René Freichel
@renefreichel.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist (CBT Psychotherapist trainee) & PhD Candidate | University of Amsterdam |
| Interested in dynamic models of psychopathology, suicide & anxiety research | First-generation.
| Interested in dynamic models of psychopathology, suicide & anxiety research | First-generation.
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René Freichel
@renefreichel.bsky.social
· Feb 25
🚨New paper in @naturementalhealth.bsky.social! 🚨
🔍 What psychological factors predict suicidal thoughts & behaviors? Different theories of suicide provide somewhat different answers - but which factors matter most? 🧵
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
🔍 What psychological factors predict suicidal thoughts & behaviors? Different theories of suicide provide somewhat different answers - but which factors matter most? 🧵
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We have spots left for PSYNETS 2026 (26–30 Jan) — a 5-day workshop on network psychometrics at the University of Amsterdam! 🇳🇱 📩Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Can’t join this time? Email [email protected] to stay in the loop for future editions!
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October 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We have spots left for PSYNETS 2026 (26–30 Jan) — a 5-day workshop on network psychometrics at the University of Amsterdam! 🇳🇱 📩Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Can’t join this time? Email [email protected] to stay in the loop for future editions!
Check out our new article on suicidal ideation in anorexia nervosa led by Evelina Stender and @stefanehrlichmdphd.bsky.social!
New open-access network analysis paper 📢 In anorexia nervosa, suicidal ideation is linked to ineffectiveness + depressive/anxiety symptoms—not so much ED-specific symptoms authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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October 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Check out our new article on suicidal ideation in anorexia nervosa led by Evelina Stender and @stefanehrlichmdphd.bsky.social!
Reposted by René Freichel
Thrilled to share that this paper has now been published on Psychological Methods. See 🧵 below for an intro & shinyapp to view the results, as well as non-paywalled version. dx.doi.org/10.1037/met0...
June 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Thrilled to share that this paper has now been published on Psychological Methods. See 🧵 below for an intro & shinyapp to view the results, as well as non-paywalled version. dx.doi.org/10.1037/met0...
Spent an entire weekend learning about CBASP for chronic depression. Interesting therapy approach!
June 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Spent an entire weekend learning about CBASP for chronic depression. Interesting therapy approach!
Check out our new article: A network perspective on heroin use, led by @veroszpak.bsky.social!
Happy to share our new publication examining heroin use symptoms using network analysis with @renefreichel.bsky.social &
@reinoutwiers.bsky.social! Sleep problems emerged as most central, with craving and loss of control linked to specific withdrawal symptoms.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...
@reinoutwiers.bsky.social! Sleep problems emerged as most central, with craving and loss of control linked to specific withdrawal symptoms.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...
June 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Check out our new article: A network perspective on heroin use, led by @veroszpak.bsky.social!
Loved connecting with so many great people at #EACLIPT2025 and getting to share some of our research on suicidal thoughts and behavior theories.
May 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Loved connecting with so many great people at #EACLIPT2025 and getting to share some of our research on suicidal thoughts and behavior theories.
Check out our new article on the temporal dynamics of generalized anxiety disorder symptoms and relevant mechanisms ⬇️
Our new paper in Depression and Anxiety contrast the impact of theory-driven transdiagnostic mechanisms on anxiety symptoms.
With @sachaepskamp.bsky.social, @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social, @renefreichel.bsky.social and Skyless colleagues.
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With @sachaepskamp.bsky.social, @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social, @renefreichel.bsky.social and Skyless colleagues.
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Mapping the Dynamics of Generalized Anxiety Symptoms and Actionable Transdiagnostic Mechanisms: A Panel Study
Background: The long-term dynamic interaction between symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and their theorized mechanistic processes derived from three treatment models of GAD—the emotion d...
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May 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Check out our new article on the temporal dynamics of generalized anxiety disorder symptoms and relevant mechanisms ⬇️
Excited to present some of my PhD work at the RANZCP Congress in Queensland, Australia!🇦🇺🦘🌏
May 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Excited to present some of my PhD work at the RANZCP Congress in Queensland, Australia!🇦🇺🦘🌏
Great to present at yesterday’s #ACBM Spring Webinar 2025! 🎉 If you couldn’t join live, the recording is available exclusively to ACBM members in the member portal.
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April 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Great to present at yesterday’s #ACBM Spring Webinar 2025! 🎉 If you couldn’t join live, the recording is available exclusively to ACBM members in the member portal.
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📢 Morgen auf dem Deutschen Psychotherapie-Kongress: Mein Workshop zu Symptom-Netzwerkmodellen in der klinisch-psychologischen Forschung!
