Sign up for our next CSMH Seminar series event: Focusing in on life course processes to understand how racism patterns ethnic inequities in health Speaker: Prof. Laia Becares Date and time: Wed 13th May 16:00-17:00 Sign up here for free: www.tickettailor.com/events/esrcc...

Join us for our next Primers & Provocations series: Working with "missing" data: Strategies for equitable research with data that contain gaps, absences, and silences When: 2:00-3:30pm 5th May Where: Zoom Sign up here for free: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/worki...

How can mental health services tackle poverty and isolation to improve outcomes? Mental health services are failing to adequately address the social and economic needs of service users, despite these being critical to recovery, according to a major new body of research from King’s College London.

🧡Read our new Refugee Mental Health & Place Blog by members of the @helenbamber.bsky.social co-production group: "Co-producing research in a hostile environment: Reflections from practice" 🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/co-producing...

🧠 Prospective vs. retrospective measures of childhood maltreatment often flag different people 🧑 🔍 More social support & better mental health → less retrospective recall 🔍 Higher SES & more positive family functioning → harder prospective detection @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Sign up for the next Refugee Mental Health and Place Network seminar 4pm on 7 April! Professor Michelle Pace will discuss her recent and timely publication of 'Un-welcome to Denmark. The Paradigm Shift and Refugee Integration'. Register for free here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/discu...

Welcome Marta, the newest member of the E‑Risk team! “Meeting the twins at 30 is a rare chance to explore identity, relationships, and wellbeing from childhood into adulthood 🧑‍🧒. I can't wait to get started with the team!” 💙 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Sign up for the next Refugee Mental Health and Place seminar: Talking About the Past and Reliving It: Colonial Violence, Diasporic Memory, and the Afterlives of Empire in Britain When: 24 March, 2pm Sign up for free: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/talki...

Interested in how lived experience involvement can enrich mental health research? Sign up to our seminar on 11 March to hear our Lived Experience Advisory Board discuss their position paper: “Exploring the Value of Lived Experience in a Mental Health Research Centre" www.kcl.ac.uk/events/trans...

Interested in the link between young people in coastal communities and mental health? Join us next week for our seminar with Dr Emily Murray from the University of Essex, who will discuss the environments of English youth and their association with mental health. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/young...

At the @kingscsmh.bsky.social, we learned about a new method: "Q Methodology". ➡️Want to learn more about it? Check out our new Research Methods Toolkit page to find out what it is, how it is done, and how it looks in action. 🔗 researchmethodstoolkit.com/more-approac...

Across three cohorts, including the E-Risk Study, a paper led by Dr Kyle Bourassa found that young people with lifetime PTSD show elevated suPAR at age 18, a marker of chronic inflammation. A key insight into how trauma shapes long‑term health. 📚✨ @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

The number of adults seeking support for anxiety is rising. However, less than half of those who access treatment through NHS Talking Therapies reliably recover. We are proud to be one of 30 organisations supporting UKCP's campaign calling for an urgent update to the NICE anxiety guidelines.

Asylum-seekers and refugees are at high risk of mental health problems because of adverse experiences before, during, and after their journeys. Read Reem Saifeldeen's recent blog for the Refugee Mental Health and Place Network at King's College London: www.kcl.ac.uk/immigration-...

We’re delighted to announce that the E‑Risk Team has now interviewed over 900 twins! 👯✨ A huge thank‑you to all the twins who’ve taken part — we can’t wait to meet the rest of you! 💙 @kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

We're proud to have supported Dr Gemma Knowles' first phase of her Bridging Divides project. We are incredibly  pleased to see Gemma win the Medical Research Foundation Emerging Leaders Prize, enabling her team to dive deeper into boys’ experiences of sexism within this project.

How can we develop trauma-informed recommendations for the asylum process? Join the Refugee Mental Health and Place Network's seminar on how to create trauma-informed practice guidelines using participatory and co-production methods. On 11 Feb 4pm Free registration: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/traum...

Self-harm among young people is rising, particularly those with mental health difficulties. New research from the IoPPN, in partnership with Young Minds, examined the social media posting behaviour of those who self-harm. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/young-p...

Come work with us! We are looking for a Research Assistant to join our Evidence Development and Incubation Team, which partners with government departments, public bodies, charities and other organisations to understand the impact of their work Apply by 16 February ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136005-...

Job opportunity - we need a fab new colleague to do quant research on work, welfare and mental health within @kingscsmh.bsky.social (closes 8 Feb) This is funded until Apr/28, but we'll support you in bids to extend it - please do circulate to suitable ppl! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQD294/p...

How can we prevent early deaths in people with severe mental illness? New Centre-supported research has found that social exclusion in South London may be a contributing factor in higher mortality in those with schizophrenia-spectrum and bipolar affective disorders. bit.ly/454YLqC

💬 How we talk to our children matters, long after childhood. New findings from the E-Risk Study show that maternal warmth and negativity at age 10 are linked to mental health in adolescence. 📽 Watch Dr Alice Wickersham explain more in this video. @kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

Will the Mayfield Review create pathways to work for disabled people? Catherine Hale explains why flexible working must sit at the centre of the employer-led approach to supporting people to stay in work. www.kcl.ac.uk/will-the-may... @catherinehale.bsky.social @kings-sga.bsky.social

🧡🇵🇸Join our next online Refugee Mental Health and Place seminar with Dr Abdullah Aldiwan on "Psychological Support for Palestinian Refugees Amid Genocide and Structural Injustice" 🗓️04 December 2025 ⏲️16:00 - 17:30 GMT Sign-up: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/psych...

