Our #ACEs campaign, #TimeToBeKind launches Monday. 👀Watch this space.

A new ESRC IAA scheme to support Queen's University Belfast 🎓 academics using #socialscience research to tackle major societal challenges has been launched. – Read more on the Staff Gateway: qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGat… #LoveQUBstaff

The interaction of genes & environment affects childhood mental health. Relationships that are reliably responsive buffer children from adverse effects of other stressors. Reducing stressors affecting children requires addressing stresses on their families developingchild.harvard.edu/science/deep-d…

Delighted to begin our Research Study evaluating the impact of ‘Trauma Informed Compassionate Schools’-the first NI ‘whole school’ training to overcome impact of ACEs on pupil learning. Huge team effort -Oakgrove IC, Ulster Researchers & Resilio Marie Dunne👏

New study The Lancet Public Health Costs of Adverse Childhood Experiences in N. America and Europe over $1.3 Trillion/year WHO/Europe Public Health Wales Bangor University. More spent preventing ACEs would mean a lot less needed to deal with their consequences. @ACEsTooHigh thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…

AWARE is so grateful to have been invited by The Hatfield House together with Queen's Staff & University of Ulster, to deliver a talk to students about looking after their mental health. Around 60 students came together to encourage one another to prioritise their mental wellbeing!

Have a look at some of #nicas preliminary findings! They make for interesting reading #ACES #acefamily #adversity #depression #anxietyproblems #stress #psychosis

Preventing #AdverseChildhoodExperiences save lives cdc.gov/vitalsigns/ACE… via @CDC

Calling all mental health researchers: our new catalogue of mental health measures is now available to all!! the resource will assist researchers to search for high-quality mental health/wellbeing data. CLOSER Bridget Bryan @syed_aliq cataloguementalhealth.ac.uk #CatalogueMHM

NEW and out now: #AdverseChildhoodExperiences (#ACEs): What we know, what we don't know, and what should happen next: eif.org.uk/report/adverse… ... #earlyintervention #evidence

We must urgently pay attention to what our children are fearing, experiencing and what has been taken away; their normality, stability, access to schools, friends, services. Hints here that family relationships are strained further. This emergency will go on longer than COVID 19

Just added another 6 resources to my covid page. New podcasts, webinars & papers. Will continue adding & creating new resources. Hope they are useful & people can dip in when they want- safehandsthinkingminds.co.uk/covid-anxiety-…

We ran an #EmergingMinds webinar today on supporting young people though lockdown. >200 people joined the webinar & many hundreds more watched on YouTube & tweeted along. Maria Loades gave a great talk on social isolation in young people youtu.be/kNmssQyNSA4 1/3

Read our new paper on how #COVID_19 related anxiety uniquely predicts somatic symptoms in a UK population. UlsterUni Psychology Doctoral College #Covid19UK #mentalhealth

New study The BMJ Growing up with child maltreatment, domestic violence & other #ACEs costs England & Wales £42.8 billion/year in resulting conditions like substance misuse, cancer, mental illness, heart disease and other illnesses over life-course bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/fu…

Today we launch‘Working Together to Promote Mental Wellbeing' with Siobhán O'Neill (she/her) Interim Mental Health Champion. For 5 weeks we focus on Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing. Resources & support available at mindingyourhead.info Info@ pha.site/MentalWellbein… #MentalWellbeingNI2020

What’s in a story? A story has the power to connect, empower, comfort, and provide hope. NEON has the largest Collection of mental health recovery stories worldwide, and we’re still collecting more! Would you like to share your story with us? Visit researchintorecovery.com/donateastory/

Save the date! We’re delighted to announce the return of Transgenerational Trauma Awareness Day! 👇 🗓️ Thurs 15th Dec 2022 💻Join our FREE webinar to hear from a number of key speakers... To find out more and register visit: bit.ly/3giuuyy #TTAD22 #BreakingTheCycle

Today at ECMH Dr Tara O’Neill describing the preliminary findings from the analysis of data on the impact of the Our Generation progs. Excited to see improvements in relationships, resilience, inter-group trust, perspective taking etc. OUR Generation Project SEUPB #PEACEIV 🩵m