Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

6 days to go to apply to 2 postdoc positions (3-year and 2-year) at @ucl.ac.uk with @pravpatalay.bsky.social! For all those interested in employment<->health, trade unions & longitudinal methods. Feel free to share. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPB406/r...

✨ One week to go! We're looking for a new Director. Find out more about the role and apply on the CLS website: bit.ly/452oe4v

🚨 Paper alert 🚨 There’s a lot of debate at the moment around universal, interventions in schools. A thread 🧵 Our new meta-analysis, published today, shows they can work in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety. www.frontiersin.org/journals/chi... Findings discussed more below…

Super interesting insights about a famous study!

Some thoughts on social prescribing in a climate of funding cuts and closing community spaces: open.substack.com/pub/pravpata... (and I've finally started a substack and aim to write more about topics in health and prevention!)

An *excellent* and damning review of The Body Keeps the Score that is very much worth a read. “Implying that sexually abused girls have an entirely different developmental pathway […] “is bullshit.””

An essential (and depressing) read for anyone working or interested in what is happening to UK universities.

Just joined on here. Any starter packs anyone can recommend related to mental health, social epidemiology or casual methods please?