Luisa Fassi

PhD @mrccbu @psychiatry_ucam & |
Postgrad @OxExpPsy |
Open Science | Youth mental health & social media use
Now on bsky: @fassiluisa.bsky.soc

[Luisa Fassi @FassiLuisa]

Not posting on X, find me on bsky: @fassiluisa.bsky.soc

[Rebecca Williams @beccasue99]

It took a good few years for me to realise that wearing nail polish in no way should affect the perception of my intelligence - thanks to @WomeninNeuroUK for prompting this reflection with my latest blog 💖

#phdlife

[Luisa Fassi @FassiLuisa]

Clear and comprehensive summary of our systematic review and meta-analysis by @AmandaVSabo and @louiselasala from the @Mental_Elf ⬇️

[The Mental Elf @Mental_Elf]

Critical lack of evidence about social media use and youth mental health in clinical populations https://t.co/XynJ7EtU0k

#SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth #Research

[J Children and Media @journalcam.bsky.social @JOCAM_online]

Part of this set are @Livingstone_S & Kim Sylwander, who question if age limits are the best way to protect children online. They argue that these arbitrary rules ignore children's views and evidence about children's development and well-being. (2/7)
https://t.co/jMYrsw3TBG

[Tiziana Metitieri @timetit]

Chi promuove il divieto indiscriminato di smartphone e social media è davvero consapevole delle conseguenze che avrebbe sulle vite di ragazzi e ragazze?

[Tiziana Metitieri @timetit]

Queste preziose grafiche abbelliscono quanto ho scritto su Valigia Blu a proposito della legge australiana che vieterà i social media prima dei 16 anni: presenta più problemi che soluzioni.
Grazie per lettura e diffusione!
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[Luisa Fassi @FassiLuisa]

@timetit @Europarl_EN Grazie @timetit per questo messaggio e il riassunto su fb, che ho condiviso.

Now on bsky: @fassiluisa.bsky.social

[Luisa Fassi @FassiLuisa]

Yesterday, I had the privilege of presenting at the European Parliament (@Europarl_EN) on the current knowledge, gaps, and solutions concerning social media use and youth mental health:🧵

[Luisa Fassi @FassiLuisa]

A big thank you to @OrbenAmy and the Digital Mental Health Group (https://t.co/2J1bUOgpbE) for the invaluable support and the insightful discussions that continue to enrich my thinking about this complex topic.

[Luisa Fassi @FassiLuisa]

You can find the hearing online (second panel): https://t.co/qdtdbOwy28

[Scott Griffiths @Scott1Griffiths]

Our study on the TikTok algorithm and eating disorders is finally published (big thx 2 @emilya_harris). We scraped the metadata for ~1 million TikTok videos delivered to users w/ eating disorders versus users w/out eating disorders (i.e. healthy controls) https://t.co/T3CJg0buKo

[Luisa Fassi @FassiLuisa]

Fantastic work on social media and reward learning led by @__GeorgiaTurner ⬇️

[Georgia Turner @__GeorgiaTurner]

🚨New preprint 🚨

**A computational model of reward learning and habits on social media**

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We develop a computational reward learning model of real-world social media data, which infers the separate goal-directed and habitual cognitive processes driving posting...

[NotesOnScience @NoS_Cambridge]

We're very excited to announce the launch of 'Turning Points', a new podcast presented by @HugoFleming_ and @_cmhood, and produced by @lukasgunschera. In each episode we interview a senior scientist about the pivotal moments in their career...

https://t.co/4UDwsIRDjQ

[Luisa Fassi @FassiLuisa]

Exciting morning lecturing the MPhil and new PhD students at @mrccbu on confirmatory/exploratory research, pre-registration and registered reports.

Happy that #openscience teaching is taken seriously and is a milestone of their postgrad course at the Unit!

[Miri Forbes @MiriForbes]

I was reading Blashfield et al. (2014) 'The Cycle of Classification: DSM-I Through DSM-5' today and made a plot of the increasing numbers of diagnostic categories defined in each edition of the DSM over the years—quadrupling from 128 in DSM-I (1952) to 544 in DSM-5-TR (2022):

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

1 in 7 adolescents live with a #MentalHealth condition.

Without adequate support, these conditions can have long-lasting effects on their education, relationships, and overall well-being.

We’re calling on countries to invest in effective age-appropriate mental health services for young people and to address barriers to care.

https://t.co/RnP8MQj9b7

[Blanca Piera Pi-Sunyer @PieraPiSu]

Our paper on the relationship between perceived income inequalities and adolescent mental health difficulties has been featured as relevant for the UN Sustainable Goal of Reducing Inequalities.

Read it on the Wiley website: