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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We are hiring 2 new research assistants for the @auerbachlab.bsky.social! Come join us at @columbiapsych.bsky.social to work on new research on #depression and #suicide in children and teens examining MRI, social media, and digital smartphone tools 🧠 t.co/BlZw3bpS5d

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

💫 Dr Dori Grijseels, postdoc at MPINB Germany, is the 2026 ALBA-FKNE Diversity Awardee, for their outstanding leadership in advancing inclusive research practices and evidence-based advocacy for queer and trans scientists. Join us on 10 July at #FENS2026 for the award ceremony! 👉🏽 loom.ly/mTiT4f8

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/01/2026

"As for the administration’s stated rationale for the SAMHSA cuts—that the programs are out of step with current guidelines—the sources I consulted said they could see no obvious reason the administration would object to these programs."

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Trump Takes Another Blowtorch to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service

Potentially $2b was just cut from a key HHS agency with bipartisan support.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

critically, most teens reported ⬇️ stress with peers; teens with a suicide risk history showed smaller social buffering of stress vs. when alone Though suicide attempts and hospitalizations were thankfully rare, they were more common for teens reporting ⬆️ stress in the 1st ESM week

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

We had a large group of teens complete ESM for 4x week periods (4-7x/day). Focusing on stress based on recent social context, teens with a history of suicide ideation and/or attempts, reported: -Spending more time alone -Worse/more stress

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

New work from @paulbloom.bsky.social and our team @auerbachlab.bsky.social Momentary stress and social context among adolescents at risk for #suicide: An experience sampling study 📳 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Suicide risk is worrying common among young kids ending up in the psych ED. Some critical risk factors are logged routinely in EHR but we identify other factors that could be more regularly tracked/assessed with checkboxes or flowsheets to enhance use as data and flag risk in EHR

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Some may not expect in young kids, but we often see ⬆️ risk for STB among girls. LGBTQ+ disparities in risk also start this young. Increasingly, we see mention of social media or tech; parent revoking access to📱💻🎮 was a notable source of conflict precipitating attempts

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

1/5 of kids returned to our ED for STB, typically w/i 90 days. Despite the young age of this sample, this was similar to rates for teens. Girls were more likely to return as were kids on antidep. meds, with family stress, sleep concerns, and esp. with hx of prior hospitalization

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We coded multiple domains of risk factors in EHR notes from treating & psych providers. Nearly all were more frequent in STB cases-including abuse, irritability, impulsivity, bullying, etc. Concerningly, 93% of cases that mentioned LGBTQ+ identity reported STB.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

32 kids were brought to the ED following an attempt, mainly girls, mainly ingestion/overdose. Most had a prior history of suicide behavior before this event. 56% reported an interpersonal stress trigger, i.e. family conflict or bullying.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We identified 920 8-12yo children in our ED over a 3 year period presenting with behavioral health and/or suicide concerns. Suicide thoughts and behaviors (STB) were common in this population (65%) though thankfully acute suicide attempts were rare.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Our 2nd electronic health record (EHR) review on pre-teen suicide risk is out @JAACAPOpen. This is a deep dive into 920 cases from our emergency department (ED) at @nyphospital including extensive provider notes to understand risk in this population. doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Unfortunately, many kids will end up back in the ER w/i a few months for additional care (similar to older teens). Early suicide thoughts or behaviors are the biggest risk factor in these data. More nuanced data can help us better understand risk and ways to help these families.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Overall, we see that many children seek mental health care in the ER and suicide risk is commonly observed even in young children. These rates are increasing over time. EHR are powerful but do likely underestimate the issue with potential undercoding in ICD diagnoses.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

18% of kids had multiple mental health ER visits. 10% had multiple suicide-related visits. Mostly often returns were w/i 3 months of discharge. ER return w/i 1 year was most common for kids with suicide risk, more mental health diagnoses, without private insurance, and for girls.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Injury due to suicide behavior was present but not highly common–this was almost exclusively ingestion (overdose) or object (e.g., cutting) injuries. Suicide risk in the ER shows temporal patterns, most common during the day (vs. night) and school days (vs. weekends and summers).

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Mental health and suicide risk are on the rise in the ER, accounting for 5% of all ER visits in 2010 to 10% in 2020. This also comes with an increase in patient related costs year over year $$. Increasing % of suicide risk / all mental health visits by year x state.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Our new paper is out in ‪@jamanetworkopen.com‬now jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... We used the amazing HCUP dataset to analyze >600K electronic health records from 8-12-year-olds in the emergency room for mental health or suicide risk. This covered a decade of data from 12 states in the US.

