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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Nick is a rockstar!!! 🥳🥳🥳

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Irene Xu @irenexu.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The ASSIST Lab @ UW–Madison is hiring a full-time Research Specialist! This position is a great fit for someone interested in clinical psychology research, suicide prevention, intensive longitudinal methods/EMA, and digital approaches to understand mental health. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...

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Research Specialist - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:Academic StaffEmployment Type...

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I’ve officially finished my second year of my PhD program… 🤯 Third year here I come!

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Craig Rodriguez-Seijas, Ph.D. 🇹🇹🏳️‍🌈 @craiganthonyrs.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

We've employed measurement invariance and item response theory (IRT) analyses quite a bit in my lab's and colleagues' research over the years. I'll be teaching a 2-day workshop on these statistical approaches this June! smart-workshops.com/inv-irt-info

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Introduction to Measurement Invariance and Item Response Theory — SMaRT Workshops

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy #EarlhamDay! Earlham College, my alma mater, truly is a "college that changes lives". Every donation (even $1), is matched with an additional $200. Please consider joining me in donating today to this unique, diverse, and passionate little campus who needs us! Donate here: lnkd.in/e6w-4tqR

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Meet my long-distance partner’s newly adopted son, Brick. I can’t wait to meet this precious baby. 🥹🧱

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Nick Gaspelin @ngaspelin.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Last chance to apply for our virtual summer workshop on R Programming for Psychology and Neuroscience. Funded by NSF, this FREE workshop provides direct training in using R to analyze data from psychological experiments. Open to students from any university. Apps due May 15! rworkshop.missouri.edu

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Today I had the honor of joining the 16th annual Circle of Support walk organized by the Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center and the LSU School of Social Work! I walk to support those who have struggled with suicidal thoughts or attempts as well as for those who have lost someone to suicide. 💜

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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

📣 The 2026 SMaRT Workshops schedule is officially LIVE — with workshops covering SEM, MLM, dyadic methods, time series, machine learning, clinical trials design, and more. STATS NERD SUMMER is HERE. Come learn something. 🧑‍🎓 smart-workshops.com/workshops Please share and RP🙏 More info 👇 1/n

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Workshops — SMaRT Workshops

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

You mean to tell me if I had just started working on my thesis manuscript again it would start to get done? The procrastination made it that much worse? Who would’ve thought 😅

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Anna Weinberg @annaweinberg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

We're raising money (matched dollar for dollar!) to support paid research experiences for underrepresented students in our department at McGill. No amount too small to show support for science training these days.... crowdfunding.mcgill.ca/ui/main/p/pr...

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🚨 Thrilled to share our new publication on primal world beliefs, suicide cognitions, and SI! Our findings show primals are correlated with suicide cognitions, and believing the world is unsafe moderated the relationship between cognitions and SI in college students.

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The moderating influence of primal world beliefs on the relationship between suicide cognitions and suicidal ideation

Negative, generalized beliefs about the self are strongly related to suicidal ideation (SI). However, no research has explicitly tested cognitive theo…

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I had a wonderful time tabling for the LSU Psychological Services Center at the Planting Seeds of Hope event organized by Rain Will Bring Flowers this evening! It’s heartwarming seeing so many student athletes learn more about suicide prevention and collect therapy resources!

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I am thrilled to share my new first author pub in JAD! 🥳 We found minority stress was associated with concurrent and future experiences of defeat, and defeat was associated with prospective minority stress in sexual minority college students reporting SI. authors.elsevier.com/a/1meFzbXYj0...

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Erik Nook 🏳️‍🌈 @eriknook.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Are you a junior faculty member interested in spending 2-4 weeks at Princeton Psych? Consider applying for our Microsabbatical program! It’s a fully funded visit for professional development and creating long-term collaborations. psych.princeton.edu/diversity/mi...

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Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology

Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology provide a several-week-long visit to our department for early-career faculty. The program focuses on early-career scholars who would benefit from interactions ...

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YR² Lab @yr2lab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Our youth suicide prevention lab, @yr2lab.bsky.social, is hiring a full-time research coordinator to join our team this spring/summer! Interested applicants can find additional details here: sites.wp.odu.edu/yr2lab/join-...

