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Saakshi

@saakshikakar.bsky.social
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RA + PhD student @kingsioppn.bsky.social working on @gladstudy.bsky.social and @edgiuk.bsky.social Interested in eating disorder research and increasing access to mental health care. She/her

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Statistical, Translational, and Analytic Genetics Group (KCL) @coleman-group-kcl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
🚨NEW PREPRINT ALERT!🚨 Jacob Knyspel investigated the moderating impact of exposure to different traumas on genetic risk for PTSD, using data from @ukbiobank.bsky.social, @gladstudy.bsky.social, @edgiuk.bsky.social and @nihrbioresource.bsky.social 1/3 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
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Identifying differential interactions of traumatic experiences with genetic risk for posttraumatic stress disorder
Gene-environment interactions are critical for understanding the genetics of PTSD, although it remains unclear how they differ across traumas. Using data from the UK Biobank and GLAD-EDGI-COPING (N=14...
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Statistical, Translational, and Analytic Genetics Group (KCL) @coleman-group-kcl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
👏🏻👏🏻 Jacob, as well as a host of coauthors: @chloewong.bsky.social @psychgenomics.bsky.social @thaliaeley.bsky.social @saakshikakar.bsky.social @annacarnegie.bsky.social @gursharankalsi.bsky.social @laurameldrum.bsky.social Iona Smith Shannon Bristow Molly Davies Cherie Armour 3/3
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Una Foye @unafoye.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
📢New research 📢 Our new qualitative study provides the first in-depth study exploring individuals experiences and views regarding why people with eating disorders are at risk of suicide. bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... @saakshikakar.bsky.social @mrtzhrl.bsky.social (1)
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‘It’s the perfect storm’: why are people with eating disorders at risk of suicide? A qualitative study - BMC Medicine
Background Eating disorders (EDs) are associated with elevated all-cause mortality, with suicide cited as the second leading cause of death among individuals with EDs. Evidence suggests that individua...
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Gerome Breen @psychgenomics.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
@edgiuk.bsky.social EDGI UK paper alert - in this paper RA and PhD student Saakshi Kakar worked on using the free text responses in EDGI and also the GLAD study @gladstudy.bsky.social to find new information about eating disorder symptoms.
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Saakshi @saakshikakar.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Thank you for highlighting my work and for all your support 💜
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Saakshi @saakshikakar.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🚨New paper alert! In my first first-author paper for my #PhD, we explored free-text responses from 1,600+ people with #eatingdisorders to better understand the diverse behaviours used to lose weight, many of which fall outside diagnostic criteria Here's what we found👇
A screenshot from the International Journal of Eating Disorders of an original article called, "Beyond the Diagnostic Checklist: A Large-Scale Analysis of Under-Recognized Weight Loss Behaviors in Individuals With Eating Disorders"
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
In case you missed it yesterday! ⭐️ #IoPPNfestival MEGA-THREAD ⭐️ Everything that happened at the 2025 @kingsioppn.bsky.social Research Festival Brilliant skeeted by my elfin colleague @saakshikakar.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Great job Saakshi! Cheers, André
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
We need to involve people from all communities in mental health research. It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and the theme this year is COMMUNITY. 🧵 THREAD
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Involving people from all communities in mental health research
We need to involve people from all communities in mental health research. It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and the theme this year is COMMUNITY.In the past, m...
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
We are IN-PERSON in London next week for the #IoPPNfestival, sharing transformative research from @kingsioppn.bsky.social Join @saakshikakar.bsky.social using the #IoPPNfestival hashtag from 2 pm on Wednesday, 14th May! THREAD
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Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) @pgcgenetics.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
✨""Beyond the Checklist: A large-scale analysis of under-recognised weight loss behaviours in individuals with eating disorders"" Saakshi Kakar's important exploration of under-recognised weight loss behaviours in individuals with #eatingdisorders www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/5 👇
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Beyond the Checklist: A large-scale analysis of under-recognised weight loss behaviours in individuals with eating disorders
Objective This study aimed to identify and categorise under-recognised weight loss behaviours in individuals with eating disorders, addressing diagnostic gaps. Method We text mined free-text response...
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
We’re delighted to announce that @saakshikakar.bsky.social will be donning her elf hat and reporting live from the 2025 #IoPPNfestival at @kingsioppn.bsky.social on Wed 14th May Check out the programme and get your FREE ticket now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ioppn-rese... THREAD
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IoPPN Research Festival - Bridging disciplines, brain to behaviour
An annual showcase of exciting and innovative research celebrating academic success across the IoPPN.
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