Really enjoyed contributing to this Mental Elf blog - give it a read below!

Mental disorders start early and vary across the lifespan: it’s time to pay attention to the whole person, and less to the diagnosis #IoPPNfestival elfi.sh/32S0DT2

CW self-injury: Happy (almost) bank holiday weekend everyone! The SIBL study ended recruitment a while ago and we're now able to share our results. The study aimed to increase understanding into why bisexual people are at a greater risk of self-injury. Here's what we found🧵

Thrilled to see our second Mental Elf blog we wrote as part of our journal club out today! So fitting as we return to UCL campus for our first F2F journal club for the UCL Mental Health Sciences MScs ! Check it out below!

Loved writing our 2nd Mental Elf blog with my fellow Sarah Rowe study members! Check it out below

Online sharing of self-harm–related images amongst young people: a cause for concern? elfi.sh/2SV8Hkt

Brief interventions for people diagnosed with a personality disorder #BIGSPD21 elfi.sh/3cEUXRP

Fantastic blog on the impact of COVID-19 on people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, their families and carers. Great work by our UCL Mental Health Sciences MScs students. Worth a look nationalelfservice.net/learning-disab… Afia Ali Angela Hassiotis ([email protected]) @UCLPsychiatry

Today a group of students from UCL Mental Health Sciences MScs summarise the evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with intellectual disabilities, their families and the professionals supporting them. elfi.sh/3haVZ9N

New research published in @TheBJPsychby Dr Sarah Rowe, Sarah Rowe @UCLPsychiatry, finds harm minimisation for the management of #SelfHarm is a helpful method for people who self-harm but is seldom used: bit.ly/2Tcgvyw UCL Institute of Mental Health

My PhD study is now recruiting #trans and #nonbinary people to participate in this survey about microaggressions, anxiety, depression, and suicide. please share widely, and follow us for regular updates. If you have any questions, do shoot me a DM or email ([email protected])

An important piece in the BJPsych Journals bulletin about #Exclusion in #MentalHealth services - Magical thinking and moral injury: exclusion culture in psychiatry cup.org/3iJJxiz

We have some more new members of staff join us here NELFT Research & Development over the last month⭐️

Highlighting our study for those who missed it over the past weekend #TransAwarenessWeek #TransAwarenessWeek2021 link in bio for more information. We are seeking trans and non-binary people to participate in a trans-led Economic and Social Research Council PhD project on microaggressions and mental health

One of our Clinical Studies Officers, Annabelle, presented a departmental workshop discussing #personalitydisorders in children & young people. Focusing on the 'uncertainty' around recognition & management & on some of the controversies/ criticisms of such a diagnosis.

Today one of our Clinical Studies Officers, Tom, presented a departmental workshop covering his #systematicreview work on the clinically significant psychological features of delusions in #firstepisodepsychosis.

Not us being 5 away from 1000 😮 on a personal note, I am very very grateful to those who have participated (and those who haven’t or have yet to) I did not expect this response, and I’m feeling humbled by the process. I’m glad the study is resonating 1/2