Jaisal Merchant

Clinical Psychology PhD Student @WUSTL and Olin Fellow | motivation, pleasure, and social functioning in psychosis | @dissect_ cofounder | she/her

[Jaisal Merchant @JaisalMerchant]

My new paper is out in @PsychMedJournal ! Our findings suggest that reduced real-world goal-directed activity in schizophrenia may be related to an impaired ability to anticipate and plan for upcoming behavioral goals
https://t.co/NJhheKbWSO

[shaan @shaanmerchant1]

I’ve been working on this story for over six months—and processing for three years. Grateful to @slate for the opportunity to share some thoughts on my time at OZY, the upcoming sentencing of Carlos Watson, and the limits of the world “diversity.”

https://t.co/Yy5nJD85wb

[Sarah Paul @spaul1124]

Excited to share that this manuscript has now been published @NatMentHealth! https://t.co/EGfRY5Dg2S

[shaan @shaanmerchant1]

There are a lot of terrible things happening in the world but there are also fields of flowers 🪻

Got to write about one of my favorite places for @nytimes

https://t.co/9tEdklbOQ7

[Mitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein]

Ok, here's the link! Do your part! Tell your Senators that it is finally time to seriously invest in mental health science!!! https://t.co/bEPaSsogZB

[Jaisal Merchant @JaisalMerchant]

@DrSarahSperry @EveLewandowski This brings me so much joy!!

[Daniel Fulford @FulfordDr]

This was a fun review to write. We covered the exploding literature on psychological, neural, and behavioral correlates of loneliness and isolation, in folks with and without a serious mental illness. https://t.co/QT1vz0irB0

[Jessica Mow, Ph.D. @JessicaLMow]

I'm excited to announce that I officially have another first-author paper - and you can even read it online! https://t.co/1wsAJ6pH2j

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[CCP Lab WUSTL @ccplab_wustl]

Huge congrats to Deanna as 2022 OHBM Glass Brain Award! #OHBM2022

[shaan @shaanmerchant1]

No better way to say goodbye to Cambridge than getting to share some of my favorite spots for @CNTraveler

https://t.co/VGhc28Uzt6

[Jaisal Merchant @JaisalMerchant]

@SoheeParking @VGoghari @AdaptProg @katythakkar1 @prabithaUrwyler This is great, thank you!! Check this out @lushna_mehra @_artigandhi

[Jaisal Merchant @JaisalMerchant]

Excited to talk about my research on social versus monetary reinforcement learning deficits in schizophrenia at #SIRS2020 Come check it out if you’re around!

[shaan @shaanmerchant1]

This piece means a lot to me and I got to talk to some of the recipe developers I most admire for it: @ericjoonho, @hettymckinnon, @priyakrishna, @theduskykitchen!

Big thanks to @rebeccafirkser for helping make it happen! https://t.co/6NsX9NTALC

[Déjà Clement, MPH, Ph.D. @ClementDeja]

Super excited to announce the launch of this podcast created by our Student Diversity Committee and funded by APPIC! We discuss skills for practicing cultural competency and anti-racism in therapy! All 6 episodes are available on Spotify & Apple podcasts! Please share widely & RT

[Jaisal Merchant @JaisalMerchant]

@ students/faculty at clinical or counseling doctoral programs, please consider helping pilot our @dissect_ antiracism climate survey! If you do, you could win a $50 gift card!

[DiSSECT @dissect_]

We still need people to pilot our anti-racism climate survey! If you’re a current grad student or faculty member in a clinical/counseling doc program, see the attached flyer for more info and take this survey for a chance to win $50! https://t.co/xGcKUKYvKE

[DiSSECT @dissect_]

We still need people to pilot our anti-racism climate survey! If you’re a current grad student or faculty member in a clinical/counseling doc program, see the attached flyer for more info and take this survey for a chance to win $50! https://t.co/xGcKUKYvKE

[APA Journals @APA_Journals]

We are excited to announce that the Journal of Abnormal Psychology is officially now the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. This title change is a reflection of @APA_Journals' efforts to destigmatize mental illnesses and acknowledge human #diversity in psychology.

[PCSAS @PCSASNews]

In this poignant article, @spaul1124 of @WUSTL provides reccomendations for restructuring academic incentives to encourage social justice advocacy. https://t.co/q0CnPZM4cv

[DiSSECT @dissect_]

Our anti-racism climate survey is ready to be piloted! If you’re a current grad student or faculty member in a clinical/counseling doctoral program, see the attached flyer for more info and take this survey for a chance to win $50! https://t.co/71yQ49q88K

[Jaisal Merchant @JaisalMerchant]

@PsychMedJournal Many thanks to Drs @BarchDbarch, Erin Moran, Mike Strube, and others at the @ccplab_wustl for their collaboration and support

[Jaisal Merchant @JaisalMerchant]

My new paper is out in @PsychMedJournal ! Our findings suggest that reduced real-world goal-directed activity in schizophrenia may be related to an impaired ability to anticipate and plan for upcoming behavioral goals
https://t.co/NJhheKbWSO