@sfartamendi
Professor at University of Seville. Psychology, addictions and mental health in adolescents and youth. And into all kinds of science https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-0833 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergio-Fernandez-Artamendi
One of the issues that has come up again and again in my reporting on misinformation and social media is the massive influence social media companies have on research in the field.
Last night a preprint dropped that tries to get at this with some numbers. My piece in @science.org (and 🧪🧵 coming):
España acogerá la cuarta parte de los puestos del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo que desalojó Trump
El organismo reubica 400 puestos desde Nueva York 👋🇺🇸
📍🇪🇸Madrid acogerá cerca de 100
📍🇩🇪Bonn (Alemania) recibirá el resto
👇
Se va a obligar a los portales de apuestas online a mostrar un cartel advirtiendo sobre los riesgos del juego online a través del desarrollo del Real Decreto 958/2020
Las pérdidas del total de jugadores superan en 4 veces sus ganancias
La probabilidad de ser un jugador que pierde dinero es del 75%
La ludopatía es un riesgo del juego
‼️ Estos serán los mensajes que aparecerán en los portales de juego online para garantizar un entorno seguro
🔸 La ludopatía es un riesgo del juego
🔸 La probabilidad de ser un jugador que pierde dinero es del 75%
🔸 Las pérdidas del total de jugadores superan en 4 veces sus ganancias
🚨Check the final program of the V Scientific Congress ok Cannabis, taking place in Seville in November 👇🏼👇🏼
congresocannabis2025.socidrogalcohol.org/inicio
Presentations will be in Spanish and English, with automatic translation
You can also join us online!
Please share with your colleagues 🗣️
Meet us this November in Seville at the 5th International Scientific Congress on Cannabis and its Derivatives.
A multidisciplinary conference with experts from multiple countries
You can also attend online!
info, registration & preliminar program:
congresocannabis2025.socidrogalcohol.org
Meet us this November in Seville at the 5th International Scientific Congress on Cannabis and its Derivatives.
A multidisciplinary conference with experts from multiple countries
You can also attend online!
info, registration & preliminar program:
congresocannabis2025.socidrogalcohol.org
“Los fascistas tratan de destruir el sistema educativo en los países que controlan. Es lo que estamos viendo en los ataques de Trump a las universidades”. De la NASA a los NIH, pasando por las universidades, existe terror a hablar por miedo a perder el trabajo
Tens of thousands of psychological measures have been created, but 79% are not reused more than twice.
In a new article in NHB lead by @faridanvari.bsky.social and @ruben.the100.ci we quantify this fragmentation in psychology's measures and propose solutions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gamstop survey says 10% of male students spend more on gambling than groceries igamingbusiness.com/gaming/gamst...
A brilliant Banksy.
A esto vienen los “patriotas” 🤦🏼♂️
Dismantle. FTW.
Happy Wednesday! ✨
We've shared all of the latest and upcoming funding and career development opportunities for #mentalhealth and #addiction #researchers!
📢Read here: mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/mid-week-rou...
Featuring funding from @nihr.bsky.social, @wellcometrust.bsky.social & more!
Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.” • The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives. • The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000. Each point represents a federal agency: • Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs. • Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs. Key Observations: • Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates. • Notable targeted agencies include: • HHS (Health & Human Services) • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) • NIH (National Institutes of Health) • CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) • Dept. of Education • USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) • The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies. • A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size. Takeaway: The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology. Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).
The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
Os compartimos el Plan de acción para la prevención del suicidio.
Comisionado de Salud Mental.
Aprobado en el Consejo Interterritorial del SNS el 14 de febrero de 2025.
www.sanidad.gob.es/areas/calida...
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
‘There is no evidence that restrictive school policies are associated with overall phone and social media use or better mental wellbeing in adolescents’ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
For those of you interested in pulling excellent papers from this journal, I have created a public collection: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi...
A short thread on our new meta-analysis on the effectiveness of techniques to reduce compulsivity in gambling disorder and other behavioral addictions. Kudos to @joselopguerre.bsky.social, I. Muela, @mavadillo.bsky.social, J.F. Navas & F. Rivero for the great work!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
No se puede decir que oculten sus intenciones. Y, como no, el mundillo del fútbol al quite para ponerse al servicio del capital sin escrúpulos.
"La élite de las apuestas se cita en Barcelona: Hay que atraer a los jóvenes para que no muera la industria”
www.eldiario.es/catalunya/el...
El abuso en el consumo de psicofármacos es un problema reconocido en Catalunya, especialmente en menores
A uno de cada cuatro pacientes de infantil y juvenil se le recetó al menos un psicofármaco en 2023
El total, de unos 23.600 pacientes, supone un incremento de cerca del 22% en cinco años
La British Psychological Society ha concedido su premio a la mejor obra de divulgación a Unlocked, de Pete Etchells, un libro contra el catastrofismo digital. Aquí parece que vamos en la dirección contraria.
www.bps.org.uk/news/congrat...
Painting of distraught woman holding a piece of paper with a concern child at her side. The caption reads "Arrival of reviewers comments. Oil on canvas."
En comparación con los principales determinantes de la salud mental adolescente (pobreza, desestructuración familiar, marginación, abuso, presión excesiva), el efecto de los smartphones -si existe- es marginal. Errar el tiro roba recursos y atención de las verdaderas causas.
I've created a Starter Pack on "Psychology of Addictive Behaviors" with some of the researchers I've found around here 👇
Let me know if you wanna be included!
go.bsky.app/Eor3YZg
Multinacionales como Nestlé, Danone y Cola-Cola acaparan el agua de beber en zonas de sequía.
New paper: Do social media algorithms shape affective polarization?
We ran a field experiment on X/Twitter (N=1,256) using LLMs to rerank content in real-time, adjusting exposure to polarizing posts. Result: Algorithmic ranking impacts feelings toward the political outgroup! 🧵⬇️
Sobre la necesidad de promover un modelo de salud más humano para el abordaje de las adicciones: El caso de latinoamérica 👇
Gracias a @theconversationes.bsky.social
theconversation.com/drogas-en-la...