🏳️‍🌈 Join us for the inaugural LGBTQ+ Families Research Network Meeting! 🎤 Guest speaker: Dr Zoe Darwin 💬 Topic: James Lind Alliance PSP for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Mental Health 🗓 Wed 3 Dec, 2–3pm | 💻 Online | FREE 👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-p... #LGBTQFamilies #Research

Do you work with Muslim mothers during pregnancy or in the first few years after birth? Help us design a walking group for Muslim mothers! Join us for a one-hour online focus group with other professionals/practitioners/volunteers. Contact [email protected] for more information.

🌿 NEW BLOG: Exploring Nature-Based Interventions for Parents and Caregivers Discover insights from a groundbreaking one-day conference on how nature can transform parenting and caregiving. 🔗 Read more: arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/resources/bl...

We’d like to hear from young dads (aged 16-25) who can share their experiences to help influence policy and support practice for the benefit of young parents. Please share with any young dads who might be interested in participating, or with your wider networks! Full details below 👇

Read @ruthndwrites.bsky.social insightful report on how we can stop perinatal loneliness. It highlights the need for family friendly professional support in the perinatal period.

How can we stop perinatal loneliness? Read our report about ways we can address the crisis in loneliness - we need more professional support, a family friendly society, greater parental leave and social groups designed with parents #loneliness #endloneliness #perinatal figshare.com/articles/onl...

@bpsofficial.bsky.social @bapmofficial.bsky.social @perinatalresearch.bsky.social @thementalelf.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

New parents are at high risk for loneliness. 💔 @ruthndwrites.bsky.social has led researchers, practitioners and people with lived experience to write a consensus statement exploring what we know about loneliness, and directions for research, policy and practice: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo...

Are you an academic mental health researcher with lived experience? Come along to our friendly and supportive network meeting to hear from Dr Veenu Gupta, Assistant Professor in Lived Experience Research. We'll also be discussing teaching with lived experience. Sign up to the event below!

THIS WEEK's #CPCCGWebinar ⤵️ 👩‍💻 @profatarrant.bsky.social will discuss findings from the @ukri.org @followingyff.bsky.social study on how young #fathers navigate their romantic and intergenerational relationships over time in the context of early #parenthood Register: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f...

Join us (in person or online) to rethink support for families involved with children’s social care in the first 1001 days of their child's life. Hear from people with lived experience, practitioners and policymakers at this important event. 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/childrens-...

Proud to share our new BMJ Open paper on perinatal loneliness—featuring leading researchers + community voices from the UK and beyond. A topic taken seriously in the UK, and still overlooked in the US. 🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5... #PerinatalMentalHealth #Loneliness

What are the benefits of nature-based interventions in the early years? What are the future directions for research and practice? This amazing graphic summarises the reflections of 30 academics and practitioners who met at our conference! We will be sharing a blog soon, but enjoy this for now!

Have you learnt anything new from hearing about/reading about my perinatal loneliness research? Has this translated into differences in your practice/research/personal experiences? If so, i'd be so grateful if you could complete this form: forms.gle/K6hh2z7VM3Xf...

Great article in The Guardian about the success of the JU:MP programme in Bradford. This is what place-based working is all about - co-creating solutions with local people ⬇️ Physical activity increasing by 70 minutes on average per week 🙌 #ActivePartnerships www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Day 2 of the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference and I’m excited to present the findings and outputs from the Coproducing Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness Project with lived-experience public contributor Amy Chidley @nihr.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social

Today (part of) our team presented our ongoing study that aims to improve perinatal support for young mothers and birthing parents at the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference. What a treat to meet in person on a sunny day! #nihrsscr #nihr #perinatalmentalhealth

A rare in person meeting for (part) of the research team co-designing a perinatal walking group for Muslim mothers to reduce loneliness 🌳

We are looking for UK-based professionals or organisations that support Muslim parents, and/or deliver nature-based interventions to any parent. We need support for research to codesign a perinatal walking group for Muslim mothers. Meetings online between June-December 2025. Please share!

Empowering parents, and those around them, with mental health knowledge before, during and after pregnancy. New #PerinatalMentalHealth resources. Due date: 5 May 2025. #ItStartsWithAwareness #MMHAW25

Fun day today with one of my favourite collaborators @zoedarwin.bsky.social filming a piece about our research evaluating BDCT’s Ready to Relate intervention @familywellbeinguoy.bsky.social #parentinfantrelationships #infantmentalhealth #perinatalmentalhealth #readytorelate

Joining the 1st LENS (Lived Experience Network for Scholars) meet-up today - a space for UK researchers with lived experience of #mentalhealth or #addiction Proud to be here as a PhD student, survivor & academic Join us for the next session ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #LENSnetwork #PhD #researchers #livedexperience

We're sharing this call-out from Uni of York, led by @ruthndwrites.bsky.social so you can share your documents about the incredible work YOU do with young mothers & birthing parents during the perinatal period. Submit to [email protected] & find out more at perinatalsupport.co.uk

You cannot legislate away a person, who they are, how they feel, how their friends and loved ones see them. I stand with my trans friends forever and always. X

New OHID research suggests 1 in 4 women experience #PerinatalMentalHealth issues, higher than previous estimates of 1 in 5. With rates as high as 27.5% in North East England, we must ensure all new and expectant parents get the support they need, regardless of background or postcode.

