Tim Dalgleish

Clinical Psychologist. Affective scientist. Programme Leader at @mrccbu @Cambridge_Uni @CPFT_Research. Translational science of #MentalHealth. Tweets=own views.

[Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore]

🌟 Congratulations to @RakoenMaertens, who was awarded The Brenda Milner Best Paper Prize by a PhD or MPhil Student in the Cambridge Department of Psychology

[Rory O'Connor @suicideresearch]

@Tamsin_J_Ford Yes, I agree. Happy festive period Tamsin 🎄

[Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore]

If you can afford to donate to charity this Christmas and are wondering which to support, consider a hospice. They rely on donations for most of their funding.

Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s vital to support hospices

https://t.co/96PKST8KVd

[Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore]

A must listen!

The wonderful Professor Mark Williams is interviewed on Leading podcast @RestIsPolitics

Focusing on mindfulness, depression, faith and finding peace in the chaos

https://t.co/KDbdipUS0z

[Lauri Nummenmaa @LNummenmaa]

Hugely importat piece: There is no such thing as "implicit racial bias" or if there was one, it does not predict any kind of behaviour. This is scandalous given how much money is spent on implicit bias trainings and other nonsense

[Evolutionary Human Sciences @Journal_EHS]

Trending article: No good deed goes unpunished: the social costs of prosocial behaviour - https://t.co/XgL7GRjxQC

By Nichola J. Raihani & Eleanor A. Power

#ProsocialBehaviour #reputation #cooperation

[MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit @mrccbu]

What does it mean to be both animal and thinker? Join @MoatazAssem and John Duncan on 25 November at Murray Edwards College for the launch of John’s new book ‘The Animal and the Thinker’. Get your tickets here: https://t.co/FlYfgTjCzT

[Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore]

⭐New Episode of MQ Open Mind⭐

in which I talk with @suicideresearch
about the teenage brain, myths about adolescence and how neuroscience can reshape how we support young people

https://t.co/hOWDquQxSS

[Cambridge Development & Alumni Relations @YoursCambridge]

Professor @TimDalgleish has been announced as the first Professor of Young People’s Mental Health — a new role established thanks to a pioneering gift from philanthropists Christina and Peter Dawson.

The position will be based at @CambPsych and will hold a Fellowship at @Catz_Cambridge.

🔗 https://t.co/Ib3qetusEN

#ImpactOfGiving #WorldMentalHealthDay

[R Meiser-Stedman @RMeiserStedman]

Free online 2-day training course for NHS staff on Cognitive Therapy for PTSD in children & YP; same therapy in the NIHR-funded DECRYPT trial (https://t.co/dOGdF9FZlk) 19th-20th Nov 2025 10am-4pm on Teams. Sign up: https://t.co/k46caHvBpm. Feel free to share.

[Robert Howard @ProfRobHoward]

I'm standing for RCPsych President in next March's election. I'm still speaking and listening to friends and colleagues, but you can learn about me and what I would want to do if successful in the election here: https://t.co/ds4eCcZTal

[R Meiser-Stedman @RMeiserStedman]

NIHR-funded DECRYPT trial now out (https://t.co/rQGEzTsbkL); for youth (8-17) with PTSD after multiple traumas, Cognitive Therapy was superior to treatment-as-usual at 11-month follow-up & improved anxiety/depression @UEA_ClinPsyD @uniofeastanglia @KingsIoPPN @mrccbu

[Tim Dalgleish @TimDalgleish]

Delighted and honoured to have been involved in this important and groundbreaking study.

[MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit @mrccbu]

New paper: DECRYPT trial (https://t.co/gtUe3MBUgQ) for youth (8-17) with PTSD following multiple traumas @RMeiserStedman. Cognitive Therapy was superior to treatment-as-usual at 11-month follow-up & improved anxiety/depression.

#PTSD @uniofeastanglia @KingsIoPPN @mrccbu

[MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit @mrccbu]

New paper: DECRYPT trial (https://t.co/gtUe3MBUgQ) for youth (8-17) with PTSD following multiple traumas @RMeiserStedman. Cognitive Therapy was superior to treatment-as-usual at 11-month follow-up & improved anxiety/depression.

#PTSD @uniofeastanglia @KingsIoPPN @mrccbu

[Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore]

New paper! By @livia_tomova, Emily Towner, Kirsten Thomas, Stefano Palminteri, Lei Zhang

Acute isolation is associated with increased reward seeking and reward learning in human adolescents.

https://t.co/ydheZLp81k

[Hunter Schone @HunterSchone]

Now out in @NatureNeuro

What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?

Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after undergoing an arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation

https://t.co/ffWmt20DGF

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[Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore]

Should sixteen-year-olds be given the vote? It’s a cautious yes from me

[ClassClinPsych @ClassClin]

We always welcome those joining for the first time, you can contribute as little or as much to discussions, ideas, and stuff we are working on! If you want to get a bit of an idea what we get up to, have a look at our other posts. Meeting link will be shared nearer the time.

[Duncan Astle @DuncanAstle]

*New Paper* How genes for IQ shape brain organisation. Amazing work led by Alicja Monaghan @mrccbu reveals 2 ways. First, they’re associated w/ the ‘costs’ of network formation. Second, they define ‘high value’ areas within the network. How she did it…🧵
https://t.co/833dykszgF

[Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore]

Deadline for this funded PhD to work with me and @DuncanAstle is soon! 26 July.

The student must be a woman (because the studentship is based at Newnham College Cambridge) and eligible for UK home fees.