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Simon Rosenbaum

@srosenbaum.bsky.social
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Professor, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Sydney Co-Chair Nutrition, Exercise and Social Equity (NExuS) Research Group MHPSS & physical activity consultant Olympic Refuge Foundation Think Tank Member

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PLOS Global Public Health @plosglobalpublichealth.org · 03/09/2026
NEW in PLOS Global Public Health: Physiotherapists are underutilised in health-sector responses to gender-based violence: A cross-sectional survey of preparedness across Spanish-speaking countries bit.ly/4h843YS
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Physiotherapists are underutilised in health-sector responses to gender-based violence: A cross-sectional survey of preparedness across Spanish-speaking countries
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a major global public health and human rights issue with wide-ranging physical and mental health consequences. Physiotherapists frequently work with populations and cond...
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Seye Abimbola @seyeabimbola.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Epistemic dignity I wrote an essay on this important book for @thelancet.com: Do Less Harm: Ethical Questions for Health Historians, edited by Courtney Thompson & Kylie Smith Please read the review here www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... The book is available here www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The evidence is clear. Lifestyle interventions... can reduce psychiatric symptoms, improve physical health, and extend life expectancy. The task before us is no longer to prove efficacy, but to embed these interventions into the core of mental health care. insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/43/life...
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Lifestyle interventions must become a core part of mental health care - InSight+
Australians living with severe mental illness continue to die around 15 years earlier than the general population. The majority of this gap is driven not by suicide but by preventable physical health ...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The gaze reversed: global health through local eyes @thirushanaidu.bsky.social reviews @seyeabimbola.bsky.social’s book in @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The gaze reversed: global health through local eyes
Seye Abimbola's The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health takes a kaleidoscopic view of the effects of outsider visions and imaginaries on the recipients, contexts, and places that hold attention in g...
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Chiara Mastrogiovanni @chiaramastro.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Now published in the Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology! In this brief review, we summarise high-level evidence regarding physical activity and mental health, both from a prevention and treatment view for clinical exercise professionals. 📄 Paper: lnkd.in/g-K-Uuih
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Seye Abimbola @seyeabimbola.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
It was nice to see @lancetgh.bsky.social editors wrote an editorial in the issue of the journal featuring our article. They committed to being "mindful of these expectations in all work that we evaluate". Restoring dignity to the marginalised as sovereign knowers: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Restoring dignity to the marginalised as sovereign knowers
Power imbalances persist in research, prioritising the experience and knowledge of those with social, political, and economic power while silencing or misrepresenting others. This dynamic—which is int...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The 2nd Motion Impacts Emotion conference hosted by the AB Korkor Foundation for Mental Health is on September 27 and 28, Milwaukee, Wisconsin adelbkorkorfoundation.org/internationa...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The Lancet Psychiatry Commission marks a shift: from “why lifestyle interventions?” to “how do we deliver them fairly & sustainably in mental health care?” 🚴‍♀️🥦 Equity, Global South voices & lived experience are at the centre. Free here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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Alyssa Milton @alyssacmilton.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Our new Lancet Psychiatry Commision into physical health in mental health settings is out now! We move the conversation from “do lifestyle programs work?” to “how do we make them part of core mental health care?”—w/ equity & real-world implementation central www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Implementing lifestyle interventions in mental health care: third report of the Lancet Psychiatry Physical Health Commission
The physical health disparities experienced by people who live with mental illness are well documented. This population group has cardiometabolic risks and diseases at rates 1·4–2·0 times higher than ...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Bold ideas to create an equal future Brilliant closing panel of the @lifecoursecentre.bsky.social conference chaired by @alyssacmilton.bsky.social
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
💬 What makes sport protective for adolescent mental health? How sport is delivered matters. 1️⃣ Involve adolescents & caregivers 2️⃣ Engage with social determinants 3️⃣ Strengthen coping skills 4️⃣ Create inclusive environments 5️⃣ Challenge harmful gender norms www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How can sport promote adolescent mental health? A qualitative study from the rural plains of Nepal
Sport holds potential to deliver adolescent mental health promotion, which is particularly important in low resource settings where there is high burd…
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Chiara Mastrogiovanni @chiaramastro.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Great to see the results of my Master's trial published in Age & Ageing! Our program was delivered through Facebook to older adults with lifestyle education, eHealth falls prevention (StandingTall) and tailored exercise prescribed by Exercise Physiologists. Read the paper here 👉 lnkd.in/gY3SYuqT
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
USAID's mental health work can and must live on www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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USAID's mental health work can and must live on
The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in early 2025 severely curtailed US global health initiatives, with disastrous effects potentially resulting in millio...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Where does sport fit within mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS)? When designed and delivered with intention, it can play a meaningful role across the entire system of support. @gulsahkurt.bsky.social @peterventevogel.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Chiara Mastrogiovanni @chiaramastro.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Are you an Australian Mental Health Professional and have 5-10min? We aim to understand how to promote physical activity in mental healthcare, so your contribution would be greatly appreciated! Link 👉 lnkd.in/gtr-FrNW @srosenbaum.bsky.social @gracemckeon.bsky.social @gulsahkurt.bsky.social
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
From camp to clinic: how movement is reshaping mental health care approaches Thanks @aipscience.bsky.social for putting this together. aips.org.au/news-events/...