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Join Us – Research Associate – Youth Risk and Resilience Lab

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

New paper accepted to JAD 🥳 I can’t wait to share!!

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Raymond Tucker @raymopt.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Supremely talented doctoral student Halle Fowler is hoping to put together an ABCT panel related to Deaf and Hard of Hearing suicide prevention or mental health. We have multiple qualitative and quantitative studies on DHH interpretation in mental health settings. We need help finding panelists!

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Dr. Sarah Sperry @drsarahsperry.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🚨My trainee Victoria Murphy, data architect Gabriel Mongefranco, and I are pleased to share 🌟EMA-CleanR: R code to pre-process, clean, and visualize ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data! Documentation: teamdynamix.umich.edu/TDClient/210... Code: github.com/DepressionCe...

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EMA-CleanR: Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Data Processing in R

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Also had a lovely trip to Pittsburgh over break filled with friends, games, and running outside in the cold!

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Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org @krisbrown.bradyunited.org · 24/12/2025

The holidays can be a challenging time for many. You matter. You are not alone. You deserve care, compassion, and support. Help is available 24/7 by texting or calling 988, which remains confidential. Please check on those in your life this season.

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

An amazing visit to Minneapolis ♥️♥️♥️ heart is full 🥺🥺🥺

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Would highly recommend applying for this!! It’s a wonderful day of learning, mentorship, and networking!

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Thrilled to share I passed my thesis proposal today!! The first of four milestones checked off for my PhD! ✅

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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Hello mental health/suicide researchers! Do any of you use the SBQ-R? I have a question about it. I have used the measure before and remain perplexed by the fourth question.

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

And that’s a wrap! 🥳 had such a great time at @abctnow.bsky.social this year!!

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Let’s go @abctnow.bsky.social!♥️

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Dr. Sam Cacace @scphd.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

New paper out (free link) in Military Psychology led by our mentee and VA partners @docrobphd23.bsky.social Coping self-efficacy scale continues to show a 3-factor structure (now with dynamic fit indices) in LGBTQ+ U.S. military veterans. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TQJBX...

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A psychometric evaluation of the coping self-efficacy scale among LGBTQ+ Veterans

Due to unique stressors faced by LGBTQ+ Veterans, it is important to understand how existing strengths, like coping self-efficacy, can be leveraged for health promotion efforts to improve outcomes ...

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

My first awarded grant ever! 🥳 so grateful for my friends, family, and colleagues who supported me in this grant application and I cannot wait to disseminate our findings!!

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I’m pumped to be presenting at @abctnow.bsky.social next week in New Orleans! Come by my poster session Friday at 4:30 or reach out to say hi! Would love to connect and meet up with new and old friends/colleagues alike!

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mareike @mareike.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

delighted to see this published 🙌 using EMA, we (with @roryoc.bsky.social) investigated suicidal ideation in daily life. we found that it arises from an interaction of within-person increases in loneliness and an individual’s level of personality functioning psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Sharing for awareness: For those able and willing to help, the Embassy of Jamaica in DC is coordinating disaster relief in the U.S. They have asked folks to reach out to them at disasterresponse@jamaicaembassy.org to coordinate support. The government has info on donations supportjamaica.gov.jm

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

New publication alert! 🚨 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lyZY3o67z...

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Finally got an up to date MOSB lab picture!! 🥳🥳🥳 love conducting research with these kids!

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New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center @njgvrc.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Just in! 📰 Check out the release on RutgersToday, about the new #NJGVRC research on firearm-related harm in the United States. #NJGVRC PI @daniel-semenza.bsky.social and colleagues Take some time to read the release ⬇️ 👉 www.rutgers.edu/news/why-col...

