A fascinating project + you'd be hard pressed to find a better supervisory team than this one! Come join our team @oxchildpsych.bsky.social! 🌻

⏰Post-doctoral #qualitative job alert! (closes 14/9/25). @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social is recruiting for a #Qualitative Post‑Doctoral Research Associate to join our #suicide & #selfharm research team on a @nihr.bsky.social grant investigating acceptability of close obs www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

PAID OPPORTUNITY: 🏠 I'm looking to speak with some #homeschooling families (parents & carers / children & young people) in the UK about a potential research project around mental health and wellbeing in this community. Please share & get in touch ([email protected]) for more details!

📢 Job opportunity! 📢 I am recruiting a 2-year postdoc to join me at @clscohorts.bsky.social to work on a SUPER exciting project on the quantitative study of intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place! See www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... for more info and how to apply!

It's fifth week in Oxford, which - naturally - means alpacas! Somerville JCR's welfare team organised the visit of these lovely guys, along with some sheep, goats, and other animals. We hope all our students got the chance to say hello!

Very fortunate to have shared two years at @somervillecollege.bsky.social with the wonderful Jan Royall & adore her new (hot pink!) portrait from Tania Rivilis, revealed last week 🎀🌸💓

Are adolescents sensitive about sensitive data? In our new @oxwell.bsky.social publication, we explore students' concerns about taking part in research including sensitive topics such as mental health & maltreatment. Headlines below, w/ substantial implications for research design & analysis ⬇️

Went to my first May Morning at @magdalenoxford.bsky.social yesterday! It was a truly magical thing & I'm so grateful to Hinako for the invite 🌸🌷🌻🪻

New Paper! I'm truly excited to share @natematias.bsky.social and my new Policy Forum in Science published yesterday. We evaluate science's ability to address technological harms, and offer recommendations for what could be done to improve on the status quo: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards are a university-wide celebration of our outstanding people. We’re pleased that members from the Department of Psychiatry have been shortlisted across four categories. Learn more about our nominees 👇

It's been a busy 48 hours for our senior postdocs @drhollybear.bsky.social & @emmasoneson.bsky.social, who were invited by BBC South Today & Radio Oxford to talk about the latest Oxfordshire Director of Public Health Annual Report on Children & Young People's #mentalhealth. Links below👇

Our brilliant JRF Dr Emma Soneson @emmasoneson.bsky.social was on the BBC last night discussing the mental health of Oxfordshire's children and young people: "When people think about Oxfordshire they think of this magnificent university town and forget about a lot of the inequalities."

A report by Oxfordshire County Council has found children living in poorer areas are more likely to experience mental health issues. It drew on Oxwell Student Survey findings & our senior postdoc @emmasoneson.bsky.social spoke to the BBC about it. Read the story 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Addressing #inequalities across the county is essential for shifting the dial in children & young people's #mentalhealth. Great to see this as a focus of the new Director of Public Health Annual Report for Oxfordshire. Lots of work to be done, but equally, lots to be hopeful about.

New findings from @oxwell.bsky.social reinforce calls to shift to a more nuanced view of teens + tech. Interesting read from colleagues @drhollybear.bsky.social, @minafazeloxford.bsky.social & @drskripka.bsky.social!

Great to see Lea Satala presenting her OxWell findings at the @nihr.bsky.social Undergraduate Internship Programme Celebration Event in London this morning! Lea undertook an 8-wk internship with @oxchildpsych.bsky.social last summer & did some really impactful work around adolescent self-harm.

In the Department of Psychiatry, we're proud to have research teams working on a range of projects to understand more about the experiences and particular mental health needs of LGBT+ people. Read more 👇 tinyurl.com/3mtz3evw #LGBTHistoryMonth @emmasoneson.bsky.social

So proud of our shining star Anne Stewart 🌟 (& CAP friends Caz Nahman and Joanna Adams), whose book - Overcoming Worries About Body Image and Eating - launched today at @brasenoseoxford.bsky.social 📚 Huge potential to make a huge difference for young people!

Struggling with that #mentalhealth #research fellowship application? Apply for our 2025 Writing Retreat! It offers structured writing time & guidance from senior colleagues & panel members on how to write a good application & sell it to the funder. 👇 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/writing-retr...

🖥️One tool. Endless possibilities! The #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets allows you to do more than explore datasets from around the world. You can compare features, use a list or map view, narrow down with filters and save your searches. Check it out here: atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk

The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991. Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens. As of this morning, it’s gone.

Loved being part of this discussion! Have a listen to hear us chat about harnessing the power of today's young people, creating meaningful change in our communities, and my 'beef' with one of the most commonly-used phrases in our field... 👀 Thanks for having me, @gatescambridge.bsky.social!

We're looking for parents who can help shape our research plans, focusing on the needs of siblings when a young person has an eating disorder. Please click the link or scan the QR code to learn more and get involved! 🌻💭 psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We’re at @wellcometrust.bsky.social for the launch of the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets - a free online platform that maps longitudinal datasets around the world🌎 @larseneault.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social 🔗https://atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk/ #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets

I just did a post about this paper from @emmasoneson.bsky.social @minafazeloxford.bsky.social et al - sharing the key messages IMO on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/posts/maria-...