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From camp to clinic: how movement is reshaping mental health care approaches AIPS AIPS
How refugee-led, trauma-informed exercise programs are opening new paths to mental health care and community healing.
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Chiara Mastrogiovanni @chiaramastro.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Proud to share our new publication in BJSM, which comes just after we celebrated 2,000 exercise sessions delivered through Addi Moves—a trauma-informed, community-based physical activity program co-designed with and for people experiencing social and economic disadvantage. lnkd.in/guUaCrgY
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Multi-component interventions combining psychotherapy and physical activity for children and young peoples’ mental health: A scoping review journals.plos.org/mentalhealth...
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Multi-component interventions combining psychotherapy and physical activity for children and young peoples’ mental health: A scoping review
Multi-component mental health interventions, combining psychotherapy and physical activity (PA), have shown potential with adult populations, but their use with children and young people (CYP) remains...
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The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The need for mental health and psychosocial support during and after displacement crises is crystal clear, but it often gets “thrown to the bottom of the barrel” in aid responses.
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How to centre mental health in displacement
What lessons can be learned from Lebanon’s displacement crisis?
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
What’s the link between moving our bodies & meaning in life? New scoping review of 34 studies (N=>100k) finds consistent, small, positive association in both directions. PA might help us make sense of life, and a sense of meaning might help us stay active. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Physical Activity and Meaning in Life: A Scoping Review - Journal of Happiness Studies
Journal of Happiness Studies - Meaning in life is a key concept in positive psychology and has received increasing attention in recent years. This study aimed to provide an overview of the...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Moving forward: The relationship between physical activity and post-deployment outcomes journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The evolution of sports psychiatry: a clinical intersection of mental health and physical activity bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/6...
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The evolution of sports psychiatry: a clinical intersection of mental health and physical activity
Long before the term ‘sports psychiatry’ was first introduced nearly 40 years ago,1 2 clinicians and academics recognised the critical role of mental and brain health in sports. For example, Jokl and ...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The missing link in the NCD agenda: girls and young women remain overlooked www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The missing link in the NCD agenda: girls and young women remain overlooked
An update to the original 2016 Commission, this second iteration of The Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing presents crucial data on the challenges faced by adolescents and shares a c...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
New from NExuS team led @gracemckeon.bsky.social We explored physical activity & food security in Australia’s Rohingya community Visa insecurity and gender shaped access and motivation. Health promotion must tackle structural drivers. Read more: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Exploring barriers and facilitators to physical activity participation and food security among the Rohingya community living in Australia: a socio-ecological perspective - BMC Public Health
Introduction Many Rohingya people from Myanmar have sought refuge and resettled in Australia due to persecution and genocide. Like many people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds who resettle i...
