Join us on Wednesday 6th October 4-5.30 for a workshop on how to build a strong therapeutic alliance online. Everyone welcome! see our website for the zoom link Sussex.ac.uk/spriglab/

Fantastic open-access paper here on PPI in the SlowMo study SloMoTherapy Oxford Psychiatry Sam’s Account Recovery Kathy Greenwood

Great to see how the DecodeME the ME/CFS Study study are putting people with lived experience of #MEcfs at the heart of what they do. Patient and Public Involvement should be central to all research esp where ppl have been marginalised Action for ME Doctors with M.E. #pwME #coproduction #PPI

Recognising also our work on youth engagement sussex.ac.uk/research/proje… with Emmanuelle Peters Paul French Dr Peter Phiri Louise Johns Belinda Lennox Dr Jo Hodgekins 💙 Carl May @carlrmay PPI in Slowmo SloMoTherapy Amy Hardy and u&i kate cavanagh

Congratulations and a huge thank you to Kathy Greenwood, who leads our psychosis SPRiG research theme, for all her continuing work to engage and improve treatments for people with psychosis. This is in recognition of a long list of work! 🙌 NIHR ARC Kent, Surrey and Sussex NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) @NIHRCRN_kss

💎 Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 25 Issue 4 is now available for download here: emerald.com/insight/public… Edited by Rachel Perkins & Julie Repper Julie Repper Emerald Publishing

Thank you again for all your valuable contributions in the last OCD clinic Lived Experience Advisory Panel. From this meeting, we have formulated the following priorities for the LEAP for 2022.

The Lived Experience workforce is growing and varied, with more people than ever employed and trained to explictly draw on their lived and life experience to inform their work, not only as a desirable quality but as an essential requirement of these roles!

Mood & anxiety talk Wed 11 May 4-5pm gmt with David Clark, ‘The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Prog: 14 yrs of evolution & a look to the future’ All welcome. Mood and Anxiety & Eating Disorders joint lab SPFT - No longer in use Join Zoom: universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/96182398475?… Meeting ID: 961 8239 8475 Pass: 210537

We have 4 fantastic therapists, Chris, Anne, Lisa & Sarah offering STAR Therapy Trial therapy in SPFT - No longer in use Psychological Professions SPFT in the next year. This is who might benefit - Referral contacts coming up

📢ALERT📢 We are seeking people to take part in a free coached introductory swim course at Parliament Hill Lido, National Institute for Health and Care Research Be Part of Research funded. No swimming experience is needed, if you would like more information please DM or email. [email protected]🏊‍♀️ Please retweet

"Diverse communities are not ‘hard to reach’ but ‘easy to ignore’". Take a look at our blog where Ria Sunga, Davine Forde, Kirit Mistry and @BortoliS outline the steps researchers can take to build trust and improve ethnic representation their research: nihr.ac.uk/blog/honest-co…

We're gearing up for our #mindfulness conference. The theme: What is #mindful #culture & what role can it play helping organisations & teams thrive? We'll be posting details about the workshops here so watch this space. Find out more. sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/can-mindfulnes…

You can read the paper online here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/he… Special thanks to my wonderful co-authors, Ed Peasgood and Sam’s Account Recovery. And of course, huge thank you to our young research advisors YouthPPICafe 👏 We also have more outputs planned, so stay tuned!👀 4/4

This autumn the #MentalHealthResearchMatters team are sparking a conversation about #MentalHealthResearch. We're kicking off with a webinar on 10th Oct - #WorldMentalHealthDay - about inclusive mental health research that tackles inequalities Book now!👇 bit.ly/inequalities-w…

Couldn’t agree more. Funding is much needed. #brain #spine #tumour

We are delighted to share the news that the Learning Sets will be continuing with bookings now open for 2023! Click here to find out more ➡️ bit.ly/3UcEpUq ✉️ Or email the team on [email protected] imroc.org/why-imroc/inte…

ImROC is expanding its Peer Support Worker Training Team! Inviting expressions of interest from people who have a passion for peer support & who would consider becoming part of the wider ImROC family of Trainers & Consultants. Click here for more info: bit.ly/3EiqyXH

And then that was that. final day SPFT - No longer in use what an amazing ten year journey. So many wonderful people. We got shit done and got so far. So proud of all the wonderful things we did together. thank you for all the hope and opportunity you gave me. 🙋

We're supporting International Day of People with Disabilities: 3rd December 🎗️ Watch Re-Think Disability, a short film that challenges us to rethink our perception of disability and educates us to see ability first. 🎞️ grace-eyre.org/2021/11/11/ret… #idpwd #idpwd2022