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Supporter of arts, humanities and social sciences with a hefty sprinkle of data. Particularly interested in creative health and health inequalities. Big fan of horror and corvids. Enjoyer of beaches and woodlands. Intersectional feminist. She/her. 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Panel for Children's Mental Health Week at #AMHDMshowcase:

"This is my place"
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #ThisIsMyPlace #CMHW2026

Applying research evidence across settings relevant to young people.

11.02.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a peer reviewed book chapter from the Agency projects, funded under #AMHDM. As a team, we thought a lot about what we meant by 'expertise'. Three of us wrote this to articulate some of the key principles. publications.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/45...

11.02.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
The theme: 'This is My Place' 🏫

The Connected Belonging model says schools should support relationships to community, culture, peers - not just teach "grit".

What if wellbeing isn't about individual resilience, but belonging?

#SchoolMentalHealth

🧡 THREAD

12.02.2026 07:41 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good morning! Day 2 of #AMHDMshowcase begins πŸŒ…

Another packed morning of adolescent mental health research insights ahead.

Early Career Researchers are networking in the Trinity Suite – great to see the next generation connecting! @UKRI.org

12.02.2026 09:32 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
ReThink project - The shaping of mental health and the mechanisms of leading to (un)successful transitions for care-experienced young people.

ReThink project - The shaping of mental health and the mechanisms of leading to (un)successful transitions for care-experienced young people.

Eyes down for the afternoon session at #AMHDMshowcase

Now it’s time to hear from Rachel Hiller and Lisa Holmes about the ReThink project - The shaping of mental health and the mechanisms of leading to (un)successful transitions for care-experienced young people.

11.02.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Student Wellbeing | Nurture-U Nurture-U is a national research project aiming to improve student wellbeing and mental health.

Now At #AMHDMshowcase we have Ed Watkins and Jemima Dooley from the Nurture-U project: a whole-university approach to student wellbeing and mental health.

πŸ”— nurtureuniversity.co.uk

11.02.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The ReSET Project – Building resilience through socio-emotional training – Building resilience through socio-emotional training

Now it’s time to hear about the ReSET project @resetproject.bsky.social from Co-PI: Prof Essi Viding from UCL.

This project developed and tested a new school-based preventative mental health intervention for adolescents.

resetproject.co.uk
#AMHDMshowcase

11.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Panel discussion now at #AMHDMshowcase: "Involvement of young people in research – impacts and lessons learned"

Chaired by Vanessa Pinfold from @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social, Dr Alison Penny from @ncb.org.uk, Prof Paul Cooke, and, most importantly, young person advisory group representatives.

11.02.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s time now to hear from one of the 7 major research programmes here today at #AMHDMshowcase.

Our speakers are Prof Chris Hollis and Prof Ellen Townsend from the University of Nottingham who will be telling us about Digital Youth.

11.02.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Calling All Youth Mental Health Colleagues

We are reporting live from the AMHDM Showcase in London on 11-12 February.
  
Don’t miss it!!

Calling All Youth Mental Health Colleagues We are reporting live from the AMHDM Showcase in London on 11-12 February. Don’t miss it!!

🌟 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 🌟
πŸŒ³πŸ„#YouthMentalHealthπŸ„πŸŒ³
πŸ“Showcase Event, 11-12 FebπŸ“

Celebrating 6 years of the Adolescence, Mental Health & Developing Mind programme.

Β£35 million invested
33 research projects

One goal: understanding & improving young people's mental health.

πŸ‘‰πŸ½ #AMHDMshowcase πŸ‘ˆπŸ½

Join us! 🧡

06.02.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Follow #AMHDMshowcase on 11-12 Feb 2026 for a smorgasbord of youth mental health research findings πŸ‘‡πŸ½

@dbadenoch.bsky.social will be reporting live here on Bluesky and @romasaleh.bsky.social will being taking over our Instagram for some youth involvement coverage!

Can't wait πŸ₯°

10.02.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Regulating Emotions: Strengthening Adolescent Resilience

Regulating Emotions: Strengthening Adolescent Resilience

Now at #AMHDMshowcase we will hear from RE-STAR, a multidisciplinary programme.

Regulating Emotions: Strengthening Adolescent Resilience

11.02.2026 11:42 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello and welcome

Day 1 of the #AMHDMshowcase is underway!

Youth researcher Tegan sets the scene and introduces Gill Attrill OBE (Director at @ukri.org) & Prof Eamon McCrory (CEO of @annafreudcharity.bsky.social), former Directors of the Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind Programme

11.02.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I saw mention of this late last year and did not put 2 and 2 together that it was you!!