🕓 14–18 Uhr
📍 Teilnahme kostenfrei (mit Tages- oder Kongressticket)
📝 Keine Anmeldung erforderlich – einfach vorbeikommen! #dpk25 @dpk-kongress.bsky.social
🕓 14–18 Uhr
📍 Teilnahme kostenfrei (mit Tages- oder Kongressticket)
📝 Keine Anmeldung erforderlich – einfach vorbeikommen! #dpk25 @dpk-kongress.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
📢 Morgen auf dem Deutschen Psychotherapie-Kongress: Mein Workshop zu Symptom-Netzwerkmodellen in der klinisch-psychologischen Forschung!
🕓 14–18 Uhr
📍 Teilnahme kostenfrei (mit Tages- oder Kongressticket)
📝 Keine Anmeldung erforderlich – einfach vorbeikommen! #dpk25 @dpk-kongress.bsky.social
🕓 14–18 Uhr
📍 Teilnahme kostenfrei (mit Tages- oder Kongressticket)
📝 Keine Anmeldung erforderlich – einfach vorbeikommen! #dpk25 @dpk-kongress.bsky.social
🚨New paper in @naturementalhealth.bsky.social! 🚨
🔍 What psychological factors predict suicidal thoughts & behaviors? Different theories of suicide provide somewhat different answers - but which factors matter most? 🧵
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
🔍 What psychological factors predict suicidal thoughts & behaviors? Different theories of suicide provide somewhat different answers - but which factors matter most? 🧵
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
February 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🚨New paper in @naturementalhealth.bsky.social! 🚨
🔍 What psychological factors predict suicidal thoughts & behaviors? Different theories of suicide provide somewhat different answers - but which factors matter most? 🧵
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
🔍 What psychological factors predict suicidal thoughts & behaviors? Different theories of suicide provide somewhat different answers - but which factors matter most? 🧵
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Loving the process of learning DBT in my clinical work—especially when it gives me a great excuse to try sour candy on a daily basis!
February 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Loving the process of learning DBT in my clinical work—especially when it gives me a great excuse to try sour candy on a daily basis!
Check out this important methodological validation study of SEM fit indices for (confirmatory) network modeling. Led by @xinkaidu.bsky.social!
Preprint on using SEM fit indices & conventional cutoffs in confirmatory network analysis updated! Now with a Shiny app for results display.
PsyArXiv: osf.io/preprints/ps...
RG: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Shiny app: github.com/xinkaidupsy/...
See 🧵 for the summary of results
PsyArXiv: osf.io/preprints/ps...
RG: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Shiny app: github.com/xinkaidupsy/...
See 🧵 for the summary of results
(PDF) Moving from exploratory to confirmatory network analysis: An evaluation of SEM fit indices and cutoff values in network psychometrics
PDF | Network models are well-suited for phenomena detection, and most empirical network studies have been exploratory so far. Yet, due to the close... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
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February 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Check out this important methodological validation study of SEM fit indices for (confirmatory) network modeling. Led by @xinkaidu.bsky.social!
1/ Excited to share our latest article on the dynamics of drinking behavior and their interaction with social environment, led by Maarten van der Ende and published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research! 🧵
doi.org/10.1111/acer...
doi.org/10.1111/acer...
Societal spirits in the silver streak: Unraveling complexity in drinking habits of the mature adult population
The study utilized Graphical VAR network models on the longitudinal Framingham Heart Study data to examine the associations between individual factors and social environments in 1719–5718 individuals...
doi.org
January 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
1/ Excited to share our latest article on the dynamics of drinking behavior and their interaction with social environment, led by Maarten van der Ende and published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research! 🧵
doi.org/10.1111/acer...
doi.org/10.1111/acer...
Exciting news to kick off the new year: our paper on developmental dynamics in internalizing and externalizing symptoms was featured in JAACAP Open’s “Editors’ Best of 2024”! 🎉
Happy New Year, everyone!
Editors‘ Best of 2024: doi.org/https://doi....
Original article: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Happy New Year, everyone!
Editors‘ Best of 2024: doi.org/https://doi....
Original article: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
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December 31, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Exciting news to kick off the new year: our paper on developmental dynamics in internalizing and externalizing symptoms was featured in JAACAP Open’s “Editors’ Best of 2024”! 🎉
Happy New Year, everyone!
Editors‘ Best of 2024: doi.org/https://doi....
Original article: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Happy New Year, everyone!
Editors‘ Best of 2024: doi.org/https://doi....
Original article: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...