Martin Plöderl
@ploederl.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, part-time researcher with a focus on suicide prevention and psychopharmacology.
https://ploederlm.github.io/publications/
https://scholar.google.at/citations?user=76cO6AEAAAAJ&hl=de
Nature, espresso, cycling.
https://ploederlm.github.io/publications/
https://scholar.google.at/citations?user=76cO6AEAAAAJ&hl=de
Nature, espresso, cycling.
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New Canadian Guidelines Strongly Recommend Against Depression Screening
Screening for depression in primary care lacks benefits and may cause harm, according to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
By Peter Simons
www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/new-...
Screening for depression in primary care lacks benefits and may cause harm, according to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
By Peter Simons
www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/new-...
New Canadian Guidelines Strongly Recommend Against Depression Screening
Screening for depression in primary care lacks benefits and may cause harm, according to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
www.madinamerica.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New Canadian Guidelines Strongly Recommend Against Depression Screening
Screening for depression in primary care lacks benefits and may cause harm, according to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
By Peter Simons
www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/new-...
Screening for depression in primary care lacks benefits and may cause harm, according to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
By Peter Simons
www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/new-...
1. An important and critical look on perhaps the best evaluated suicide risk prediction tool, the OxSATS. What does it mean in clinical practice?
Potential pitfalls, demonstrates with different vignettes.
Potential pitfalls, demonstrates with different vignettes.
A clinician’s guide to probabilistic suicide risk prediction tools: cautions and pitfalls | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
A clinician’s guide to probabilistic suicide risk prediction tools: cautions and pitfalls
www.cambridge.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
1. An important and critical look on perhaps the best evaluated suicide risk prediction tool, the OxSATS. What does it mean in clinical practice?
Potential pitfalls, demonstrates with different vignettes.
Potential pitfalls, demonstrates with different vignettes.
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I of course can't know if this is true, but I suspect people now often assume AI use in everything, and this biases them to assume people are less skilled than perhaps they really are. We've unleashed a massive intervention on the world without any understanding of the impact.
Relying on LLMs to get your diploma and is similar to forging PhD research for boosting your political career in Germany
You think it creates shortcuts and notability for getting the top job. But as you are only interested in the CV line, you don't learn anything.
And one day, you are exposed.
You think it creates shortcuts and notability for getting the top job. But as you are only interested in the CV line, you don't learn anything.
And one day, you are exposed.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I of course can't know if this is true, but I suspect people now often assume AI use in everything, and this biases them to assume people are less skilled than perhaps they really are. We've unleashed a massive intervention on the world without any understanding of the impact.
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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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Remember, kids: Nobody reads signs
Remember to wear your hi-viz, folks, so that you won't be hit by a bus driver ... Oh ... www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2560646...
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Remember, kids: Nobody reads signs
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Electron microscope image of turntable stylus in grooves of a vinyl record
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Electron microscope image of turntable stylus in grooves of a vinyl record
One more picture from this week's early frosty morning bike ride, with thd full moon descending
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
One more picture from this week's early frosty morning bike ride, with thd full moon descending
About suicide risk "management"
Risk is dead. Long live risk | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core
Risk is dead. Long live risk - Volume 49 Issue 5
www.cambridge.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
About suicide risk "management"
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Exactly! Which makes the real climate shift way scarier. Like shown by the data from svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Exactly! Which makes the real climate shift way scarier. Like shown by the data from svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/
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A week after @bmj.com published a highly publicized paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure, sleuths have unearthed what they are calling “serious” inconsistencies in the data.
Sleuths flag ‘complete mismatch’ in data of BMJ stem cell study
A week after The BMJ published a highly publicized paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure, sleuths have unearthed what they are calling “serious” inconsistencies in t…
retractionwatch.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
A week after @bmj.com published a highly publicized paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure, sleuths have unearthed what they are calling “serious” inconsistencies in the data.
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Perhaps we are at the point where universities should be making themselves much less dependent on microsoft.
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Perhaps we are at the point where universities should be making themselves much less dependent on microsoft.
Full moon and rest of fog on my early morning bike ride
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Full moon and rest of fog on my early morning bike ride
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Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy™ for PTSD. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Are you kidding me? Is "ketamine-assisted EMDR therapy" trademarked? Good grief. 😳😂
Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy™ for PTSD: investigating the synergistic effects of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy
Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with maladaptive memory reconsolidation and overgeneralized fear responses. EMDR therapy promotes trauma reprocessing by activating th...
www.tandfonline.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy™ for PTSD. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Are you kidding me? Is "ketamine-assisted EMDR therapy" trademarked? Good grief. 😳😂
Peter Doshi, who lead the RIAT initiative, writes about the recent legal actions on the 2001 publication of Study 329.
