Make inpatient mental health hospitals places where family connection is supported. We are working with working with parents, children and young people, carers and healthcare professionals to develop new family visit rooms. Share your experieces. @sane.org.uk @mmhalliance.bsky.social

📢 Help us improve family rooms in mental health hospitals We want to find out about parents, children, carers, and healthcare professionals experiences of family visits to mental health inpatient units — and we’d really love to hear from you. 👉 find out more at inpatientfamilies.org.uk

Come to our celebration of women writers over 50! forthwrite.uk/forthwrite-f...

Today begins the @nihr.bsky.social grant to improve inpatient facilities for parents who are hospitalised and their families. Very excited to colllaborate with @profsamch.bsky.social, Dr Eleanor Ratcliffe, Chloe Elsby-Pearson and Mark Oliver @researchspft.bsky.social @surreypsychology.bsky.social

Looking forward to joining @profsamch.bsky.social to talk about preventing intergenerational transmission of mental illness later at @rcpsych.bsky.social conference 2025

Prevention of mental illness in children of parents with depression 10-min talk from Belinda Platt describing evidence-based interventions to prevent youth mental illness with a focus on an family-and group-based intervention. acamhlearn.org/Learning/Pre... #ACMHlearn

Very much looking forward to being part of the Carers Week webinar today. Talking about the identification (or lack of it) of parents and their children by adult mental health services. @carers-uk.bsky.social @carers-week.bsky.social

Question: How do researchers who are investigating parenting (from any angle) ensure that fathers are involved?

Very excited to join this brilliant event. The curators have pulled together a fantastic programme in Crawley and Brighton.

Great article! Now beavers are stars of @prospectmagazine.co.uk and @allaboutthearchers.bsky.social they are encroaching on capybara www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Never too early to start planning.

#PhD #IPV #postpartum #mental #illness - but move quickly, closes. 14 Feb 25

PCPH @bsmspcph.bsky.social Our seminar this month is presented by Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social . Please come along to Watson, 301 - all are welcome. Contact [email protected] for further information.

Really useful

Rising rates of post-natal child removal are not a consequence of greater numbers of women with at-risk babies. As a society we should be working harder to prevent this www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Could it be any starker than this www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Writing week. Any academics out there will know why it's almost holiday vibes here. @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Very pleased to have this piece of work out in the world! We know that hospitalisation is difficult for parents and their families. Even small actions can support parent-child connection when a parent is being treated as an inpatient. @surreypsychology.bsky.social