Aaron D. Cherniak
@aaroncherniak.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist & Researcher. PhD Stockholm U., Reichman U. Researching mental health, spirituality and religion, and psychedelics. Rabbi.
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Howdy, Bluesky!
I am a clinical psychologist, researcher, and rabbi. Interests in psychotherapy, psychedelics, spirituality/religion-related mental health, and more.
Proud Canadian immigrant to Israel
Also here for witty humour, nature photography, and (hopefully) fewer Nazi bots.
I am a clinical psychologist, researcher, and rabbi. Interests in psychotherapy, psychedelics, spirituality/religion-related mental health, and more.
Proud Canadian immigrant to Israel
Also here for witty humour, nature photography, and (hopefully) fewer Nazi bots.
Reposted by Aaron D. Cherniak
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
Reposted by Aaron D. Cherniak
How does #psychedelic use relate to changes in religiosity and spirituality? Read a summary of current research on this topic from @aaroncherniak.bsky.social in his APA Journals Article Spotlight: https://bit.ly/3ImJlpJ
October 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How does #psychedelic use relate to changes in religiosity and spirituality? Read a summary of current research on this topic from @aaroncherniak.bsky.social in his APA Journals Article Spotlight: https://bit.ly/3ImJlpJ
Our article on psychedelic-related religious and spiritual changes is the newest feature in APA Journals Article Spotlight www.apa.org/pubs/highlig...
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September 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Our article on psychedelic-related religious and spiritual changes is the newest feature in APA Journals Article Spotlight www.apa.org/pubs/highlig...
Reposted by Aaron D. Cherniak
🍄 Our new living systematic review and meta-analysis on psilocybin for depression is out. Here's what we found and the open science infrastructure we built to support it 🧪🧵
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🍄 Our new living systematic review and meta-analysis on psilocybin for depression is out. Here's what we found and the open science infrastructure we built to support it 🧪🧵
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Psychologists & related fields: what is a big methods question that you believe remains somewhat unanswered & that you'd love to see adressed? There may be an opportunity for a large-scale meta-science project with many teams trying to figure out a question.
Any thoughts welcome! #psychscisky
Any thoughts welcome! #psychscisky
July 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Psychologists & related fields: what is a big methods question that you believe remains somewhat unanswered & that you'd love to see adressed? There may be an opportunity for a large-scale meta-science project with many teams trying to figure out a question.
Any thoughts welcome! #psychscisky
Any thoughts welcome! #psychscisky
Received notice that this article was selected as an @apajournals.bsky.social Editor's Choice!
"Editor’s Choice papers represent the best science in each area of our discipline, reflecting science that is exceptionally important, impactful, and deserves additional visibility for the whole field."
"Editor’s Choice papers represent the best science in each area of our discipline, reflecting science that is exceptionally important, impactful, and deserves additional visibility for the whole field."
New #openaccess in @apajournals.bsky.social Psych of #Religion and #Spirituality:
How do #psychedelics affect religiosity/spirituality?
Do psychedelics increase the likelihood of religious conversions?
We (Pehr Granqvist & I) explored these q's in 2 large preregistered longitudinal studies:
How do #psychedelics affect religiosity/spirituality?
Do psychedelics increase the likelihood of religious conversions?
We (Pehr Granqvist & I) explored these q's in 2 large preregistered longitudinal studies:
July 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Received notice that this article was selected as an @apajournals.bsky.social Editor's Choice!
"Editor’s Choice papers represent the best science in each area of our discipline, reflecting science that is exceptionally important, impactful, and deserves additional visibility for the whole field."
"Editor’s Choice papers represent the best science in each area of our discipline, reflecting science that is exceptionally important, impactful, and deserves additional visibility for the whole field."
How prescient was this- even before Grok was seemingly trained on Mein Kampf
Howdy, Bluesky!
I am a clinical psychologist, researcher, and rabbi. Interests in psychotherapy, psychedelics, spirituality/religion-related mental health, and more.
Proud Canadian immigrant to Israel
Also here for witty humour, nature photography, and (hopefully) fewer Nazi bots.
