My doctoral thesis is finally published! If you are a researcher interested in #mentalhealthstigma #participatoryresearch then it may be of interest to you. Using participatory research methods we designed a model and measurement tool to capture youth mental health stigma experiences!

Just finished collaboratively writing our first journal article with my co-researchers, really excited to start sharing some of the findings from our participatory research on youth mental health stigma!

How do you shake off a grumpy day? You know one of those days where everything is irritating you, you want to throw things, dropping a pen can send you round the bend. Any advice? I still have half a day to go and I feel if I stay this highly strung something bad is bound to happen.

I concluded by reading my thesis dedication aloud, even though they’ve all read it! Not a dry eye in the house. Including young people in research has so many incredible and transformational impacts. #youthworkchangeslives

Just had a two hour session with my young co-researchers to do a recap and refresh on our journey through participatory research. Whole session ended in tears. I am simply blown away by the level of commitment dedication, and resilience our team has had in our 4 year journey.

Had a wonderfully encouraging meeting with Routledge and my co-researchers yesterday! We are currently writing a proposal for a dual perspective book, written from the perspective of ECR lead researcher and young co-researchers on the involvement of young people across a research project.

Absolutely loving our @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social Psychology Empirical Conference today! Hearing our students present their research, share in each others journey and come together as a department to celebrate all of our final students hard work!

🚨NEW PAPER from my group: Scoping review of potential harm from group-based CBT and mindfulness interventions in schools Our research question was essentially this: How often do school mental health interventions make things worse? acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... (thread)

Just finished the new Split Fiction game from @hazelightgames.bsky.social and let me tell you, it was WORTH the 4 year wait from It Takes Two. You best believe I am buckling in for the next 4 year wait. What a delightful blend of incredible gameplay and beautiful storytelling. LOVED IT!!

1/5 Some recent conversations bought home to me how important this #Disability concept is. When someone doesn't understand why I've said I can't - and just assumes I'm wrong - it is heartbreaking, devaluing, gaslighting, bewildering, and often gives me no way forward. Unfortunately a lot of -

Just finished up a session of first year thematic analysis poster presentations. I always absolutely love seeing students present their work and evidencing that they have really grasped the key concepts and started to recognise the potential of qualitative research, yay! 🎉

Thoroughly loved this thread. This is a concept I am trying to teach undergrads. I can’t wait to incorporate this into my teaching.

NEW PAPER: What do teenage girls think is causing the rise in depression & anxiety in their demographic? I was struck, during the analysis, about how often 'pressure' came up. Girls are under so much pressure to look and behave in certain ways 😔 Well done to Ola on her thoughtful leadership here

I have been thinking a lot recently about effort and convenience. I have noticed that we seem to be in the age of convenience, where anything that isn’t speedy and optimised is deemed inefficient and ‘a drag’. But this is our one life. Some important things require effort and time, not efficiency!

Is it just me, or is a lot of academia just trying to figure out what the hell is going on. Like honestly. From institutional structures, procedures and unspoken expectations to funding, publishing and more. It feels so unnecessarily complicated and inaccessible half the time.

Poetry Foundation not fucking around with today's poem of the day www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...

I think excessive focus on #self-care is another way #capitalism turns us into consumers and distracts from the #community building and community care we really need. It keeps us fragmented, atomized, and self-focused. Those practices are good, but #communitycare doesn't get enough airplay.

Does anyone have experience of seeking funding for community members conference attendance? I have three young co-researchers and we are always astonished by how quickly prices rack up for conference attendance, which often prohibits us attending #participatoryresearch #PPI #youthinvolvement

Does anyone know of any #participatoryresearchmethods or #participatoryresearch related conferences or networks that are active? Looking for opportunities to share our research findings on #youth #mentalhealth #stigma experiences, and the lived experience expertise involved throughout the process.

I’m just really really bored of hearing adults speak about youth issues when they haven’t worked with or listened to young people.

Really enjoyed this book and this passage made me think of the importance of validation in youth mental health

I am most definitely fore/forswunk. Roll on the holidays

I've never seen anything that screams 'I cannot see beyond my own privilege' more. Sometimes it is so blatantly obvious that an individual has never had the ability to envision another perspective or to empathise. Disturbingly, a lack of empathy seems to be a good thing these days.

