PhD soundtrack (systematic review screening edition): youtu.be/T4JtCCWB6Y4?...

PhD updates: Application for Registration accepted and approved (needed only minor amends), screening underway on sys review, finalising scales for ethics, writing started.

🚨 Baby dies of whooping cough as childhood vaccinations fall www.thetimes.com/article/196a...

Hello🌳- If you're a UK based qualified #ClinicalPsychologist, #CounsellingPsychologist or #Psychotherapist and would like to take part in #dclin #research on #nature🌸 #natureconnectedness and #burnout please use the QR code or link😊 Thank you! Please share!🙏 uelpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Proud to share that MHPN members Stephanie and Daniel have recently published the study ‘Understanding barriers to influenza vaccination among parents is important to improve vaccine uptake among children'.  Congrats to both on this great work.🤩 

Other than studying I attempt to learn various instruments. New practice pad for drumming 🔥

Uh, hi, make yourself at home

In February 2024, I wrote Scientific Reports about a published meta-analysis claiming that mindfulness interventions affect neural plasticity, 'cementing the neuropsychological basis of mindfulness-based interventions'. The paper was retracted yesterday—here a little summary of the process.🧵

Join our committee! We're looking for two EDI leads - interested or experienced in: 🤝 Member engagement (including EDI) 📝 Chairing meetings 🗫 Stakeholder engagement 💼 Leadership skills 🎟️ Organising events 📅 Strategic planning Apply online www.bps.org.uk/news/volunte...

🌟 DHP members! 🌟 New issue of Health Psychology Update out now! This month, you can hear from the new HPU editors Professor Caroline Horton and @drcmcknight.bsky.social, our outgoing DHP chair @aims-aubeeluck.bsky.social and our incoming chair Amy Baraniak!

The problem is that mental health services in this country are not very well funded and for more complex types of therapy people have to wait. What are they going to do in the meantime? Look for information online

Chairing this today! looking forward to it 😊

I agree with this. I also felt that mental health awareness started to become less about people with mental health problems, than people wanting something to post on social

📢 The #MHPN2025 Conference Programme is here! 🗓️ Explore the full schedule of speakers and poster presenters! 👇 Check out our the programme. 🔗 Register for our exciting conference now: https://f.mtr.cool/nzgiqelyrv #MHPNConference #HealthPsych

Alongside the conference, an evening gala dinner will be taking place, free of charge. To register for the gala dinner, please make sure you answer the relevant questions on the registration form! www.bps.org.uk/event/divisi... #HealthPsychology #AnnualConference #DHP

Introducing our Conference Keynote Speaker Professor David French! Professor French will be presenting his talk ‘Using health psychology to create impact on NHS England programmes: Focus on NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme’. 🎟️ Buy your tickets now! https://f.mtr.cool/inbttykrbs

I'll be doing a slide at this on our comms, so hope to see some of you soon!

Have been (imperfectly) trying to keep a short log of my PhD plans and activities. Have attended 10 training/events, completed my application for registration, and developed the search strategy for a systematic review. Also published one paper, contributed to a second and peer reviewed another

📣 1 week left 📣 You have until 21 May 2025 to register for the Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference. We will be joined by Gareth Roderique-Davies, @psych-tush.bsky.social, @janeogden.bsky.social and Adrian Whittington! Get your tickets now 👇 www.bps.org.uk/event/divisi...

Introducing Dr Alex Barker! His poster will be available to view at our MHPN Conference. Topic: A qualitative meta-synthesis of the effect of exposure to alcohol content in the media on young adults’ alcohol use Buy your tickets now! 🎟️ https://f.mtr.cool/cglcdbwvxo  #HealthPsych

If we begin by assuming students are dishonest, lazy, or deliberately disengaged we miss what else is going on (pandemic, school experiences, skills gaps, poverty, personal histories, disabilities, language barriers etc). It doesn't foster trust. Nor enable us to identify issues and find solutions

We are thrilled to have @janeogden.bsky.social at this year's DHP Conference! 🎉 In "Jane Ogden: As Yet Untitled", Jane will answer questions from attendees. Send your questions to Emily Arden-Close, DHP Conference Lead, [email protected] by Friday 23rd May.