I am a clinical psychologist, researcher, and rabbi. Interests in psychotherapy, psychedelics, spirituality/religion-related mental health, and more.
Proud Canadian immigrant to Israel
Also here for witty humour, nature photography, and (hopefully) fewer Nazi bots.
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
How prescient was this- even before Grok was seemingly trained on Mein Kampf
Reposted by Aaron D. Cherniak
Last year, @jacobsaday.bsky.social and @trpr-ucsf.bsky.social asked: "Psychedelic assisted psychotherapy: where is the psychotherapy research?"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How soon can we say "here it comes"?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How soon can we say "here it comes"?
May 14, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Last year, @jacobsaday.bsky.social and @trpr-ucsf.bsky.social asked: "Psychedelic assisted psychotherapy: where is the psychotherapy research?"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How soon can we say "here it comes"?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How soon can we say "here it comes"?
Feature on our recent paper
Psychedelics linked to religious disaffiliation—but not spiritual change—in large-scale study
Psychedelics linked to religious disaffiliation—but not spiritual change—in large-scale study
Psychedelics are often described as spiritual tools—but do they change people’s religious beliefs? A large new study found that while psychedelic use was associated with religious disaffiliation, it did not cause lasting changes in religiosity or spirituality over time.
www.psypost.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Feature on our recent paper
Reposted by Aaron D. Cherniak
Psychedelics linked to religious disaffiliation—but not spiritual change—in large-scale study
Psychedelics linked to religious disaffiliation—but not spiritual change—in large-scale study
Psychedelics are often described as spiritual tools—but do they change people’s religious beliefs? A large new study found that while psychedelic use was associated with religious disaffiliation, it did not cause lasting changes in religiosity or spirituality over time.
www.psypost.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Psychedelics linked to religious disaffiliation—but not spiritual change—in large-scale study
New #openaccess in @apajournals.bsky.social Psych of #Religion and #Spirituality:
How do #psychedelics affect religiosity/spirituality?
Do psychedelics increase the likelihood of religious conversions?
We (Pehr Granqvist & I) explored these q's in 2 large preregistered longitudinal studies:
How do #psychedelics affect religiosity/spirituality?
Do psychedelics increase the likelihood of religious conversions?
We (Pehr Granqvist & I) explored these q's in 2 large preregistered longitudinal studies:
May 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
New #openaccess in @apajournals.bsky.social Psych of #Religion and #Spirituality:
How do #psychedelics affect religiosity/spirituality?
Do psychedelics increase the likelihood of religious conversions?
We (Pehr Granqvist & I) explored these q's in 2 large preregistered longitudinal studies:
How do #psychedelics affect religiosity/spirituality?
Do psychedelics increase the likelihood of religious conversions?
We (Pehr Granqvist & I) explored these q's in 2 large preregistered longitudinal studies:
I am thrilled to be part of a cross-division
APA/CODAPAR project on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy called Broadening Perspectives: Educating Psychologists on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy.
APA/CODAPAR project on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy called Broadening Perspectives: Educating Psychologists on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy.
April 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I am thrilled to be part of a cross-division
APA/CODAPAR project on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy called Broadening Perspectives: Educating Psychologists on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy.
APA/CODAPAR project on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy called Broadening Perspectives: Educating Psychologists on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy.
A fire alarm interrupted the reading of Megillat Esther this Purim. I wrote up a humble reflection on listening closely to something so fragile, so quiet, when the world seems to be screaming.
blogs.timesofisrael.com/tuning-out-n...
blogs.timesofisrael.com/tuning-out-n...
The Blogs: Tuning out Noise, into Signal: Purim, Presence, and Listening
From the blog of Aaron D. Cherniak at The Times of Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A fire alarm interrupted the reading of Megillat Esther this Purim. I wrote up a humble reflection on listening closely to something so fragile, so quiet, when the world seems to be screaming.
blogs.timesofisrael.com/tuning-out-n...
blogs.timesofisrael.com/tuning-out-n...
Celebrate submission day, not/in addition to publication day.
Too many hours go into writing and submitting a manuscript to wait until its accepted to celebrate.
Too many hours go into writing and submitting a manuscript to wait until its accepted to celebrate.
January 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Celebrate submission day, not/in addition to publication day.
