Michael Witthöft

Michael Witthöft

@michaelwitthoeft.bsky.social

Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the Ruhr-University Bochum

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Wimsatt: Perhaps, just perhaps, the best explanation of a phenomenon at a given level is to be found at the same level. Kendler: Noone would seek to explain hypertension at the level of quarks. A few of my favourite papers on this topic of absurd biological reductionism: 🧵

Brent W. Roberts@bwroberts.bsky.social

This...the fetishizing of unreplicable neuroscience in order to legitimize our work is self-defeating. We don't need to know that depression is in the brain (as opposed to what???) to know it is problematic. How much money have we wasted proving something like depression is "real"?

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SPIN GRAND CHELEM 🏆 Psilocybin JAMA Psychiatry trial 🍄 a) Positive framing despite negative primary outcome, b) Inconclusive results presented as supportive evidence, c) Safety concerns downplayed with reassuring wording. See the rest of the 🧵 for the verbatim...

jamanetwork.comPsilocybin in Treatment-Resistant Major DepressionThis randomized clinical trial investigates the efficacy and safety of psilocybin, 25 mg, with adjunct psychotherapy in treatment-resistance major depression.

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Gestern haben über 1300 Menschen für die Finanzierung der Psychotherapie-Weiterbildung demonstriert, davon 600 in Köln, 500 in Bochum und 200 in Marburg. Gemeinsam haben wir deutlich gemacht, dass es JETZT gesetzliche Regelungen zur Finanzierung der Weiterbildung benötigt.

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Psychotherapists have claimed for >100 years that they provide/adjust interventions in view of the client's characteristics -- but all based on their personal experiences and opinions. Here we have the first-ever system to do so based on evidence.

Toshi Furukawa@toshi-frkw.bsky.social

Evidence-based personalized & optimized CBT skills for depression, based on a trial of 4469 adults. The Resilience Training App will augment the efficacy by 35% overall over the group average best, and by 64% for those whose best option wasn’t this group average best! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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🔥Frisch gedruckt im PTJ🔥: @tkaiser.science , Rafaële Huntjens und ich haben in dem Artikel gängige (Fehl-)Annahmen in der klinischen Praxis im Zusammenhang mit der Dissoziativen Identitätsstörung (#DIS) aus Sicht der Wissenschaft näher beleuchtet. Ein Thread 🧵: 1/

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🚨Rituelle Gewalt - Realität oder Fiktion?🚨: @tkaiser.science, Rafaële Huntjens, Renate Volbert und ich haben im neuen PTJ das Thema organisierte Kriminalität & Rituelle Gewalt unter wissenschaftlicher Lupe näher beleuchtet.🔎 Hier ist der Volltext🗞️👇🏻: www.psychotherapeutenjournal.de/2025/2/ptj20...

Philipp Herzog@herzog.bsky.social

Ich sitze gerade an einem Beitrag zum Thema „Rituelle Gewalt“ für die psychotherapeutische Community. Stay tuned! 👨🏼‍💻 #PsychSky #PsychSciSky

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Pro tip, folks: if you make a figure for a publication, don’t just hand the copyright over to the publisher. Post it on OSF first and then give yourself permission to use it in the first publication and then all future publications. That way, no permissions issues.

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Replying to @dpmoriarity.bsky.social

This might be useful? Focuses on risk in the other direction (assuming subgroup/individual effects from full population effects) but the points also apply to looking at only one subgroup (e.g., clinical) and making inferences about the population. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

frontiersin.orgFrontiers | Simpson's paradox in psychological science: a practical guideThe direction of an association at the population-level may be reversed within the subgroups comprising that population—a striking observation called Simpson...

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New interview on the value of exploratory research. "My brief explanation of this crisis is that researchers didn't say ‘I found something interesting’, but ‘I found exactly what my fantastic theory had predicted, heureka’. And then they gave a TED talk." #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky 🧪

eiko-fried.comThe crucial value of exploratory research » Eiko FriedExploratory research is vital for discovery, but often undervalued. Here I argue it is key to scientific progress & needs defending.

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Französischer Wissenschaftler wird an Einreise in die USA gehindert, weil auf seinem Handy Trump-feindliche Botschaften waren. Die USA sind nicht mehr Teil der freien Welt. Keine wissenschaftlichen Konferenzen mehr in den USA! Kooperiert mit euren US-KollegInnen, um Konferenzen in die EU zu holen!

theguardian.comFrench scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump foundFrance’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched

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The leader of the free world & his deputy bullying, shouting & finger pointing at President Zelenskyy. “You haven’t said thanks”. Truly abhorrent (& embarrassing). Time for Europe to raise their game! www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... #standwithukraine

bbc.co.ukWatch angry exchange between Trump and Zelensky at White HouseThe US president accused the Ukrainian leader of being disrespectful in a tense meeting in the Oval Office.

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Seit Monaten frage ich: Was muss noch passieren, damit deutsche Politik aufhört, bei X zu posten? Ausgerechnet dort kritisch zu den Ereignissen in den USA Stellung zu nehmen & der Ukraine Solidarität zuzusichern ist an Absurdität kaum zu überbieten. X nützt Musk & damit auch Trump & Co., remember?

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Der DGVT-Kongress rückt näher – haben Sie Ihre Veranstaltungsfavoriten schon vorgemerkt? Schauen Sie gern noch einmal in unser hochkarätiges Veranstaltungsprogramm – es lohnt sich: www.dgvt-kongress.de/programm DGVT-Kongress 2025 vom 19.03.–22.03.2025 in Berlin #dgvtkongress