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Rich Morris

@sometimesdata.bsky.social

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Senior research scientist in mental health and wellbeing, looking for an excuse to #rstats

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Is there something in the water of young men today?

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Latest data from Australia indicates mental ill-health among 15-19 year olds has already peaked. But what caused it to peak? And what caused it to turn around?

Rising trend in psychological distress among school-aged youth peaked in 2022, replotted from latest results of Mission Australia Youth Survey (2012-2025)

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Major depressive episodes among US teenagers peaked in 2021 and have been declining since. More evidence challenging simplistic theories of teen mental health

Trend line plot showing major depressive episodes in US teenagers peaked in 2021 and have declined since then (Source data: National Survey on Drug Use and Health)

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

This is a neat summary of the history of applied statistics I’ve read

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Unless you do a medicine PhD!

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Starting a PhD makes you sick. After entering a PhD program, Swedish students seek more psychotropics: swopec.hhs.se/lunewp/abs/l...

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Or

Probability distribution centric (with stochastic relation first and no error term)

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

How do you write your probabilistic models?

error term convention (with stochastic error terms)

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Suicides in 18-24 yo have declined year on year since peaking in 2020

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

My big scoop is this isn't just occurring in USA - young people in Australia may have also turned happier:

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

I think Frank Oswald has a nice infographic to help clear up my confusion:

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

Today in PNAS, Australia joins the global megatrends in mental health declines across the generations. The kids are not ok (kids = anyone under 40): www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Rich Morris @sometimesdata.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Been playing with geospatial models. Here is where the happiest people live in Sydney. Looks like Wahroonga, Narrabeen and Engadine. Not Parramatta or innercity. #dataviz #Sydney

Happiness distribution over the greater Sydney region with contour peaks in Engadine and Wahroonga

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