Gary Brown
@paperbag1.bsky.social
Prof of clin psych, Royal Holloway. Interested in how to measure what matters, especially within the CBT model. Against: red herrings, tail-wagged dogs, new wine in old bottles, straw men, reinventing the wheel. In favor of putting money where mouth is
No argument from me!
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
No argument from me!
Well done, Tim. I have been trying to figure out how to do this since networks first surfaced. Will now have a closer read.
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Well done, Tim. I have been trying to figure out how to do this since networks first surfaced. Will now have a closer read.
Lots of predatory journal spam has followed when I have had preprints posted there.
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Lots of predatory journal spam has followed when I have had preprints posted there.
Isn't it potentially largely explained by the higher DNA and dropout rate? I'd think a synthesized control group with same DNA/ dropout rate would do just as poorly. But that's not uncharacteristic of 16-24 year olds.
October 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Isn't it potentially largely explained by the higher DNA and dropout rate? I'd think a synthesized control group with same DNA/ dropout rate would do just as poorly. But that's not uncharacteristic of 16-24 year olds.
Jaime Delgadillo (not on Bluesky) and colleagues recently pursued a similar approach with a comparable outcome: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Understanding Symptom Profiles of Depression with the PHQ-9 in a Community Sample Using Network Analysis
PDF | Background Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health conditions in the world. However, the heterogeneity of depression has presented... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
www.researchgate.net
September 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Jaime Delgadillo (not on Bluesky) and colleagues recently pursued a similar approach with a comparable outcome: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Well done, Aaron. The whole notion that the sheer number of possible combinations meant something was inherently wrong was always nonsense and you have shown why.
September 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Well done, Aaron. The whole notion that the sheer number of possible combinations meant something was inherently wrong was always nonsense and you have shown why.
The story of "posttraumatic growth" in a nutshell. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
Illusory posttraumatic growth is common, but genuine posttraumatic growth is rare: A critical review and suggestions for a path forward
Over the last 2.5 decades, trauma researchers have increasingly become interested in posttraumatic growth (PTG) – the concept that some people experie…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The story of "posttraumatic growth" in a nutshell. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
Wow. Recognisable by this Great lakes native
August 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Wow. Recognisable by this Great lakes native
Spitalfields and Brick Lane markets and surrounding area or Greenwich market, park, and observatory. Walk Regents canal from Hackney to Islington.
August 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Spitalfields and Brick Lane markets and surrounding area or Greenwich market, park, and observatory. Walk Regents canal from Hackney to Islington.
Or leverage this and that. Or my favorite "unleash". As if there is pent up potential just waiting to burst out. But I mainly want more walking the walk instead of endlessly talking endless talks. Or anything meta. Do the flipping particular. The meta will take care of itself.
July 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Or leverage this and that. Or my favorite "unleash". As if there is pent up potential just waiting to burst out. But I mainly want more walking the walk instead of endlessly talking endless talks. Or anything meta. Do the flipping particular. The meta will take care of itself.
How it's better to just go ahead and solve the damn problem and show how it's done rather than endlessly speculate and pontificate at a metalevel and issue "calls" in high impact journals.
July 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
How it's better to just go ahead and solve the damn problem and show how it's done rather than endlessly speculate and pontificate at a metalevel and issue "calls" in high impact journals.
See also pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29361992/
Brain disorders? Not really: Why network structures block reductionism in psychopathology research - PubMed
In the past decades, reductionism has dominated both research directions and funding policies in clinical psychology and psychiatry. The intense search for the biological basis of mental disorders, ho...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
March 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
See also pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29361992/
But if the causal flow is from non symptom to symptom, organizing everything around symptoms is a huge fundamental error
March 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
But if the causal flow is from non symptom to symptom, organizing everything around symptoms is a huge fundamental error
In case this is useful eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/id/eprint/22...
eprints.ncrm.ac.uk
March 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
In case this is useful eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/id/eprint/22...