Amanda Ferguson
@amandaferg.bsky.social
Postdoc @mrccbu @cambridge_uni || JRF @DarwinCollege || prev clinical psych @UofT || studying emotions, mental health, and tech use in teens || she/her 🌈
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After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com!
We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour
Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...
www.nature.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:35 AM
After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com!
We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🔷New in Biological Psychiatry🔷
**Old Strategies, New Environments: Reinforcement Learning on Social Media**
In this Review, we argue that the computational framework of Reinforcement Learning can help us understand social media behaviour:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
**Old Strategies, New Environments: Reinforcement Learning on Social Media**
In this Review, we argue that the computational framework of Reinforcement Learning can help us understand social media behaviour:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🔷New in Biological Psychiatry🔷
**Old Strategies, New Environments: Reinforcement Learning on Social Media**
In this Review, we argue that the computational framework of Reinforcement Learning can help us understand social media behaviour:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
**Old Strategies, New Environments: Reinforcement Learning on Social Media**
In this Review, we argue that the computational framework of Reinforcement Learning can help us understand social media behaviour:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚨 New preprint! 🚨 Inform and Do No Harm: A Novel Approach to Reduce Negative Effects of Mental Health Awareness
My student Dasha Sandra tackled growing concerns about false self-diagnosis following awareness efforts and found a promising solution. Thread /1
osf.io/preprints/ps...
My student Dasha Sandra tackled growing concerns about false self-diagnosis following awareness efforts and found a promising solution. Thread /1
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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May 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🚨 New preprint! 🚨 Inform and Do No Harm: A Novel Approach to Reduce Negative Effects of Mental Health Awareness
My student Dasha Sandra tackled growing concerns about false self-diagnosis following awareness efforts and found a promising solution. Thread /1
osf.io/preprints/ps...
My student Dasha Sandra tackled growing concerns about false self-diagnosis following awareness efforts and found a promising solution. Thread /1
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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My team has got news!
Looking forward to working on this with great team members and collaborators across the UK ⬇️
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Looking forward to working on this with great team members and collaborators across the UK ⬇️
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Cambridge leads governmental project to understand impact of smartphones and social media on young people
Cambridge researchers are leading the first phase of a new research project that will lay the groundwork for future studies into the impact on children of
www.cam.ac.uk
January 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My team has got news!
Looking forward to working on this with great team members and collaborators across the UK ⬇️
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Looking forward to working on this with great team members and collaborators across the UK ⬇️
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
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Great to see work from our team lead by the fantastic @fassiluisa.bsky.social being written up for a general audience by The Mental Elf! Worth a read if you are interested in the evidence base on social media and clinical anxiety/depression in young people ⬇️
Critical lack of evidence about social media use and youth mental health in clinical populations www.nationalelfservice.net?p=209615
#SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth #Research
#SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth #Research
Critical lack of evidence about social media use and youth mental health
Impact of social media use on internalising symptoms in adolescents from clinical and community samples.
www.nationalelfservice.net
January 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Great to see work from our team lead by the fantastic @fassiluisa.bsky.social being written up for a general audience by The Mental Elf! Worth a read if you are interested in the evidence base on social media and clinical anxiety/depression in young people ⬇️
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🎉 Grant Success for two Digital Mental Health Group Senior Research Associates 🎉
Both @amandaferg.bsky.social and Amrit Kaur Purba have been awarded prestigious, competitive pilot grants from The Huo Family Foundation as Principal Investigators.
Both @amandaferg.bsky.social and Amrit Kaur Purba have been awarded prestigious, competitive pilot grants from The Huo Family Foundation as Principal Investigators.
January 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🎉 Grant Success for two Digital Mental Health Group Senior Research Associates 🎉
Both @amandaferg.bsky.social and Amrit Kaur Purba have been awarded prestigious, competitive pilot grants from The Huo Family Foundation as Principal Investigators.
Both @amandaferg.bsky.social and Amrit Kaur Purba have been awarded prestigious, competitive pilot grants from The Huo Family Foundation as Principal Investigators.
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🚨 Get Paid to Get High! 🚨
Are you a regular cannabis user? Help us uncover the cognitive effects of cannabis in a new study at U of Toronto Scarborough!
Time: 1.5–2 hrs
Compensation: $40
Eligibility: Male (per Health Canada restrictions)
Take the prescreening survey: tinyurl.com/ytdrrjpb
Are you a regular cannabis user? Help us uncover the cognitive effects of cannabis in a new study at U of Toronto Scarborough!
Time: 1.5–2 hrs
Compensation: $40
Eligibility: Male (per Health Canada restrictions)
Take the prescreening survey: tinyurl.com/ytdrrjpb
January 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
🚨 Get Paid to Get High! 🚨
Are you a regular cannabis user? Help us uncover the cognitive effects of cannabis in a new study at U of Toronto Scarborough!
Time: 1.5–2 hrs
Compensation: $40
Eligibility: Male (per Health Canada restrictions)
Take the prescreening survey: tinyurl.com/ytdrrjpb
Are you a regular cannabis user? Help us uncover the cognitive effects of cannabis in a new study at U of Toronto Scarborough!
Time: 1.5–2 hrs
Compensation: $40
Eligibility: Male (per Health Canada restrictions)
Take the prescreening survey: tinyurl.com/ytdrrjpb