Hi everyone 👋🏼 We’re super excited for the Digital Youth X MindTech conference this Thursday 13th in London! It’ll focus on digital innovations in youth mental health. Follow along all day at ✨ #DigitalYouth ✨ I’m Olivia, and I’ll be covering the event with Henry - nice to meet you!☺️ THREAD🧵

Postpartum anxiety: what do we really know? Around 1 in 8 new mothers experience postpartum anxiety, but we still can’t agree on how to define or measure it. A new review highlights the progress, confusion & next steps for this vital field. 🧵 THREAD #PerinatalMentalHealth #PostpartumAnxiety

Inside the diagnostic grey zone: using machine learning to separate bipolar and major depression ⚙️🧠 High misdiagnosis rates between the two cause real harm for patients and services. This new neuroimaging study tested whether brain connectivity and AI could help tell them apart. 🧵 THREAD

Is it a gut feeling? 🦠 New Finnish study finds that certain gut bacteria are linked to depressive and anxiety symptom patterns during and after pregnancy in women with higher body weight. #PerinatalMentalHealth #MaternalHealth #Microbiome #Depression 🧵 THREAD

💬 WEBINAR ALERT 🌟 Mental Imagery in Psychosis & Bipolar Disorder: New Research & Insights 📍 11-12 GMT, Wed 4th Feb 2026 elfi.sh/imaps #iMAPS2 #Webinar #Psychosis #Bipolar #Psychotherapy #MentalImagery #Research #ElfHelp

Great to see this video about the iMAPS-2 trial results of imagery therapy for psychosis below 👇 @sheffielduni.bsky.social @penninecarenhs.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

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Distressing mental images affect around 3 in 4 people with psychosis. They can feel vivid, emotional, and overwhelming, yet are rarely addressed in therapy. The iMAPS-2 trial tested a therapy focused on these images and their link to negative beliefs. 🧵 THREAD #iMAPS2 #Psychosis #ElfHelp

What if therapy focused not on thoughts or voices, but images in our mind's eye? The iMAPS-2 trial tested an imagery-focused therapy for psychosis; helping people make sense of vivid, distressing mental images. iMAPS is: safe ✅ acceptable ✅ ready for a full-scale RCT 👇 🧵 THREAD

People with severe mental illness are more than twice as likely to die from respiratory disease as the general population. This major systematic review shows the scale of the problem and why we need stronger public health action, not just stop-smoking campaigns. 🧵 THREAD

Curious about #SocialPrescribing research? 🔎 Dr Karen Mak summarises our recent papers in a blog for @thementalelf.bsky.social 📊 Give it a read to learn about the patterns and predictors of social prescribing, and what they could mean for practice 👇 www.nationalelfservice.net/treatment/co...

🗞️ #ReSETMentalHealth

Follow the @resetproject.bsky.social and check out the website to find out more resetproject.co.uk There are lots of papers and brilliant (even if I do say so myself) social media resources coming your way over the next few months #ReSETMentalHealth

👋 Good morning everyone, and a very warm Mental Elf welcome to the @resetproject.bsky.social conference in London. You can follow along all day at 🌟 #ReSETMentalHealth 🌟 We are going to be talking about Relationships, Emotions & Adolescent Wellbeing. I'm André - hello! 🧵 THREAD

Today, I will mostly be reporting live from the @resetproject.bsky.social conference in London 🌟 #ReSETMentalHealth 🌟 We will be talking about Relationships, Emotions & Adolescent Wellbeing. The event runs from 10-4 and is essential viewing for anyone interested in school-based mental health.

