Overall, @DrRanjanaDas & Paul Hodkinson conclude there are grounds to be both optimistic and yet cautious about the potential for digital health in supporting mums & dads with perinatal mental health struggles Surrey Uni Mental Health Health Sciences Surrey Uni of Surrey CPE #mentalhealthconf4all

Sarah Arnold shared her experiences of post-partum psychosis: having her baby with her during the recovery period was vital, and expressing breast milk to have option to resume breast feeding at a later stage. Surrey Uni Mental Health Health Sciences Surrey Uni of Surrey CPE #mentalhealthconf4all

Dr Louise Moore @childsocpol of The Children's Society shares findings from 2019 Good Childhood Report, exploring relationships between subjective well-being indicators and mental health amongst 11,000 14 year-olds. Surrey Uni Mental Health Health Sciences Surrey Uni of Surrey CPE #mentalhealthconf4all

Sharing her experiences of her two sons being diagnosed with different types of ADHD is Heather RNC CCN QN 💙, who found the path to diagnosis to be a long and winding one indeed. Surrey Uni Mental Health Health Sciences Surrey Uni of Surrey CPE #mentalhealthconf4all

Heather's journey to reach #ADHD diagnosis for her children was unexpectedly negative; more needs to be done to promote the strengths that children with ADHD can have. It has been a steep learning curve and a constant fight for needed support Surrey Uni Mental Health #mentalhealthconf4all

Rachael, User Voice & Participation Team, & Ed, #CAMHS youth advisor member Surrey County Council News give a broad overview of their work with children & young people inc with #SEND to inform Surrey County Council services for these groups Surrey Uni Mental Health Health Sciences Surrey #mentalhealthconf4all

Next up at #mentalhealthconf4all Dr Wendy Grosvenor shares her experiences of working with nursing students and people living with #dementia in the Time For Dementia project. Students developed a new way of seeing dementia through this part of their nursing training. Surrey Uni Mental Health

Hennie Goodman talks about her research exploring effective de-escalation in high security services e.g. Broadmoor, where assaults on patients and staff are frequent - under-researched and undersupported group #mentalhealthconf4all Surrey Uni Mental Health Health Sciences Surrey

Giving us just a glimpse of the world view experienced during cannabis-induced psychosis is Ad Gridley, sharing his vivid memories of the paranoia and delusions he grappled with as a result of strong cannabis use. #mentalhealthconf4all Surrey Uni Mental Health Health Sciences Surrey

Speaking next, about supporting women living with severe mental illness to participate in cervical screening, is @FredLamGodwin, presenting an informed choice leaflet coproduced with service users, funded by @JoTrust #mentalhealthconf4all Surrey Uni Mental Health Health Sciences Surrey

Huge range of talks here at #mentalhealthconf4all, @josieujenkinson at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation presents her research focusing on development of NHS Maudsley continuing care service for older people with complex #mentalhealth needs Surrey Uni Mental Health Health Sciences Surrey

And closing off #mentalhealthconf4all is @alismithjohns talking about the introduction of Schwartz Rounds at Health Sciences Surrey to support the #mentalhealth and wellbeing of our student healthcare professionals. Surrey Uni Mental Health The HCPC Nursing and Midwifery Council

That closes the Twitter coverage of our Mental Health through the Lifespan conference #mentalhealthconf4all - a starter for 10 on a variety of different, important topics in #mentalhealth, thank you to our great speakers Follow Surrey Uni Mental Health to stay up to date on our MH research!

Well done Dr Grosvenor. Very interesting work which found positive learning outcomes for #students taking part in #time4dementia - #wholesight #mentalhealthconf4all #impact

Ethnic minority women face more barriers to seeing their GP cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cance… Great work from @EmilyWi11iams @Katriina01 and Laura Marlow Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK

New study @CancerPrev_KCL in collaboration with University of Surrey showing women from ethnic minority backgrounds face more barriers to seeing their GP with potential cancer symptoms: bit.ly/2QaniVK BBC Surrey Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK Health Sciences Surrey #Inequality #psychology

‘Ethnic minority women face more barriers to seeing their GP’ New research from Health Sciences Surrey in collaboration with @CancerPrev_KCL and Cancer Research UK reports ow.ly/TuQT50x8xIS @Katriina01 @EmilyWi11iams Marianne Coleman

And indeed our paper out this week highlights prominent emotional barriers experienced by women from many ethnic groups to seeking help about potential cancer symptoms from their doctor @CancerPrev_KCL @Katriina01 @EmilyWi11iams Surrey Media Team onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

The debate format was shocking, not enough time to thoroughly answers, the forced handshake and the Xmas present question was cringy and unnecessary & CCHQ renaming themselves 'FactCheck UK' was absolutely deplorable. #ITVDebate. Okay rant over - back to maps and polls ☺️

Happy to support Surrey NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme with a drop in session for staff and students at MySurrey Hive on Thursday 12 December 12-3pm VP Community Health Sciences Surrey Marianne Coleman #beatdiabetes #surreynhs