Center for Contextual Psychiatry

Exciting news! 🎉 Registration for the SAA25 is now OPEN!✨ Join us in the historic city of Leuven from May 26–28 for inspiring symposia, talks, workshops and networking! Don’t miss out—secure your Early Bird spot now! saa2025.com #KULeuven @SAA2025Leuven

Applications are now open for the SAA Early Career Award 2025! All SAA members who obtained their doctorate degree within the last three years are eligible to apply. The recipient will be awarded €500 and will have the opportunity to deliver a keynote at #SAA2025 !

Hi ESM enthusiasts! 📢The registrations for #SAA2025 are now open! Early bird registration ends April 4th. 👉You can register via: saa2025.com/Register

New paper alert! 📣 Read the latest paper from the INTERACT trial about how individual variables predict treatment outcomes using the ACT-DL intervention: nature.com/articles/s4139…

📣You can also follow us on BlueSky now! bsky.app/profile/ccp-ku…

1 op 5 Vlaamse tieners kampt met matige tot ernstige mentale problemen; ze slapen slecht, hebben stress en voelen zich angstig, zo blijkt uit recent SIGMA-onderzoek van de KU Leuven olv LBI lid Inez Germeys @ccp_leuven @UPCKULeuven #LeuvenBrainInstitute demorgen.be/cs-b8ea7e97/

📊Rafaël Bonnier explored the experienced benefits and challenges of using EMA in individuals with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury. 📱4/5 participants experienced benefits, mainly in increasing NSSI-specific self-insight and efficacy! 🧠full study: osf.io/preprints/psya… #Mentalhealth

📣Dr. Glenn Kiekens onderzocht samen met collega's uit Harvard en Tilburg University voor het eerst via digitale zelfmonitoring het verloop van zelfverwondend gedrag bij mensen in behandeling en kwam tot deze interessante inzichten! 🤳

Just out - our narrative review that explores the need to establish more equitable interventions in public mental health @JAMAPsych w. @AnnikaReinhold, @Ch_Rauschenberg, @InezGermeys, @MorganC_IoPPN, Jessica Hartmann jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

It was a privilege to lead the individual approaches team in this @TheLancet Commission on #SelfHarm, led by @HM_Christensen, Paul Moran, Nav Kapur, & @suicideresearch. Self-harm is often overlooked & stigmatised, & we still lack interventions. Time for a radical new approach...

Op #WorldMentalHealthDay publiceerde @TheLancet commission on self-harm met @KU_Leuven onderzoekster @LivveyKirtley nieuwe aanbevelingen over de aanpak van zelfbeschadigend gedrag, en roept beleidsmakers wereldwijd op tot actie. 👇

Our colleague Dr. Glenn Kiekens received the POWER-award by EOS @Psyche_en_Brein, for his socially highly relevant research on non-suicidal self-injury in youths and adolescents! 🙌eoswetenschap.eu/psyche-brein/g…