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Andrew Baillie

@andrewbaillie.bsky.social
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He/him, Clin Psych, Prof Allied Health, @sydneyuni.bsky.social & SLHD, boundary spanner, implementation science SHP, addictions Matilda Centre & Edith Collins Centre. Unceded Lands of the Eora Nation.

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Andrew Baillie @andrewbaillie.bsky.social · 17h
@hmriaustralia.bsky.social pandemic declaration! Stay safe and watch out for symptoms such as wearing blue and red! lnkd.in/p/g68jxJxj
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An important public health update from HMRI, with symptoms expected to worsen across the region ahead of Sunday. Go Newcastle Knights! ⚔️ | Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)
An important public health update from HMRI, with symptoms expected to worsen across the region ahead of Sunday. Go Newcastle Knights! ⚔️
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APSAD DAR @apsad-dar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🆕Commentary - Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Shedding Light on Two Blind Spots in Harm Reduction Discourse Simon Clay, Wayne Hall doi.org/10.1111/dar.70259 NDARC, UNSW, NCYSUR - National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Aboriginal leaders in WA's north have urged the state government to provide more support for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
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Fitzroy Crossing calls for stronger FASD support
Aboriginal leaders in WA's north have urged the state government to provide more support for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
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Miri Forbes @miriforbes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Pretty excited to have just published our latest video, a clinical case example using HiTOP. This was a team effort with the Clinical Translation Workgroup, but very much led by the brilliant @tashtc.bsky.social ✨ We hope it might be useful, and are keen to hear any feedback! youtu.be/Hl6bA4roCNU
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HiTOP Case Example
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Prof Rosa Hoekstra @rosahoekstra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Whose outcomes count? Standardised autism research tools are almost all developed and validated in Western high income countries. This tool inequity affects "which studies are possible, which outcomes are recognised, and whose knowledge is treated as credible". journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Judy Weston @westonjk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Andrew Baillie @andrewbaillie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
And the amazing Maree Teesson AC won the 2026 Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science @matildacentreusyd.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au so well deserved!
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Andrew Baillie @andrewbaillie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
And they won! @matildacentreusyd.bsky.social congratulations Our Futures vaping program @emilystockings.bsky.social and the team! @sydney.edu.au
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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Dr. Allison G. Harvey @allisonharvey.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
New podcast episode: cognitive therapy for insomnia. This is a piece of CBT-I that most trainings gloss over: worry and rumination, monitoring for sleep-related threats, unhelpful beliefs etc and how clinicians can help interrupt these vicious cycles. 🎧 Listen here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Have you ever laid awake the night before a big event, worrying that you will sleep through your alarm? Or thinking, “if I fall asleep right now, I’ll only get 4 hours of sleep!”? No, just… | Consorti...
Have you ever laid awake the night before a big event, worrying that you will sleep through your alarm? Or thinking, “if I fall asleep right now, I’ll only get 4 hours of sleep!”? No, just us? Everyon...
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Miri Forbes @miriforbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I’m recruiting two new PhD students to start in 2027, working with me on my program of research in quantitative psychopathology. I’ve put some information for interested students on my website: miriamkforbes.academic.ws Please share with anyone you know who might be interested!
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Andrew Baillie @andrewbaillie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Remembering Vaneigem “People who talk about revolution & class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love & what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth” (1967) Revolution of Everyday Life
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Tam Pham @tam-pham.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Very excited to finally share our latest paper! We meta-analysed 732 effect sizes from 430 studies (> 62,000 participants) to ask whether lower resting HRV is specific to certain mental disorders or shared across many forms of psychopathology. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... 1/
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Sax Institute @saxinstitute.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Secure your Early bird 🎟️ for our two-part Working with #MBS & #PBS data course. Learn how to use MBS and PBS data to support linked data research, health service planning and evidence-informed policy. 🔗 bit.ly/3QOM13t 📅1 & 8 September #HealthData #LinkedData
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Andrew Baillie @andrewbaillie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This!
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
There are calls for the government to dump a scheme that has more than doubled the cost of some degrees.
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'Failed' university scheme hurting home ownership prospects
There are calls for the government to dump a scheme that has more than doubled the cost of some degrees.
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 26/06/2026
USA soccer player Folarin Balogun is the epitome of why birthright citizenship matters: opening doors and creating opportunities to help our nation reach new heights. Attempts to upend birthright citizenship are unlawful and un-American. Team USA will show what unity looks like tonight.
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World Cup 2026: Folarin Balogun, the US star who would not be allowed under Trump's plan
Folarin Balogun scored two goals on his World Cup debut, but he is the type of person President Trump is trying to ban under birthright citizenship.
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Alex Shackman @ajshackman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Strategies for Establishing Clinical-Decision Thresholds in Psychiatry
This narrative review discusses strategies for developing thresholds for psychopathology dimensions that may enhance clinical decision-making, drawing on methods used in psychiatry, psychology, intern...