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Harry Costello @drharrycostello.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Excellent meta-review of #exercise. 🔑 limitation reflecting common scepticism in #mentalhealthcare is summed up here: “Most studies do not reflect real-world circumstances, with resources, staffing and less complex disorder severity of participants that are not representative for everyday contexts”
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Our new meta-review in World Psychiatry Efficacy, mechanisms and implementation of physical activity in the treatment of mental disorders Led by Prof Vancampfort, we reviewed 256 RCTs including 12,233 individuals @brendonstubbs.bsky.social @peterventevogel.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/wps....
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The efficacy, mechanisms and implementation of physical activity as an adjunctive treatment in mental disorders: a meta‐review of outcomes, neurobiology and key determinants
Research examining physical activity interventions for mental disorders has grown exponentially in the past decade. At this critical juncture, there is a need to synthesize the best evidence to guide...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Evidence of physical deconditioning during psychiatric hospitalization in a veteran sample www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Evidence of physical deconditioning during psychiatric hospitalization in a veteran sample
Prior observations of low physical activity in psychiatric inpatient care suggest a risk of physical deconditioning, but to date no studies have expli…
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Megan Teychenne @meganteychenne.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Can moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) programs support the mental health and wellbeing of (the 1 in 3) women who have experienced gender-based violence? We synthesised the evidence here: ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Brilliantly led by Thea Baker! @srosenbaum.bsky.social
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Are lifestyle-based interventions aligned w @who.int guidance mental health policy? 📘5 modules: 👉 lnkd.in/gNyYKBQt Takeaways (Module 2): Lifestyle interventions are rights-affirming & core to dignity, autonomy, and recovery📍2.2 Lay providers, physio's, EPs, coaches can be part of MH workforce📍3.1
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Grace McKeon @gracemckeon.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Our new paper on the association and impact of understudied psychosocial factors on physical activity levels among women in the Australian WATCH longitudinal study is out today! 🎉 📖 Read the full text: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @srosenbaum.bsky.social
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health
Achieving gender justice in global health—which we define as encompassing the realisation of universal rights in relation to health equity and gender equality, while also addressing the drivers of gen...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
‘A Spark to Start’: Experiences of Forcibly Displaced Individuals Participating in a Co-Designed Exercise and Sport Intervention www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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‘A Spark to Start’: Experiences of Forcibly Displaced Individuals Participating in a Co-Designed Exercise and Sport Intervention
A growing number of individuals are forced to leave their homes, facing numerous pre- and post-migration challenges that can increase their risk of ph…
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Asylum seekers with insecure visas are three times less likely to meet physical activity guidelines 🌏 Our new study of n=276 Farsi/Dari speaking asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants in Sydney, Australia. Congratulation to Reza Rostami for leading this! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Visa Status, Physical Activity and Mental Health Among Farsi/Dari Speaking Refugees, Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in Sydney, Australia
Background Asylum-seekers in Australia are subjected to restrictive access, such as to education, work, and family reunion, which can affect mental and physical health. We examined the relationship .....
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Delivering trauma-focused physiotherapy interventions for trauma-exposed refugees: a qualitative study exploring perspectives and experiences from Jordan and Kenya www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Delivering trauma-focused physiotherapy interventions for trauma-exposed refugees: a qualitative study exploring perspectives and experiences from Jordan and Kenya: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice: ...
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David Cochrane @dlgcochrane.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The Role of Social Determinants in Racial and Ethnic Mental ... : Harvard Review of Psychiatry journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/a...
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The Role of Social Determinants in Racial and Ethnic Mental ... : Harvard Review of Psychiatry
icle, we review current definitions and frameworks of SDoMH, discuss their strengths and shortcomings, and provide recommendations for a framework to better capture the causal pathways of mental healt...
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Chiara Mastrogiovanni @chiaramastro.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Published today!! Our qualitative study looked at the barriers and facilitators that influence health care professionals’ promotion of physical activity and ERSs. doi.org/10.31189/216... @srosenbaum.bsky.social @gracemckeon.bsky.social
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
"My government is attacking me" very sobering discussion on the cuts to USAID from @agawande.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6D4V...
