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Jess Fales
@jessfales.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Psychology
(Child clinical/pediatric psych)
Farmer’s wife. Bravo aficionado.
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The FAFSA is open.

If you’re a parent, make sure you and your student are taking advantage of Washington’s financial aid. Don’t leave money on the table.
October 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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New @bathcpr.bsky.social paper: A review in The Lancet by Chris Eccleston and colleagues argues that psychological treatments can be used early on, when pain first emerges. Access details, and a link to the paper here: www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
May 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Happy birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope, launched from the Kennedy Space Center #OTD in 1990. Here's to a remarkable 35 years of imaging the Cosmos. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️

Leave your favorite Hubble images in the replies!
April 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️

Longer days. Lighter evenings.

Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
March 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Chronic loneliness can increase cortisol and inflammation and weaken your immune system, says social scientist Kasley Killiam. She argues it’s time to accept that good quality social connections are a fundamental human need.
Want to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier? Then Cultivate Your Social Connections
Chronic loneliness can increase cortisol and inflammation and weaken your immune system, says social scientist Kasley Killiam. She argues it’s time to accept that good quality social connections are...
wrd.cm
March 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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A.I. chatbots posing as therapists that are programmed to reinforce, rather than to challenge, a user’s thinking, could drive vulnerable people to harm themselves or others, the nation’s largest psychological organization warned federal regulators.
Human Therapists Prepare for Battle Against A.I. Pretenders
Chatbots posing as therapists may encourage users to commit harmful acts, the nation’s largest psychological organization warned federal regulators.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Hot off the press: Our recent publication in British Medical Journal:

Moments that matter: childhood pain treatment shapes pain for life-we can do better every time in every child

bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Moments that matter: childhood pain treatment shapes pain for life—we can do better every time in every child - BMC Medicine
Background Needle procedures, such as vaccinations, blood draws, and intravenous cannulation, are the most frequent source of childhood pain, causing fear and reducing the uptake of medical procedures...
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM