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James Agathos

@agathosj.bsky.social
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Final year PhD student – Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne. Investigating the neurobiology of cognitive restructuring of negative self-cognitions in PTSD. Google Scholar: scholar.google.com.au/citations?use…

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Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences @psychunimelb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Talk therapy may not work for some people with PTSD. New research by Andrea Putica, James Agathos, Trevor Steward and Kim Felmingham shows that it may be because their brains work differently after trauma. theconversation.com/talking-abou... www.nature.com/articles/s44...
theconversation.com
Talking about trauma doesn’t always help. Brain scans show one reason why
Therapies aimed at reframing negative thoughts may not work for some people with PTSD. New research shows it may be because their brains work differently after trauma.
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James Agathos @agathosj.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Wrote a piece for The Conversation (with Trevor Steward and @andreaputica.bsky.social) about how not everyone with PTSD benefits equally from cognitive therapy, drawing from my PhD research on the neurobiology of cognitive restructuring in PTSD. theconversation.com/talking-abou...
theconversation.com
Talking about trauma doesn’t always help. Brain scans show one reason why
Therapies aimed at reframing negative thoughts may not work for some people with PTSD. New research shows it may be because their brains work differently after trauma.
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Reposted by James Agathos
Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · 25/07/2025
How insights from posttraumatic stress disorder can inform treatment of functional neurological disorder Perspective by Andrea Putica (@andreaputica.bsky.social), James Agathos (@agathosj.bsky.social) & Kim Felmingham (@drkimfelm.bsky.social) Web: go.nature.com/4kWkhmq PDF: rdcu.be/exKpC
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