Omid V. Ebrahimi
@omidvebrahimi.bsky.social
Research Fellow | University of Oxford | Magdalen College.
Head of Oxford EDGE Lab | @edgelab.bsky.social.
Clinical Psychologist | Public Health | Statistics.
I study how people transition into and recover from mental disorders.
Head of Oxford EDGE Lab | @edgelab.bsky.social.
Clinical Psychologist | Public Health | Statistics.
I study how people transition into and recover from mental disorders.
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Thrilled to announce the Oxford Psychological Networks Summer School (OxPNS)!
This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026.
To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com
A brief thread 🧵
This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026.
To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com
A brief thread 🧵
Reposted by Omid V. Ebrahimi
So sad to be missing this! If any of you are lucky enough not to have other commitments late June and are interested in psychological networks, I would highly recommend the summer school (below) organised by @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social (who has the amazing skill of making complex topics accessible!)
Thrilled to announce the Oxford Psychological Networks Summer School (OxPNS)!
This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026.
To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com
A brief thread 🧵
This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026.
To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com
A brief thread 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
So sad to be missing this! If any of you are lucky enough not to have other commitments late June and are interested in psychological networks, I would highly recommend the summer school (below) organised by @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social (who has the amazing skill of making complex topics accessible!)
Many thanks, Sam. Much appreciate your kind words!
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Many thanks, Sam. Much appreciate your kind words!
4/4: This practical workshop is therefore designed to equip participants to directly apply network analytic methods to their own research.
To apply, and for more information about the course, visit our website:
oxfordpns.com
To apply, and for more information about the course, visit our website:
oxfordpns.com
Oxford Psychological Networks Summer School 2026
oxfordpns.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
4/4: This practical workshop is therefore designed to equip participants to directly apply network analytic methods to their own research.
To apply, and for more information about the course, visit our website:
oxfordpns.com
To apply, and for more information about the course, visit our website:
oxfordpns.com
3/4: Participants will have the opportunity to work with their own data, high-quality openly available datasets, as well as carefully curated example data, enabling them to learn how different network analytic models are specified, estimated, interpreted, and reported in practice.
February 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
3/4: Participants will have the opportunity to work with their own data, high-quality openly available datasets, as well as carefully curated example data, enabling them to learn how different network analytic models are specified, estimated, interpreted, and reported in practice.
2/4: OxPNS is a 5-day state-of-the-art course designed to provide researchers with a rigorous & practical foundation in network analysis, from core principles to advanced modelling techniques.
It provides training in the understanding, application & interpretation of a wide range of network models.
It provides training in the understanding, application & interpretation of a wide range of network models.
February 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
2/4: OxPNS is a 5-day state-of-the-art course designed to provide researchers with a rigorous & practical foundation in network analysis, from core principles to advanced modelling techniques.
It provides training in the understanding, application & interpretation of a wide range of network models.
It provides training in the understanding, application & interpretation of a wide range of network models.
Thrilled to announce the Oxford Psychological Networks Summer School (OxPNS)!
This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026.
To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com
A brief thread 🧵
This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026.
To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com
A brief thread 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Thrilled to announce the Oxford Psychological Networks Summer School (OxPNS)!
This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026.
To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com
A brief thread 🧵
This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026.
To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com
A brief thread 🧵
Reposted by Omid V. Ebrahimi
Excited for the 1st lab paper to be live @biologicalpsych.bsky.social !
@emilyrperkins.bsky.social @keananjoyner.bsky.social and I discuss testing biology as simultaneous + unique predictors of different levels of psychopathology hierarchies 1/7🧵
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
@emilyrperkins.bsky.social @keananjoyner.bsky.social and I discuss testing biology as simultaneous + unique predictors of different levels of psychopathology hierarchies 1/7🧵
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Hierarchical Phenotyping of Psychopathology: Implications and Opportunities for Precision Psychiatry When Biology Could Be Associated With Both Symptoms and Syndromes
As psychiatry increasingly embraces precision medicine principles, there have been
efforts to characterize the specificity of biology-psychopathology associations (e.g.,
is biology associated with syn...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Excited for the 1st lab paper to be live @biologicalpsych.bsky.social !
