Free online seminar - Co-Developing School-Based Approaches to Identify and Treat #Depression in #Young People. Info and sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-developin…

In this Annual Research Review, Tina Gupta, PhD et al. explore #Puberty and the development of #Anhedonia , considering childhood adversity and inflammation, and suggest directions for future research.

Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health members can read the full paper to learn more. bit.ly/3TBvdvv

Every year, for the last 5 years, we've been publishing blogs written by masters students on the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience Mental Health Studies MSc.

This week we'll be publishing 5 more award-winning blogs! Congratulations to the students 🥳

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Dάfni 🌸

Please share with your networks!

Helping parent's with low mood is a public priority; we need to find scalable & effective interventions.

Young parents are often overlooked & struggle to access the right support. Please help us see if our new treatment package could help.

Don't miss our upcoming webinar on 'Adolescent issues for #Autistic teenagers - Prof. Tony Attwood', 20 June 9am UK

It should interest all #MentalHealth professionals, & particularly #Parents & those that support autistic children & young people. bit.ly/3IOVdgJ

#Autism

'There are certain red and green flags to look out for when you are seeing a healthcare professional'

Our Agency Young People's Advisory Group share their experiences, advising others about how to assert agency and get the best from mental health care: youtube.com/watch?v=dGTSOD…

Today, PhD students from the Wolfson Institute of Population Health and QMUL Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health organised a writing retreat for themselves. They set intentions, supported each other to focus and then reported back on their progress! Good work was done all round 🙌

Work with our lovely team on the ESRC-funded CREATE study. Co-create a protocol for delivering arts-therapy to children and young people who have experienced victimization through illegal employment and exploitation in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. 7 May! qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies…

A few weeks left to apply for the below. Anna Freud offer an excellent paid internship program. This year one space will be held for a care-experienced person (someone who spent time in the UK care system, eg foster care). Check it out if you’re interested in child mental health.

Can anyone suggest a book to support a nursery child understand the loss of a grandparent? #eyfs

New paper w interesting results from short online gamified training on mental health for teachers.

Led to better identification of problems but no change in referrals to other services - highlighting that better understanding might enable more in-house supports & containment

Today Children & Young People's Mental Health Coalition and Centre for Mental Health published a new report exploring mental health and school attendance.

Check it out here 👇
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#NotInSchool

Great to hear The APPLE-Tree Study process evaluation findings from Ellie Whitfield at ADI in Krakow! participants valued the intervention, trial results in 2025 NIHR PRU in Dementia and Neurodegeneration QM QMUL Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health christine carter

Work with our lovely team on the ESRC-funded CREATE study. Co-create a protocol for delivering arts-therapy to children and young people who have experienced victimization through illegal employment and exploitation in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. 7 May! qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies…

Douglas Badenoch Mental Health at the University of Edinburgh Youth Resilience Unit West Ham United Foundation Daniel Smith Sumeet Jain Anna Chiumento Robyn Thomas Angus MacBeth Laila Rajani Dr Jessica Campbell Dr Maria Gardani 🧘‍♀️🇬🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ScotSMART CSO(Health)Scotland JAMA Psychiatry David Gillanders Marie Curie Autumn Roesch-Marsh🌻💙🧡 The Binks Hub SASW Scottish Poetry Library Iona Beange Mona Sepulvado Our closing session at #EMH2024 is particularly relevant to this interdisciplinary event:

Research as Healing: Building Community as Methodology

with Dr Iona Beange Iona Beange, Bobby Sayers, Josie Tothill, Federica Cologna Federica Cologna, Jogob Sarr & Sarah Norman

Douglas Badenoch Mental Health at the University of Edinburgh Youth Resilience Unit West Ham United Foundation Daniel Smith Social prescribing has an increasingly important role.

As far as possible we should aim to give people agency in managing their own situations.

#EMH2024

Douglas Badenoch Mental Health at the University of Edinburgh Youth Resilience Unit These insights are helping the team collaborate with NHS, local authorities and charities such as @WHUfoundation to develop social prescribing interventions for #loneliness

A great overview of an interdisciplinary approach, including cognitive science and social programmes.

We are currently doing the first year follow up on this five year study on #resilience in primary schools in East London #EMH2024

Douglas Badenoch Mental Health at the University of Edinburgh Youth Resilience Unit Working with people with lived experience, Jennifer's team co-produced a training session to provide CBM.

Their feasibility study showed that the intervention was acceptable to participants and may improve #loneliness

#EMH2024

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Douglas Badenoch Mental Health at the University of Edinburgh Youth Resilience Unit What do young people say about #loneliness ?

One thing is that there is a lack of formal pathways for seeking help.

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#EMH2024