🌞Do you know someone with #bipolardisorder living in #Scotland? Our HELIOS-BD project is now live and we're looking for volunteers! Bipolar Scotland Wellcome All the details on our website: heliosbd.com

New paper: Polygenic prediction of major depressive disorder and related traits in African ancestries UK Biobank participants ClinicalBrainScience Edinburgh Neuroscience Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine Institute of Genetics and Cancer Andrew McIntosh susan kanjira Read more here: doi.org/10.1038/s41380…

Very nice systematic review related to interventions targetting the social determinants of mental health. From Dr Jayati Das-Munshi Matthew Hotopf et al. Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience Psychological Medicine Cambridge UP - Psychology & Psychiatry PMID: 38523245 DOI: 10.1017/S0033291724000333

Fab catch up with amazing collabs from University of Bristol and MRC IEU. Loads of cool stuff on mental health, omics, inflammation, population health and EHR. Looking forward to the continued working Golam Khandaker Andrew McIntosh

Great to see so many familiar faces here (with absolutely zero photoshop) We had some wonderful chats about amazing science and future research plans MRC IEU Mental Health at the University of Edinburgh

In the 20 years between 2000-2019, there was no change in the life expectancy gap for people in Scotland with #depression and #bipolardisorder. Things got even worse for people with #schizophrenia (11 years difference in life expectancy). New preprint👇 medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

“Ministers insist they will not be “squeamish” about making money from NHS data as they prepare to change the law to allow researchers and drug companies broader access to medical records.” thetimes.com/article/800ba1…

I treat schizophrenia. This is BS.

*Last Chance to Apply!* We're looking for a new Chair of Metabolic Psychiatry (Reader appointment also considered). Come and join a vibrant #metabolicpsychiatry research and clinical community 👇 elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

In this study, young people shared why they post self-harm images, including expressing pain and seeking help. They also highlighted the need for privacy and consent in using their #data for #research. #BeSeen #MentalHealth bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/7/e… AnnJohn💙

As someone who personally suffers from #endometriosis resulting in previous surgery I really welcome new research into this painful condition for many women. Thank you Nilufer Rahmioglu & Generation Scotland for collaborating #endowarrior

Please do consider joining our lived experience advisory panel for our exciting new research hub in bipolar, psychosis and schizophrenia

Twitter’s full of people trumpeting near zero understanding of English law or of the convictions in respect of the violence of the last 10 days or so. Nor does the US 1st Amendment mean what many (often Americans) seem to think. Frustrated? Maybe this will be some use. A🧵/1.

Elon Musk Dear Mr Musk. I understand that you think you have a handle on the justice system here in the UK. But you don’t: that is clear. If you’d like to speak to someone who understands it, from the point of view of the 3 (arguably 4: sorry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿) different systems, I’d be happy to help.

📊 Curious about how #electronichealthdata links to trials? Our #DataScience Meeting on 24 Oct with MQ will dive into this topic. Perfect for #datascientists and #researchers looking to drive innovation in #mentalhealth! 🌟 eventbrite.co.uk/e/mq-and-datam… #ECRchat

🚨Job Alert🚨 Please repost. We are recruiting two postdocs / SRAs in genetic epidemiology MRC IEU University of Bristol PhD students finishing soon eligible to apply. Closing 29 Sept. bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/

Travelling back to the UK from our 3rd DepGenAfrica meeting at SBIMB in Johannesburg. A very productive, collaborative & happy meeting, supported by the Wellcome

Great opportunity to work with terrific scientists on the interesting topic of Metabolic Psychiatry

The SRAG, the patient and public members of DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research have been amazing and made a huge difference to all the work of the Hub. I was very moved hearing their experiences of working on the project. Listen to Micheal T here- it’s a shared journey.