Aidan Wright
@aidangcw.bsky.social
Psychopathology | Personality | Quant Methods
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry | Eisenberg Family Depression Center | University of Michigan
Editor | Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science
Founder and Instructor | www.smart-workshops.com
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry | Eisenberg Family Depression Center | University of Michigan
Editor | Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science
Founder and Instructor | www.smart-workshops.com
Of all the AI trainings my employer should offer, and they offer a lot, is one teaching faculty how to edit their emails so they aren’t obviously just chat GPT generated.
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Of all the AI trainings my employer should offer, and they offer a lot, is one teaching faculty how to edit their emails so they aren’t obviously just chat GPT generated.
Who’s feeling it?
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Who’s feeling it?
Any recent (or old too is fine) literature or review on most common stated reason for presenting to therapy or psychiatric treatment?
I don't just mean the diagnoses people get, I mean the presenting complaint. Anything?
I don't just mean the diagnoses people get, I mean the presenting complaint. Anything?
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Any recent (or old too is fine) literature or review on most common stated reason for presenting to therapy or psychiatric treatment?
I don't just mean the diagnoses people get, I mean the presenting complaint. Anything?
I don't just mean the diagnoses people get, I mean the presenting complaint. Anything?
The most regrettable aspect of editing a journal is that desk rejections are by far the most common decision I send out
Sometimes authors reply. Often these are positive, disappointed but grateful for the feedback
Sometimes they are not. And, often it is best to let the author have the last word
Sometimes authors reply. Often these are positive, disappointed but grateful for the feedback
Sometimes they are not. And, often it is best to let the author have the last word
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The most regrettable aspect of editing a journal is that desk rejections are by far the most common decision I send out
Sometimes authors reply. Often these are positive, disappointed but grateful for the feedback
Sometimes they are not. And, often it is best to let the author have the last word
Sometimes authors reply. Often these are positive, disappointed but grateful for the feedback
Sometimes they are not. And, often it is best to let the author have the last word
Ibid academia
The other thing I will add to the journo salary discourse is orgs will exploit that many journos did not go into journalism to become rich & are drawn to the work bc they want to help improve society. Not unique to this field but my sense was my b school friends treated differently in salary talks.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Ibid academia
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a man with his hands folded and the words oh my god yes behind him
ALT: a man with his hands folded and the words oh my god yes behind him
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November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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If a reviewer is asking about power in a sample size of 22,000, then I think you should just be able to point that absurdity out to the editor and not have to address any more of their feedback.
I'd honor that as an editor, TBH.
I'd honor that as an editor, TBH.
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If a reviewer is asking about power in a sample size of 22,000, then I think you should just be able to point that absurdity out to the editor and not have to address any more of their feedback.
I'd honor that as an editor, TBH.
I'd honor that as an editor, TBH.
Interested in running multi component intervention trials?
Kelley Kidwell will be offering a workshop on the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) framework on Dec 15th!
See link for info, and please share/RT!
Available live and as recordings.
smart-workshops.com/most-info
Kelley Kidwell will be offering a workshop on the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) framework on Dec 15th!
See link for info, and please share/RT!
Available live and as recordings.
smart-workshops.com/most-info
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November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Interested in running multi component intervention trials?
Kelley Kidwell will be offering a workshop on the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) framework on Dec 15th!
See link for info, and please share/RT!
Available live and as recordings.
smart-workshops.com/most-info
Kelley Kidwell will be offering a workshop on the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) framework on Dec 15th!
See link for info, and please share/RT!
Available live and as recordings.
smart-workshops.com/most-info
Reposted by Aidan Wright
I’ve spent the last 8 years(!) working from the position that HiTOP relies too much on analyses of traditional diagnoses, baking in limitations of the DSM, and that we need to move to symptom-level analyses to fix it
It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀
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It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀
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November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I’ve spent the last 8 years(!) working from the position that HiTOP relies too much on analyses of traditional diagnoses, baking in limitations of the DSM, and that we need to move to symptom-level analyses to fix it
It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀
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It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀
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What a time to be doing research. Leading a project now where collaborators are debating whether it is more compelling to have AI review/summarize something or whether we should use our wet-brains to do it.
