Kirsten Christensen
@kirstenchristensen.bsky.social
Clinical psychology PhD student at Texas Tech. Suicide, NSSI, & measurement.
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Found this and couldn't resist ..
February 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Found this and couldn't resist ..
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After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic.
But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necessary.”
But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necessary.”
“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...
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September 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic.
But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necessary.”
But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necessary.”
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Great new blog by David Jobes on improving inpatient services for suicidality www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... #suicideprevention
Fear of Suicide, Control, and Effective Hospitalizations
The presumed effectiveness of psychiatric inpatient care for suicide risk is being reconsidered; research shows that such care is often lacking and must become more evidence-based.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Great new blog by David Jobes on improving inpatient services for suicidality www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... #suicideprevention
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PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
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As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...
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🧠🧠🧠 PsyArXiv needs you! Please sign up to join our moderator team. First cohort is getting trained on next Monday, with more trainings to come. Easy way to give back to this crucial community resource. Students, postdocs, faculty, all welcome - come one and all!
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I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.
July 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.
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Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’
Thrilled to announce this new $900,000 project headed by @jamesheathers.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce this new $900,000 project headed by @jamesheathers.bsky.social
Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’
Group behind Retraction Watch aims to pinpoint the most influential flawed health data.
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June 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’
Thrilled to announce this new $900,000 project headed by @jamesheathers.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce this new $900,000 project headed by @jamesheathers.bsky.social
Excited for this viewpoint! Measurement is the foundation of what we do, and we need to be thoughtful about what we’re measuring.
Care about suicide research? Then you should care about how we measure suicide-related constructs! Very proud to share this viewpoint led by @kirstenchristensen.bsky.social, recently accepted at J Psychopathology and Clinical Science 🥳
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May 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Excited for this viewpoint! Measurement is the foundation of what we do, and we need to be thoughtful about what we’re measuring.
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It also impacts their ability to be good peer reviewers and catch the statistical errors and bad method choices in papers-but more concerning is whether the way we train leads to future innovation
April 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It also impacts their ability to be good peer reviewers and catch the statistical errors and bad method choices in papers-but more concerning is whether the way we train leads to future innovation
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I’ve been concerned about the lack of strong statistical and methods training for psych students. It is often very basic and means students don’t have the skills to answer complex questions
April 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I’ve been concerned about the lack of strong statistical and methods training for psych students. It is often very basic and means students don’t have the skills to answer complex questions
Parents and youth needed for a research study! The Tracking Risk over Time Lab at Texas Tech University is leading an IRB-approved study about suicidal thoughts and behaviors. To learn more, click here:
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March 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Parents and youth needed for a research study! The Tracking Risk over Time Lab at Texas Tech University is leading an IRB-approved study about suicidal thoughts and behaviors. To learn more, click here:
evaluate2.ttu.edu/surveys/?s=A...
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See more information in the flyer or at drseanmmitchell.com/stresscontrol
Please share!
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See more information in the flyer or at drseanmmitchell.com/stresscontrol
Please share!
#StressControl #MentalHealth
February 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
⭐ Are you or someone you know interested in participating in a ✨FREE✨ "Stress Control" program in Lubbock, TX? ⭐
See more information in the flyer or at drseanmmitchell.com/stresscontrol
Please share!
#StressControl #MentalHealth
See more information in the flyer or at drseanmmitchell.com/stresscontrol
Please share!
#StressControl #MentalHealth
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🎉My lab (webbslab.com) is hiring 2 full-time research assistants to work on NIMH-funded projects focused on the causes and treatment of depression in teens. Please RT and share! Apply⬇️
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January 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🎉My lab (webbslab.com) is hiring 2 full-time research assistants to work on NIMH-funded projects focused on the causes and treatment of depression in teens. Please RT and share! Apply⬇️
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New fellowship sponsor guidance: "NIH recognizes that the trainee’s research may be funded through a variety of means and that early career faculty may be excellent mentors for trainees. The emphasis. . .is on the individualized nature of the training plan " 👏
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Sponsor Guidance | Grants & Funding
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November 19, 2024 at 8:22 PM
New fellowship sponsor guidance: "NIH recognizes that the trainee’s research may be funded through a variety of means and that early career faculty may be excellent mentors for trainees. The emphasis. . .is on the individualized nature of the training plan " 👏
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we will see what happens, but I think that it's a quite likely outcome. The GRE was (and is) biased, but it's likely less biased than personal statements (based on mentorship in writing), lines on someone's CV (based on access to opportunity), and recommendation letters
November 12, 2024 at 7:21 PM
we will see what happens, but I think that it's a quite likely outcome. The GRE was (and is) biased, but it's likely less biased than personal statements (based on mentorship in writing), lines on someone's CV (based on access to opportunity), and recommendation letters
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I’m offering a FREE workshop May 3rd 10am ET through www.smart-workshops.com for grad students and mentors new to the game that provides intro to NIH, fellowship grants (F31, F32), and recs for successful proposals!
