RT @[email protected]: Guns are involved in just 5.6% of all suicide attempts, but they account for more suicide deaths than all other means combined.

Why?

About 85% of suicide attempts involving guns are fatal — compared to about 2% of intentional overdoses.

https://arcdigital.media/tougher-gun-laws-could-dramatically-reduce-suicide-rates-d15ca5730564

RT @[email protected]: The @[email protected] is accepting proposal for their Centres Competition. The competition is calling for proposals ranging from £2 million to £8 million 100% full economic cost (fEC) with a term of five years.

The deadline is 20 March.

For more information go to: https://tinyurl.com/y9t9t6qb

RT @[email protected]: @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Molecular neuroscience evolves fast. For years my lectures on depression said that Genome Wide Assoc Studies yielded absolutely 0 hits in depression.

Gerome Breen @[email protected] was shocked on hearing this from the students. He tells me there are now 44 GWAS hits in depression!

Massive point here - marketing costs NHS and everyone money by trying to persuade us not in patent products are worse than new alternatives.
RT @[email protected] @[email protected] There's a broad principle here; instead of switching to new trendy pricey drugs, we should check we are using the old generics, as well as other measures, to their best effect. Treat the patient, not the marketing blurb...

RT @[email protected]: @[email protected] There's a broad principle here; instead of switching to new trendy pricey drugs, we should check we are using the old generics, as well as other measures, to their best effect. Treat the patient, not the marketing blurb...

RT @[email protected]: http://openheart.bmj.com/content/openhrt/5/1/e000712.full.pdf Munir Pirmohamed and I challenge the rush to switch from warfarin to the new and very expensive DOACs. Reversing this trend can save NHS £10’s of millions /yr without reducing quality of care

RT @[email protected]: Extremely important electoral research by @[email protected]. Strong Leave voters are a tiny proportion of @[email protected]’s support.

Labour will win the next election if it becomes the party of Remain | @[email protected] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/18/labour-win-election-party-of-remain-brexit?CMP=share_btn_tw

RT @[email protected]: Let that sink in...

RT @[email protected]: NBP-Psychiatric Epidemiology 2018
A symposium designed to catalyze innovations in psychiatric epidemiology
See the fantastic speakers!
•Burden of mental disorders
•Mental health comorbidity
•Interactive data visualization
•Combining G and E data.
http://nbepi.com/Sym2018

RT @[email protected]: @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] In brief: no reverse transcription or amplification biases, along with other nanopore seq advantages like long read lengths that mean you can sequence full length RNA transcripts. https://www.nature.com/articles/nmeth.4577

RT @[email protected]: "Understanding the interplay between genes and environmental factors is important, as genes do not operate in isolation but rather in complex networks and pathways influenced by environmental factors" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40471-018-0135-2 #GWAS #genomics #GxE #complexity

RT @[email protected]: Other day colleague asked "Do you have an easy way to put ggplots side by side?"

Thanks to @[email protected]'s patchwork, there is! Just do `p1 + p2`. Want to put a space between them? `p1 + plot_spacer() + p2`. Many more options, all user-friendly:

https://github.com/thomasp85/patchwork

Despite the political stalemate, most people in Northern Ireland do not identify as either unionist or nationalist https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/02/16/despite-the-political-stalemate-are-most-of-us-neithers/ via @[email protected]

RT @[email protected]: It's scary and unfair: why I'm striking over #USS pensions | Alice Evans lecturer at King’s College London for @[email protected] https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/feb/15/its-scary-and-unfair-why-im-striking-over-university-pensions?CMP=share_btn_tw #strikeforuss

RT @[email protected]: I very much regret the statement from the DUP. Power sharing and working together are the only way forward for Northern Ireland. The Tanaiste and the Secretary of State are in close contact and we will continue to confer with the British Government about the next steps.

RT @[email protected]: Ireland's opposition spokesman for Brexit not impressed with lack of interest in Northern Ireland in London. https://twitter.com/DonnellyStephen/status/963910545740128258

RT @[email protected]: There’s me at the Brexit negotiations.

RT @[email protected]: Robot piloted from a laptop in suburban Virginia flies from Abu Dhabi to Somalia and murders someone: snooze.

Robot clumsily opens a fridge door and takes out a beer: Oh my god, humanity is doomed.

RT @[email protected]: With 'Norse Mythology' by @[email protected] being released in paperback on March 6th, why not take a look at our fabulous review by @[email protected] - being released by @[email protected] https://storgy.com/2017/02/07/book-review-norse-mythology-by-neil-gaiman/ #bookreview #mythology #Norse #Thor

RT @[email protected]: Eating disorders are the most fatal of mental health condition and yet experts are warning NHS services to tackle anorexia and bulimia are failing to adequately help those in need. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/12/eating-disorders-nhs-reports-surge-in-hospital-admissions