09.01.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a hand holding a book titled β€˜the autobiography of a super-tramp’ by W.H.Davies.

Photo of a hand holding a book titled β€˜the autobiography of a super-tramp’ by W.H.Davies.

For Christmas presents our theme was β€˜second hand books’ and my first post-festivities read is Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by William Henry Davies

28.12.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s my 34th birthday today. When the heck did that happen?

13.12.2025 18:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of Google search result that says β€˜how to find the moon: 1. Look up: it’s in the sky, often at night but sometimes during the day.’

Screenshot of Google search result that says β€˜how to find the moon: 1. Look up: it’s in the sky, often at night but sometimes during the day.’

Thanks, Google

10.12.2025 22:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Riot Women is an absolute masterpiece

21.11.2025 21:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of the sun setting over Caswell Bay beach

Photo of the sun setting over Caswell Bay beach

My happy place

08.11.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How can we make @nickmohammed.bsky.social as the next James Bond?

06.11.2025 22:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't understand why people are still posting on X. I honestly don't. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

13.05.2025 20:46 πŸ‘ 367 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

Is this what being on acid feels like? #Eurovision2025 #ThisIsSwitzerland

13.05.2025 20:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Croatia’s #Eurovision2025 semi-finals song makes me feel so uncomfortable.

13.05.2025 20:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a Facebook market place post for three ex fairground ride seats in the form of teletubbies. Price Β£275

Screenshot of a Facebook market place post for three ex fairground ride seats in the form of teletubbies. Price Β£275

Stunning is not the word I would use personally.

15.01.2025 13:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street

A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street

A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire

A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire

A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background

A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background

The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree

The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.

These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.

You can follow his remarkable reporting hereπŸ‘‡
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

09.01.2025 12:44 πŸ‘ 51978 πŸ” 14215 πŸ’¬ 785 πŸ“Œ 849
google's ai overview going into detail on what thomas edison, alexander graham bell, and benjamin franklin invented, then saying "A famous female inventor." for five women, then back to describing several more men's inventions

google's ai overview going into detail on what thomas edison, alexander graham bell, and benjamin franklin invented, then saying "A famous female inventor." for five women, then back to describing several more men's inventions

love how google ai goes into detail for all the men, and then for the women, it just goes "eh, some broad"

06.01.2025 01:16 πŸ‘ 818 πŸ” 181 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 11
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New study links hospital privatisation to worse patient care | A new review has concluded that hospitals that are privatised typically deliver worse quality care after converting from public ownership. The study, led by University of Oxford researchers, has been

This is Oxford Uni sharing the Lancet study showing that giving out NHS contracts to private companies is WORSE for patients.

The only motive is profit. Anything else is BS designed to sneak this through.

www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-02...

08.01.2025 07:58 πŸ‘ 803 πŸ” 497 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 43
A screenshot of a social media post by an account named "zuck" with a verified badge, posted 2 hours ago. The post states: "2/ Simplify our content policies and remove restrictions on topics like immigration and gender that are out of touch with mainstream discourse." The post has 326 likes, 43 comments, 27 shares, and 8 other interactions.

A screenshot of a social media post by an account named "zuck" with a verified badge, posted 2 hours ago. The post states: "2/ Simplify our content policies and remove restrictions on topics like immigration and gender that are out of touch with mainstream discourse." The post has 326 likes, 43 comments, 27 shares, and 8 other interactions.

Meta is declaring open season on women, LGBTQ people, and especially trans folks on its platforms the day after they hire a wife beater on their board.

You don't hate Meta enough.

07.01.2025 13:47 πŸ‘ 4865 πŸ” 1413 πŸ’¬ 124 πŸ“Œ 135
National Centre for Creative Health The National Centre for Creative Health will advance good practice and research, inform policy and promote collaboration, helping foster the conditions for creative health to be integral to health and...

Does #arts and #humanities research have things to say about #health? Yes! AHRC is the main funder of Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities, a Β£30m research programme - here's how we can help Build an NHS Fit for the Future...

ncch.org.uk/blog/mobilis...

05.12.2024 07:41 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Creative Health Across the System: ICBs, Hospitals, Public Health, and Combined Authorities
Creative Health Across the System: ICBs, Hospitals, Public Health, and Combined Authorities YouTube video by National Centre for Creative Health

Something powerful to kick-start the new year!
Creative Health Across the System - this short video explainer helps audiences to orientate themselves as to how creative health shows up in four key healthcare contexts! Inspiring leadership & work www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fHH...

02.01.2025 12:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0