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APSAD @apsad.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Late Breaker abstracts for #APSAD26 are open! If you have new research or findings that weren't ready by the first-round deadline, this is your last chance to be a part of a world-class program. Abstracts close 11:59 (AWST) 27 July, with no extensions offered. ow.ly/9yrE50ZkV0U
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The Socceroo star says anyone "trying to divide" the community was "probably not Australian themselves."
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Mabil says One Nation monoculture debate 'bulls***' as Socceroos land home
The Socceroo star says anyone "trying to divide" the community was "probably not Australian themselves."
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The Socceroo star says anyone "trying to divide" the community was "probably not Australian themselves".
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Socceroos winger says One Nation monoculture debate 'bulls***
The Socceroo star says anyone "trying to divide" the community was "probably not Australian themselves".
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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
BREAKING: FIFA announces Trump to referree US-Belguim game; Barron, Eric & Kushner in US team, Cup reshaped as Trump bust, & 12% levy on all tickets to go to Trump charities.
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Always a Difficult Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈 @scuttlebutter1.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
30yrs on, who hasn't changed? We learned more, we unlearned stuff that had never served anyone, we grew up, matured, found our place on the planet & realised that it was not only big enough to share but more fun to do so. Who hasn't changed? Hanson hasn't. Hasn't budged a smidge from her 🐂 💩.
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Implementation Science Journals @implementsci.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Embracing complexity by reducing rigidity: guiding principles for the intersection of implementation science and qualitative research #impsci link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Embracing complexity by reducing rigidity: guiding principles for the intersection of implementation science and qualitative research - Implementation Science
In this editorial we reflect on recent contributions that have focused on how researchers should involve qualitative research in implementation science. Implementation science as a discipline has firm...
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Andrew Baillie @andrewbaillie.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The child of BB-8?
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Andrew Baillie @andrewbaillie.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Best Psychology nerd joke of the world cup ... so far! Thanks @dingdingpeng.the100.ci
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Cracks in the Ice @cracksintheice.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
If your parent or carer is using #methamphetamine, you might face some things that are hard to handle at your age. This factsheet can help guide you on what to look out for, and what steps you can take to look after yourself + get support: cracksintheice.org.a...
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Global health advocates are calling on #FIFA to end its Coca-Cola World Cup sponsorship by 2030, warning that football’s biggest stage is being used to market sugary drinks linked to obesity, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. ⚽🥤 ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @vitalstrategies.org 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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FIFA Urged To Kick Coca-Cola Out Of World Cup - Health Policy Watch
Ahead of the kick-off of the World Cup football tournament on Thursday, global health advocates are demanding that FIFA, the international football
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WHO @who.int · 31/05/2026
Today is #WorldNoTobaccoDay 🚭 Tobacco and nicotine companies deliberately design their products to hook you. Sugars, flavours, and cooling agents all mask the harshness of nicotine so you inhale more, and get addicted faster. Let's break the addiction. Help is available 👉 bit.ly/4wIK34X
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APSAD DAR @apsad-dar.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
🆕Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Help-Seeking for Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among Australian Public Safety Personnel Coleen Leung, Amelia Henry, Jayden Sercombe, Olivia Dobson, ... Alana Fisher, et al doi.org/10.1111/dar.70176 University of Sydney (USYD), Monash University
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
@who.int says progress toward global health goals is now “too slow, too uneven, and increasingly fragile” — with low- and middle-income countries bearing the brunt as financing, surveillance and essential services come under pressure. ✍️ @stefananderson.bsky.social @drtedros.who.int 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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Zero For 52: WHO Warns World Set To Miss Every Global Health Target By 2030 - Health Policy Watch
With malaria cases rising, maternal deaths still occurring at nearly three times the targeted rate and childhood vaccination coverage plateauing or falling in
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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
When patients ask, “What disorder do I really ‘have’?” the honest answer is usually more interesting and messier than a single diagnostic label. I wrote for the @nytimes.com on what I wish people understood about diagnoses and the nature of mental health problems. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...
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Opinion | We’re Thinking About Mental Health Diagnoses All Wrong
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
⚠️Lower-income countries are training nurses who are then recruited abroad, while their own health systems lose clinicians, educators and leaders. INSIDE VIEW: @howardcatton.bsky.social; @intcouncilofnurses.bsky.social 📖⬇️& 🔁🙏
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Nurses Are Not A Cost To Health Systems. They Are The Power Holding Them Together. - Health Policy Watch
Recently, I met with African nursing leaders who told me stories of nurses in countries such as Ghana and Nigeria earning the equivalent of only a few hundred
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Andrew Baillie @andrewbaillie.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
As ANZAC day aproaches here in Australia id like to share AD Hope's Inscription for a War
 Linger not, stranger. Shed no tear.
Go back to those who sent us here.

We are the young they drafted out
To wars their folly brought about.

Go tell those old men, safe in bed,
We took their orders and are dead.
