Welcome to the new Twitter account for the DeStress Project previously DeSTRESSProject. Still researching poverty, pathology and pills in low-income communities.

WATCH THIS SPACE.....We are currently finalising an online training resource that will be available to GP practices to explore and improve how they support people experiencing poverty related mental distress. PenARC (NIHR ARC South West Peninsula) ARC North West Coast NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North Thames

If you followed DeSTRESSProject , you will want to follow DeStress2. Exciting things coming up! Improving support for people with poverty-related mental distress is more important than ever. #mentalhealth #CostOfLiving #inequalities destressproject.org.uk

Webinar alert! Join us on 14th September, 11:00-12:30 to hear about our latest work on 'Supporting patients experiencing poverty-related mental distress'. We'll be joined by Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social #healthinequalities NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North Thames PenARC (NIHR ARC South West Peninsula) ARC North West Coast Register: tinyurl.com/4vyrfj2j

Join DeStress2 on 14/09 11-12:30 to hear about their latest work supporting people with poverty-related mental distress. Supported by Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social discussing antidepressants & deprescribing. > Register: tinyurl.com/4vyrfj2j NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North Thames ARC North West Coast #healthinequalities

I feel like we've achieved a lot with DeStress2 over the last 2 years & had real impact in the GP practices we've worked with on supporting patients with poverty-related mental distress. Learn more at this webinar on 14 Sep: eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-supp… NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North Thames UCLPartners

How can patients living with poverty-related mental distress be better supported within primary care? Hear findings from the DeStress project at our webinar. 14th September, 11:00-12:30 #mentalhealth #healthinequalities NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North Thames PenARC (NIHR ARC South West Peninsula) ARC North West Coast tinyurl.com/4vyrfj2j

Fascinating insights into how GPs are approaching poverty-related distress in a demedicalised way with the DeStress2 Looking forward to talking in a few minutes about evidence for antidepressants and safe deprescribing

Thank you to everyone who tuned into the DeStress2 webinar today! We heard from Dr Felicity Thomas, some of our community partners, Phillip, Ralph and Debbie and Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social. The recording will be made available next week for people who missed it #mentalhealth #primarycare

Watch the full DeStress webinar 'Supporting patients experiencing poverty-related mental distress' here: youtu.be/_XzBdO0V1Qo?si… @wcceh Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social

How to support patients experiencing poverty-related mental distress: Read about how we developed and evaluated a training resource for GP practices sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thanks for the feedback on our paper sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In response to the Prime Minister’s announcement that the General Election will take place on Thursday 04 July 2024. We are calling on all parties to prioritise the prevention of mental ill-health and recognise there is no health without mental health. shorturl.at/Okm2J

There are patients currently being diagnosed with psychotic conditions for reporting known symptoms of protracted antidepressant withdrawal to doctors because doctors are poorly informed about this condition. A travesty.

newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0… Interesting to read that the Beyond Pills All Party Parliamentary Group report published last month calls for an increasing focus on social interventions, as discussed in our training for GP practices.