Hello!
I'm finishing up my dissertation now and am on the US post-doc market in clinical psychology so I'd appreciate any leads.
My interests are reinforcement sensitivity, depression/anxiety, and LGBTQ+ mental health.
Shameless thread of recent accomplishments below:
https://t.co/3hjvSNL8qO
New meta-analysis on bipolar disorders and reinforcement sensitivity, now online at CPR! \U0001f483\U0001f9d1\u200d\U0001f52c\U0001f483
— Benjamin Katz (@DrBenKatz) November 30, 2020
Shareable link, postprint, sup. materials, data & syntax at the end of the summary thread!
(1/n) pic.twitter.com/A1rFlvveW4
https://t.co/LmVYrCEbXA
NEW ARTICLE IN CLINICAL PSYCH REVIEW!
— Benjamin Katz (@DrBenKatz) March 14, 2020
Read on for a thread about a meta-analysis of 253 studies (639 effect sizes) on self-report reward/punishment sensitivity (BAS/BIS), depression and anxiety
Postprint, syntax, data, etc linked further down
(1/9) pic.twitter.com/qOtFj5OFwO
https://t.co/HBrx0W2pFR
NEW ARTICLE!
— Benjamin Katz (@DrBenKatz) April 23, 2020
Thread below describes our most recent validation study of the questionnaire-based Implicit Association Test. Postprint, open data and shameless plug for my website at the end of the thread... (1/n) pic.twitter.com/p45gQdpkqz
https://t.co/Ja69M7uOK1
Huge thank you to @DrBenKatz for 1) speaking with my class and 2) letting me share these publicly!
— Lauren S. Hallion (@LaurenHallion) October 7, 2020
Two videos; one on peer review, and one on changes in mental health in the context of COVID-19, including his latest research.https://t.co/lGrF66X77Mhttps://t.co/QjrFFWs17i
https://t.co/rv5LTcYfaV
In Sept '19, I chaired Jerusalem's first ever conference on LGBTQ+, Orthodox Judaism, and mental health at @HebrewU.
— Benjamin Katz (@DrBenKatz) September 8, 2020
We purposely catered the content to the needs in the field and people responded. Around 200 therapists, from across the religious spectrum, attended. (2/9) pic.twitter.com/t7iWOivJ09
https://t.co/RhTNBbycL0
For those interested, here's a lecture I gave on psychotherapeutic approaches to working with religious LGBT+ clients at SBU Psych's child clinical supervision group. Thanks for having me, @JSchleiderPhD!https://t.co/C8ao2eAyVQ#gaymedtwitter #LGBTQHealth #LGBTPsych
— Benjamin Katz (@DrBenKatz) May 17, 2020
https://t.co/E3dfknk2oL
Congratulations to our SGM SIG award winners! \U0001f308
— ABCT Sexual and Gender Minority SIG (@ABCTSGMSIG) November 10, 2020
\u2728 Benjamin Katz (@DrBenKatz) awarded the SGM SIG Student Paper Award!
\u2728 Kevin Narine awarded the Amplifying Intersectionality Award!
\u2728 Benjamin Shepherd (@Stigmatologist) awarded the Joel L. Becker Student Research Award!
https://t.co/3OCB9M3wJp
https://t.co/ga3U4xyrO6
I googled if anybody else's sourdough starter has the same name as mine ("Breadly Cooper"). Found this amazing reddit thread. For anybody not sure what to name their new sourdough starter, here's a gold mine of options: https://t.co/XuCjFAIcdG
— Benjamin Katz (@DrBenKatz) April 20, 2020
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You gotta think about this one carefully!
Imagine you go to the doctor and get tested for a rare disease (only 1 in 10,000 people get it.)
The test is 99% effective in detecting both sick and healthy people.
Your test comes back positive.
Are you really sick? Explain below 👇
The most complete answer from every reply so far is from Dr. Lena. Thanks for taking the time and going through
You can get the answer using Bayes' theorem, but let's try to come up with it in a different —maybe more intuitive— way.