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Atul Gawande on Elon Musk’s “Surgery with a Chainsaw”
The Political Scene | The New Yorker · Episode
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🌍 Could physical activity (PA) be a missing link in mental health support for displaced communities? Thanks to Intervention Journal for opportunity to provide further background on our recent paper here: journals.lww.com/invn/fulltex...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Excited to introduce Bluesky to the Nutrition, Exercise and Social Equity (NExuS) research group in the Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health at UNSW Sydney. Our team includes dietitians, exercise physiologists and physio's dedicated to mental health ⬇️ www.unsw.edu.au/medicine-hea...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Peeling back the layers: examining the trauma-informed programming experiences of staff in a sport for development and peace organization www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Peeling back the layers: examining the trauma-informed programming experiences of staff in a sport for development and peace organization
An increasing number of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) organizations are aiming to offer trauma-informed programming (TIP). However, there is limited understanding of the specific efforts ma...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Effects of an exercise and sport intervention on symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health indices among asylum seekers in a camp. A pragmatic randomized controlled trial www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Effects of an exercise and sport intervention on symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health indices among asylum seekers in a camp. A pragmatic randomized controlled trial.
People seeking asylum face a high risk of mental health disorders, in particular post-traumatic stress (PTSD). Physical activity has been recommended …
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Physical activity as a missing link in MHPSS? Thanks Intervention Journal for giving us the opportunity to provide background on a our recent field report from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh @gulsahkurt.bsky.social @peterventevogel.bsky.social @sportanddev.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/interv...
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🌍 Could physical activity (PA) be the missing link in mental health support for displaced communities? A recent study highlights the potential of physical…
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Why reforming humanitarianism isn't enough @newhumanitarian.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...
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Why reforming humanitarianism isn't enough | First Person
Podcast Episode · The New Humanitarian · 25/02/2025 · 12m
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Even as they push back against Trump, US universities must step in and protect early career researchers! Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science
As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Trauma-informed Sport Training for Youth Sports Coaches Promising data relevant to the Sport Coach+ initiative led by the Olympic Refuge Foundation & @mhpsshub.bsky.social jsfd.org/2025/02/21/a...
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A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Trauma-informed Sport Training for Youth Sports Coaches
Trauma-informed care has shown promise as an intervention for preventing and mitigating the negative effects of childhood adversity. This study evaluated the impact of a trauma-informed sport train…
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Co-Design Approach to Develop a Motivational Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Engagement and Maintenance Among Individuals in Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Settings important lessons for other populations HT @nikosntoumanis.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A Co-Design Approach to Develop a Motivational Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Engagement and Maintenance Among Individuals in Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Settings
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Required elements for an educational programme for lay exercise instructors in charge of community-based exercise targeting young adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders – A stakeholder focus group study bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Required elements for an educational programme for lay exercise instructors in charge of community-based exercise targeting young adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders – A stakeholder focus gro...
Background Exercise plays a crucial role in addressing the increased cardiometabolic morbidity and premature mortality in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. When delivered in community-base...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
How can we measure diet risk in mental health services? New tool developed by @scottbteasdale.bsky.social et al: Feasibility of a targeted nutrition-risk screening tool in Australian mental health services: The NutriMental screener onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Feasibility of a targeted nutrition‐risk screening tool in Australian mental health services: The NutriMental screener
Aims This study aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability of mental health clinicians using a multifaceted nutrition-risk screening tool in Australian mental health settings. Methods A mixed.....
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Development of Australian mental health guidelines for community sport bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl... Congratulations Stew Vella, @caitlinliddelow.bsky.social Christian Swann et al on developing these world first guidelines!
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Development of Australian mental health guidelines for community sport
Objective The need for clear and actionable guidelines for the promotion and protection of mental health in organised community sport has previously been identified. This study aimed to provide guidel...
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
"The [global health] literature thus reads like a conversation to which the primary participants, those working for change day to day, were not invited." - @seyeabimbola.bsky.social "The Foreign Gaze. Essays on global health." www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
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The Foreign Gaze - Essays on Global Health - Seye Abimbola (EAN13 : 9782709930437) | Un éditeur pour le développement
The Foreign Gaze - Essays on Global Health - Seye Abimbola (EAN13 : 9782709930437)
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