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Dr Chris Forman

@drcjforman.bsky.social
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Child Clinical Psychologist. Draw from Psychodynamic and 3rd wave Behavioural therapies. Based in the UK 🇬🇧

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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Just reminded me of this really… youtube.com/watch?v=pz-T...
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Nigel Farage Stand Up (Part 1) - Newzoids
YouTube video by Newzoids
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Lincoln City FC @lincolncityfc.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
🤩 A season to remember! 🏆 Sky Bet League One champions!
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Adam Hunt @realadamhunt.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Spicy Take: the DSM is often merely a cluster of symptoms named with a thesaurus. Describing a cluster of behaviours in Greek doesn't explain it. Naming is not understanding. We've confused the two for fifty years and called it progress.
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
As Johann Hari mentions in his book ‘Stolen Focus’, theres a reason facebook doesnt have a feature that lets you know if your friends are nearby and happy to meet up…less scrolling time and therefore advertising revenue! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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What next for big tech after landmark social media addiction verdict?
The ruling could be the beginning of the end of social media as we know it, writes the BBC's technology editor Zoe Kleinman.
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Prof. James Davies @drjamesdaviesbskys.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I don't think "mental health conditions are being over-diagnosed" but that "real suffering is being over-medicalised". These are very different things. The former tries to justify cutting support, but the latter does not: it acknowledges real suffering but asks for different (psychosocial) provision
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I can kind of see where this blog post is going, but with PHQ-9 and GAD-7 clinical thresholds so low (and arbitrarily so) it’s hard to really tell what’s going on. Some quali data for context would help.
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Dr Emu, Graham Pringle, PhD @emugraham.substack.com · 16/10/2025
Youth mental health is an intractable problem The numbers do not come down with programs tried so far There are programs that work, they don't happen in traditional settings though Bricks and mortar will not help
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Used to wonder why sweeteners gave me headaches, you can taste that it’s not sugar. If you’re gonna go for fizzy drinks, have them full fat (sugar) but have them as a treat. Easier said than done, I appreciate
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Mad in America @mad-in-america.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Psychosis Severity Tied to Childhood Trauma, Not Inherited Mental Illness A cross-national study shows trauma’s lasting impact on psychosis is not explained by parental mental illness. By Richard Sears www.madinamerica.com/2025/09/psyc...
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Psychosis Severity Tied to Childhood Trauma, Not Inherited Mental Illness
Childhood maltreatment has a powerful and independent impact on psychosis later in life, according to new research on schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
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Aaron Balick 🍉 @aaronbalick.com · 27/08/2025
It’s ironic that we embrace broad identity labels to express how unique we are. Now we have a new one for people who don’t like groups, and share rare traits like authenticity and independent thinking. Call me anal but I don't think we need it. My GQ latest: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/a-ne...
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A new personality type - ‘Otrovert’ - is here to make life even more confusing
Forget ‘extroverts’ and ‘introverts’, there's a new way to categorise ourselves in town
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
open.spotify.com/episode/0LWS...
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Does ADHD Exist? Rethinking Psychiatric Diagnoses with Dr. Sami Timimi, Leading UK Child Psychiatrist
Six Hats · Episode
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
UK mental health people (incl users), please feed back on this draft of the Youth Access Quality Framework (on youth mental health hubs). #healthpolicy #mentalhealth Full disclosure: my PhD student had something to do with this. www.youthaccess.org.uk/quality-and-...
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The Youth Access Quality Framework consultation
Complete the quality framework consultation to help us ensure it's meaningful, practical, and supportive
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Remember, if a health product is trending on social media, tell them to stick it up their **** rather than yours.
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Psychology students, if you are looking for an example of conflicts of interest in research and theory development, look no further.
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AmazzoneFuriosa 🦋 @amazzonefuriosa.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Those living in England and willing to get off antidepressants, benzodiazepines and z-drugs safely can be referred to this clinic run by @markhoro.bsky.social and @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social Lucky them! #pharmasky #medsky www.nelft.nhs.uk/national-psy...
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National Psychiatric Drug Deprescribing Clinic (PDC)
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
How are you supposed to dress for roaring heat but strong chance of thunderstorms? 🫠
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Aaron Balick 🍉 @aaronbalick.com · 19/06/2025
Yup. They call it psychoanalysis, circa 1900.
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
“There is evidence of other bad outcomes too, such as decreased prosocial behaviour or decreased relationship quality with parents.”
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Did anyone else experience a seismic shift today? Like something had turned a corner?
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Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This is a *key* new paper in the world of school mental health interventions A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y) No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia) (🧵) mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
Future Proofing Study: a cluster randomised
controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a
universal school-based cognitive–behavioural
programme for adolescent depression
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European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry @escaponline.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The romanticisation of mental health problems in adolescents and its implications: a narrative review by Awa Ndour & Lucy Foulkes - now online and #openaccess in our #ECAP journal: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #youthmentalhealth #mentalhealth #ESCAP
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The romanticisation of mental health problems in adolescents and its implications: a narrative review - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Romanticisation is the perception and portrayal of a phenomenon as more attractive, interesting, cool, profound or desirable than it really is. There are concerns that mental health problems are incre...