Never heard about Study 329 or RIAT?
Then I recommend reading this to understand the darker sides of EBM.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Never heard about Study 329 or RIAT?
Then I recommend reading this to understand the darker sides of EBM.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Notorious GSK paroxetine adolescent depression trial is slapped with expression of concern amid legal action
A long criticised study on antidepressant use in adolescents has been flagged with an “expression of concern” by a leading academic journal after the launch of legal action.12
George Murgatroyd III, ...
www.bmj.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Peter Doshi, who lead the RIAT initiative, writes about the recent legal actions on the 2001 publication of Study 329.
Never heard about Study 329 or RIAT?
Then I recommend reading this to understand the darker sides of EBM.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Never heard about Study 329 or RIAT?
Then I recommend reading this to understand the darker sides of EBM.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Stars, moon, autumn sky
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Stars, moon, autumn sky
According to this Mendelian Randomization study, the use of antidepressants leads to an increased risk of different mental health problems, including suicidality. I heard that this method can lead to biased results. Thoughts?
Evidence of increased risk of five psychiatric disorders due to antidepressants - European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Objective Existing evidence suggests a close association between antidepressants (ATDs) and the increased incidence of psychiatric disorders. However, causality has yet to be confirmed. We aim to eval...
link.springer.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
According to this Mendelian Randomization study, the use of antidepressants leads to an increased risk of different mental health problems, including suicidality. I heard that this method can lead to biased results. Thoughts?
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@bmj.com Please look at PubPeer comments on an article you published last week. pubpeer.com/publications...
I think your research integrity dept shld act swiftly on this one, given clinical significance.
I'm aware of even more evidence of problems so let me know if this is not sufficient.
I think your research integrity dept shld act swiftly on this one, given clinical significance.
I'm aware of even more evidence of problems so let me know if this is not sufficient.
PubPeer - Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart fail...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (P...
pubpeer.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
@bmj.com Please look at PubPeer comments on an article you published last week. pubpeer.com/publications...
I think your research integrity dept shld act swiftly on this one, given clinical significance.
I'm aware of even more evidence of problems so let me know if this is not sufficient.
I think your research integrity dept shld act swiftly on this one, given clinical significance.
I'm aware of even more evidence of problems so let me know if this is not sufficient.
Reposted by Martin Plöderl
As it happens, the "whitey" on this Iranian paper is Anthony Mathur, a friend of Thiemermann. Together they pushed stem cell fraud before:
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
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 3:25 PM
As it happens, the "whitey" on this Iranian paper is Anthony Mathur, a friend of Thiemermann. Together they pushed stem cell fraud before:
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
Reposted by Martin Plöderl
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...
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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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Was tragen eigentlich Antidepressiva zum Behandlungserfolg stationärer Therapien von Depressionen bei? Nach den sehr gut gemachten Studien von Reinhard Maß: nichts.
www.depression-heute.de/behandlungse...
www.depression-heute.de/behandlungse...
Behandlungserfolge ohne Antidepressiva | Depression-Heute
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Maß hat systematisch über einen Zeitraum von knapp 20 Jahren die Besserungen der depressiv erkrankten Patienten auf seiner Station erfasst. Seine aktuelle Studie kommt zu überrasche...
www.depression-heute.de
August 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Was tragen eigentlich Antidepressiva zum Behandlungserfolg stationärer Therapien von Depressionen bei? Nach den sehr gut gemachten Studien von Reinhard Maß: nichts.
www.depression-heute.de/behandlungse...
www.depression-heute.de/behandlungse...
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Glad this response was published. My comments in response to the debate over the meta-analysis in question seem still relevant here: undark.org/2025/08/21/o...
October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Glad this response was published. My comments in response to the debate over the meta-analysis in question seem still relevant here: undark.org/2025/08/21/o...
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In mental health diagnoses are not explanations. 'Sometimes that can be a distraction, because people often try to fit themselves into boxes ..and don't necessarily communicate, or become aware of, what their actual problems are' camdenist.beehiiv.com/p/controvers...
Controversial mental health voice Joanna Moncrieff speaks out
The final guest editor in our current series on why the drugs don't work, plus new cultural projects for Camden Town & loads to do this week
camdenist.beehiiv.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In mental health diagnoses are not explanations. 'Sometimes that can be a distraction, because people often try to fit themselves into boxes ..and don't necessarily communicate, or become aware of, what their actual problems are' camdenist.beehiiv.com/p/controvers...