Tomorrow night at 7:45 @HarjKA7 and I will be on Akaal TV discussing suicide in the Sikh community. Please join us for what should be a fascinating discussion.

Another proud tutor moment as Hillary Ohagwu presented his research into the experiences of BAME mental health nursing students on placement. RAV Research UoB

I ASK EVERYONE WHO SEES THIS TWEET TO PLEASE RT IT. Tomorrow nurses strike. They will be put through hell by the media, politicians and the establishment. Ahead of the action please share this tweet if you back the nurses and find it sickening that they are being vilified.

Merry Christmas everyone, peace and good will to you all. X

On @MHNursesDay 2023, our group have penned an open letter addressed to Nursing and Midwifery Council and others, to "express dissatisfaction and frustration" with mental health nurse education, and "invoke our democratic right to be heard" #MHNursesDay #MHDeservesBetter nursingtimes.net/opinion/open-l…

RT if you want to nominate & vote for Gary Lineker for 2023 BBC Sports Personality of the Year?

Poster 4 - Substance abuse in the Homeless community : These students interviewed people who are homeless in Birmingham to explore their experiences of substance use. RAV Research UoB Chris Wagstaff Amelia Swift Lucy Kelsall-Knight

Poster 9 - Lahore : These students undertook an analysis of WHO_ASSIST data about substance misuse in the over-50s population in Lahore. RAV Research UoB Amelia Swift Chris Wagstaff Lucy Kelsall-Knight

Pleasure to have published with Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Kris Deering and Lucy Colwell RN (MH) SFHEA making suggestions about changes in mental health nurse education to end from the perpetual cycle of incidents of poor practice. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Do you want to understand more about homeless people’s experience of substance use? Then read this great article. Written with Anna. emerald.com/insight/conten…

A great talk by Olav Nyttingnes documenting the debate within Norway about medication free services. #ECMH2023

I have been to four talks this morning at #ECMH2023. All interesting, all well delivered and, importantly, all with a high degree of academic rigour.

Great study looking at risk behaviours in adolescents in the development of mental illness, plus a brilliant recovery from a slide mishap. #ECMH2023 Lisette

Closing ceremony of the #ECMH2023. As ever a thoroughly enjoyable and impactful conference.

If you are interested in the impact of risk management during the first days of hospital admission then you should read this paper doi.org/10.1111/inm.13… Always a pleasure working with Kris Deering. RAV Research UoB

Second career keynote delivered (hopefully successfully) on the digitalization of mental health services #fkp_unair

New Research: The global psychological and physical effects of domestic abuse and violence on South Asian women: a qualitative systematic review x.com/frontpubhealth… #Harjka7 Chris Wagstaff #RAV

Do you think sensory rooms in PICUs are a good thing? So do we! Please read doi.org/10.20299/jpi.2…. Privilege to have published with Stephanie Haig & NAPICU. #RAV

Brazilian men receiving treatment for substance abuse, who are depressed, are more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviours. #ECMH2024