Suraj Patel
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Suraj Patel
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PhD student in Joint Clinical-Developmental Psychology @ University of Pittsburgh| Columbia University MA | University of Virginia Alum | Research interests focus around suicide risk for diverse youth
diversedevelopmentlab.com
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New paper in Nature Mental Health where we show that macroeconomic income inequality is associated with brain structure and function over and above individual-level SES and other state-level factors. These alterations may serve as pathways to mental health problems.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Macroeconomic income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health - Nature Mental Health
Rakesh et al. used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort study to evaluate the relationship between state-level income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health in young people.
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Metascientists: Did you know that OSF search improvements make it much easier to study preregistration?

If you search registrations osf.io/search?resou...

and then click on "has related resource" you can, for example, narrow the search to those that shared data, linked a paper, or both.
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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“I think that Bluesky’s demographic is literally just anybody who can’t stand the sort of toxic environment that Twitter has become, and that spans a large range of people”
I talked to journalists and writers who have found a larger and more engaged audience for their work on Bluesky, without having to see “AI bots and Nazis” at the top of their replies.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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I made a suicidology/NSSI starter pack! Share and comment below to be added.

go.bsky.app/MgL9J1j
October 21, 2024 at 4:22 AM
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I started a suicide and self-injury research starter pack! Please share, and let me know if you’d like to be added! 😊

go.bsky.app/SgoBT7Z
October 26, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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New large study (n ~ 6 million) in @JAMApsych tracking mental disorder trends in Denmark showing increases in mood disorders in recent birth cohorts tinyurl.com/c5nyfd8k
November 27, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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New paper shows that recent $15+ minimum wage hikes have no disemployment effects.

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November 30, 2024 at 1:29 AM