🎻 Do hobbies protect against adolescent substance misuse? A new study says yes – but are we mistaking correlation for causation? Before we start fiddling with interventions, let’s look closer… #YouthMentalHealth #SubstanceMisuse #Arts #Culture #Music #Prevention #Epidemiology 🧵 THREAD

📉 Should we be prescribing metformin with antipsychotics? Despite clear guideline support, this UK study of 26,000+ patients found metformin is rarely used to prevent weight gain from meds like olanzapine. Why the gap? #Antipsychotics #Metformin #Psychiatry #SMI #WeightGain 🧵 THREAD

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🌍 Solastalgia = feeling homesick while still at home, as the world around you changes. This new scoping review asks: is solastalgia a missing link between climate change and mental illness? Depression, anxiety, PTSD all show up. #Solastalgia #MentalHealth #ClimateJustice #EcoAnxiety 🧵 THREAD

🛏️ What happens when people with borderline personality disorder can choose when they’re admitted to hospital? A 4-year Swedish longitudinal study of Brief Admission shows how self-referral can support autonomy and reduce crisis care. 🧵 THREAD #BPD #CrisisCare #TraumaInformed #MentalHealth

💔 When love breaks down: relationship breakdowns and suicide risk in men. Men are 3x more likely to die by suicide than women, and new evidence suggests separation and divorce may be key risk factors. 🧵 THREAD #SuicidePrevention #MensHealth #MentalHealth #Relationships

🚭 Is vaping a gateway to smoking for teens, or are we confusing correlation with causation? A major 2025 umbrella review finds strong associations but weak evidence. We unpack the findings, flaws, and future directions. 🧵 THREAD #Vaping #YouthHealth #Smoking #TobaccoControl

🌱 From pills to people: the rise of social prescribing. Who’s being referred to walking groups, arts classes and community activities, and who’s missing out? Two major 2025 studies explore referral trends and inequalities. 🧵 THREAD #SocialPrescribing #PrimaryCare #HealthInequalities #MentalHealth

The fab @holmyers.bsky.social wrote this wonderful Mental Elf blog on IU through development, and how this relates to anxiety and depression at age 10. Thanks to @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social - writing for different audiences is such a skill!

Really excited to have had the opportunity to write this article ! IU is one of my main research areas so I really enjoyed writing about this paper 😊

Preschoolers who find uncertainty hard to handle may be more prone to anxiety later in life, but it’s not that simple. New research explores how intolerance of uncertainty at age 4 links to anxiety, depression & behaviour problems up to age 10. #ChildMentalHealth #Anxiety #Uncertainty 🧵 THREAD

REALLY excited about #DigitalYouth in London on Nov 13!!! Digital Youth × MindTech Digital Risk, Resilience & the Road to Intervention. Explore how young people’s digital lives shape mental health: from understanding risk to building resilience & designing interventions. 🧵 THREAD

🚨 Detention, disused barracks, budget hotels… New systematic review finds that unsafe & unsupported housing for people seeking asylum is harming mental health. 🔍 Poor hygiene, overcrowding, lack of autonomy & fear were all linked to anxiety, PTSD, depression & more. #MentalHealth #Asylum #Housing

Always a pleasure to write for @thementalelf.bsky.social and this research was great for bringing my teaching about CBT & Depression for psychology A level right up to date! @aqaeducation.bsky.social

🧪 Weighing the risks: new review ranks antidepressants by their physical health side effects Antidepressants help many, but how do they affect heart health, weight, blood pressure, or glucose? New Lancet review (out today!) compared 30 meds across 58k ppl. 🧵 THREAD #Antidepressants #SideEffects

🧘 Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy proves cost-effective for hard-to-treat depression. What happens when therapy or meds don’t work? This UK RCT tested MBCT via Zoom for people with persistent depression, and found it both effective & affordable. 🧵 THREAD #Depression #MBCT #CostEffectiveness

📢 Mothers & Daughters: stories of growth, connection & resistance in the face of domestic violence & abuse This moving qualitative study explores the joint stories of mothers & daughters who’ve experienced abuse; revealing how relationships can both hurt & heal. 🧵 THREAD #DomesticAbuse

