Mauricio Scopel Hoffmann
@mau_hoffmann
Adjunct professor of psychiatry @UFSM_oficial | Clinical psychiatrist | Psychiatry nosology, measurement and epidemiology
Have you ever wondered how to harmonize measures of emotional and behavioral problems from different cohorts, the impact of item selection, matching strategies and how similar harmonized scores are with the original models? The #RBC have these answers 👇🧶 reprobrainchart.github.io/docs/datasets/
(1/17) Now out on bioRxiv‼️Reproducible Brain Charts: An open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health | doi.org/10.1101/2025.0… Funded by @NIMHgov
Reproducible Brain Charts: An open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_neursci
A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich
❗ NEW PODCAST❗ What is social connection? How do the three dimensions of social connection impact #MentalHealth? All this & more answered as @umartoseeb interviews Dr. Bettina Moltrecht & @mau_hoffmann about their latest research. bit.ly/4czQjSQ
New comment in NHB by Farid Anvari, me and friends arguing that psychology is fragmented into the study of too many constructs and measures with too few links.
In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”. go.nature.com/4i2EaIb
Lifestyle is a stronger predictor of aging and mortality than genetics. A new Nature study of ~500,000 people found: 🎯 17% of mortality variation was linked to lifestyle (exposome). 🧬 <2% of was explained by genetics. Here’s what you need to know 👇🧵 1/10
Jair Bolsonaro de volta ao poder sem eleição e sem data pra sair: essa podia ser a realidade do Brasil hoje. A nossa sorte é que o líder desse plano era um político com uma trajetória consistente de fracasso e incompetência. Que Jair Bolsonaro tenha o amplo direito de defesa que…
🖥️One tool. Endless possibilities! The #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets allows you to do more than explore datasets from around the world. You can compare features, use a list or map view, narrow down with filters and save your searches! Check it out here: atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk
🎆It's launch day! Check out our brand new @wellcometrust funded platform to explore over 1,600 datasets from across the world. Find the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets here -> atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets
How does where we live – urban, rural, or in-between – relate to our mental health? 🌆🏞️ In this cross-national study, we investigate the links between urbanicity, anxiety & depressive disorders in 500,000 adults across the UK, Norway, and New Zealand 🧵 doi.org/10.31219/osf.i…
Me and @DrKlintwall have been working on an app that will allow participants to interactively build networks of perceived causal relations. I’ve put together a demo website, that I’m soft-launching while we continue to pilot the app pecan-tool.rpsychologist.com 🧵👇
🆕We have a fantastic new feature on the #CatalogueMHM! Click our new Harmony icon to export a measure to the @harmony_data harmonisation platform! Check it out now on the cataloguementalhealth.ac.uk
Good to see belated concern for young people in the face of the global youth mental health crisis. However the evidence doesn’t support this remedy. And it’s a distraction from the main game which is the socioeconomic precarity of YP. And from the urgent need to boost MH care.
@PatMcGorry hi Patrick. Would be interested in your thoughts on the proposed social media ban. When you have time or inclination
This video is incredible. Everyone should RETWEET it so the whole *world* sees it.
Great to collaborate with @TomSteare and colleagues on this study examining economic inequalities and adolescent mental health across eight countries #GlobalHealth @CPEC_LSE @LSEInequalities @LSEHealthPolicy
Our new cross-country paper. How economic inequalities in adolescents' mental health differ across countries, using longitudinal data. Now published in the Lancet Psychiatry thelancet.com/journals/lanps… (1/9)
Important call for dimensional approaches to #mentalhealth, eg RDoC or #HiTOP, also addressing environmental & temporal factors at #EPAPsyEpi24. Thanks for the great keynote on the future of Psychiatric #Epidemiology Kathleen Merikangas! @EPAPsyEpi @ZI_PMH @UReininghaus
We just published the largest review (n=17,290,755) on the safety of psychotropic medications in pregnancy. nature.com/articles/s4138… 🧵1/12
People often think about suicide as a mental health problem. This excellent article from @JAMAPsych shows what I teach daily: ALL medical conditions are associated with suicide, whether or not a mental health disorder is involved. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap… /1
An inspiring talk of @WesselyS about dilemmas we, as mental health professionals, daily see with our patients: youtu.be/1rnfK6YPIPE?si… @KingsCollegeLon