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Douglas Badenoch

@dbadenoch.bsky.social
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Evidence-based health information scientist.

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James Lind Library @jameslindlibrary.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
#TrialsTuesday #10 What temperature is best for a premature baby? This month’s Trials Tuesday answered this question 70 years ago and it continues to be cited by Cochrane Reviews when discussing the benefits of reducing heat loss in preterm babies. 1/8 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
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Douglas Badenoch @dbadenoch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is the extraordinary story of a British invention, funded by the taxpayer, that's been widely adopted pretty much everywhere except here. It has huge potential for people whose lives have been blighted by difficult-to-treat #depression. And it will likely save costs in the long term.
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Douglas Badenoch @dbadenoch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I've been looking into #TMS for difficult-to-treat #depression, and frankly gobsmacked that this (effective, benign, cost-effective, NICE-recommended, British-invented) treatment isn't more widely available here. Our free webinar on 15th July will explore how to build the business case in the #NHS
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Douglas Badenoch @dbadenoch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Belief, effectiveness and the placebo effect. In the latest James Lind Library article, Racha Kirakosian and colleagues review the role of belief and expectations in the effectiveness of treatments, and trace its roots back to medieval illustration. www.jameslindlibrary.org/articles/the...
Medieval image of the holy communion. Stockholm, National Library (Kungliga biblioteket), Shelf mark: A 225. Siebenhirter Hours. Page opened: Folio 158 verso. Dimensions: 240 x 170 mm. Date: 1470s. Anonymous artist known as the “Lehrbüchermeister”. Produced in Kärnten/Carinthia, Austria, for the first Grand Master of the Order of St George, Johann Siebenhirter.
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Douglas Badenoch @dbadenoch.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I’ve got the Mental Elf BlueSky handle today, reporting from #AMHDMshowcase Six years of interdisciplinary funding, 33 projects and loads of innovative methods for putting young people in the driving seat for commissioning, designing and delivering #research Join me 👇
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Douglas Badenoch @dbadenoch.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Looking forward to working with you @romasaleh.bsky.social ! #AMHDMshowcase will feature dozens of projects and the fruits of lots of great youth involvement work. I’ll be posting from @thementalelf.bsky.social throughout. Lucky you!
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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Full body scan stories are like catnip for some journalists. They boast of waiting lines of 100,000, driving up demand. But evidence? Not so much. open.substack.com/pub/garyschw...
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Too much glitz, too little evidence, in full body scan stories
How new screening tests get free and glowing publicity
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Let’s reach everyone interested in mental health across our communities with the message that they can build a career in mental health research. It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and the theme this year is COMMUNITY. #MentalHealthResearch #MentalHealthCareers 🧵 THREAD youtu.be/jvnVWTPzlDw?...
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Supporting community-based and early-career researchers to work in mental health
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Douglas Badenoch @dbadenoch.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I've been fretting for some time about "what happens when they find out what PubMed does?" It's great to hear that there are concerted efforts underway to create alternatives. They need our support. Many thanks @hildabast.bsky.social for highlighting this.
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Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
When do universal school mental health interventions cause harm, and why? Carolina Guzman-Holst discusses these questions in the below podcast - please share with interested parties changingstatesofmind.libsyn.com/first-do-no-... Our scoping review on this topic: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40101758/
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Psychology in the Classroom: First do no harm: Universal Mental Health Interventions in Schools
Summary In this episode is a NIHR Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, discusses her recent paper titled   Where the authors ‘examine three areas: the types of potential harms and advers...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Our new paper!! Led by @drpauldijkstra.bsky.social with @jessrmorley.bsky.social and awesome medical student Yosra Mekki. #digitalhealth #medsky #episky How to Read a Paper Involving AI. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...
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How to read a paper involving artificial intelligence (AI)
This paper guides readers through the critical appraisal of a paper that includes the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical settings for healthcare delivery. A brief introduction to the diff...
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Discussed here sciencebasedmedicine.org/misinformati...
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Misinformation Doctors Start a Misinformation Journal to Spread Misinformation
There is no doubt the "studies" in this journal will conclude We Want Them Infected doctors were right about everything the whole time; mitigation measure were an epic catastrophe while COVID was a ha
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
🎧 We're getting ready for the 2025 #IoPPNfestival & chatting with the keynote speakers for our podcast. Ep. 1 features Prof Edmund Sonuga-Barke from @kingsioppn.bsky.social talking to @dbadenoch.bsky.social about RE-STAR: Regulating Emotions – Strengthening Adolescent Resilience
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Edmund Sonuga-Barke: RE-STAR - multidisciplinary adventure in participatory translational science
Welcome to the 2025 IoPPN Research Festival Podcast! In this first episode, we hear from Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke, a leading expert in developmental psy...
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Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Next Tuesday, I'm giving a talk at UCL about the downsides of mental health awareness in schools. I'll be sharing the work I've been doing over the last two years, which explores the negative effects that universal mental health interventions can have in schools (thread)
The problem with mental health awareness in schools, Dr Lucy Foulkes, UCL Leading Edge Day 2025
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Quetiapine may pip lithium to the augmentation post in 'treatment resistant depression': results from the LQD study buff.ly/Y7jCajZ #LQDstudy #Quetiapine #Lithium #Depression #RCT 🧵 THREAD
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Calling all mental health researchers! Do you need some #ElfHelp from The Mental Elf? 🌳🌤️🍄 This year we have been commissioned by many mental health research groups to help them disseminate their new research. We know how difficult it can be for researchers to get their work out there. 🧵 THREAD
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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Dr. Jen Gunter dissects 2 women’s health issues in which marketing has outraced science - “hair wellness” nutraceutical & “the menopause estrogen face cream epidemic.” garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/marketing-...
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Marketing outpacing science on 2 women's health issues
"Hair wellness" nutraceutical & "the menopause face cream epidemic"
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Mental Health in Development @mhid.org.uk · 16/01/2025
The Parent Carer Research Network, in partnership with Mental Health in Development at the University of Oxford, is here. We welcome any #parents or #carers interested in getting involved in #research to improve children and young people's #MentalHealth. parentcarerresearchnetwork.org.uk
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Text: Sign up to the Parent Carer Research Network
Logos: Parent Carer Research Network, Charlie Waller Trust, MHID Mental Health in Development
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Douglas Badenoch @dbadenoch.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Seems like a good idea. Will probably need public subscription, like how they used to build libraries the last time the robber barons ran the show.
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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Douglas Badenoch @dbadenoch.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Call for papers on #AI in #EvidenceSynthesis: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods
<em>Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods</em> is an open access journal aiming to improve how we publish and share evidence synthesis in health and social care.
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Peer support in mental health webinar 2.00-4.30pm GMT, Mon 20 Jan Tickets going fast! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peer-suppo... With @soniajohnson1.bsky.social @acgrundy.bsky.social Steve Gillard, Una Foye, Ruth Cooper, Natasha Lyons & Members of the UCL Co-Production Collective.
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Peer Support in Mental Health webinar: Evidence, Experiences & Insights
Explore the role of peer support in mental health & gain fresh insights into the current national landscape, guided by compelling research.
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Douglas Badenoch @dbadenoch.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Not until we've discovered a better method for determining the effects of interventions. The issue is applicability. These findings show we need better critical appraisal and trial design, not fewer RCTs. "Is my patient so different that these results cannot help them?"
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Douglas Badenoch @dbadenoch.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Not exactly news, but well-researched evidence is always welcome.
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Douglas Badenoch @dbadenoch.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
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