Are you a parent of a 12-15 year old young person who experiences chronic musculoskeletal pain? Please share our study details (see below) with your child as we are eager to hear from more 12-15 year olds on how they manage their pain. For more information, see inspiremsk.stir.ac.uk

❗️New brief report❗️Using data from our NeuroSync dataset, we showed that life stress moderates the link between caregiver metacognition and infant sustained attention. @ghadasaleem.bsky.social @linecaes.bsky.social @alexhendry.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

📣£2.4m in new funding announced for research tackling challenges of living with musculoskeletal conditions. The Nuffield Foundation’s Oliver Bird Fund and Versus Arthritis are supporting five new projects. MSK conditions affect more than 20 million people in the UK. Find out more: ow.ly/tHE950WmUY6

If you have not yet done so, now is the time to register for #ISPP2025 and enjoy 3 days of top-notch paediatric pain content! The full scientific programme is available at inconference.eventsair.com/ispp-2025/. Register at ispp2025.com/registration/

Dr. Jennifer Stinson is the first nurse to win a Gairdner Award. A nurse at Sick Kids and a professor at the U of T, she has "revolutionized pediatric pain management," using apps, VR and a human touch. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @jenniferyang.bsky.social @gairdnerawards.bsky.social

@drabbiejordan.bsky.social @linecaes.bsky.social @efic.bsky.social @kidsinpain.bsky.social @drzoffness.bsky.social @britishpainsoc.bsky.social @kidspainmd.bsky.social @joshuawpate.bsky.social @edkeogh.bsky.social @hinzeverena.bsky.social @drcchambers.bsky.social @iasp.bsky.social

@criminographer.bsky.social and her team are seeking parent advisory panel members for their study on bereavement following the loss of a child. Dad representatives most welcome. Please contact David for more info

We are excitedly preparing for #EPPC2025 in Malaga, Spain, October 9-11! Fortifying Futures: Innovative Approaches From Paediatric Psychology Around the World Submissions for symposia, workshops, posters & short oral presentations are now open. See link🔗 europedpsych.com/eppc-2025/

“How are you doing?” “Are you sure?” Someone somewhere may need to hear this today. *ask twice #MerryChristmas  #HappyHanukkah #HappyHolidays  Samaritans 116 123

Our updated CPS Position Statement on pain management in newborns is out! Thank you Dr Marsha Campbell-Yeo for leading this very important work @bcchresearch.bsky.social @canadianpreemies.bsky.social @ubcmedicine.bsky.social @nicumusings.bsky.social @ebneo.bsky.scps.ca cps.ca/en/documents...

NEW JOBS ALERT. Researching pain psychology and want to join us in Bath? New lecturer in psychology posts now being advertised. Other areas also. Deadline is 19th Jan. www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

After 2 weeks this petition has 459 signatures. Not bad but not enough to reach the 10k target. If you haven't already signed, please do. If you have, can you commit to getting one other person you know to sign today? Please re-post too. 🙏 #FreeCovidBoostersNow petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

The deadline to submit oral presentations to #ISPP2025 , taking place in #Glasgow from June 17 to 20, is in 2 days! But there is also still plenty of time to submit your poster abstracts! See ispp2025.com for all the details

Each day might look a little different to the next and that’s ok. Be gentle and kind with yourself. Info on pacing here- www.longcovidkids.org/post/pacing-... #longcovid #longcovidkids #educationaltoolkit #longcovidresources #longcovidkids #pacing

🔍 EHPS Synergy Winter School 2025: Dive into mixed & multi-level modeling! 📅 11–12 March 2025 | 📍 Berlin, Germany | 💶 €200 Learn advanced techniques, visualization, & R (with Jamovi options). Open to all levels! Apply by 31 Jan: forms.gle/ihR8NtxJNSoT... #StatsWorkshop #HealthPsychology #Rstats

Campbell’s witty response to this homophobe makes me want to enjoy some of their delicious chicken noodle soup right now! 🍜 🏳️‍🌈

The Comfort Promise: How to eliminate or ease pain caused by needles (vaccinations, lab draws, intravenous cannulations etc.) for every child. Every time. Everywhere. #PedsPMC pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30324169/ www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/services/com...

323 views but only 14 people voting 🗳️ But, nice to see the result #SelfmgtLIVING-Works

Asking the crowd: Who has used a LEGO construction task to measure children's persistence, and could you share your protocol and/or published articles using the task? I have a student considering using this sort of measure with 1st and 4th graders. #PsychSciSky

The meta-ethnography paper is here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... and Joletta's excellent blog on the topic is here: open.substack.com/pub/mycuppaj...

