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Adam Guastella

@adamguastella.bsky.social
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Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of Sydney.

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Adam Guastella @adamguastella.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
New paper Evidence of oxytocin analogues for PET imaging in animals & humans Delivers tools to answer questions about the biology of oxytocin, where & how it impacts the brain & body. A multidisciplinary team effort @Sydney_Uni @ANSTO @EmoryUniversity doi.org/10.1038/s420...
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Development and characterisation of novel oxytocin analogues for PET imaging - Communications Chemistry
The oxytocin/oxytocin receptor (OT/OTR) signalling system is a promising therapeutic target for socioemotional disorders, yet its clinical potential is limited by a lack of in vivo molecular tools. He...
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Adam Guastella @adamguastella.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
New Study: Autistic adults experience of group Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy for Social Anxiety Autsitic adults valued social connectedness & the CBT program itself. They also suggested some challenges. @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Autistic adults’ experiences of cognitive-behavioural group therapy for social anxiety: Relational experiences of participation - Bruna B Roisenberg, Kelsie A Boulton, Emma E Thomas, Nina Perry, Dorot...
Autistic adults often report high levels of social anxiety and significant life impacts from this anxiety on well-being and functioning. Although cognitive-beha...
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Adam Guastella @adamguastella.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
New paper @eBioMedicine: Autism and AI AI may support clinicians to objectively assess an autism diagnosis & therapy response Evidence of reliability and accuracy Needs ethical framework & real world tests www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Brain and Mind Centre @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Great turnout! Decoding Genetics of Autism Speakers: Prof Jonathan Sebat - UCSD Prof Lilia Lakoucheva - UCSD Dr. Alan Ma - Children’s Hosp Westmead, Prof. Katrina Williams - @MonashUni Hosted by BMC/Child Neurodevelopment team @adamguastella.bsky.social
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Adam Guastella @adamguastella.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
@AutismINSAR really impressed about the number of people attending the #ProfoundAutism interest group discussion. It’s packed- clearly there is major interest in the field for its use
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Brain and Mind Centre @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🧠 Neurodevelopmental conditions like #Autism, #ADHD & more share overlapping traits. A transdiagnostic framework could unlock new treatments & better support for children. @adamguastella.bsky.social Read more ➡️ bit.ly/Transdiagnos...
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Adam Guastella @adamguastella.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Thank you @_TheTransmitter publishing our work on advantages of a transdiagnostic approach to neurodevelopment We believe the approach will facilitate access to core supports to children faster, to a greater number and the quality of science for mechanisms and support pathways
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Adam Guastella @adamguastella.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
New Conversation article @ConversationEDU @Kelsie_Boulton led our article discussing existing evidence for use of digital tools (Apps & Websites) to caregivers & individuals autism, adhd, speech & communication etc @BrainMind_Usyd theconversation.com/can-apps-and...
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Can apps and digital resources support your child with autism or ADHD? Here’s what to look for
Lots of digital tools promise to assist children with neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism and ADHD. But it’s hard to know what is and isn’t useful.
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Adam Guastella @adamguastella.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
New paper: Led by @Kelsie_Boulton, we evaluate existing free digital tools (Apps & Websites) claiming to support child neurodevelopment Digital tools are often seen as solutions to resource constraints While engaging, the evidence for use was low www.jmir.org/2025/1/e58693
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Adam Guastella @adamguastella.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Thankyou NatureHumanBehav for featuring our study on the cover of the December issue Neurodevelopmental conditions in children & executive function The issue nature.com/nathumbehav/ The paper nature.com/articles/s41... @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social
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