0...
APA PsycNet
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This paper is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Very compelling evidence that the extensive covariance of diverse psychopathology is not an artifact of cross-sectional factor analysis.
They show extensive "co-morbidity" across generations and within-person, over time.
doi.org/10.1037/abn0...
Very compelling evidence that the extensive covariance of diverse psychopathology is not an artifact of cross-sectional factor analysis.
They show extensive "co-morbidity" across generations and within-person, over time.
doi.org/10.1037/abn0...
Reposted by Magnus Karlsson-Good
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
Reposted by Magnus Karlsson-Good
Reposted by Magnus Karlsson-Good
You may have seen reports about a paper claiming that "Stem cell therapy prevents heart attacks": bmj.altmetric.com/details/1830...
If so, you might want to grab some popcorn: pubpeer.com/publications...
If so, you might want to grab some popcorn: pubpeer.com/publications...
Report for: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (PREVENT-TAHA8)
In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
bmj.altmetric.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
You may have seen reports about a paper claiming that "Stem cell therapy prevents heart attacks": bmj.altmetric.com/details/1830...
If so, you might want to grab some popcorn: pubpeer.com/publications...
If so, you might want to grab some popcorn: pubpeer.com/publications...
Reposted by Magnus Karlsson-Good
Amazing. Someone points out that the results of nudge metaanalysis are actually all publication bias. Original authors then brush it off with ”[being] a relatively young field … comes with some methodological growing pains.”
there have been big questions raised about the quality and reliability of the research suggesting that small nudges (like moving an entry field or asking people to tick a box) meaningfully affect behaviour
No evidence for nudging after adjusting for publication bias | PNAS
No evidence for nudging after adjusting for publication bias
www.pnas.org
November 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Amazing. Someone points out that the results of nudge metaanalysis are actually all publication bias. Original authors then brush it off with ”[being] a relatively young field … comes with some methodological growing pains.”
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GLP-1 drug effect are showing up in health survey data… news.gallup.com/poll/696599/...
Obesity Rate Declining in U.S.
The U.S. obesity rate is showing signs of abating from its 2022 high. GLP-1 antidiabetic injectables used for weight loss may be playing a role.
news.gallup.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
GLP-1 drug effect are showing up in health survey data… news.gallup.com/poll/696599/...
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
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Almost fell for a scam call today, and realised that if I simply never picked up the phone, I'd easily avoid loads of potential scammers
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Almost fell for a scam call today, and realised that if I simply never picked up the phone, I'd easily avoid loads of potential scammers
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Does changing the therapist and/or method after non-response lead to better outcomes? Not according to this RCT.
A randomized controlled trial testing the effects of sequential psychotherapy in depression: Changing therapist, or both therapist and method?
This study examined the effectiveness of sequential psychotherapy strategies for adults with major depressive disorder who did not respond to an initi…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Does changing the therapist and/or method after non-response lead to better outcomes? Not according to this RCT.
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Eye-opening work on heterogeneity among depression scales. Also, I’m a pluralist and everything, but … do we need 27 youth depression scales? Why have researchers not updated and further developed them? What does this say about the state of our field?
Great to see our content analysis of 27 Chinese youth depression scales finally out!
Following @eikofried.bsky.social excellent work on depression scales, we included 27 scales and quantified the heterogeneity by analyzing data from 12,000 youth who completed 4 of them.
Comments are welcome!
Following @eikofried.bsky.social excellent work on depression scales, we included 27 scales and quantified the heterogeneity by analyzing data from 12,000 youth who completed 4 of them.
Comments are welcome!
November 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Eye-opening work on heterogeneity among depression scales. Also, I’m a pluralist and everything, but … do we need 27 youth depression scales? Why have researchers not updated and further developed them? What does this say about the state of our field?
Really enjoyed this clear and concise presentation of the problem with studies that throw 10 different covariates into a multiple regression and interpret them causally. So obvious in hindsight that this is problematic, but I have definetly been guilty of this.
bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...
bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...
Factors associated with: problems of using exploratory multivariable regression to identify causal risk factors
Many medical and epidemiological studies use multivariable regression to test whether several independent variables (exposures) are causal determinants of a health outcome. Where mutually adjusted reg...
bmjmedicine.bmj.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Really enjoyed this clear and concise presentation of the problem with studies that throw 10 different covariates into a multiple regression and interpret them causally. So obvious in hindsight that this is problematic, but I have definetly been guilty of this.
bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...
bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...