@lhgp.bsky.social @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social @healthmod.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social @jdasmunshi.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @ulsteruni-edi.bsky.social @swanseauni.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

🚨 We’re hiring! Join the team behind the E-Risk Longitudinal Twin Study 🧬 📌 4 Research Assistant posts 🎥 Conduct online interviews with twins turning 30 🔗 Apply now: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131185-... ⏳ Deadline: Dec 10 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

One week to apply! Join us at the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social and the #BridgingDivides team (www.bridging-divides.org) to lead research on the causes of the #gender gap in #YouthMentalHealth Closes 1 December! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM357/r... @kingscsmh.bsky.social

How is air pollution in childhood linked to mental ill-health later in life? We’ve supported recent research suggesting that policies to reduce children’s exposure to air pollution may help reduce depression in early adulthood. Read the full publication here: mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, we shared new research into #loneliness and substance use in a #zine-making workshop, bringing together people with lived experience to create and connect. www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2025/n... @kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

Curious about how home environments influence kids’ emotional skills? 🌱 Our recent paper led by Dr Helen Milojevich looks at family factors and children’s social–emotional growth. Check it out 👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41058470/ @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Online seminar at @kingscsmh.bsky.social: "Get to know us! Our lives with mental illness in the Palestinian community" - the journey of and lessons learned from our participatory action project. 📅 19 November, 14:30-15:30 GMT Sign up: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/lesso...

We're hiring a Senior Centre Manager! The role will involve working as part of the Centre’s senior leadership team, overseeing a wide range of business and research operations to ensure effective management of all day-to-day operations. Find out more and apply here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/130606-...

The Centre’s Lived Experience Advisory Board is taking part in The Great British Brain Off tonight, a @kingsioppn.bsky.social sold out event where mental health researchers present lightning talks about their work and the audience votes for a winner! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-great-...

What does it mean to participate in a community with severe mental illness? We're hosting a seminar on 19 November with Hanna Kienzler, who will share insights into community inclusion and participation of people with severe mental illness in Palestine. Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/lesso...

📢8 days to apply to this 2-year postdoc!📢 Join @jdasmunshi.bsky.social + @georgeploubidis.bsky.social + me to do research using data from @clscohorts.bsky.social and beyond, as well as linkages to health and administrative data, to examine population mental health inequalities over the life course!

We are pleased to see the publication of the Keep Britain Working review into ill-health and disability in the workplace. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How might peer-friendship networks relate to self-harm? We supported a recent study exploring this relationship. The team, led by Dr Holly Crudgington at the University of Oxford, found that forms of both disconnection and connection appear to be associated. theconversation.com/how-teen-fri...

How can lived experience transform mental health research? Watch the video below to hear how working with our Lived Experience Advisory Board has transformed our research outputs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=490X...

Participatory mapping as research method 🗺️ Discover what it is, how it’s done, and real-world examples on our new Research Methods Toolkit page from the @kingscsmh.bsky.social. researchmethodstoolkit.com/more-approac...

How can sociology remain committed and critical in an evolving mental health research landscape? In our seminar next Wednesday, Cristian Montenegro will draw on social systems theory to explore how sociology can enrich participatory research agendas through critical distance, not detachment.

Public attitudes to mental health are sliding backwards. New research from the IoPPN, commissioned by @mind.org.uk shows stigma towards mental illness has worsened for the first time in over a decade — returning to 2009 levels. 🔗 Read the full report: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/public-...

Dr Flora Blangis shared E-Risk findings at the ISPCAN Congress in Vilnius 🌍 Some twins who faced tough childhoods are thriving at 30 🌱✨ Longitudinal research shows how resilience grows 💪📊 @kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

"Our sense of belonging, or rootedness, is strengthened by the individual and collective changes we make to our surroundings." To read more about placemaking in the context of forced migration, see the Refugee Mental Health and Place Network's latest blog below. bit.ly/3LdjwJv

New publication! ✨ "Peer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study" Published as part of my PhD research at the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health (@kingscsmh.bsky.social). 📄 Full paper here 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Interested in learning more about Latent Class Analysis (LCA)? LCA is a powerful statistical method for uncovering hidden subgroups in populations. Join our introductory seminar with Dr Rebecca Rhead to learn what LCA is and how it's used. 📆 22 October 14.30-15.30 Register here: bit.ly/3IYtlua

How can mental health research can contribute meaningfully in the era of lived experience? Join our seminar with Dr Cristian Montenegro to hear how sociology can enrich patient and public involvement agendas. Sign up here: bit.ly/3VIinMg 📆 Wednesday 29 October 4-5pm #PPIE #mentalhealth

New research shows how disadvantage shaped young people’s education & wellbeing during the #COVID19 pandemic — and why the effects persist. Read more: 🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/how-disadvantage-shaped-young-peoples-education-and-wellbeing-during-the-pandemic @kingscsmh.bsky.social @quahrc.bsky.social

Are out of work benefits at a record high? Prof. Ben Geiger (@benbgeiger.bsky.social) from the ESRC Centre for Society & Mental Health explains that the official statistics are wildly misleading on BBC radio 4’s More or Less this morning. Have a listen! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📆 Upcoming event: Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of forcibly displaced populations The Refugee Mental Health in Place Network at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social are hosting a seminar with Dr Ross White to discuss his research on 22 October at 4pm. Find out more here: bit.ly/3K4fm6m

🧵 New blog: Belongings Workshop organised by the Refugee Mental Health & Place Network at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. The project explored how creative methods can challenge anti-immigration narratives & foster pathways of belonging and improved mental health. 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/belongings-w...