📢 OUT AT WORK? New review finds worrying rates of depression, anxiety & suicidality among LGBTQ+ workers 🚨 Nearly 9 in 10 report depression in some studies 🌈 Only half of studies compare to non-LGBTQ+ workers 🌍 Gaps in geography, occupation & research design 🧵 THREAD #LGBTQ #WorkplaceMentalHealth

🧬🧠 Genes, brains & self-harm: New study links adolescent risk to biology & disadvantage 4-year cohort study of 5,000 young people, genetic risk scores & brain scans were linked to increased self-harm. Females from disadvantaged backgrounds were especially at risk. #SelfHarm 🧵 THREAD

Hi @thementalelf.bsky.social we are a new research project - just about to enter recruitment stage, we are looking at exploring complex emotions from a transdiagnostic approach - exploring the symptomology and impact of complex emotions - check out our website www.complexemotionshub.co.uk

🧰 One more tool in the toolbox? A new umbrella review pulls together evidence from 415 trials of single-session interventions (SSIs) for mental health. Are these one-off, low-cost interventions actually effective? #MentalHealth #Psychotherapy #SSIs 🧵 THREAD

🎨 Painting prevention: How the arts promote health and tackle non-communicable diseases Could singing, dancing or storytelling really help prevent heart disease or diabetes? A new review explores how creative activities support health promotion worldwide. 🧵 THREAD #ArtsInHealth #NCDs

Dirty air, ageing brains 🧠🌫️ Could midlife pollution be quietly reshaping how our brains age? New study found that higher exposure to nitrogen dioxide & other pollutants was linked with smaller hippocampal volumes & slower thinking skills later in life. 🧵 THREAD #Dementia #AirPollution #BrainHealth

Thank you @thementalelf.bsky.social and Andre for your work over the last 2 days making our conference accessible to more than just the people in the room. We really valued your insightful commentary on all the sessions! #cmhp25

Well, now #CMHP25 in Liverpool is coming to a close after another full day of learning and reflection. It's been a fantastic 2 days that has reminded us how inclusive, evidence-based practice can save lives and change systems. THREAD 🧵

Next keynote at #CMHP25 is Dr Caroline Copeland from King’s College London who is speaking on: Medicines, Misuse & Mortality: Lessons for Mental Health Pharmacy. Her research exposes the human cost of medication misuse and how policy can sometimes make things worse. www.kcl.ac.uk/research/the...

I'm reporting live from #CMHP25 where our next speaker is Dr Sion Scott from the University of East Anglia who is giving the PRUK Research Award talk: The role of behavioural science in addressing the side effects of mental health medicines. THREAD 🧵

Our first #CMHP25 keynote is Dr Mary Doherty @autisticdoctor.bsky.social Clinical Associate Professor at UCD & founder of Autistic Doctors International. She will explore how autistic psychiatrists’ insights can help improve mental healthcare for autistic people. autisticdoctorsinternational.com

Good morning everyone and welcome back to the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool for Day 2 of #CMHP25! Yesterday brought powerful insights on lived experience, menopause, and climate distress. Today we turn to autism, medicines misuse, and mental-health transformation. 🧵

Congratulations to the #CMHP25 poster winners

That’s a wrap on Day 1 of #CMHP25 at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool. Powerful sessions from Colette Lane on embedding lived experience at the heart of transformation, plus keynotes from Anita Solanki on menopause and Marc Williams on climate distress. 🧵

Our final speaker in this session is Chris Todd from Devon Partnership NHS Trust: "Review of a pharmacist led community clozapine initiation service" #CMHP25 THREAD 🧵

Next up is Lex Moon from Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust: "Enhancing T2/T3 Prescribing with Digitisation and Decision Support in ePMA" #CMHP25 THREAD 🧵

Our next speaker is Muhammad Umair Khan from Aston University: "Social determinants and regional variations in antipsychotic use and mortality in England" #CMHP25 THREAD 🧵