The pro AI one accused me of wanting to "armchair it"
The pro AI one accused me of wanting to "armchair it"
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What a time to be doing research. Leading a project now where collaborators are debating whether it is more compelling to have AI review/summarize something or whether we should use our wet-brains to do it.
The pro AI one accused me of wanting to "armchair it"
The pro AI one accused me of wanting to "armchair it"
Treating patients as a psychologist is so much better when working with a good psychiatrist. The best psychiatrist I've ever worked with, Xavier Jimenez, has started posting on instagram/YouTube. Check his posts out:
www.instagram.com/dr.xaviermd/...
www.youtube.com/@Dr.XavierMD...
www.instagram.com/dr.xaviermd/...
www.youtube.com/@Dr.XavierMD...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Treating patients as a psychologist is so much better when working with a good psychiatrist. The best psychiatrist I've ever worked with, Xavier Jimenez, has started posting on instagram/YouTube. Check his posts out:
www.instagram.com/dr.xaviermd/...
www.youtube.com/@Dr.XavierMD...
www.instagram.com/dr.xaviermd/...
www.youtube.com/@Dr.XavierMD...
So, colleagues and I did a pre-registration. Registered a set of primary analyses that all made good sense. Also a bunch of exploratory hypotheses (one collaborator wanted) that seemed reasonable. But now I think the exp models are a bad idea. How would you handle this? Just not do them?
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November 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So, colleagues and I did a pre-registration. Registered a set of primary analyses that all made good sense. Also a bunch of exploratory hypotheses (one collaborator wanted) that seemed reasonable. But now I think the exp models are a bad idea. How would you handle this? Just not do them?
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Reposted by Aidan Wright
We're excited this is out! Thanks to the author teams for a range of great contributions and to the reviewers who assisted with this process. The second part of this special issue will be released in November.
Interesting new special issue in Psychological Assessment.
Edited by Kristin Naragon-Gainey and @kstanton.bsky.social
Here's their overview paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
And here's our contribution, which will win us no friends:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Edited by Kristin Naragon-Gainey and @kstanton.bsky.social
Here's their overview paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
And here's our contribution, which will win us no friends:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
October 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We're excited this is out! Thanks to the author teams for a range of great contributions and to the reviewers who assisted with this process. The second part of this special issue will be released in November.
At a *cheeky* stationary/novelty store and it seems like they’ve got stuff just for me
October 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
At a *cheeky* stationary/novelty store and it seems like they’ve got stuff just for me
An increasingly common interaction in basically every venue and medium:
Person 1: Does anyone have any recommendations for good ZYZ?
Person 2: Here’s what ChatGPT said when I asked?
Does person 2 really think person 1 didn’t ask chat GPT already? I think we’re at a stage where they often haven’t
Person 1: Does anyone have any recommendations for good ZYZ?
Person 2: Here’s what ChatGPT said when I asked?
Does person 2 really think person 1 didn’t ask chat GPT already? I think we’re at a stage where they often haven’t
October 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
An increasingly common interaction in basically every venue and medium:
Person 1: Does anyone have any recommendations for good ZYZ?
Person 2: Here’s what ChatGPT said when I asked?
Does person 2 really think person 1 didn’t ask chat GPT already? I think we’re at a stage where they often haven’t
Person 1: Does anyone have any recommendations for good ZYZ?
Person 2: Here’s what ChatGPT said when I asked?
Does person 2 really think person 1 didn’t ask chat GPT already? I think we’re at a stage where they often haven’t
Reposted by Aidan Wright
Very cool issue on intensive longitudinal data, including a piece by @aidangcw.bsky.social and others on minimum sample size for estimating various parameters. Sometimes when we move beyond traditional self-report we neglect psychometrics and publish lots of noise. This work can help prevent that.
Interesting new special issue in Psychological Assessment.
