TheCollaborativeLibrary @CollabLibrary

💡 Can the brain be retrained to manage chronic back pain? A trial of Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) found lasting pain relief & better wellbeing vs placebo/usual care — with no side effects. Promising, but needs more research. 🎥 7-min explainer: tinyurl.com/42va2h82

🧘‍♀️ Can mindfulness in schools help students? Review of 24 studies (2,200+ children) found: ✨ Better focus & problem-solving 😌 Some stress relief ⚖️ Mixed results for mood Not a quick fix — likely to work best with longer practice. 🎥: tinyurl.com/hhp4uc43 #Mindfulness

🎮🧠 Can video games reveal psychosis risk? King’s, Yale & Oxford found cannabis users updated beliefs normally — but daily users showed fewer updates, a pattern tied to psychosis. youtube.com/watch?v=VC5Ljd…

🎉 Excited to welcome The Open Education Group @OpenEG_sig to The Collaborative Library! Together we’re advancing #OpenScience & tackling dis/misinformation by making research more accessible for all. 🚀 #KnowledgeEquity #OpenEducation

🎉 Welcome, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's Department of Clinical & Health Psychology! 🎉 We are thrilled to have the department join The Collaborative Library as a Participating Organisation.

📊 Prof. Marcus Munafò: We don’t need more research, we need better research. Too many studies are rushed/small → weak answers. Science works best when quality > quantity. ▶ Watch (3 min): youtu.be/gS-EXgsnrMo #OpenScience #ResearchCulture

🧠 Is depression a “chemical imbalance” of serotonin? A 2022 review found weak evidence linking serotonin to depression. Antidepressants help, but not by just “fixing” serotonin. 🎥 3-min explainer: tinyurl.com/d39hthvc #MentalHealth #ScienceCommunication

We are extremely proud of this one. Thank you Education Global (OEGlobal) for this nomination and to all our lovely supporters. Fingers crossed!

🤖 AI in healthcare: promise & questions. A recent review shows AI can aid diagnosis, treatment & patient care — but gaps on bias, privacy & methods remain. 📖 3-min summary: tinyurl.com/4dwr5d8z #AIinHealthcare #HealthCommunication

🧠 Is depression a 'chemical imbalance' of serotonin ? A 2022 review found weak evidence linking serotonin to depression. Antidepressants appear to help, but not by just “fixing” serotonin. 🎥 3-min explainer: tinyurl.com/d39hthvc #MentalHealth #ScienceCommunication

🎉 Big welcome to Dept of Clinical & Health Psychology Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust! Joining The Collaborative Library to turn complex psych research into plain-language insights—breaking barriers to better health for all! tinyurl.com/4waate7d

🧪 What is the placebo effect — and why does it matter? Our new 5-min video breaks it down: ✅ What it is ✅ Why it works ✅ What it means for health + research 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/4xSREOo-1U4 #PlaceboEffect #ScienceComm #MedEd #OpenScience

🎥 What’s an RCT — and why does it matter? We break down randomised controlled trials in under 5 mins: ✅ What they are ✅ Why randomisation matters ✅ How they fight bias 📺 Watch: youtu.be/Q-OgdTeEcAM #RCT #EvidenceBasedMedicine #OpenScience #ScienceCommunication

🧠 Can AI boost learning — or just cut corners? A new study tested AI in student work: ✅ Helped, not faster ✅ Thinking still key ✅ AI-heavy work felt less personal 🎥 youtu.be/hDdGdhLM228 #AIinEducation #HigherEd #EdTech

🧠 New study alert! Can we bring joy back to autistic teens with depression? Researchers tested an online behavioural activation therapy—co-designed with autistic youth. 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/QqWfZMMuLFs #Autism #TeenDepression #MentalHealth #DigitalTherapy

🚨 New partnership alert! We’re teaming up with @PsychRStats—an amazing peer-led community making stats & R more accessible in psych science. Excited to promote open science & inclusive learning together! More to come. 👀 #OpenScience #RStats #PsychTwitter #Collaboration

🚨We're excited to announce our partnership with @CollabLibrary - which works towards breaking down barriers to scientific knowledge through multimedia plain language summaries of scientific articles! thecollaborativelibrary.com We're more active on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/did:pl…

🧪🧠 Might it take two to tango? Serotonin and histamine in stress and depression What if targeting just serotonin isn’t enough to treat depression? 📺 lnkd.in/ez2QXT5S #MentalHealthResearch #Neuroscience #Depression #StressBiology #CollaborativeLibrary #OpenScience

🧠💡 Can a mother’s mental health during pregnancy shape a baby’s stress biology? 🎥 Watch the full summary: lnkd.in/dEPJg72X hashtag#MaternalMentalHealth hashtag#PerinatalCare hashtag#ScienceCommunication hashtag#CollaborativeLibrary hashtag#MentalHealthAwareness