Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab
@redslabauburn.bsky.social
The REDS Lab at Auburn University examines disordered eating and suicidal behaviors. Fans of Red Pandas. Account run by Dr. April Smith and her graduate students.
Congratulations to @oclancy.bsky.social for successfully proposing her dissertation! We can't wait to see the results!
November 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Congratulations to @oclancy.bsky.social for successfully proposing her dissertation! We can't wait to see the results!
We are so grateful to our participants for helping us with this important work!
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We are so grateful to our participants for helping us with this important work!
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AU's Clinical PhD application deadline is approaching (12/1/25)! 🦊 REDS lab plans to accept a grad student for Fall 2026. Folks interested in eating disorders and/or suicide are encouraged to apply! See here for more details: www.redslab.org/join-the-lab
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November 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
AU's Clinical PhD application deadline is approaching (12/1/25)! 🦊 REDS lab plans to accept a grad student for Fall 2026. Folks interested in eating disorders and/or suicide are encouraged to apply! See here for more details: www.redslab.org/join-the-lab
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The relationship between emotion regulation difficulties and eating disorder outcomes: a longitudinal examination in a residential eating disorder treatment facility
Eating disorders (EDs) are associated with numerous comorbidities and deleterious outcomes (e.g. medical complications, high rates of death by suicide). The complexities of EDs are further compound...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Hot off the presses! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Just a few more days to get your application in!
Come join us!
October 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Just a few more days to get your application in!
Come join us!
October 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Come join us!
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If you need a scale to assess capability for suicide, our Fearlessness about Suicide Scale continues to demonstrate strong psychometrics, check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Cross‐Sectional Psychometric Comparison of the Fearlessness About Suicide and Fearlessness About Death Scales
Introduction The fearlessness about suicide scale (FSS) was developed in response to evidence suggesting fearlessness about suicide is more relevant to the capability for suicide than fearlessness a...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
If you need a scale to assess capability for suicide, our Fearlessness about Suicide Scale continues to demonstrate strong psychometrics, check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New publication from @RezaSahlan: In a national Iranian sample, we found that binge/purge eating symptoms + feeling disconnected or burdensome + high suicide capability = highest risk for suicide attempts.
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#SuicidePrevention #EatingDisorders #MentalHealth
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#SuicidePrevention #EatingDisorders #MentalHealth
Subtypes of Eating Disorder Symptoms, Thwarted Belongingness, Perceived Burdensomeness, Capability for Suicide, and Their Associations With Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempts
Objective Suicidal ideation and attempts as well as eating disorders (EDs) are common among Iranian individuals. Additionally, ED symptoms are associated with suicidality. According to the interpers...
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September 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New publication from @RezaSahlan: In a national Iranian sample, we found that binge/purge eating symptoms + feeling disconnected or burdensome + high suicide capability = highest risk for suicide attempts.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#SuicidePrevention #EatingDisorders #MentalHealth
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#SuicidePrevention #EatingDisorders #MentalHealth
🦊 Exciting news! The REDS Lab is looking to accept a new graduate student in Fall 2026. If you’re passionate about studying or treating eating disorders and suicide, check out how to join us: www.redslab.org/join-the-lab
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September 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🦊 Exciting news! The REDS Lab is looking to accept a new graduate student in Fall 2026. If you’re passionate about studying or treating eating disorders and suicide, check out how to join us: www.redslab.org/join-the-lab
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Read about our interesting findings comparing two fearlessness of death psychometric measures soon!
Heartfelt gratitude for my amazing mentors - @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social @laurenharris.bsky.social and Dr. Rachel Torres!!
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Heartfelt gratitude for my amazing mentors - @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social @laurenharris.bsky.social and Dr. Rachel Torres!!
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Congrats to @kefancathywu.bsky.social, whose first-authored paper, "Cross-sectional Psychometric Comparison of the Fearlessness About Suicide and Fearlessness About Death Scales" was just accepted at #sltb!
September 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Read about our interesting findings comparing two fearlessness of death psychometric measures soon!
Heartfelt gratitude for my amazing mentors - @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social @laurenharris.bsky.social and Dr. Rachel Torres!!
@redslabauburn.bsky.social
Heartfelt gratitude for my amazing mentors - @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social @laurenharris.bsky.social and Dr. Rachel Torres!!
@redslabauburn.bsky.social
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What a great #edrs2025! Loved getting to hear about the exciting things our current and former REDS labers are doing on internship, post-doc, and professorship!
September 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
What a great #edrs2025! Loved getting to hear about the exciting things our current and former REDS labers are doing on internship, post-doc, and professorship!
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🚨 Last day to give! 🚨 At Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic, we provide affordable, evidence-based care and train the next generation of therapists. Help fund our 2nd clinician & client scholarships so more people get care 💙 Donate: tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
Transform Lives Through Eating Disorder Treatment - Tiger Giving Day
Almost 30 million Americans — including over 430,000 Alabamians — will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. Yet access to specialized, affordable treatment remains a critical barrier for m...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🚨 Last day to give! 🚨 At Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic, we provide affordable, evidence-based care and train the next generation of therapists. Help fund our 2nd clinician & client scholarships so more people get care 💙 Donate: tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
New paper from AU professor, Dr. Kunstman, finds that minimizing psychopathology’s harm to Black individuals fuels underfunding of race-conscious mental health programs. guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/...
Racial biases in psychopathology undermine support for race conscious mental health programs | Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Introduction: Race-conscious mental health programs effectively address mental health inequity. However, programs require public support. This work tests whether stereotypes that conceive of Black ind...
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September 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New paper from AU professor, Dr. Kunstman, finds that minimizing psychopathology’s harm to Black individuals fuels underfunding of race-conscious mental health programs. guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/...
