Talitha Best (@BestTalitha) profile picture

Talitha Best

@BestTalitha

Clinical Psychologist, Associate Professor Psychology

 Brisbane
Joined November 2015
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Our @CQU contingent at #ASBHM2024! What a fabulous 3 days with a great crew of people!! @CQUni_Appleton @CQUni_HMAS @FoodMoodDoctor @BestTalitha @AmandaRebar @kralfrey @lab_nh @MoHBLab @maila_adriano
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A fantastic presentation by Alysha and a joy to work with her on this as a co-supervisor
NeuroHealth Lab (@lab_nh) profile pictureNeuroHealth Lab@lab_nh14 Mar 2023
Important research presented by @lab_nh honours student alumni Alysha Lang on the link between #depression and inflammatory #diet potential in women with #lipoedema at #ISNPR2023 today! @ClarkeC1027 @gamblinghannah @BestTalitha @CQUni_Appleton #research
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Testament to the fantastic team I work with @CQU @CQUni_HMAS I could not be prouder of our improvement in these rankings 🙂
CQUniversity (@CQU) profile pictureCQUniversity@CQU26 Oct 2022
CQUniversity has climbed in the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, placing in the top 150 universities worldwide for psychology #THEUniRankings #WUR2023 ow.ly/vu2r50LkQYC
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Check out our latest paper! 🤓📑 With the World Health Organization recommending reductions in added sugar intake, how many can you identify on a food label?
NeuroHealth Lab (@lab_nh) profile pictureNeuroHealth Lab@lab_nh10 Oct 2022
How many sugars can you identify on food labels? 🧐 🏷️ New NeuroHealth Lab research shows that: 1) Understanding sugar types predict food label use 2) Australasians are less able to classify sugar types compared to other countries Read about it here: doi.org/10.1108/NFS-02-2022-…
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Dr Zoey Malpus@ZMalpus18 Oct 2022
I am delighted to share that we have just published our work on Compassion Focused Therapy for Pain Management groups in the British Journal of Pain. A huge thank you to of my colleagues and to all of the patients who have given so much to this work. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Compassion focused therapy for pain management: ‘3 systems approach’ to understanding why striving...

Compassion focused therapy for pain management: ‘3 systems approach’ to understanding why striving...

Background This paper describes the development of an eight-week Compassion Focused Therapy for Pain Management (CFT-PM) group. This group was specifically desi...

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Are you aged 18-64, a higher education student and interested in helping researchers @CQU explore perceived stress in higher-education students (HES) and how to reduce it? Please complete this 15 minute survey. #phdchat @TweeterAcademic @AcademicChatter @OpenAcademics
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My PhD paper on "Stages of lipoedema: experiences of physical and mental health and health care" is out! Those with stage 3-4 (vs. 1-2) experienced a greater burden of #lipoedema, yet were less likely to receive appropriate healthcare support🤔 link.springer.com/article/10… #lipedema
Stages of lipoedema: experiences of physical and mental health and health care

Stages of lipoedema: experiences of physical and mental health and health care

Quality of Life Research - Lipoedema is a progressive adipose (fat) disorder, and little is known about its psychological effect. This study aimed to determine the experiences of physical and...

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NeuroHealth Lab@lab_nh3 May 2022
We're so proud of NeuroHealth Lab member Ryan Eather - awarded the APS prize in psychology for CQUni for his thesis "Association between healthful plant-based dietary patterns and depressive mood in Australian omnivores, vegans, and vegetarians" 👏👏👏👏 psychology.org.au/for-member…
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NeuroHealth Lab@lab_nh27 Apr 2022
Replying to @ClarkeC1027
Very exciting new research happening!
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⭐ New Original Research Alert ⭐ @MeganLeePhD and @BestTalitha have recently published this fantastic piece showing that high quality plant-based diets are associated with lower risk of depression in veg- ans and vegetarians. #nutrition Read more here: bit.ly/3IDbvYM
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The gut microbiota regulates central nervous system homeostasis through immune, vagal and metabolic pathways. @Eoin_Sherwin, Sandhu, @TedDinan & @jfcryan update the light and dark sides of the microbiota–gut–brain axis in neuropsychiatry ow.ly/FRU330rGGKP
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Social networks strongly predict the gut microbiota of wild mice nature.com/articles/s41396-0…
Social networks strongly predict the gut microbiota of wild mice

Social networks strongly predict the gut microbiota of wild mice

The ISME Journal - Social networks strongly predict the gut microbiota of wild mice

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Is there a role of personalized nutrition for depression? Alves Peixoto, @TedDinan & colleagues discuss 5 possible outcomes of using microbiota-based personalized nutrition in the context of major depressive disorders ow.ly/ysT830rzUZK
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Professors John Cryan of @UCC was featured in The @SunTimesIreland this past weekend. He will be speaking this Friday at 12pm CT on Frontiers of BrainHealth about this subject, the gut microbiome and how bacteria can play a role in our brain health. thetimes.co.uk/article/lift-…
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Don't miss Frontiers of BrainHealth this spring! Register for the full series to hear top brain health experts discuss leading-edge research. Register today at brainhealth.link/3e7AFlw
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This International Women’s Day #IWD2021 we thank the many female psychologists in our fantastic profession who work so hard to help people in Australia and around the world live better lives and overcome mental health challenges #ChooseToChallenge internationalwomensday.com/
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Fantastic to see research on dietary interventions for lipoedema! @lab_nh Potential Effects of a Modified Mediterranean Diet on Body Composition in Lipoedema mdpi.com/973358 via @MDPIOpenAccess #research #lipedema #lipoedema #mediterraneandiet

Potential Effects of a Modified Mediterranean Diet on Body Composition in Lipoedema

Lipoedema is a subcutaneous adipose tissue disease characterized by the increase in the amount and structure of fat mass (FM) in specific areas, causing pain and discomfort. 95% of patients fail to...

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Research shows that even mild TBI can cause permanent brain changes in young adults – and that the damage worsens over time. #braininjuryawarenessmonth bit.ly/2LoHNOu
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"... being randomly assigned to a psychosocial intervention condition vs a control condition was associated with a 14.7% improvement in beneficial immune system function and an 18.0% decrease in harmful immune system function over time" jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… #SharedFacts
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#Depression #Inflammation #DiseaseEtiology #LifeCourse nature.com/articles/s41591-0… #SharedFacts #MolecularReality #CellularReality
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