Data drives better care! In our ADHD webinar, we learned early factors affect diagnoses. Read more: https://ow.ly/BGWz50XCYxb #ADHD #DataDrivenCare Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience | Maudsley Charity | CAMHS Digital Lab

Our placement research student Eve has written a brilliant piece for the IMH blog about her experience attending the Digital Youth X MindTech conference that happened this month in London!

Your voice matters! 💬 Aged 13–17 & have experience with @maudsleynhs.bsky.social services? Join our Youth Advisory Group to shape mental health services, build skills & earn vouchers powered by King's Maudsley Partnership. Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience | Maudsley Charity

Our recent #ADHD webinar covered vital support and treatment options for young people. Check out the blog for a recap and the recording: link #PearsMaudsleyCentre #KingsMaudsleyPartnership Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience | Maudsley Charity

@nickcummins41.bsky.social and @judedineley.bsky.social are leading a symposium on 3rd December in London for @nihrmaudsleybrc.bsky.social, all about what speech and the voice can tell us about health. You do not want to miss this! @kingsioppn.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/voice-and-...

The ADHD Taskforce report is a big step for kids with ADHD! Proud to be part of this work. Read more: https://ow.ly/Cm9W50Xu3Fh #ADHD #KingsMaudsleyPartnership Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience | @maudsleynhs.bsky.social | Maudsley Charity | CAMHS Digital Lab

In today’s article, researchers Asilay Seker and Aeron Kim discuss the use of #naturallanguageprocessing in #mentalhealthresearch, and how this approach allowed them to explore #emotiondysregulation in neurodevelopmental disorders. @camhsdlab.bsky.social www.inspirethemind.org/post/can-tec...

Are you a UK mental health professional working with children with mental health issues - we are asking for help designing a study for social robots to complete mental health questionnaires with children aged 8 to 10 - more infor here cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Come hear Head of the Lab Prof. Johnny Downs discuss new pathways in ADHD research and treatment at this webinar alongside King's Maudsley Partnership colleagues Professors Katya Rubia and Philip Shaw! 📅 Tuesday 4 November 🕑 1-2PM

Our very own Dr. @shuo-zhang.bsky.social discusses the link between mental health & the climate crisis for a King's Climate & Sustainability podcast: 'Understanding eco-anxiety & inequality: In conversation with Dr Shuo Zhang' 🎧 spotify.app.link/T8yoix79IXb?... 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=P3Sj...

Explore how digital innovation can enhance mental health for young people! 💻🧠 Read more: https://ow.ly/mH1t50Xgu7h #10YearPlan #ChildrensMentalHealth #CAMHS #InnovationInHealthcare #NHS #MentalHealthMatters Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience Maudsley Charity

October is ADHD Awareness Month! 🧠❤️ This year’s theme, “The Many Faces of ADHD,” celebrates the diversity of experiences among people living with ADHD. In our latest blog, Dr Sharifah debunks seven common myths about ADHD and explains what research really says. 🔗 Read the blog: bit.ly/7adhdmyths

Explore how the CAMHS Digital Lab is transforming child mental health! Read more: https://ow.ly/X6nm50XguWg Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Maudsley Charity CAMHS Digital Lab #KingsMaudsleyPartnership #ChildMentalHealth #CAMHS

Discover how we’re transforming ADHD understanding through collaboration! Read more: https://ow.ly/FJhu50Xgr8i #ADHDAwarenessMonth Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @maudsleynhs.bsky.social Maudsley Charity NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) CAMHS Digital Lab

Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay! 🌍 Do you have a passion for mental health research? 🌱 The MHR Incubator helps current & aspiring researchers explore #careerdevelopment & funding opportunities! Read career advice & learn more on our website 📖 :

In Zimbabwe, Prof Dixon Chibanda lost a patient to suicide over a $10 bus fare. This inspired @friendshipbench.bsky.social, which has now helped hundreds of thousands. Through global partnerships, King’s is improving access to mental health care. #WorldMentalHealthDay www.kcl.ac.uk/zimbabwe-to-...

Vacancy: Research Assistant in development of data and model assets for Policy Modelling for Health @healthmod.bsky.social and associated projects @uofglasgow.bsky.social www.phiuk.org/news/vacancy...

WATCH NOW 🎥 It's finally here: our first RESEARCH EXPLORED video. Produced in partnership with @elstreescreenarts.bsky.social, this RESEARCH EXPLORED video dives into a project at @kingsioppn.bsky.social looking at 'expressed emotion' - how parents talk about their children. youtu.be/HVGUd0ipJv0

Mark your calendars: our first RESEARCH EXPLORED video drops next week, October 6. RESEARCH EXPLORED is a collaboration between @elstreescreenarts.bsky.social and the CAMHS Digital Lab.

October is Black History Month - a time to acknowledge the legacy, leadership, and impact of Black voices in psychiatry, while showcasing what it means to stand firm in power and pride.

What is expressed emotion, and why does it matter? Expressed emotion is the emotion - positive or negative - that a parent communicates when talking about their child 🧵

With the youth mental health crisis mounting, we need evidence-based solutions that put young people's needs first. That's why we're launching a new partnership with @elstreescreenarts.bsky.social - putting young creatives at the heart of mental health content by young people, for young people 🧵

What do we know about the causes of #autism? @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Professor Laura Andreae speaks with BBC Radio 4's Inside Science about the genetic factors behind autism, particularly around twin studies. 🔊 Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

How can we better measure treatment outcomes for children with #neurodevelopmental disorders? In this interesting ACAMH Learn talk, Prof. Melissa Mulraney introduces a patient-centred outcome set co-designed by experts & those with lived experience. https://t.co/TjN94dT7zm https://t.co/j6iOFm4FwI

I am delighted that @wellcentrecharity.bsky.social is one of the 11 successful Building Brighter Futures Fund projects! We can’t wait to start and will be partnering with the brilliant @camhsdlab.bsky.social to empower young people to be healthier, safer and happier!