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Only 2.5 more days left to help support eating disorders treatment in Alabama! Any help spreading the word is greatly appreciated! tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
Transform Lives Through Eating Disorder Treatment - Tiger Giving Day
Almost 30 million Americans — including over 430,000 Alabamians — will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. Yet access to specialized, affordable treatment remains a critical barrier for m...
tigergiving.org
September 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Only 2.5 more days left to help support eating disorders treatment in Alabama! Any help spreading the word is greatly appreciated! tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
The Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic provides affordable, evidence-based treatment to kids, teens, & adults who would otherwise go without. 💙
We need your help to keep funding our 2nd clinician + client scholarships:
📌 tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
We need your help to keep funding our 2nd clinician + client scholarships:
📌 tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
Transform Lives Through Eating Disorder Treatment - Tiger Giving Day
Almost 30 million Americans — including over 430,000 Alabamians — will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. Yet access to specialized, affordable treatment remains a critical barrier for m...
tigergiving.org
September 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic provides affordable, evidence-based treatment to kids, teens, & adults who would otherwise go without. 💙
We need your help to keep funding our 2nd clinician + client scholarships:
📌 tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
We need your help to keep funding our 2nd clinician + client scholarships:
📌 tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
🎉🎊 Congrats to @kefancathywu.bsky.social for being awarded the Suicide and Self Injury Specific Interest Group Student Poster Award for this year's #ABCT2025 conference. Can't wait to see her present this important work in NOLA!
September 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🎉🎊 Congrats to @kefancathywu.bsky.social for being awarded the Suicide and Self Injury Specific Interest Group Student Poster Award for this year's #ABCT2025 conference. Can't wait to see her present this important work in NOLA!
REDS Laber, Will Grunewald, had his Body Trust scale translated into Korean, and it continues to demonstrate great psychometrics! Check out the paper here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... and/or the English version here: www.redslab.org/measures
Frontiers | Body trust in Korean population: validation of the Korean version of the body trust scale
BackgroundInteroception is the ability to perceive and integrate internal sensations. A key component of interoception, body trust, involves trusting interna...
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September 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
REDS Laber, Will Grunewald, had his Body Trust scale translated into Korean, and it continues to demonstrate great psychometrics! Check out the paper here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... and/or the English version here: www.redslab.org/measures
If you're thinking about Psychology Grad school, come find out more about our awesome programs!
August 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
If you're thinking about Psychology Grad school, come find out more about our awesome programs!
Mark your calendars! Tiger Giving Day is happening on 9/10/25!
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August 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Mark your calendars! Tiger Giving Day is happening on 9/10/25!
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Congrats to @laurenpictor.bsky.social for successfully defending her master's thesis! Stay tuned for the results!
August 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Congrats to @laurenpictor.bsky.social for successfully defending her master's thesis! Stay tuned for the results!
We're very excited about this new implementation of our interoceptive awareness training!
We get to work with the real Guardians of the galaxy! Our interoceptive awareness intervention is being implemented by Space Force Delta 8 at Peterson & Schriever Space Force Base. Read more here: www.dvidshub.net/news/544243/...
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August 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We're very excited about this new implementation of our interoceptive awareness training!
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So excited about this study and its implications for treating co-occurring disordered eating and suicidality! @laurenharris.bsky.social
new pub alert ⚠️ did you know that there are currently no evidence-based eating disorder interventions that provide
explicit guidelines for treating co-occurring AN/AAN and suicidality? in this new (open access) article, we demonstrate how idiographic networks could be used to address this gap.
explicit guidelines for treating co-occurring AN/AAN and suicidality? in this new (open access) article, we demonstrate how idiographic networks could be used to address this gap.
Using network analysis to personalize treatment for individuals with co-occurring restrictive eating disorders and suicidality: a proof-of-concept study - Journal of Eating Disorders
Background Nomothetic (i.e., on average) eating disorder interventions generally provide insufficient guidance for managing suicidality. The present proof-of-concept study demonstrates how idiographic...
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July 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So excited about this study and its implications for treating co-occurring disordered eating and suicidality! @laurenharris.bsky.social
Congrats to Reza Sahlan on his new publication! "Suicidal ideation consistently predicted all ED symptoms, including ARFID." dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb...
Longitudinal Associations Among Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Symptoms, Body Dissatisfaction, Restriction, and Suicide Ideation Among Adolescents
Objective Although previous research has established bidirectional links between many eating disorder (ED) symptoms and suicidal ideation (SI), no research has examined how symptoms of avoidant/rest...
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July 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Congrats to Reza Sahlan on his new publication! "Suicidal ideation consistently predicted all ED symptoms, including ARFID." dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb...
"These findings support acceptance of internal sensations asa key mechanism of change for improving PTSD. Further, the results provide preliminary evidence for RISE as a viable PTSD treatment supplement for Service Members"
July 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"These findings support acceptance of internal sensations asa key mechanism of change for improving PTSD. Further, the results provide preliminary evidence for RISE as a viable PTSD treatment supplement for Service Members"
Hot off the press! @rachelfrietchen.bsky.social found that among a sample of women receiving residential treatment for eating disorders, pain catastrophizing positively related to suicidal ideation: doi.org/10.1080/1064...
Longitudinal investigation of pain catastrophizing, pain intensity, and suicidal ideation in women receiving residential treatment for an eating disorder
Pain catastrophizing and pain intensity are related to suicidal thoughts and eating disorders. When individuals experience both high pain intensity and catastrophizing, they may experience higher l...
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June 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hot off the press! @rachelfrietchen.bsky.social found that among a sample of women receiving residential treatment for eating disorders, pain catastrophizing positively related to suicidal ideation: doi.org/10.1080/1064...