Bureaucratic ? Beauracratic? Bureacratic?

Great to discuss the research opportunities for making use of social capital & community faith leaders in Pakistan to improve mental health outcomes and dismantle stigma with Onaiza

Solidarity with all striking junior doctors today!! (Especially @DavidJHobden who never misses a chance to show off his arms, pictured below) It’s clear to everyone who knows a medic that this strike is because of dedication, passion & care for keeping the NHS safe & free

This is Rosie Duffield, a Labour MP, liking a tweet that contains Holocaust revisionism. Trans people and gay people were sent to die in concentration camps by the Nazis. This is a historical fact, and it is disgusting that a sitting Labour MP would approve of its denial.

NEW PAPER: Lauren Jerome & colleagues have published a conceptual review of solution focused approaches in adult mental health research. Despite 50 years of development these approaches have remained remarkably consistent & coherent frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

A new publication from some researchers on the TACK team- a useful conceptual framework of solution focused approaches (including DIALOG+) used in adult mental health research. Check it out below

There's a general belief in psychiatry that people with depression have an overall negative appraisal of life, across the board. This meta analysis shows that there are key variations across domains, and these should be explored in treatment. Latest paper from myself & colleagues

Beautiful morning for a park run Crystal Pal parkrun

VACANCY: The Remote DIALOG+ Study study are looking for an experienced Research Assistant to join the team to help them deliver a feasibility trial. Applications close on the 5th November. Apply here: qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies…

Senior researcher and programme manager Dr Phil McNamee presented the final programme update for the TACK Study at our unit Monday seminar this week. What a treat! The study results, following 6 years of work, are soon to be published - watch this space! #depression #dialog+

New paper just published- a really interesting dissection of individual domain scores on a quality of life scale, across psychosis, depression and anxiety.

Good thread on why yet another Labour U-turn is not only short-sighted but a missed opportunity to inspire hope in the electorate

New survey paper looking at service users with psychosis ability to access remotely delivered care out now in Frontiers in Digital Health. Interesting insights about preference for hybrid models in this population & what some encouraging factors may be. Digital paranoia remains a barrier.

Great to be out doorknocking with Harriet Harman this morning to get Luke Murphy MP elected and to turn Basingstoke red for the first time ever !

Today ENMESH mental health Conference Phil & Agnes from the TACK Study & SCENE Study, respectively, were joined by colleagues from City University to host a symposium discussing resource orientation in mental health care. Great session with some great questions from the audience

I have made the leap 🦋 bsky.app/profile/philmc…

Today was the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health’s annual QMUL Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health festive bake-off/Christmas jumper day. A huge THANK YOU to all those that took part

[4/8] 🦆The TRANSFORM team Nikhil Mayor Fran Rawlins Alexander Light Dr Phil McNamee Imperial Prostate Social Psychiatry helped supporters of all ages understand how we’re working to find the best way to screen men for #ProstateCancer. 🔗prostatecanceruk.org/research/trans…

We are shocked & appalled to read of appalling racist abuse of our colleagues at Prostate Cancer UK There is no stronger illustration of why our charter asserts that supporting male health & wellbeing demands that we oppose racism, prejudice & discrimination. thirdsector.co.uk/charity-facing…