Vincent Millischer

Is mirtazapine really the second most effective antidepressant for major depressive disorder? Thread below on our latest paper in @eClinicalMed together with @f_hieronymus exploring this possibility. thelancet.com/journals/eclin…

Reflections on the Recent Controversy Around Lithium and Suicide Risk The weaponization of scientific uncertainty poses unique challenges psychiatrymargins.com/p/reflections-…

How Mad in America Misrepresents the State of Psychiatric Genetics MIA distorts or ignores basic facts about genetics that are necessary to keep one tethered to a sensible scientific worldview psychiatrymargins.com/p/how-mad-in-a…

@PGCgenetics are dismayed that @OrchidInc’s embryo testing includes common chronic disorders such as schizophrenia orchidhealth.com/science Their information on the genetics of schizophrenia refers to @PGCgenetics research guides.orchidhealth.com/post/is-there-…

uzh.ch/zi/cl/umfragen… Liebe Psy-KollegInnen aus Österreich, bitte nehmt euch 5 Minuten Zeit und unterstützt bei dieser Unfrage zu therapeutischem Drug Monitoring :) Danke!

🌐 Die #WPA lädt anlässlich des #Weltkongresses für Psychiatrie in Wien (28. 9 -1.10 2023) Medizinstudent:innen in 🇩🇪,🇨🇭,🇦🇹zu einem Essay Wettbewerb ein: 🎓„Die Schnittstellen zwischen somatischen und psychischen Krankheiten“. 🏅Preis: 500 US-Dollar

A genome-wide meta-analysis of data from 6 US and European cohorts involving 1.3 million individuals identifies 243 genetic variants associated with risk and pathophysiology of depression @AndersBorglum nature.com/articles/s4159…

Come to beautiful Vienna! We are hiring a Postdoc and PhD student to study how nutrition and alcohol intake affects immunological pathways, thereby contributing to disease. For more details, write an email to tim.hendrikx@meduniwien.ac.at. #livertwitter #research #opportunity

My new Substack post: despite what you might've heard, science isn't storytelling. stuartritchie.substack.com/p/science-isnt…

Have you ever wondered which brain (cortical) atlas to use, and how much information each capture? The amazing (registered) work by @Anna_Furtjes, gives a good first answer. As always this is team work, this time with @StuartJRitchie, @JamesCole_Neuro sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

PSA: I was today years old when I learned that holding in the spacebar on a phone switches to scroll mode. This makes correcting text so much easier easier than trying to tap on specific points.

Und Wien?

Anti-psychiatry all-star Joanna Moncrieff, who slams antidepressants has now set her ideological sights on Lithium, the single best treatment for bipolar disorder we currently have, which has decades of EXCELLENT research supporting its first line use in bipolar disorder. /1

So hey #medtwitter, I know that Invega and Zyprexa and Saphris are new sexy drugs, but for bipolar disorder, have you considered lithium? Yeah, I know, that drug rep WAS pretty hot... but... this medication deserves a rep. LITHIUM MEGATHREAD!! #somepsych #psychtwitter #MedEd

The #WCPG2022 recordings are now live! r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001zj… @PGCgenetics

Ciao Firenze! Wonderful first time in person #WCPG2022! Thanks for all the input and looking forward to budding collaborations and looking forward seeing you again soon! @topherhuebel @Coombiya @S_A_Bengesser @BorisChaumette @mueller_dj @Anna_Furtjes

Awesome to see @topherhuebel branch out into the field of neurodegeneration for #WCPG2022. Really neat MR study of AD and blood plasma protein levels - joint work with @vmillischer and @alishpalmos. Well done all 👏🧠🧬

Take your part in challenging discrimination. Knowledge is not safeguard against discrimination. - Dr. Crepaz-Keay at #WCPG2022

@LeoSilberbauer @RLanzenberger @molpsychiatry @MedUni_Wien @psychvienna Congratulations!

Excited to share our latest paper published in @molpsychiatry. We used PET to assess the influence of ABCB1 variants on serotonin transporter occupancy after citalopram infusion. Check out our results: nature.com/articles/s4138… Thanks to collaborators @MedUni_Wien @psychvienna