Introducing our speaker Jeni Baykoca!  Catch Jeni’s talk: User engagement in self-guided mHealth app-based interventions for adults with long-term conditions: An overview of systematic reviews Buy tickets now! https://f.mtr.cool/tbvntqqauj #Conference #HealthPsych #MultipleSclerosis

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Meet the DHP! Division of Health Psychology members can meet the DHP committee at our annual meeting on 15 May. We will discuss: 📰 Dissemination of information 👥 Connection with membership 💼 Demonstration of value offered to membership Register now 👇 www.bps.org.uk/event/divisi...

Introducing our guest speaker Dr. Vicki Staples! Dr. Staples will be presenting her talk, ‘Harnessing Health Psychology: Reflecting on Training and Practice for Healthcare Transformation’. 🎟️ Buy your tickets now! https://f.mtr.cool/xbzqeynodb #HealthPsychology #Conference2025

Do submit an abstract! It's a really lovely friendly conference, so an ideal first step if you've never presented before

🎉 Stage 2 graduation ceremony announcement! If you have recently completed or are planning to attend a viva on 7/8 May AND are also coming to our conference, then make sure you register for the graduation!

Me on LinkedIn talking about my PhD

Really important for #healthpsychology students to have their say on this. Particularly if you're thinking about Stage 2

So, @elsevierconnect.bsky.social added an AI question and answer to my article in Computer & Education. The answers are wrong! They did not ask permission! The answers are WRONG! How is this science?!

If the government want disabled people to work, then they should ensure that employers make work accessible and understand that some conditions will have good and bad days

Finally, these people won’t be convinced by 100 more studies showing vaccines don’t cause autism. It’s hard to think of a bigger waste of time and money. How embarrassing for my profession.

📣 3 NES Trainee Health Psychologist roles now available! 📅 Deadline is 21 March 2025 🎓 You must already have an MSc in Health Psychology and BSc in Psychology to apply Full details here: apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai... #healthpsychology

#healthpsychology job! Research Assistant/Associate role for those with well-developed qualitative skills for project developing a support package to help women with breast cancer take a new type of drug (CDK4/6 inhibitors) as prescribed. Deadline: 17 March jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

The MHPN is proud to share our members Stephanie and Daniel’s published systematic review “COVID-19 vaccination in children aged 5–11: a systematic review of parental barriers and facilitators in Western countries”. Check it out ⬇️ 🔗

We truly are living in the stupidest timeline apnews.com/article/dei-...

Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail. I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh. This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died. www.npr.org/2025/03/03/n...

Our conference programme has been released! 🥳 You can now see all the incredible speakers, talks, posters and ceremonies we have across 4-5 June. Use the planner to bookmark and add talks to your calendar so you don't miss anything! Register now 👇 www.bps.org.uk/event/divisi...

Having the most unoriginal thought of my life of constructing a massive playlist of everything I listen to while working on my PhD

You still have time to present a poster! The deadline for posters is 4 March, so take a look at the guidelines and send us your submissions ⬇️ www.bps.org.uk/event/divisi...

Crikey

From a health belief model perspective, I'd say the susceptibility and severity might be overcoming previous barriers

Do any researchers use project management apps or software? I use Trello a fair bit for managing social, but wondering if there is anything better out there

💫 The MHPN is proud to share our members' Stephanie and Daniel’s published study, “Investigating the predictors of COVID-19 vaccine decision-making among parents of children aged 5-11 in the UK” 💉🧑‍🤝‍🧑. Check out the full study here: ⬇️

Seeing a doctoral researcher getting attacked by racists on Twitter, because she wrote a thesis they didn't like and because she is mixed ethnicity sure sums up why that platform is terrible

Supposedly for behaviour change...