@aberdeenepi.bsky.social interesting results on an audit of the GGC paediatric pain clinic showing an over-representation of neurodivergent children with chronic pain in the past 10 years! Neurodivergent patients also showed higher prevalence of MSK pain & more disruptions to their daily life!

I have reached that time of the year where I simultaneously want the Christmas break to start tomorrow and want still >3 weeks before the break 🫤. One very stretched and exhausted academic mom over here!

My final year undergraduate student is looking for young people aged 16 to 30 years of age living with chronic pain for an exciting, creative study to learn more about pain management strategies! If you are interested please get in touch 👇🏻

We conducted a qualitative study exploring the *individual* barriers adolescents face in achieving functional recovery from chronic pain. Using the 'Passenger on the Bus' metaphor, we aimed to identify the challenges that hinder their engagement with age-appropriate activities. #ChronicPain #ACT

💭 Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Conditions and Risk Behaviors Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2023 Supplements / Oct 10, 2024 tinyurl.com/2kzt2uk6 #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #Research

Our group's latest paper shows how childhood adversity shapes brain development with age. Deprivation slows age-related decreases in cortical surface area in cognitive regions, while threat exposure leads to age-related increases in socioemotional regions. Read more: shorturl.at/rtMST

PRU practical guide to writing policy briefs has been downloaded 10.000 x from #OpenScienceFramework osf.io/preprints/os... It makes it easy to communicate relevant evidence to policy decision makers jointly developed by @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social & @ucl-cbc.bsky.social @susanmichie.bsky.social

The International Symposium on Paediatric Pain #ISPP2025 is coming to Glasgow, 17-20 June 2025. Share your pediatric pain research with leading experts and foster key connections. Abstract submission closes 15 Dec 2024! Details: ispp2025.com/call-for-pap...

Abstract submission now open for #ISPP2025. Don't miss the chance to present at this conference as it's not often held in the UK! ispp2025.com #paediatricpain #pediatricpain

**We are recruiting** Seeking a postdoc to work on a Wellcome-funded cohort study focusing on social-cognitive processing in typically developing children and adolescents (aged 8-18 years) and children and adolescents with 22q11.1 deletion syndrome. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49291/

Did you know? Student & Early Career Membership is now open for applications for only £25! Start your journey today—join us! Read more about the student and early career category and how to apply. #PainManagement #BPSCommunity #EarlyCareer #JoinUs www.britishpainsociety.org/become-a-mem...

🚨 Funded PhD position in my lab 👶🧠 @kinderstudien.bsky.social @univie.ac.at We are looking for a PhD student to work on an FWF-funded project on "Selective Neural Entrainment and Dynamic Attention in Infants" jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Project-...

Another welcome to a new follower - @drabbiejordan.bsky.social Here with a 2017 article, 'The pain of youth' www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Tonight's webinar, Integrating Supportive Self-Management into Services, has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. 📅 A new date will be scheduled for January - date coming soon. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Let us know if you have any questions.

‼️We’re looking for people with #lupus in the UK to take part in a survey study funded by Lupus UK to help us improve support services. We’ve had a great response so far but we’re still really keen to hear from ➡️ Men ➡️ Minoritised ethnic groups Take part here: uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

‼️Are you a health professional in the UK who works with people with #lupus ? Please complete our survey study funded by Lupus UK to help find out how to best support you to support these patients: uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #medsky #rheumsky #rheumatology

Do you have experience of using NHS Talking Therapies? We're looking for people to join a Lived Experience Advisory Panel for a new study that explores ways of giving patients more control over #therapy. Full details are available on the McPin website. mcpin.org/research-opp...

Starter packs are genius, but I was surprised there wasn't a list of them for people to find. So I built it: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database. Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.

Fraudulent Participation in Online Qualitative Studies: Practical Recs on an Emerging Phenomenon Khaylen Mistry, Sophie Merrick, Melissa Cabecinha, Susanna Daniels, John Ragan, Miran Epstein, Louisa Lever, Zoe Venables, Nick Levell journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #QualitativeHealthResearch

📢 Join us as we launch the new Lancet Series on Early Childhood Development and the Next 1,000 Days. Webinar at 8:00 AM ET, Nov 19—discover why ages 2-5 are a crucial window for #ChildDevelopment. 💡Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...