With Adolescence on Netflix, the recent Lost Boys Report and Everyone’s Invited showing the extent of harmful sexual behaviour in schools, there is increased worry and discussion about young men and boys Join our April webinar: 📅Monday 28th April 🕛12-1pm 📍Zoom www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-we...

PLEASE SHARE! We are looking for info about providing effective support to young mothers and birthing parents (aged 25 and under) in the perinatal period. We are looking for papers/reports/evaluations/blogs/commentaries. Send to: [email protected]. Information: perinatalsupport.co.uk

We have an exciting job opportunity (though part-time and for six months) for a Research Associate to support research that is codesigning a walking group intervention for Muslim women. More info and to apply- see here! jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Today is the first official day of our NIHR Three Schools Mental Programme project to develop a perinatal walking group for Muslim mothers. We will spend the next nine months codesigning the walking group with local parents and services in Sheffield. We will also design the tools to evaluate it.

Read about our new study :)

📢 New research led by @annieirvine.bsky.social, offers insights into the complexities of understanding how people with mental health problems navigate benefits and employment. Read the findings: www.kcl.ac.uk/csmh/assets/... #YorkResearch

@profatarrant.bsky.social critiques #Masculinity debates for ignoring systemic issues, highlighting the need for inclusive support over deficit narratives for engaged fathers: buff.ly/RRqPaxO

We’ve joined Bluesky! We’re excited to start sharing our research about #earlyyears #interventions and #measures to reduce inequalities in the health, development, and wellbeing of babies, children, and young people, and their #families. Find out more here: www.york.ac.uk/healthscienc...

Former Mental Health Fellowship award holder, Dr Ruth Naughton-Doe, is launching a new study to improve mental health support for young parents under 25: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/support... #MentalHealth #Research @ruthndwrites.bsky.social @georginaspcr.bsky.social @ashmore1973.bsky.social

This is so important MH should be an integral part of support not just for maternity care but Health visiting too.

I'd really encourage you to read this short article if you are remotely interested in the rise of mental-health related work inactivity - very thoughtful from @annieirvine.bsky.social www.health.org.uk/features-and... (cont)

📣Join researchers, practitioners & families to share knowledge on forest schools, walking groups, forest-bathing & more. Don't miss it! Register here 🔗 : tinyurl.com/36ashuk8 @york.ac.uk @sheffielduni.bsky.social @perinatalresearch.bsky.social @katemorto.bsky.social

Interested in nature based activities for parents, carers and children in the early years (0-5)? Come along to our free in person event in Sheffield on the 13th May. We are so excited to build connections. 💚PLEASE SHARE 💚 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-bas...

We are now on BlueSky! 🥳 We're excited to be here, and engaging with people who care about psychiatry and mental health in the UK and around the world. Join us on our Bluesky journey - we'd love you to be part of it.

The power of early help for families once again demonstrated in our evaluation of the excellent Healthy Little Minds service in Nottingham. The benefits of supporting families are so clear and compelling

Our study is on the University website :)

his is a great paper exploring perinatal peer support. Community based perinatal oeer support: a realist review bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

What a fantastic project for 0-5s!

Many thanks to @samuelevolpe.bsky.social & @chroniclelive.co.uk for highlighting our newest maternal #MentalHealth project in partnership with @mmhalliance.bsky.social & @sunderlandcs.bsky.social: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/... #YoungMums

Our new project ‘Supporting perinatal young mothers and birthing parents: a realist evaluation of community based services’ now has a website! Im not a professional web developer so there is work to be done- but visit to learn about our study and follow for updates perinatalsupport.co.uk

Please share our new paper that has identified six types of interventions and five common mechanisms that might be useful when addressing perinatal loneliness. We hope this paper can help those researching and delivering services for parents. bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.....

Excellent paper identifying ways to reduce perinatal loneliness. The intervention categorisation could be used for other groups such as children & young people e.g: shared identity social support groups; creative approaches including arts, nature or exercise based & holistic, place based support.

Interested in interventions that might reduce perinatal loneliness? Read our scoping review here! We summarise the types of interventions we found in the published research, and identify some common mechanisms that influence social outcomes. #perinatalmentalhealth #loneliness rdcu.be/d8V27

I’m incredibly pleased to share the LGBTQ+ parents and carers digital zine. To reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation, we asked people to share their thoughts and experiences of being LGBTQ+ and a parent to make an online creative resource. The result is beautiful! heyzine.com/flip-book/d0...