We are over the moon to be partnering w/ @maudsleycharity.bsky.social & 10 other amazing innovative projects to improve young people’s mental health across Lambeth, Soutgwark Lewisham and Croydon! Watch this space for more about the impact we are going to scale alongside @camhsdlab.bsky.social

The news is out! 🎉 We're very excited to be partnering with the @wellcentrecharity.bsky.social, the Harris Foundation, South London Listens, and more great partners on projects in the @maudsleycharity.bsky.social's Building Brighter Futures programme. Stay tuned to find out more in the coming weeks!

🎉We are excited to announce the launch of the first ‘Ethnic Inequality Conference’. Applications are open for oral and poster presentation abstracts. Deadline: 30th Sept 2025 For abstract submissions email: [email protected] Register: app.geckoform.com/public/#/mod...

In partnership with @kingsmaudsley.bsky.social, Lab Lead Prof. Johnny Downs co-wrote two blogs with Zoë Firth on the government's new 10-year Health Plan for the NHS. [📰 LINKS BELOW]

Interview alert! As part of the @ukri.org Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind programme, ECR Zoë Firth sat down with the @ncb.org.uk to share more about our AI-driven speech analysis of data from the @eriskstudy.bsky.social project. Read below ⬇️ www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/med...

Can maternal warmth or negativity at age 10 shape adolescent mental health 💚🧠? Using identical twin comparisons, this study uncovers how emotional parenting influences outcomes at ages 12 & 18 👩‍👧‍👦📊 📄 Read: doi.org/10.1111/jcpp... @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

🎉GOOD NEWS AT THE LAB 🎉 Huge congrats to Dr. Johnny Downs and @nickcummins41.bsky.social for their promotions to professor & senior lecturer, respectively, & to @judedineley.bsky.social for her NIHR DSE Award. Well-deserved achievements! Read more below ⬇️ www.camhsdlab.co.uk/news/congrat...

STADIA trial summary Infographic 👇

New blog from Lab member Zoë Firth on the STADIA trial from @kapilsayal.bsky.social and team! ⬇️

📣 New Research! It took 6 years but we got there! The STADIA trial reports… What we did: Large multi-centre #RCT with 1225 children and young people with emotional difficulties referred to #CAMHS across England, followed-up for 18 months. 6 Headline findings… see below… (1/7)

New paper!! Excited to share our new piece outlining an ECR perspective on children and young people's mental health research. We offer suggestions around funding, research practice, and institutional governance and processes to support a more socially just, equitable, and rigorous science.

The ESCAP practice guidance on #autism is now also available in Bulgarian. The guidance paper was put together by Prof. Joaquin Fuentes, Dr. Amaia Hervás and Dr. Patricia Howlin and is available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Turkish and Bulgarian: www.escap.eu/resources/gu...

A fun and informative read from our E-Risk colleagues!

New blog for @acamh.bsky.social: CAMHS Digital Lab members Sarjhana Ragunathan Brindha & Zoë Firth reflect on the importance of embedding sustainable practices in digital mental health care & research 🌿 www.acamh.org/blog/putting...

The CAMHS Digital Lab @camhsdlab.bsky.social (funded by @nihr.bsky.social) is helping to transform child #mentalhealth care systems - their novel service model embeds research and innovation into CAMHS, improving the effectiveness of clinical care. www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2025/j...

After an embarrassingly long time spent on my tiptoes trying to put this up…we’re ready! Come and chat with me at D2.043 about the two studies I am conducting with @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social on self-diagnosis. I am also on the conference app if you can’t find me and want to chat! #ESCAP2025

📝 Just published! We have a new paper out in #ChildAndAdolescentMentalHealth on our service model: how clinicians & researchers at the Lab are using digital innovations to meet urgent needs in #CAMHS ⬇️ The paper: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... The blog: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-pap...

How can schools better support #LGBTQ+ students, especially those belonging to other minority groups? The STEPS programme, from IoPPN and @kingscsmh.bsky.social#LGBTQ+worked with teachers and young people to co-produce research to contribute to a culture of change. #SchoolsDiversityWeek #PrideMonth

...and she won! 🥳 Starting off the week with some great news: Dr. @asilayseker.bsky.social won Higher Resident Dr in the 2025 RC Psych London Awards! We admire her dedication to improving care for neurodivergent children & young people, & her consistent support of other trainees. Well done Asilay!

📢New website alert! 📢 We're delighted to see that the new Maudsley Education Consultation Service (MECS) page is live on the King's Maudsley website! Check it out⬇️ kingsmaudsley.org/home/our-exp...

Huge congratulations to our very own Dr. @asilayseker.bsky.social for being shortlisted in the @rcpsych.bsky.social London Division Awards! Well deserved 👏🎉

Researchers! Our Parent and Carer Research Network is open to you! We are looking for researchers whose work seeks to champion the voices of children, young people & their families #mentalhealth #mentalhealthresearch parentcarerresearchnetwork.org.uk/researchers

📢 One of our partner Longitudinal Population Studies, TwinsUK, is looking for a Data Manager to work with them at King's College London. 📅 Closing date 1st April. my.corehr.com/pls/coreport... #jobs #hiring #datajobs

I’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling. (cont 🧵) tinyurl.com/vun92cz7

The post below says it all! @eleanorchats.bsky.social and I have received some seed funding from the MHR Incubator to pilot a global peer mentoring programme for ECRs (including clinicians!) working in mental health research 🌎 If you are an ECR in the UK, Brazil or South Africa, apply below ⬇️