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Why the Collapse of Firearm Violence Prevention Is a Threat to U.S. Lives

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Add yourself and other people you know to this list of research researchers doing work on LGBTQ+ health

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Shayan Asadi @shayanasadi.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Hi bluesky friends! I plan to submit a symposium with @craiganthonyrs.bsky.social for APS 2026 on contextual psychopathology research from ECRs (students welcome!) Content area and methods are wide open. If you are interested or know someone who may be, message me and we'll chat further. 1/2

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Sean M. Mitchell, Ph.D. @drseanmitchell.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🚨Job Alert🚨 Texas Tech University is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Prof in clinical psychology! Applications are due by Oct 10. Come work with me! #academia #clinicalpsychology Please share! Link to ad: sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear... Link to program: www.depts.ttu.edu/psy/clinical...

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Rachel Andrade-Frietchen (she/her) @rachelfrietchen.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Very exciting news! 🎉 If you are looking for a kind, collaborative, and passionate environment to do suicide and eating disorder research, I highly recommend applying! I love that I get to pursue research and clinical work with so many amazing people! 💕

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E. David Klonsky, PhD @klonskylab.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Sarah is a great person in addition to a superb scholar. Apply to her lab!

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Currently learning about suicide risk assessment and safety planning in primary care! Super exciting to hear that this intervention was found to be successful and particularly excited that means safety methods (eg locks) were provided as part of safety planning! www.umassmed.edu/capes/events...

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CAPES 2025 Annual Innovation Summit — CAPES

Sept. 22, 2025, 2 p.m. EDT CAPES Innovation Summit, organized with support from Education Development Center and focused on using the Zero Suicide Framework to advance CAPES technologies and implement...

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rochephd.bsky.social @rochephd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Just posting this again. If you or someone you know is looking for a tenure-track position please submit your application. Review is ongoing, but you should submit as soon as possible.

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This Is Our Lane @thisisourlane.org · 10/09/2025

A new study shows how firearm suicides among women 65+ are rising, reversing decades of decline, while firearm suicides among older men remain high but stable. As these numbers grow, timely mental health support and conversations about firearm access are critical. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Sex Differences in Trends of Firearm Suicide Among Older Adults, 2014 to 2023

This cross-sectional study examines trends in suicide deaths by firearm among US adults aged 65 years or older between 2014 and 2023.

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Amy Brausch, Ph.D. @amybrausch.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Submissions are due October 30! Please disseminate far and wide to reach all who work in suicide research.

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Rockefeller Institute of Government @rockefellerinst.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

"I consider firearm suicide prevention to be my life’s work. Around 60 percent of all gun deaths in the US are suicides, and over half of all US suicides result from self-inflicted gunshot wounds." Read the latest RGVRC member highlight: @mikeanestis.bsky.social. rockinst.org/blog/rgvrc-m...

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RGVRC Member Highlight: Michael Anestis | Rockefeller Institute of Government

Learn more about the research of Dr. Michael Anestis, a member of the RGVRC and the executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers University.

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

More personally, I'm grateful to LSU's student paper, The Reveille, for the opportunity to share my own origin story of seeing a friend thinking of suicide and having no idea what I could do to help them keep themself safe, because no one ever talked about suicide lsureveille.com/261733/opini...

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Guest column: When someone you care about is thinking of suicide, know that you can help - Reveille

I was 16 years old and up late on a weeknight when Facebook pinged with a message from a school friend. Honestly, calling her a friend is probably unfair: we had been friends in freshman year before d...

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Max Stivers (he/him) @mstivers.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

So incredibly proud of the work @raymopt.bsky.social, @obrienemj.bsky.social, @faithstoneking.bsky.social, and the rest of LSU's Consortium for the Advancement of Suicide Prevention have done on campus and in our community for National Suicide Prevention Week/World Suicide Prevention Day.

Tips for Supporting Friends Who Are Thinking about Suicide

About 12% of young adults (almost 4,000 LSU students) have serious thoughts of suicide each year

What Can I Do?
- Break the silence. Start the conversation.
- If you're worried about your friend, you can ask if they are thinking about suicide
- Talk openly and directly about suicide
- Be warm, encouraging, supportive, and offer a listening ear
- Ask how you can support them; say, "I am here for you, how can I best support you?"

Who Can I Ask for Help?
- Did you know, you can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 (24/7) to talk to a counselor about suicide, and figure out how to help your friend?
- In an emergency, call 911

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