Sign up if relevant and please RT/share
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Sign up if relevant and please RT/share
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Workshops — SMaRT Workshops
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April 21, 2024 at 8:10 PM
I’m offering a FREE workshop May 3rd 10am ET through www.smart-workshops.com for grad students and mentors new to the game that provides intro to NIH, fellowship grants (F31, F32), and recs for successful proposals!
Sign up if relevant and please RT/share
smart-workshops.com/workshops
Sign up if relevant and please RT/share
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New blog! I describe the many reasons to be disheartened in academia, incl. bad papers, broken peer-review, the publishing industry, & precarious contracts. I argue that it's so important not to become cynical, and provide my personal antidotes to cynicism creep.
🧪⚒️ #stats #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
🧪⚒️ #stats #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
Antidotes to cynicism creep in academia » Eiko Fried
There are good reasons for cynicism creep — being disheartened about academia — but it's important we don't give in. I provide some antidotes.
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March 5, 2024 at 12:46 PM
New blog! I describe the many reasons to be disheartened in academia, incl. bad papers, broken peer-review, the publishing industry, & precarious contracts. I argue that it's so important not to become cynical, and provide my personal antidotes to cynicism creep.
🧪⚒️ #stats #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
🧪⚒️ #stats #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
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@jkflake.bsky.social made such a good case for a really fundamental and devastating realization-if we can’t show thar our measures are measuring what they are suppose to be measuring-then everything after the methods section in a paper is meaningless. This should give us all pause and reflection
February 23, 2024 at 3:20 PM
@jkflake.bsky.social made such a good case for a really fundamental and devastating realization-if we can’t show thar our measures are measuring what they are suppose to be measuring-then everything after the methods section in a paper is meaningless. This should give us all pause and reflection
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Psychology really needs to go back to square 1 on measurement. Even the major replications haven’t taken the lack of valid measures seriously. We are making up questions and questionnaires daily w/o validating constructs or tasks. This means our foundation is seriously shaky @jkflake.bsky.social
February 23, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Psychology really needs to go back to square 1 on measurement. Even the major replications haven’t taken the lack of valid measures seriously. We are making up questions and questionnaires daily w/o validating constructs or tasks. This means our foundation is seriously shaky @jkflake.bsky.social
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So, now that GRExit is over and the GRE is gone, is your program continuing conversations about reducing bias in graduate admissions? Is there a systematic evaluation of other practices, like letters of recommendation, access to prior lab experience, weighing UG institution? If not, why not?
October 29, 2023 at 6:54 PM
So, now that GRExit is over and the GRE is gone, is your program continuing conversations about reducing bias in graduate admissions? Is there a systematic evaluation of other practices, like letters of recommendation, access to prior lab experience, weighing UG institution? If not, why not?
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Read this.
There is a lot of fear of too much criticism in psychology, talk of protecting ECRs from this threat, etc. What about protecting ECRs from the damage of being silenced or worse when they raise legitimate criticism of famous people’s work?
https://www.theorgplumber.com/posts/statement/
There is a lot of fear of too much criticism in psychology, talk of protecting ECRs from this threat, etc. What about protecting ECRs from the damage of being silenced or worse when they raise legitimate criticism of famous people’s work?
https://www.theorgplumber.com/posts/statement/
A Post Mortem on the Gino Case | The Organizational Plumber
My perspective on the Gino-Ariely scandal, and what we should learn from it.
www.theorgplumber.com
October 23, 2023 at 10:11 PM
Read this.
There is a lot of fear of too much criticism in psychology, talk of protecting ECRs from this threat, etc. What about protecting ECRs from the damage of being silenced or worse when they raise legitimate criticism of famous people’s work?
https://www.theorgplumber.com/posts/statement/
There is a lot of fear of too much criticism in psychology, talk of protecting ECRs from this threat, etc. What about protecting ECRs from the damage of being silenced or worse when they raise legitimate criticism of famous people’s work?
https://www.theorgplumber.com/posts/statement/
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Our submission portal for #SRS24 is now open; you can find the link on our website! We have also extended our submission deadline to November 9!
October 10, 2023 at 7:48 PM
Our submission portal for #SRS24 is now open; you can find the link on our website! We have also extended our submission deadline to November 9!
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The Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science is looking for 4 Editorial Fellows (EFs) for the 2024 calendar year. EFs are a PAID mentored position intended to give individuals from underrepresented backgrounds frontline editorial experience. Ad attached
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October 5, 2023 at 12:21 AM
The Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science is looking for 4 Editorial Fellows (EFs) for the 2024 calendar year. EFs are a PAID mentored position intended to give individuals from underrepresented backgrounds frontline editorial experience. Ad attached
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