Alex Millner

Psychologist, research and practice but mostly research

[Mental Design Institute @MentalDesgnInst]

There are huge gaps in the general public's understanding of mental health.

What is Mental Health? has a clear and simple perspective, but also nuanced and science-informed.

Here's a brief preview
https://t.co/7Gq3uK22Fb
The full presentation
https://t.co/Faj6x80Fwx

[Alex Millner @millner_alex]

@GolinoHudson It's one of many reasons I'm leaving research to do clinical practice. I'll collect tons of ideographic data but I won't have to pretend to make generalizations. Not trying to be a bummer here but trying to look at our science objectively, proceed in my career based on that.

[Alex Millner @millner_alex]

@GolinoHudson Nice! I really appreciate your reflection and passion about our science and your own growth in the field. For me, the ergodicity issue is very disheartening.

[Alex Millner @millner_alex]

@GolinoHudson Really interesting. Looking forward to reading both the updated version of the pre-print and the emotion dynamics paper.

[Alex Millner @millner_alex]

This article is a good overview of some of the issues in mental health treatment and research. Turns out mental health and mental illness is really complicated.
https://t.co/k4siNVeTpB

[Mental Design Institute @MentalDesgnInst]

Mental health is complicated. Our 3-part article series, What is Mental Health? is a simple explanation of *how mental health works* that aims to give everyone a better understanding. It’s also consistent with scientific understanding (but simplified). 🧵of an outline of Part I.

[Alex Millner @millner_alex]

@EikoFried This is part of a larger pattern of psychology skipping over measurement and description of basic phenomena in favor of causal inference. It's obviously ridiculous as any inference is undermined by crappy measurement or having a poor understanding of phenomena but sexy > real

[Mental Design Institute @MentalDesgnInst]

Emotions partly define our day-to-day experience and our mental health. Other bodily signals, such as hunger or having to pee, have similarities with negative (ie unpleasant) emotions that can help us understand mental health. (1/10)🧵

[Mental Design Institute @MentalDesgnInst]

From What is Mental Health? Part II https://t.co/1mZeDHtXwk

[Mental Design Institute @MentalDesgnInst]

Just like hunger is a signal from our body that pushes us to eat...

[dakin campbell @dakincampbell]

When @NicoleEinbinder came to me with a tip several months ago about the prison healthcare company Corizon Health and its controversial bankruptcy, we knew the stakes were high.

https://t.co/X7UVxIJ536

[Alex Millner @millner_alex]

Excited to send out our 3-part series What is Mental Health? where we aim to give a simple, jargon-free explanation of what mental health is and how it works. At https://t.co/2jVhGl67J8 or read outlines of Parts I-III https://t.co/w2zmZU0V9R w/ @JonathanJarvis and Merryn Daniel

[Mental Design Institute @MentalDesgnInst]

An article containing quick-read outlines for each part is at https://t.co/s0sPBOf8tX

[Mental Design Institute @MentalDesgnInst]

Although people are talking a lot more mental health these days, it's not always clear exactly what it is or how it works. Excited to announce the completion of our 3-part series, What is Mental Health? https://t.co/HowQARyS5d

[Alex Millner @millner_alex]

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[Alex Millner @millner_alex]

People have been citing our 2015 paper "Single-Item Measurement of Suicidal Behaviors: Validity and Consequences of Misclassification" to critique single-item EMA measurement of suicidal urges, intent, etc. I'll explain why this is inappropriate use of that paper🧵1/7

[Alex Millner @millner_alex]

In sum, that paper critiques Y/N items that broadly assess "suicidal thoughts" bc it's confusing and results in misclassification. It shouldn't be used to critique EMA single-items on a scale or with specific questions. Please RT to other suicide/clinical researchers. Thnx 7/7