Edited by Kristin Naragon-Gainey and @kstanton.bsky.social
Here's their overview paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
And here's our contribution, which will win us no friends:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Edited by Kristin Naragon-Gainey and @kstanton.bsky.social
Here's their overview paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
And here's our contribution, which will win us no friends:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Very cool issue on intensive longitudinal data, including a piece by @aidangcw.bsky.social and others on minimum sample size for estimating various parameters. Sometimes when we move beyond traditional self-report we neglect psychometrics and publish lots of noise. This work can help prevent that.
Reposted by Aidan Wright
Check out our paper examining the ambulatory physiological assessment of PTSD (led by @bwisco.bsky.social) as part of this neat new special issue:
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
October 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Check out our paper examining the ambulatory physiological assessment of PTSD (led by @bwisco.bsky.social) as part of this neat new special issue:
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
Excited to announce a new special issue on Passive Sensing for behavior in psychopathology at JoPaCS led by Dan Fulford and Nick Jacobson
Check out their overview paper here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Check out their overview paper here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Excited to announce a new special issue on Passive Sensing for behavior in psychopathology at JoPaCS led by Dan Fulford and Nick Jacobson
Check out their overview paper here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Check out their overview paper here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Interesting new special issue in Psychological Assessment.
Edited by Kristin Naragon-Gainey and @kstanton.bsky.social
Here's their overview paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
And here's our contribution, which will win us no friends:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Edited by Kristin Naragon-Gainey and @kstanton.bsky.social
Here's their overview paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
And here's our contribution, which will win us no friends:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Interesting new special issue in Psychological Assessment.
Edited by Kristin Naragon-Gainey and @kstanton.bsky.social
Here's their overview paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
And here's our contribution, which will win us no friends:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Edited by Kristin Naragon-Gainey and @kstanton.bsky.social
Here's their overview paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
And here's our contribution, which will win us no friends:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Hey @dieworkwear.bsky.social , care to comment?
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hey @dieworkwear.bsky.social , care to comment?
I will give the antivaxxers this
My Covid shot made me feel much worse than my last case of Covid…
Must have had extra 5g
My Covid shot made me feel much worse than my last case of Covid…
Must have had extra 5g
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I will give the antivaxxers this
My Covid shot made me feel much worse than my last case of Covid…
Must have had extra 5g
My Covid shot made me feel much worse than my last case of Covid…
Must have had extra 5g
I can’t believe how much time and effort has been spent on figuring out and debating the RIGHT or BEST way to test an indirect effect (ie the significance of a*b) when it seems much more intuitive to just say if a and b are both sig, then we have ind effect. Can anyone show me why I might be wrong?
October 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I can’t believe how much time and effort has been spent on figuring out and debating the RIGHT or BEST way to test an indirect effect (ie the significance of a*b) when it seems much more intuitive to just say if a and b are both sig, then we have ind effect. Can anyone show me why I might be wrong?
At the on campus vaccine clinic today noticed lots of young folks coming in asking for flu but declining Covid.
Just an observation
Just an observation
October 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
At the on campus vaccine clinic today noticed lots of young folks coming in asking for flu but declining Covid.
Just an observation
Just an observation
One of the more satisfying aspects of running a lab is being able to tell people they have to use the Oxford comma in research write-ups.
October 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
One of the more satisfying aspects of running a lab is being able to tell people they have to use the Oxford comma in research write-ups.
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Open rank tenure-track faculty position working at the intersection of generative AI modeling and computational psychiatry in UMich Psychiatry. Part of a cluster hire across units. Info at link!
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Open rank tenure-track faculty position working at the intersection of generative AI modeling and computational psychiatry in UMich Psychiatry. Part of a cluster hire across units. Info at link!
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Job alert 🚨
Open rank tenure-track faculty position working at the intersection of generative AI modeling and computational psychiatry in UMich Psychiatry. Part of a cluster hire across units. Info at link!
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Open rank tenure-track faculty position working at the intersection of generative AI modeling and computational psychiatry in UMich Psychiatry. Part of a cluster hire across units. Info at link!
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...