👇
Here is what we know:
- Out of 10,000 people, 1 is sick
- Out of 100 sick people, 99 test positive
- Out of 100 healthy people, 99 test negative
Assuming 1 million people take the test (including you):
- 100 of them are sick
- 999,900 of them are healthy
👇
Let's now test both groups, starting with the 100 people sick:
▫️ 99 of them will be diagnosed (correctly) as sick (99%)
▫️ 1 of them is going to be diagnosed (incorrectly) as healthy (1%)
👇
Imagine you go to the doctor and get tested for a rare disease (only 1 in 10,000 people get it.)
The test is 99% effective in detecting both sick and healthy people.
Your test comes back positive.
Are you really sick? Explain below 👇
The most complete answer from every reply so far is from Dr. Lena. Thanks for taking the time and going through
Really doesn\u2019t fit well in a tweet. pic.twitter.com/xN0pAyniFS
— Dr. Lena Sugar \U0001f3f3\ufe0f\u200d\U0001f308\U0001f1ea\U0001f1fa\U0001f1ef\U0001f1f5 (@_jvs) February 18, 2021
You can get the answer using Bayes' theorem, but let's try to come up with it in a different —maybe more intuitive— way.
👇
Here is what we know:
- Out of 10,000 people, 1 is sick
- Out of 100 sick people, 99 test positive
- Out of 100 healthy people, 99 test negative
Assuming 1 million people take the test (including you):
- 100 of them are sick
- 999,900 of them are healthy
👇
Let's now test both groups, starting with the 100 people sick:
▫️ 99 of them will be diagnosed (correctly) as sick (99%)
▫️ 1 of them is going to be diagnosed (incorrectly) as healthy (1%)
👇
1/15
Why can cefepime cause neurological toxicity?
And why is renal failure the main risk factor for this complication?
The answer requires us to learn about cefepime's structure and why it unexpectedly binds to a certain CNS receptor.
#MedTwitter #Tweetorial
2/
Let's establish a few facts about cefepime:
🔺4th generation cephalosporin antibiotic
🔺Excretion = exclusively in the urine (mostly as unchanged drug)
🔺Readily crosses the blood-brain barrier (so it easily accesses the brain)
https://t.co/rjYG1BfGPR
3/
The first report of cefepime neurotoxicity was in 1999.
A patient w/ renal failure received high doses of cefepime and then developed encephalopathy, tremors, myoclonic jerks, and tonic-clonic seizures.
✅All symptoms resolved after hemodialysis.
https://t.co/u7JLVitQpp
4/
Cefepime neurotoxicity is surprisingly common, occurring in up to 15% of treated critically ill patients (w/ symptoms varying from encephalopathy to seizures).
💡The main risk factors = renal failure and lack of dose adjustment for renal function.
https://t.co/nxbnzSq8AR
5/
What about cefepime induces neurotoxicity?
One clue is that it's not the only antibiotic that causes neurotoxicity, particularly seizures.
This actually is a class effect w/ other beta-lactam antibiotics (including penicillins and carbapenems).
https://t.co/Lf4BhON9IY
Why can cefepime cause neurological toxicity?
And why is renal failure the main risk factor for this complication?
The answer requires us to learn about cefepime's structure and why it unexpectedly binds to a certain CNS receptor.
#MedTwitter #Tweetorial
2/
Let's establish a few facts about cefepime:
🔺4th generation cephalosporin antibiotic
🔺Excretion = exclusively in the urine (mostly as unchanged drug)
🔺Readily crosses the blood-brain barrier (so it easily accesses the brain)
https://t.co/rjYG1BfGPR
3/
The first report of cefepime neurotoxicity was in 1999.
A patient w/ renal failure received high doses of cefepime and then developed encephalopathy, tremors, myoclonic jerks, and tonic-clonic seizures.
✅All symptoms resolved after hemodialysis.
https://t.co/u7JLVitQpp
4/
Cefepime neurotoxicity is surprisingly common, occurring in up to 15% of treated critically ill patients (w/ symptoms varying from encephalopathy to seizures).
💡The main risk factors = renal failure and lack of dose adjustment for renal function.
https://t.co/nxbnzSq8AR
5/
What about cefepime induces neurotoxicity?
One clue is that it's not the only antibiotic that causes neurotoxicity, particularly seizures.
This actually is a class effect w/ other beta-lactam antibiotics (including penicillins and carbapenems).
https://t.co/Lf4BhON9IY
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