Many thanks to Dave all on the Dave Fanning show today for a chance to talk about social connection and how much it matters to us. Very enjoyable!

Our last webinar as part of our 2nd Annual Youth Mental Health Research week takes place tomorrow at lunch time. Join us to hear about: ‘Mental Health in Schools - What does the evidence say?’ Prof Jessica Deighton, University College London @nuigPsychology YOULEAD NUIG

Our YOULEAD seminars kick off this week. Dr. Kathryn Abel is first on Monday talking about what we have learned about young people’s mental health from the pandemic @nuigPsychology #youthmentalhealth YOULEAD NUIG

Our 2nd Annual Youth Mental Health Research Week is fast approaching! Join us for a wonderful lineup of speakers each lunchtime Oct 11th- Oct 15th. Register for FREE bit.ly/3zYoEpP. Pls share with colleagues, family, friends & young people who might be interested

Cyclists out in support for the Greenway for Galway organized by Galway Cycling Campaign (Feachtas Rothaíochta na G and #wildatlanticgreenway #barna-galwaygreenway. Let's hope Galway City Council make the right decision today on the trial Greenway from Grattan to Salthill. Businesses need more bikes and safer cycle ways. #iBikeSalthill #kidsonbikes

Opinion piece in the today’s Irish Times by myself and Prof Molly Byrne: Branding young people as ‘Covid delinquents’ is not helpful
via The Irish Times
irishtimes.com/opinion/brandi…

Plz retweet: Two exciting lectureships, both in cognitive neuroscience, now available with the School of Psychology NUI Galway. These posts reflect recent developments in the school and are a great opportunity to work with fantastic people! nuigalway.ie/about-us/jobs #jobfairy

Exciting to have today's planning meeting for the new HRB Psyche program to work alongside the national EIP services in Cork, Sligo and Meath, with Max Birwood, Caroline Heary, David Fowler, Mario Alverez. Science supporting clinical practice.

What worries do young people have about COVID? Results from Cathy Creswell 💙 #youlead

Our third #youlead webinar now on! Over 210 attendees today. Our first speaker - @aioreill giving a very clear account of the effects of COVID on young people attending JigsawYMH - higher anxiety levels in an age cohort already experiencing significant problems.

Important piece from YOULEAD webinar presenter Tony Bates this morning on understanding COVID’s impact on young people, their sense of self, and their mental health: irishtimes.com/opinion/tony-b…

This was one of those interviews that really stuck with me. It offered me a different perspective on disorders that for a long time I had only learnt about in an abstract sense during my undergraduate days. This will be part of a double bill so look out for it. #podcast #WCNeuro

My latest interview was with Gary Donohoe where we discussed both why the genetics behind psychosis and schizophrenia really matter, but also when they don't and when human connection is important in both understanding and treating disorders and disabilities. #podcast #mentalhealth

Well done Giulia Tronchin on your publication in #neuropsychopharmacology nature.com/articles/s4138… @DaraCannon.bsky.social 🧠 NiCog @ResearchatNUIG @NUIGNeuroCentre

Socially stranded teens, mental health & the pandemic: recognising the need for social contact will be key to helping young people cope in the coming weeks & months. By Gary Donohoe @nuigpsychology @nicognuig @NUIGalway IrishResearchCouncil rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

HealthResearchBoard @ResearchatNUIG HRB-TMRN So pleased HealthResearchBoard has given one of these Research Leader’s awards in support of research work in the area of #youthmentalhealth . And very humbled to be the recipient! #earlypsychosis

Congrats to our new HealthResearchBoard research leaders! Great to see the research plans emerge bit.ly/2X3goVs Look forward to seeing the outcomes of their work.

#AN4104 remote online exam and all are successfully started - phew ClinicalNeuroNUIG laurena holleran 🎉

Out today in AJP: Congrats laurena holleran ENIGMA Consortium The Relationship Between White Matter Microstructure and General Cognitive Ability in Patients With Schizophrenia and Healthy Participants in the ENIGMA Consortium | American Journal of Psychiatry ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.11…

NiCog @ResearchatNUIG @nuigPsychology @NUIGNeuroCentre @NUIGalwayPress @DaraCannon.bsky.social 🧠 @NUIGalwayMed