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Andrew Baillie @andrewbaillie.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The awesome @louisemewton.bsky.social and colleagues have published a cool paper - Effect of the online Rethink My Drink (rethinkmydrink.org.au) alcohol intervention on alcohol use and cognition in older adults in Australia: a RCT authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... #alcohol #dementia
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TRG @q4nwspunk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Pim Cuijpers @pimcuijpers.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Are you interested in how mental health care can be improved? Why the innovation cycle in psychotherapy is flawed? Improvements are possible, but only through small, incremental steps. Listen to the interview I had with Dan Cox about this psychotherapyandappliedpsychology.com/ep/18996789-...
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How Psychotherapy Actually Gets Better with Dr. Pim Cuijpers | Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology
Our guest this week is Dr. Pim Cuijpers, director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions in Amsterd…
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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Today marks 35 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody made 339 recommendations to address systemic racism and over-incarceration of First Nations people. Since then, more than 630 First Nations people have died in custody, including 12 so far in 2026.
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Big Book of R @bigbookofr.com · 13/04/2026
An introduction to psychometric theory with applications in R by William Revelle #RStats bigbookofr.com/chapters/psychology.…
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
WHO is warning of a deepening health crisis across the Middle East ⚠️ Only 37% of required funding has been secured for 2026. Health systems are under extreme strain—and the consequences could last generations. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @who.int @iaeaorg.bsky.social
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Generations Of Damage: WHO Warns Of Middle East Health Collapse Amid Funding Shortfall - Health Policy Watch
“The Middle East is among the most water-stressed regions globally. The Gulf hosts approximately 400 desalination plants producing 40% of the world's
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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 11/04/2026
“There was no time to process, only to move, to respond, to try to save lives.” Safa Bleik was at a hospital in Beirut when Israeli forces launched strikes across Lebanon on 8 April. She shares what it was like in the emergency room:
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Lebanon: Testimony from a night of mass casualties in Beirut | MSF
Safa Bleik was at a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, when Israeli forces launched mass-scale strikes across the country. She recounts a night spent trying to stabilise patients with serious injuries.
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Andrew Baillie @andrewbaillie.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
It’s great that the Artemis crew have travelled further from earth than any other humans but in this moment in history it reminds me of this quote from Carl Sagan
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Andrew Baillie @andrewbaillie.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Thanks Vic Cogger for your leadership of the Anzac Institute! Looking forward to what you will do in your next role as director of the Sydney Biomedical Accelerator @sydney.edu.au and Sydney Local Health District #SBA
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Andrew Baillie @andrewbaillie.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
A cool paper on improving use of Goal Setting - using the #TDF by Sarah Brighton-Hall @natashalannin.bsky.social Alison Wighton Kylie Gough, Catherine Dean & Katharine Scrivener #GoalSetting doi.org/10.1080/0963...
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Enhancing community allied health professionals’ goal-setting practices: a mixed methods study using the Theoretical Domains Framework
There is evidence goal-setting promotes self-efficacy and maximises outcomes for people living with disability. Effective goal-setting in the disability sector remains challenging due to organisati...
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Andrew Baillie @andrewbaillie.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
We love you @the-matildas.bsky.social ! #wac26 played hard done good!
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three female soccer players are hugging each other and one of them is wearing a number 15 jersey
ALT: three female soccer players are hugging each other and one of them is wearing a number 15 jersey
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WHO @who.int · 18/03/2026
Never feel guilty explaining your symptoms to your health care provider. You have a right to ask, and a right to explore all options of care. Today’s daily dose.
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WHO @who.int · 18/03/2026
In 2024, 4.9 million children under five died. But even one is too many. We need: - Stronger primary health care. - Resources directed to where children are most at risk. - Governments honoring the commitments they've already made. Child survival cannot wait 🔗 bit.ly/3PbJak9
Illustration of five colourful birthday candles on a cake with the WHO logo in the top right corner. Text reads: “In 2024, 4.9 million children did not make it to their fifth birthday.”
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Travels with Darwin @robertmdawley.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
If you’re an immigrant, if you’re first generation, if you’re a woman, a scientist of color, trans, or gay, you belong in science. - Maya English, PhD student, GETUP UAW #standupforscience #philadelphiascienceaction
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APSAD DAR @apsad-dar.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
📣🆕 Jack Wilson, Matthew Sunderland, Siobhan O’Dean, Tim Slade, Danielle Dawson, Olivia Dobson, Janni Leung, @garyckchan.bsky.social, Maree Teesson, Wayne Hall, Nicola Newton, @vale-addiction.bsky.social, @emilystockings.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Balance North East @balancene.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Alcohol companies use zero-alcohol ads to get around advertising rules. It looks harmless. It isn’t. These campaigns serve as brand reminders for alcohol - including for children and weaken protections designed to reduce harm. An excellent @theguardian.com short 🔽 www.youtube.com/shorts/Nzg7r...
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How alcohol brands avoid advertising bans
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