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Childhood Suicide Risk in the Emergency Department

This cohort study examines electronic health records from children presenting to the emergency department (ED) for suicide thoughts and behaviors to identify risks of return ED visits.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

library(tidyverse) library(tidytext) library(readtext) library(openxlsx)

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

nsf <- str_replace_all(readtext('NSF_keywords.docx')$text,"\n","|") doc <- as_tibble(readtext("Grant.docx")$text) df <- unnest_tokens(doc,"sentences",out,value) df <- df %>% filter(str_detect(df$out,nsf)) df$replace <- str_match(df$out,nsf) write.xlsx(df,"check.xlsx")

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Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her) @liebschutz.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Osiris Rankin @osirisrankin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I created a feed for people who are interested in suicidology, or research on suicide, self harm, and related topics. It also tends to pick up other public reports, like newspaper articles, and job postings, which feels like more of a feature than a bug. bsky.app/profile/did:... #suicideresearch

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 25/11/2024

After a couple weeks, I've added a few hundred of you to Brain and Mind by request. The list is really an awesome source of posts in neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and compneuro. Has basically replaced my home feed! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Eitan Schechtman @eitans.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Are you #QueerinSTEM in the fields of #neuroscience or #psychology? Please fill out our survey if you haven't already. We're close to 300 responders, but I know we can get an even better (and hopefully diverse) sample! Also, please share and/or tag others (but don't out anyone). #PrideInSTEM

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Neuroscience-related posts on Bluesky surged last week following an influx of users—including many neuroscientists. Chart by @callimcflurry.bsky.social.

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The fantastic @shaunoboyle.bsky.social has put together a vast list linking many studies and reports focusing on the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people studying or working in STEM. You can read it here. prideinstem.org/2024/11/18/t...

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I like Bluesky but I haven’t quite recreated my x feed. I feel like I still find exciting science on the old platform but not yet here. Any tips??

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Dr. Sarah Sperry @drsarahsperry.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Created an Ambulatory Assessment starter pack! The add people function was being a bit funky so definitely missing many of you! Reach out if you’d like to be added go.bsky.app/NMJ1yCV

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Giuseppe Gangarossa 🧠👨‍🔬🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 @peppeganga.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Here a "LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍🌈 in Neurosciences" starter pack. Do not hesitate to share and if you identify yourself within this community raise you hand and you'll be added 😀🏳️‍🌈. Together we're stronger! go.bsky.app/UxfGB3u

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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

A reminder that the wonderful @prideinstem.bsky.social has created two starter packs of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM: part 1: go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf part 2: go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

With ongoing waves of anti-LGBTQIA+ laws in the U.S. and the anti-DEI and anti-education agenda of the coming administration, this crisis will only get worse. Colleges and universities must act to ensure both mental health support and discrimination protections for all students.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

These data re-affirm what we have seen in many settings–we need more support for mental health in our country, particularly for LGBTQIA+ people. Providing robust and accessible mental health services for students is a necessity.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Across many surveys, more people are identifying as LGBTQIA+ over the past decades. This may reflect generational/societal trends towards openness, acceptance, & understanding of identity. Despite this, we have not made a dent in the ~3-fold LGBTQIA+ disparity in mental health.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

These data meant that 42% of students reporting depression identified as LGBTQIA+. LGBTQIA+ students were 2x as likely to receive mental health services but far less likely to be able to talk to family for support.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

#Depression: In line with troubling national trends, depression has been on the rise among students; 22.98% reported depression in 2022. LGBTQIA+ students were 3x more likely to report depression (26.9% vs.8.5%) than cisgender, heterosexual students.

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Trends in #LGBTQIA+ identity: There was a 6-fold increase in self-identification as LGBTQIA+ from 5% in 2007 to 31% of students in 2022 HMS survey responses. Undergrad (blue) and grad (red) students – this mirrored but outpaced broader national trends (e.g. #BRFSS & Gallup)

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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

My recent work examining mental health disparities among sexual and gender minority students is out now in the Journal of American College Mental Health doi.org/10.1080/0744... This included N=483,574 students in the Healthy Minds Study (2007-2022) - an amazing resource!

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Mental health disparities among sexual and gender minority students in higher education

Objective: There has been an ongoing mental health crisis among sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations. This continues amidst rising population-level depression and suicide rates, especially ...

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Eitan Schechtman @eitans.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

With colleagues at ALBA, I'm running an international climate survey for #LGBTQIA+ people in #neuroscience (including #psychology, #psychiatry, etc). It takes 10-20 min & you can enter a drawing for gift cards. Please repost & share w/colleagues. tinyurl.com/LGBTNeuro #QueerSTEM #LGBTQSTEM

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