Too many hours go into writing and submitting a manuscript to wait until its accepted to celebrate.
Too many hours go into writing and submitting a manuscript to wait until its accepted to celebrate.
Reposted by Aaron D. Cherniak
December 17, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Reposted by Aaron D. Cherniak
New to BlueSky?
Interested in Psychology?
Click on this post and scroll up for a thread of 40 starter packs containing experts in different areas of psychology.
#Psychology #AcademicSky #EduSky 🧪
Interested in Psychology?
Click on this post and scroll up for a thread of 40 starter packs containing experts in different areas of psychology.
#Psychology #AcademicSky #EduSky 🧪
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ALT: a yellow background with the word psych written in blue
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November 18, 2024 at 7:14 AM
New to BlueSky?
Interested in Psychology?
Click on this post and scroll up for a thread of 40 starter packs containing experts in different areas of psychology.
#Psychology #AcademicSky #EduSky 🧪
Interested in Psychology?
Click on this post and scroll up for a thread of 40 starter packs containing experts in different areas of psychology.
#Psychology #AcademicSky #EduSky 🧪
Reposted by Aaron D. Cherniak
A scientist new to Bluesky? @steveharoz.com and @markrubin.bsky.social have put together some great resources to get you started!
A guide to BlueSky for Scientists
* Common questions
* Links to resources
* An explanation of feeds
* A directory of science feeds
Please share with scientists on BlueSky!
Written by me and @markrubin.bsky.social
🧪 #stats #PsychSciSky #neuroscience
* Common questions
* Links to resources
* An explanation of feeds
* A directory of science feeds
Please share with scientists on BlueSky!
Written by me and @markrubin.bsky.social
🧪 #stats #PsychSciSky #neuroscience
BlueSky for Scientists
BlueSky for Scientists Authors: Steve Haroz and Mark Rubin URL: http://blueskyscience.steveharoz.com Features you may miss from Twitter or Mastodon As BlueSky is in beta, some features are not impleme...
blueskyscience.steveharoz.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:31 PM
A scientist new to Bluesky? @steveharoz.com and @markrubin.bsky.social have put together some great resources to get you started!
I was recently interviewed by eJewishPhilanthropy for a piece about the Jewish Journeys study run by Shefa: Jewish Psychedelic Support and Emory U. They are doing very important work identifying the needs of Jews in the context of psychedelic use.
ejewishphilanthropy.com/new-study-lo...
ejewishphilanthropy.com/new-study-lo...
New study looks to better understand Jews’ relationships with psychedelics
The survey, “Jewish Journeys,” will be conducted by Emory University and the nonprofit Shefa, with funding from the Jim Joseph Foundation
ejewishphilanthropy.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:30 PM
I was recently interviewed by eJewishPhilanthropy for a piece about the Jewish Journeys study run by Shefa: Jewish Psychedelic Support and Emory U. They are doing very important work identifying the needs of Jews in the context of psychedelic use.
ejewishphilanthropy.com/new-study-lo...
ejewishphilanthropy.com/new-study-lo...
Reposted by Aaron D. Cherniak
🚀 MetaROR is Live! 🚀
MetaROR is a free community-owned platform for open peer review in metaresearch by RoRI & AIMOS.
With our Publish-Review-Curate model, we’re making the publication process faster and more open.
Find out more: researchonresearch.org/introducing-...
MetaROR is a free community-owned platform for open peer review in metaresearch by RoRI & AIMOS.
With our Publish-Review-Curate model, we’re making the publication process faster and more open.
Find out more: researchonresearch.org/introducing-...
November 21, 2024 at 11:27 AM
🚀 MetaROR is Live! 🚀
MetaROR is a free community-owned platform for open peer review in metaresearch by RoRI & AIMOS.
With our Publish-Review-Curate model, we’re making the publication process faster and more open.
Find out more: researchonresearch.org/introducing-...
MetaROR is a free community-owned platform for open peer review in metaresearch by RoRI & AIMOS.
With our Publish-Review-Curate model, we’re making the publication process faster and more open.
Find out more: researchonresearch.org/introducing-...