@emilyrperkins.bsky.social @keananjoyner.bsky.social and I discuss testing biology as simultaneous + unique predictors of different levels of psychopathology hierarchies 1/7🧵
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
@emilyrperkins.bsky.social @keananjoyner.bsky.social and I discuss testing biology as simultaneous + unique predictors of different levels of psychopathology hierarchies 1/7🧵
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Grateful to @chopwood.bsky.social & @aidangcw.bsky.social who trained me to proactively make decisions during my editorial training by extracting key changes necessary after reviews, clearly communicate these to authors, & make decisions asap after without unnecessarily using authors&reviewers' time
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Grateful to @chopwood.bsky.social & @aidangcw.bsky.social who trained me to proactively make decisions during my editorial training by extracting key changes necessary after reviews, clearly communicate these to authors, & make decisions asap after without unnecessarily using authors&reviewers' time
An essential take amid article inflation & overburdened reviewers
Editors aren't supposed to excessively return manuscripts & outsource decisions to reviewers
Many psych journals can learn a lot here from medicine & epi, where these decisions are equally robust, but far more efficient (eg. Lancet)
Editors aren't supposed to excessively return manuscripts & outsource decisions to reviewers
Many psych journals can learn a lot here from medicine & epi, where these decisions are equally robust, but far more efficient (eg. Lancet)
Peer Review is broken because a generation of Editors were trained that peer review is sacrosanct. Thus we have Editors who are clerks, sending and re-sending manuscripts to reviewers until they are happy. That's not the job. Be an Editor, not a clerk. Use your skill and judgement. Make decisions.
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 AM
An essential take amid article inflation & overburdened reviewers
Editors aren't supposed to excessively return manuscripts & outsource decisions to reviewers
Many psych journals can learn a lot here from medicine & epi, where these decisions are equally robust, but far more efficient (eg. Lancet)
Editors aren't supposed to excessively return manuscripts & outsource decisions to reviewers
Many psych journals can learn a lot here from medicine & epi, where these decisions are equally robust, but far more efficient (eg. Lancet)
Led by the wonderful @leaschumacher.bsky.social with @jmbh.bsky.social, @adamfinnemann.bsky.social, L. Kriston, & JP Klein.
January 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Led by the wonderful @leaschumacher.bsky.social with @jmbh.bsky.social, @adamfinnemann.bsky.social, L. Kriston, & JP Klein.
🌟📝 Just out in World Psychiatry:
Our new piece demonstrates the added value of dynamic symptom networks for predicting treatment outcomes beyond baseline severity & common covariates, with an added explained variance of 9-22% at post-treatment & follow-up.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our new piece demonstrates the added value of dynamic symptom networks for predicting treatment outcomes beyond baseline severity & common covariates, with an added explained variance of 9-22% at post-treatment & follow-up.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
🌟📝 Just out in World Psychiatry:
Our new piece demonstrates the added value of dynamic symptom networks for predicting treatment outcomes beyond baseline severity & common covariates, with an added explained variance of 9-22% at post-treatment & follow-up.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our new piece demonstrates the added value of dynamic symptom networks for predicting treatment outcomes beyond baseline severity & common covariates, with an added explained variance of 9-22% at post-treatment & follow-up.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Omid V. Ebrahimi
We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
forms.gle
January 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
In this news report with TV2, I outline the role of safety- and avoidance behaviours in maintaining public speaking anxiety.
🇧🇻 Intervju med TV2 om mekanismene bak presentasjonsangst, fokusert på hvordan unngåelse- og sikkerhetsatferd vedlikeholder lidelsen.
www.tv2.no/video/nyhete...
🇧🇻 Intervju med TV2 om mekanismene bak presentasjonsangst, fokusert på hvordan unngåelse- og sikkerhetsatferd vedlikeholder lidelsen.
www.tv2.no/video/nyhete...
Mange unge sliter med presentasjonsangst - dette er grunnen
Synes du det er ubehagelig å holde presentasjoner? Her er noen tips!
www.tv2.no
December 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
In this news report with TV2, I outline the role of safety- and avoidance behaviours in maintaining public speaking anxiety.
