"My career path has been winding, but my motivation has never wavered." 💼 In our latest case study, Dr Simona Skripkauskaite reflects on variety - both in her career path as a #mentalhealth #researcher, and in her day-to-day. Read more: 🔎 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/case-studies...

A pioneering research centre aimed at achieving better mental health outcomes for children, young people and families will be established at Oxford University thanks to a £27 million gift from The Paul Foundation. Find out more ⬇️

🚨 New from the #CoSPACE Consortium: How do we overcome international barriers in #Youth #MentalHealth research during crises? #COVID19 🌍 14sites | 10countries | 1 #GlobalResearch blueprint 📖 Read: rdcu.be/eoDpU @ox.ac.uk @oxexppsy.bsky.social @topicgroup.bsky.social @jennymcmahon.bsky.social

Recent headlines suggest #screentime harms #sleep & #mentalHealth in #youngPeople, especially girls. Yet, our latest research shows that #socialMedia use or pre-sleep screen time barely links to adolescent mental health when risky online behaviors are considered: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I wrote a blog explaining why I believe administrative #Data is useful and how it can help us understand #MentalHealth support needs in #Neurodiversity better. Read it here: 🔗 www.adruk.org/news-publica... #supporttheyouth @oxexppsy.bsky.social @oxchildpsych.bsky.social

Our latest paper is now out in Current Psychology: 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... Based on data from over 14,000 adolescents we found: It’s not just how much time young people spend online-it’s what they’re doing & what they’re exposed to that matters.

Over the last year, #CoSpace has worked with young people in the UK and #Japan to co-create #international recommendations for #MentalHealthSupport Here is what they said: Supported by @topicgroup.bsky.social @oxexppsy.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @ukri.org JSPS LeadersUnlocked NCCHD FTCJ everybeing

Another new paper from the @oxwell.bsky.social team here at Child & Adolescent Psychiatry! 📘 Read (free) to learn about social jetlag in young people: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Social jetlag = the mismatch between social & biological time ✈️😴 Our new @oxwell.bsky.social study of ~20K #children & #adolescents shows an average jetlag of ~2 hrs 🕑 . ⬆️ jetlag was associated w/ weekend bedtime setting 🛌, & #socialmedia use 📱 and #gaming 🎮 before #sleep Read more below 👇

Many of the parents blaming social media for their teens’ mental health struggles are just deflecting blame from their own violence and abuse. And that’s what the report finds. Adults’ violence is one of the major reasons teens struggle.

👏Colleagues from our BRC’s Mental Health in Development Theme have established the Wisdom network, bringing together primary and secondary schools in England with academic researchers to enable #mentalhealth research that benefits school communities. Get involved: tinyurl.com/wisdomnetwork

Published! ”Perceived causal symptom network of adolescent mental health issues”. n = 55 depressed teenagers (PHQ9 > 9) picked symptoms from a predefined list (including criteria for depression, purple nodes), specified these in their own words, and then rated causal relations.

New research from the IFS showing the closure of youth centres during the 2010s was shortsighted. For every £1 saved, the costs to affected users, crime victims and public spending in the police and the criminal justice system amount to £2.85 ifs.org.uk/publications...