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Black Mirror Season 7 is chilling and close to the bone as it always has been. @charliebrooker.bsky.social is still a genius. Looking forward to the Bandersnatch sequel #BlackMirror #Netflix
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
All in all, Musk and Thiel’s ideology stems from an existential crisis within themselves. In other words, they cannot accept their own mortality. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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‘Founder as Victim, Founder as God’: Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and the two bodies of the entrepreneur
Silicon Valley’s tech moguls have increasing political ambitions, as spectacularly illustrated by Peter Thiel’s and Elon Musk’s involvements in the US 2022 midterm elections and 2024 presidential e...
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NHS Practitioner Health @nhsprachealth.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
@bpsofficial.bsky.social
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Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
There's a common misconception that ADHD has been shown to have a neurological basis. It hasn't. The evidence is not compelling e.g. this negative meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Brain alterations in children/adolescents with ADHD revisited: A neuroimaging meta-analysis of 96 structural and functional studies
The findings of neuroimaging studies in children/adolescents with ADHD, and even those of previous meta-analyses, are divergent. Here, Activation Like…
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Been shouting about this for a long time. Fix health services from the ground up, starting with communities and addressing the social difficulties within them. It does permeate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The neighbourhood that could hold the secret to fixing the NHS
With public satisfaction in the NHS just 21%, one area has a plan to shake up its services that could reduce GP waiting lists, as well as unblock hospital beds - but can it really work nationwide?
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Charlie Brooker @charliebrooker.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
BLACK MIRROR returns April 10 - here’s what’s in the box…
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🤣 Glad I’m not the only one that had this thought
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
This, from my esteemed colleague, Dr Sami Timimi www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
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‘Diagnosing a child with autism or ADHD? There’s a lot of money to be made’
By medicalising normal behaviour we’re damaging the young’s wellbeing, Dr Sami Timimi tells Anna Maxted
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This is such a relatable story for clinicians in the NHS. When the system and buildings are so overwhelmed, we are still expected to hold the same capacity, risk, and perform miracles. www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
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The lonely death of Dr Jagdip Sidhu
He was a rising star of the NHS. Could his work have contributed to his death?
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
If anyone fancies helping a trainee out…Remember when you were crying out for participants for your study? 😉
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I can see why Freud’s diagrammatic formulations never really caught on. From the Freud Museum, London.
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Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Important new evidence published today: large-scale DofE trial (N=12,166) found that two universal MH awareness interventions, in secondary schools, led to an *increase* in emotional symptoms at long term (9-12 month) follow up tinyurl.com/4ffday8y Thread below /1
Department for Education. Effectiveness of school mental health awareness interventions
Universal approaches in English secondary schools
February 2025
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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Fabulous PhD opportunity. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU000/p...
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PhD Studentship: Neurodiversity in Parent-child Relationships in the Early Years Researching the Diversity of the Parent-Infant System, and Developing Guidance at University of Birmingham
Find a PhD Studentship: Neurodiversity in Parent-child Relationships in the Early Years Researching the Diversity of the Parent-Infant System, and Developing Guidance on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board ...
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We have a fully funded PhD studentship here at the Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute (IDRIS) at the University of Birmingham with myself and @stat-pt.bsky.social @profkyliegray.bsky.social Link here: shorturl.at/yrx7W
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Longitudinal determinants of mental well being amongst people with intellectual disabilities: risk, protective and compensatory factors
Longitudinal determinants of mental well being amongst people with intellectual disabilities: risk, protective and compensatory factors
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Not sure a cross-sectional study does this justice. Surely a longitudinal study tracking those outcomes over time would be better, no? What were those outcomes before the ban came in in those specific schools? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Phone bans in schools don't help grades or health, study suggests
It is the first study to look at school phone rules, alongside measures of pupil health and education.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/01/2025
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic. (posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Anyone here seeing/considering the positives of the TikTok ban?
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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Genomic prediction of IQ is modern snake oil
Predicting IQ from genetics is inaccurate, confounded, and sows confusion about genetic research.
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Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
You can read Dr Chris van Tulleken's moving and powerful forward to my new book, which he describes as 'profoundly therapeutic,' at Blackwell's blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
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Chemically Imbalanced
We have been told for decades that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance, but is that the truth?
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Graham Davey @grahamcldavey.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
"Our findings suggest that the optimal treatment package for ADHD may include organisational strategies, third-wave components and problem-solving techniques" mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/27/1...
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Components of cognitive–behavioural therapy for mitigating core symptoms in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analys
Question Cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) is frequently implemented for individuals with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is still unknown which specific components are effective...
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Well this is a bit unexpected..
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Prof. James Davies @drjamesdaviesbskys.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
‘Capitalism doesn’t want your inner life to be completely fixed- it is happy for you to be a functional depressive or a functional alcoholic, because in both instances you are still a functional consumer’ #Sedated 👇
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Some reading for the holidays! I imagine this will debate around environmental vs individual differences contributing to modern attentional difficulties
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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Reducing leisure screen time for two weeks improved children’s mental health by decreasing emotional and peer-related difficulties while boosting positive social behaviors, highlighting the benefits of taking short… #ScreenTime #MentalHealth #ChildDevelopment #ProsocialBehavior #DigitalWellness
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Reducing screen time boosts children’s mental health and prosocial behaviors, study finds
Reducing leisure screen time for two weeks improved children’s mental health by decreasing emotional and peer-related difficulties while boosting positive social behaviors, highlighting the benefits of taking short breaks from screen media use.
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Dr Chris Forman @drcjforman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Does anybody have a visual tool to represent different types of psychodynamic defences? Both dystonic and syntonic. Would be really helpful for an upcoming workshop.
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