🇧🇻 Intervju med TV2 om mekanismene bak presentasjonsangst, fokusert på hvordan unngåelse- og sikkerhetsatferd vedlikeholder lidelsen.
www.tv2.no/video/nyhete...
🇧🇻 Intervju med TV2 om mekanismene bak presentasjonsangst, fokusert på hvordan unngåelse- og sikkerhetsatferd vedlikeholder lidelsen.
www.tv2.no/video/nyhete...
Reposted by Omid V. Ebrahimi
Excited to finally be able to share my first, first-authored paper with the world! 🌍
Massive thank you to my brilliant @ox.ac.uk supervisor, @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social and the incredibly supportive @edgelab.bsky.social, as well as our co-authors!
Massive thank you to my brilliant @ox.ac.uk supervisor, @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social and the incredibly supportive @edgelab.bsky.social, as well as our co-authors!
📜 Our new preregistered 36-month longitudinal study, investigating the mechanisms underlying adverse anxious symptom change patterns, and their long-term clinical outcomes, is now out.
Very excited to share after years of data collection & work on MS
osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵
@edgelab.bsky.social
Very excited to share after years of data collection & work on MS
osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵
@edgelab.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Excited to finally be able to share my first, first-authored paper with the world! 🌍
Massive thank you to my brilliant @ox.ac.uk supervisor, @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social and the incredibly supportive @edgelab.bsky.social, as well as our co-authors!
Massive thank you to my brilliant @ox.ac.uk supervisor, @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social and the incredibly supportive @edgelab.bsky.social, as well as our co-authors!
10/10:
One of our first studies in Oxford Edge Lab @edgelab.bsky.social, where we investigate the impact of societal crises on mental disorder emergence.
Led by my wonderful student @mikaeladizon.bsky.social
Thanks to Daniel J. Bauer, A. Hoffart, & S.U. Johnson
Preprint:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
One of our first studies in Oxford Edge Lab @edgelab.bsky.social, where we investigate the impact of societal crises on mental disorder emergence.
Led by my wonderful student @mikaeladizon.bsky.social
Thanks to Daniel J. Bauer, A. Hoffart, & S.U. Johnson
Preprint:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
December 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
10/10:
One of our first studies in Oxford Edge Lab @edgelab.bsky.social, where we investigate the impact of societal crises on mental disorder emergence.
Led by my wonderful student @mikaeladizon.bsky.social
Thanks to Daniel J. Bauer, A. Hoffart, & S.U. Johnson
Preprint:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
One of our first studies in Oxford Edge Lab @edgelab.bsky.social, where we investigate the impact of societal crises on mental disorder emergence.
Led by my wonderful student @mikaeladizon.bsky.social
Thanks to Daniel J. Bauer, A. Hoffart, & S.U. Johnson
Preprint:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
9: Notably, divergence in change patterns occurred during the pandemic's initial months, highlighting a window of sensitivity for development long-lasting anxious states vs resilience, & calling for increased vigilance of psychiatric symptoms during the initial phases of infectious disease outbreaks
December 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
9: Notably, divergence in change patterns occurred during the pandemic's initial months, highlighting a window of sensitivity for development long-lasting anxious states vs resilience, & calling for increased vigilance of psychiatric symptoms during the initial phases of infectious disease outbreaks
8:
▶️ Poor emotion regulation predicted acute anxiety (initial shock).
▶️ Long-term adverse change patterns were predicted by intolerance of uncertainty, lower trust in governmental pandemic handling, and lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake, with vaccination protecting against anxious symptom development.
▶️ Poor emotion regulation predicted acute anxiety (initial shock).
▶️ Long-term adverse change patterns were predicted by intolerance of uncertainty, lower trust in governmental pandemic handling, and lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake, with vaccination protecting against anxious symptom development.
December 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
8:
▶️ Poor emotion regulation predicted acute anxiety (initial shock).
▶️ Long-term adverse change patterns were predicted by intolerance of uncertainty, lower trust in governmental pandemic handling, and lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake, with vaccination protecting against anxious symptom development.