#PatientEngagement in basic science. A mini 🧵. Talked to a scientist who said patients could in no way contribute to their lab work. I asked if the trainees in their lab had ever met a person living with the condition they're studying or had only read about the experience in a text book. /1

In our digital psychology module we critically consider the fact that chatGPT doesn’t know what truth or reality is. Our students are always so amazed. It’s very scary to think new generations believe (and why wouldn’t they) they are searching reliable information and it literally just fabricates!

Research reveals power imbalance in youth mental health services may deter help-seeking behavior among young people. Evidence points to need for restructuring professional-patient dynamics. Important implications for service delivery and accessibility acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Very excited to share that my second dissertation article has been published in 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺! 💫🥳🎉 It focuses on epistemic injustice and recognition in the context of endometriosis (endo), a gendered chronic illness affecting millions worldwide. ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fp...

Resharing this as it’s helped me find so many wonderful people to follow!

Subject to minor corrections, I can now introduce you to Dr Johnson 🥰 🎉

Also, a massage and new set of nails, that’s an appropriate way to spend the day before your viva yes?

Look at this demure little angel waking up from her nap today 🥹

Taking the time to tell people in your everyday life what they are doing well / why you are grateful for them is a habit we should all try and work on more. Not just friends and partners but colleagues, practitioners, students, family. Small acts of community and kindness can act as glimmers.

I believe to some people it may be, but I feel this does professionality a disservice. Professional refers to your ability to draw on all of your role specific knowledge (which includes emotion, empathy, experience, vulnerability) to act in accordance with your desired goals and outcomes.

What if, where it is possible in academia, we all started writing accessibly & engagingly in a manner that the general public would find interesting, rather than writing exclusively for others in the Academy? All that knowledge flowing out of universities. Wouldn’t that be quite the thing?

Wondering if there are any #starterpacks for #mentalhealthstigma research, specifically #youthstigma experiences? If so - can any point point me in the right direction ☺️

So excited by the fact that this will be my first Christmas period in which I am not actively pursuing or needing to think about an academic degree in the last 10 years.

Hello Bluesky! ☁️ I’m Emily - AuDHD blogger talking about neurodivergence and mental health, author of ‘Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life’ (The Sunday Times Bestseller) and Trustee of Autistic Girls Network. 🦋 You can find all my links here: linktr.ee/itsemilykaty

100% this. Individual experience is unique, complex and has blurred edges, not neat compartments.

Currently in the process of writing articles collaboratively with my three co-researchers, which is a chaotic and interactive online process as we share different time zones. Until we can share these - I wanted to reshare a blog we wrote for the @coprocollective.bsky.social during our journey.

Prepared or not, methodically tabbing my thesis has been an enjoyable part of my day. It is definitely not me procrastinating actually doing any of the prep I need to do for my viva. Not at all....

Really enjoying BlueSky so far. I hadn’t realised how much I had missed just having a chance to learn from folk I followed on Twitter. I think a lot of that made me a better researcher, and possibly a better human being.

I think that the collective hailing of co-production as the "gold standard" does a disservice to it. Co-production can be great - but it's only great when it's done well, authentically, & kindly. There's no shame in using other participatory approaches, just call it what it is.

There is the will - but not the mechanisms - for co-production in many organisations. To create the mechanisms for co-production, there needs to be an immense amount of self-reflection both personally & organisationally, which not everyone is prepared to do. I'm seeing a gradual positive shift.

So you want to include scholars from poorer countries in your event? Wonderful. I congratulate you on that. Let me give you some tips on how to do that respectfully:

As I have been writing my thesis for the last year, it’s been a long time since any of the fun participatory activities during the research. Here’s a compilation of pictures of our research team (myself and my three wonderful co-researchers) during our various stages of research.

If the metric by which you judge high quality research is how well it has abided by traditional approaches and paradigms that actively silence or exclude lesser heard voices, you will always view creative and novel methodologies that seek to redistribute power as lacking in rigour.

How ‘nonattachment’ can help you manage the ‘to-do’ list www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Please feel free to share this visual representation of how various aspects of identity contribute to #power and #privilege in our society. Highlighting the complexity of social experiences & the disadvantages for those without power should help those with power to understand how they attained it🤞🏻

Good morning Bluesky! I’d like to introduce myself. I am a #participatoryresearcher working in the area of #youthlivedexperience and #mentalhealthstigma, with a focus on #mixedmethodsresearch and #measurementdesign. I’m also an experienced youth worker, currently preparing to defend my PhD! 💃👋