📣 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)

Social jetlag = the mismatch between social & biological time ✈️😴 Our new @oxwell.bsky.social study of ~20K #children & #adolescents shows an average jetlag of ~2 hrs 🕑 . ⬆️ jetlag was associated w/ weekend bedtime setting 🛌, & #socialmedia use 📱 and #gaming 🎮 before #sleep Read more below 👇

🚨Just published! Our umbrella review of health outcomes following traumatic brain injury is live in Nature Mental Health (open access). 24 systematic reviews and meta-analyses covering 31M participants. Suggests long-term treatment is important after TBI.🧵https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00356-5

New @oxwell.bsky.social study out today puts the #youthvoice centre stage in understanding the availability, accessibility & acceptability of #mentalhealth support in the UK. PRESS RELEASE ➡️ www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/radical... ARTICLE ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Implications for designing systems that meet young people's needs & expectations incl. 👨‍👨‍👦 'supporting the supporters' = informal networks YP turn to most 💷 thinking carefully about how we allocate limited resources 🏳️‍⚧️ designing support for & with groups not optimally served by current systems

*Networks of care for the modern adolescent* 🫶🌻 In our new paper, we combine a #network approach + applied research lens to explore where #youngpeople are accessing #mentalhealth support & how helpful they find it. w/ Simon R White & @minafazeloxford.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Lots of celebrations this week, incl.: 👉 a Secret Santa Sock Exchange 🔁🧦 👉 the Departmental Christmas Party (a screening of 'Paddington in Peru'!) 🐻🇬🇧 👉 a team murder mystery event at Oxford Castle 👀🏰 We also said 'bye for now' to Shona, our lovely group administrator who's off to go have a baby 👶

Yaaaay @amalieschumann.bsky.social 💃

Today @minafazeloxford.bsky.social & @emmasoneson.bsky.social journeyed to London to join colleagues from around the country for a meeting of the Adolescent Health Study. Our team is excited to help shape this major study & ensure it keeps #mentalhealth at its heart!

Mornin’! Been lurking in the background for a while and thought it was about time that I posted! Quick intro. I am passionate about improving young people’s mental health, and am setting up a mental health research network in schools across England (wisdom.mhid.org.uk). Happy to hear about you all!

Public mental health starter pack: please take a look, share, recommend others or ask to join! go.bsky.app/7edo6At

Please keep suggesting additions! I’ve now broadened out to be inclusive of all working in the school mental health space (not just researchers) to try and facilitate new/more links 🙂 #schools #mentalhealth #edusky #medsky #psychsky

RESEARCHERS & PRACTITIONERS IN SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH 🏫📚🧠 to complement the lovely general C&A MH lists from @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social (go.bsky.app/mJXZrD) & @olademk.bsky.social (go.bsky.app/KSGUBYg) Hoping this will be primarily crowd-sourced, so please tell me who to add: go.bsky.app/5EXucz1

Other epi disciplines already have their lovely starter packs, so for establishing parity of esteem, here comes the psychiatric epidemiology starter pack 👇 go.bsky.app/ADVqVyp Please nominate other people to grow our ranks ☺️

A reminder to please consider voting for Jan Royall in the @universityofoxford.bsky.social Chancellor elections! Among many other wonderful qualities, Jan blends a healthy respect for tradition (important in a place like Oxford!) with a forward-facing vision for what this place can & should be ✨

🌟 We're Hiring! 🌟 My team is looking for a Research Coordinator to support our portfolio of research activities. If you thrive organising complex projects and managing a range of activities, this is the role for you. 📢 More information: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49152/ 📄 Apply by: 29th November 2024

This starter pack for child and adolescent mental health is continuing to grow! It’s wonderful finding people here. Please do let me know if you think there is someone (including you!) that could be added. go.bsky.app/KSGUBYg

This is thought provoking and provides fantastic (co-produced!) recommendations. A must read for researchers working with trans & gender diverse individuals

This! So many participants I have worked with have said that they just want us to try - that effort itself will be so valued, even if we get it wrong.

Created this child and adolescent mental health starter pack!! Please let me know who else (yourself or others) should be included🥰 go.bsky.app/mJXZrD

Good morning. Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.

*NEW PUB: Making the most of imperfect gender data* Adolescent research must reflect today’s evolving gender landscape, especially for trans & gender diverse (TGD) young people. Our new Perspective outlines how to work with existing, imperfect data 🧵 mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/27/1...

*FUNDED* PhD opportunity with me & wonderful Oxford Brookes/Oxford Health BRC colleagues (Drs Johnny Collett & Ben Weedon) to use OxWell data to inform #PublicHealth approaches to #PhysicalActivity 🏃‍♂️🧘‍♂️🏊 Apply by 8th April! www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/rese...

Out today in Epidemiology & Psychiatric Sciences! We used data from the OxWell Student Survey to explore #mentalhealth help-seeking among young people w/ experience of #adversity. 🗝️ messages below... (with M Fazel, SR White, E Howarth, T Ford & PB Jones) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Great to see our paper on the social determinants of mental (ill) health out in the latest issue of World Psychiatry. Tackling the #SDoH is essential for improving #mentalhealth & social justice must be central to this approach. Read free here ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...