@GpDH Geopolitical Determinants of Health

Geopolitical Determinants of Health #gdh

[Julio Torales @juliotorales]

🇵🇾 On this national holiday, with Paraguay in the FIFA World Cup 2026 round of 16, we share our new Alpha Psychiatry publication on resilience, grief, and functional impairment in Paraguayan adults.
https://t.co/CEF176nDTb

[Julio Torales @juliotorales]

📢 Participá en una investigación sobre la Skin Shame Scale (SSS-24). Si tenés 18 años o más y vivís en Paraguay, respondé una breve encuesta anónima y confidencial.

📲 https://t.co/MalYL5RC2A

Tu participación suma a la ciencia. 🙏

[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

The cart is before the horse.

The only RCT showed a weak positive response at 6 weeks and none at 12 weeks and no improvement on secondary measures.

And here is Palmer, Sethi, et al hyping it up as "paradigm changing".

Do better @sciam

[Retraction Watch @RetractionWatch]

"Paper Mills and the Fight Against Scientific Fraud."
https://t.co/nMXdKy93LT

[@GpDH Geopolitical Determinants of Health @GDH68601756]

Editors of semantics journal resign, launch new journal after publisher ‘ultimatum’ – Retraction Watch https://t.co/DbBTrQrkP6

[@GpDH Geopolitical Determinants of Health @GDH68601756]

@doctorcaldwell @gmcuk @DrLKVaughan Many countries already taking the view that UK Medical Qualifications not sufficient to practice in their countries
- these includes some Commonwealth Countries #Caribbean

[HEALTHFOOTPRINTS @hfp91]

Well said
A lot of academic writing is about what they have read rather what they have learnt to usefully pass on @DrAnnieHickox @geopsychiatry @beni27379

[@GpDH Geopolitical Determinants of Health @GDH68601756]

Clinical updates: Assessment and management of suicidal ideation in adults | The BMJ https://t.co/fCVxxZSlQU

[@GpDH Geopolitical Determinants of Health @GDH68601756]

Will the widespread use of large language models in scientific writing undermine scientists’ critical thinking? | PLOS Biology https://t.co/ImJP6ylAiT

[Julio Torales @juliotorales]

📖 New publication in International Journal of Social Psychiatry.

Can an assessment be truly dimensional if it only measures deficits?

We propose complementing the ICD-11 model with strengths, well-being, and positive functioning.

https://t.co/NNbqtHlICU

[@GpDH Geopolitical Determinants of Health @GDH68601756]

My colleague keeps stealing my ideas-what should I do? | The BMJ https://t.co/lqeHHRLL8v

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

Why we need #geopsychiatry
1.17 billion people worldwide are living with mental disorders in 2023.
Mental disorders are now the 5th leading cause of global disease burden.
The burden is rising in every country
https://t.co/r0sXHqedhT

[Julio Torales @juliotorales]

Honoured to be invited by the University of San Carlos of Guatemala (USAC), the oldest university in Central America, as facilitator of the International Course-Workshop “Applied Scientific Research in Health Sciences”.

See you in Guatemala City! 🇬🇹🇵🇾

[@GpDH Geopolitical Determinants of Health @GDH68601756]

‘Comically bad’ datasets used to train clinical models for stroke and diabetes  – Retraction Watch https://t.co/FI2dmZJxIb

[@GpDH Geopolitical Determinants of Health @GDH68601756]

@WPA_Psychiatry Great to see @geopsychiatry leading on this important webinar

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

our International Institute for Geopsychiatry -webinar
Soaring temperatures - Mental health impacts in Asia
Jun 5, 2026 12.00 noon UK time
Zoom Meeting
https://t.co/ETSsXhZKXh
Meeting ID: 831 1279 1440
Passcode: 143403
@DrMariaNeira @GCHAlliance @mukeshkapila @Shaguftanasir6

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

Atlas of Global Development 2026 — 121,000+ data points, 75 years of history, 200+ economies https://t.co/hhsfgHl4Xd
@WorldBankGroup @avi_medicine
#CVI

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

Impact of two decades of humanitarian and development assistance and the projected mortality consequences of current defunding to 2030: retrospective evaluation and forecasting analysis - The Lancet Global Health https://t.co/02K9L9QvUD

[Julio Torales @juliotorales]

🧠 New international publication: we evaluated MAAS-5 invariance in 2,519 participants from 6 Latin American countries. The scale showed strong cross-cultural comparability for mindfulness and mental health research. 🌎🇵🇾

https://t.co/1U4N6CuIYx

[@GpDH Geopolitical Determinants of Health @GDH68601756]

@NaveenJournali1 @geopsychiatry @ompsychiatrist @DrMariaNeira @GCHAlliance @mukeshkapila @Shaguftanasir6 @ebrahim_sader @DrHarish139 @YAWM_1 @SGCommonwealth Another outstanding event from the #geopsychiatry team
@subodhdave1 @DrVishalBhavsar @OricPrime @NoreenFarooqui @PadmaLakshmi
Climate heat having a devastating effect on mental & physical health