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BPS Chartered Psych and MBACP. Private practice in Copenhagen. Pluralistic therapist. Irish. Cultural omnivore. I embrace pluralism’s ‘critical distance’ - what matters is what proves helpful in client lives. josephharney.com
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Israel no debería participar en Eurovisión mientras su gobierno vulnere los derechos humanos. Un festival que propugna la fraternidad, diversidad y paz a través de la música no puede normalizar ni blanquear el genocidio. Gracias RTVE por ser la voz de tantas. #Eurovision2025

Really important new study looking at self-diagnosis of mental disorders This is one of those papers that documents something pretty obvious – that YP look up their symptoms online ahead of seeking/receiving treatment, and then self-diagnose – but... (cont)

What I find most fascinating about US fascist media coverage right now is their inability to source a photo to make Abrego Garcia look ‘bad.’ Not one photo. Nothing. No gangster leans, no bad-ass pouts, no hand signs. Every photo I’ve seen of this man, his eyes and face just glow with kindness.

Pope Francis is a great loss to the world, particularly the world of diplomacy, he gifted us with a rare kindness and benevolence. May his message ripple outward in ever greater waves.

Boat of refugees. Sculpture in Vatican Square. Thank you for being such a bright light, Pope Francis.

Why has acculturation research focused only on minority groups when it's defined as mutual cultural change? My meta-analysis of 37 studies (N = 11,000+) reveals how majority groups also transform—and how colonial mindsets in academia created this blind spot. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I'll be teaching some students about the Lotka-Volterra food web model tomorrow, and this historical aside feels particularly relevant. Pretty stark that, in 1931, only 1% of Italian professors refused to sign a loyalty oath to the fascists.

While research found most interviewees gained validation from close relationships with chatbots... these were hollowed out versions of friendship: providing entertainment when bored..."There’s was no sense of growth or development or challenging yourself.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

In case you fall asleep at work today. Don’t worry, you’re in good company. 🌺 🌺 🌺

Water sausage swimming lessons.

Left speechless… The psychological toll of living in a warzone is causing children in Gaza to lose their ability to communicate, writes Sarah Dawood, editor at @indexoncensorship.org www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Right. Sometimes it wakes you up. Sometimes it warns you. Sometimes it calls you to get bigger. And sometimes it just sucks.

Today I wrote about compositionality--a foundation of human language. Is it also in the calls of apes? Gift link: nyti.ms/4iO0zct

novaramedia.com/2025/02/17/t... #PTMFramework

The World Economic Forum has embraced the idea of neurodivergence to help explain rising distress among young workers. Apparently, their brains are responsible for their distress rather than systemtic drivers of precarity, wage inequality, job insecurity.....which presumbly we needn't worry about...

Something to think about

Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.

I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence. This is a campaign of eradication. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...

Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.

OMG

“No thought ever comes into direct sight of a thought in another personal consciousness than its own. Absolute, irreducible pluralism, is the law.” William James

“Insofar as a major goal of any treatment is to diminish suffering, clinicians must consider the physical and emotional burden that patients incur when they submit to multiple ineffective treatments.” Joseph F. Goldberg www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/repost-tre...

Another thing that struck me about yesterday’s Oval Office disaster is the place of language. 🧵

Unbelievable news. Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers. New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Newsletter: There is no AI Revolution. Consumer adoption of generative AI outside of ChatGPT is barely 100 million people, every single company in generative AI is deeply unprofitable, Microsoft is pulling capex, and OpenAI spent $9bn in 2024 to lose $5bn. www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...

What a spiritual practice actually looks like:

A former Soviet intelligence officer has claimed Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename "Krasnov" Who would have guessed www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...

Study finds that rooting your problems in within you, via self-diagnosis, rather than understanding them from a more sociologically informed perspective, can be harmful to youth self-esteem. www.madinamerica.com/2023/06/self...

To understand why Ukraine is fighting so hard, watch how she became a democracy and what sacrifices it took. www.netflix.com/us/title/800...

Gold

The Rise of the “Sycophant Psych” 🧵👇🏼

Reminder: Mindless doomscrolling is bad for your mental health and won’t help make the world a better place. Consider spending time engaging in meaningful advocacy, connecting with community, and reflecting on the meaning of this moment for who you are and who you want to be.

Scientists find that sexual afterglow can linger for at least 24 hours, and it’s especially powerful when sex is a mutual decision or is initiated by your partner. By contrast, sexual rejection can create a negative ripple effect lasting up to 3 days. www.psypost.org/science-conf...

A story that needs just four words, not six… glad they have found each other…

“Narcissistic rage is characterized by the relentless and ruthless need to exact revenge and rectify a perceived injustice, accompanied or preceded by intense shame and humiliation.” -Auchincloss & Samberg