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Blog on our new JoPACS viewpoint led by @molthof.bsky.social, highlighting problems of ignoring socio-environmental causes for psychopathology, using the example of the p-factor for which all dominant theories position liability *within* the person.
eiko-fried.com/causes-of-me...
eiko-fried.com/causes-of-me...
Are causes of mental disorders in the person or in the environment? » Eiko Fried
Brief summary of our new paper on the personal-internal reification of p-factor causes with Merlijn Olthof and Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff
eiko-fried.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Blog on our new JoPACS viewpoint led by @molthof.bsky.social, highlighting problems of ignoring socio-environmental causes for psychopathology, using the example of the p-factor for which all dominant theories position liability *within* the person.
eiko-fried.com/causes-of-me...
eiko-fried.com/causes-of-me...
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Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education.
openstax.org/details/book...
openstax.org/details/book...
November 15, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education.
openstax.org/details/book...
openstax.org/details/book...
Reposted by Aaron D. Cherniak
Just accepted at Clinical Psych Science ✨
"Engaging people with lived experience of psychological disorders: Current research and future directions for community-engaged measure development in psychological science"
osf.io/preprints/ps...
"Engaging people with lived experience of psychological disorders: Current research and future directions for community-engaged measure development in psychological science"
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
November 18, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Just accepted at Clinical Psych Science ✨
"Engaging people with lived experience of psychological disorders: Current research and future directions for community-engaged measure development in psychological science"
osf.io/preprints/ps...
"Engaging people with lived experience of psychological disorders: Current research and future directions for community-engaged measure development in psychological science"
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Gathering scientists engaged with the psychology of religion and spirituality very broadly defined.
Please reply or DM to be included.
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Please reply or DM to be included.
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November 18, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Gathering scientists engaged with the psychology of religion and spirituality very broadly defined.
Please reply or DM to be included.
go.bsky.app/9CwwkDe
Please reply or DM to be included.
go.bsky.app/9CwwkDe
🚨 New paper! 🚨
In @HarvardRevPsych
#Religiosity, #Spirituality, Meaning-Making, and #Suicidality in Psychiatric Patients and Suicide Attempters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
H/t Bart van den Brink et al
journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/f...
In @HarvardRevPsych
#Religiosity, #Spirituality, Meaning-Making, and #Suicidality in Psychiatric Patients and Suicide Attempters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
H/t Bart van den Brink et al
journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/f...
Religiosity, Spirituality, Meaning-Making, and Suicidality... : Harvard Review of Psychiatry
uicidality and suicide. Thus far, reviews on the topic have largely been descriptive, and there are no meta-analyses focused on psychiatric patients. This study systematically evaluates all empirical ...
journals.lww.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:41 AM
🚨 New paper! 🚨
In @HarvardRevPsych
#Religiosity, #Spirituality, Meaning-Making, and #Suicidality in Psychiatric Patients and Suicide Attempters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
H/t Bart van den Brink et al
journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/f...
In @HarvardRevPsych
#Religiosity, #Spirituality, Meaning-Making, and #Suicidality in Psychiatric Patients and Suicide Attempters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
H/t Bart van den Brink et al
journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/f...
1) Completing PhD in psychotherapeutic mechanisms of change in psychedelic-assisted therapy
2) Mixed-methods study on psychedelic experiences and spiritual development
3) Exile & Ecstasy - Madison Margolin
2) Mixed-methods study on psychedelic experiences and spiritual development
3) Exile & Ecstasy - Madison Margolin
Bluesky Psychedelics People: Let's (re-)intro ourselves to one another!
Quote this post and tell us:
1) What you do in the field
2) A project you're currently working on
3) A show/film/book you're enjoying
Quote this post and tell us:
1) What you do in the field
2) A project you're currently working on
3) A show/film/book you're enjoying
November 17, 2024 at 8:11 PM
1) Completing PhD in psychotherapeutic mechanisms of change in psychedelic-assisted therapy
2) Mixed-methods study on psychedelic experiences and spiritual development
3) Exile & Ecstasy - Madison Margolin
2) Mixed-methods study on psychedelic experiences and spiritual development
3) Exile & Ecstasy - Madison Margolin