▶️ Poor emotion regulation predicted acute anxiety (initial shock).
▶️ Long-term adverse change patterns were predicted by intolerance of uncertainty, lower trust in governmental pandemic handling, and lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake, with vaccination protecting against anxious symptom development.
7: In contrast, the majority of individuals (i.e. resilient groups) displayed no such high risk for treatment seeking or future development of mental disorders.
Beyond future clinical outcomes, several predictors of different anxious symptom change patterns were identified:
Beyond future clinical outcomes, several predictors of different anxious symptom change patterns were identified:
December 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
7: In contrast, the majority of individuals (i.e. resilient groups) displayed no such high risk for treatment seeking or future development of mental disorders.
Beyond future clinical outcomes, several predictors of different anxious symptom change patterns were identified:
Beyond future clinical outcomes, several predictors of different anxious symptom change patterns were identified:
6: Individuals showing severe deterioration (7%) had no preexisting psychiatric diagnoses & were asymptomatic at pandemic onset.
They developed severe increases in anxiety symptoms during pandemic, & reported future treatment-seeking & psychiatric diagnosis, 3 years after symptom changes occurred.
They developed severe increases in anxiety symptoms during pandemic, & reported future treatment-seeking & psychiatric diagnosis, 3 years after symptom changes occurred.
December 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
6: Individuals showing severe deterioration (7%) had no preexisting psychiatric diagnoses & were asymptomatic at pandemic onset.
They developed severe increases in anxiety symptoms during pandemic, & reported future treatment-seeking & psychiatric diagnosis, 3 years after symptom changes occurred.
They developed severe increases in anxiety symptoms during pandemic, & reported future treatment-seeking & psychiatric diagnosis, 3 years after symptom changes occurred.
5: Two reflected resilience: a stable low-anxiety group & a rapid-recovery group following an initial shock w/heightened anxiety at pandemic onset. These encompassed the population majority.
Two adverse change patterns emerged, with 1 subgroup revealing substantial deterioration during the pandemic
Two adverse change patterns emerged, with 1 subgroup revealing substantial deterioration during the pandemic
December 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
5: Two reflected resilience: a stable low-anxiety group & a rapid-recovery group following an initial shock w/heightened anxiety at pandemic onset. These encompassed the population majority.
Two adverse change patterns emerged, with 1 subgroup revealing substantial deterioration during the pandemic
Two adverse change patterns emerged, with 1 subgroup revealing substantial deterioration during the pandemic
4: Using a non-linear dynamic SEM model (Latent Change Score Mixture Model; LCSMM) adaptable to rapidly changing contexts (i.e. pandemics), we identified five prototypical anxious symptom change patterns.
December 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
4: Using a non-linear dynamic SEM model (Latent Change Score Mixture Model; LCSMM) adaptable to rapidly changing contexts (i.e. pandemics), we identified five prototypical anxious symptom change patterns.
3: We conducted a large-scale, pre-registered, longitudinal study of >4,000 adults in the general population, each assessed across 10 waves over 3 years (43,610 observations), spanning the full pandemic period - from its onset (March 2020) to the WHO-marked ending (March 2023).
December 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
3: We conducted a large-scale, pre-registered, longitudinal study of >4,000 adults in the general population, each assessed across 10 waves over 3 years (43,610 observations), spanning the full pandemic period - from its onset (March 2020) to the WHO-marked ending (March 2023).
2: Moreover, longitudinal evidence covering the full pandemic period remains limited, and links between distinct anxious symptom change patterns, their underlying risk and protective factors, and long-term clinical outcomes are poorly understood.
December 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
2: Moreover, longitudinal evidence covering the full pandemic period remains limited, and links between distinct anxious symptom change patterns, their underlying risk and protective factors, and long-term clinical outcomes are poorly understood.
1: Despite substantial heterogeneity in anxious symptom expression patterns, pandemic studies have largely focused on population-level trends.
December 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
1: Despite substantial heterogeneity in anxious symptom expression patterns, pandemic studies have largely focused on population-level trends.