As I've said here before, we do not prevent suicide by "assessing for safety." That's a lawyer's worldview, or an administrator's We prevent suicide by creating a meaningful human connection where patients feel seen, heard, and understood in a relationship where they matter

Great to see our latest paper published in Vaccine. Healthcare professionals knowledge, attitudes and preferences re #varicella and #varicellavaccination available OA here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S02… #chickenpox #chickenpoxvaccine Helen Bedford Nicola Lingley-Heath

Congratulations to Dr Harriet Conniff @DrHConniff, shortlisted in the category ‘act with integrity’ at the Trust awards, hosted by Ranj Singh. Harriet got to thank Ranj in person for his thoughtful and supportive endorsement of her book ‘Psychological Staff Support in Healthcare’

Despite men accounting for 75% of all suicide deaths in UK, there is relatively little research focused on male suicide. In this paper, led by @susie_research we try to right this wrong by setting out research priorities for male suicide risk & recovery psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-05…

(Very) early this morning on their favourite beach. Well… there’s enough dark stuff on here, so why not just be a dog for a bit?

Now, this is genuinely good for my mental health..

I’ve been looking in more detail at the 2023 suicide figures from ONS, published this week. They showed a 6% rise, giving us the highest national rate since 1999. In fact, the detailed picture - by age, sex & where people live - is not simple. Short 🧵 & TW

Just a reminder that following Prof Margie Callanan's retirement, we're looking for someone to help lead our wonderful clinical psychology programme and Institute. Please spread the word 🙏and DM for info. canterbury.ac.uk/about-us/worki…

A sobering fact to start Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week but a critical one that needs highlighting to show how vital the need is for intervention and support at such a crucial stage of life. #MentalHealthMatters #MaternalMentalHealth Maternal Mental Health Alliance

Here Staffs & Stoke NHS Talking Therapies we offer priority access to talking therapy for parents and parents to be during pregnancy and until your baby is a year old If you live in #Staffordshire & need to talk to someone, why not contact us staffsandstoketalkingtherapies.nhs.uk #mmhaw24 #perinatalmentalhealth

I just backed Working on the Frontline on Kickstarter @ CES 🚀 kickstarter.com/projects/fru/w…

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We are excited to launch four new TURAS modules titled ‘A Psychological Approach to Understanding Suicide and Suicide Prevention’ written by Professor Rory O’Connor and Dr Karen Wetherall at Glasgow University. Available on Turas Learn - learn.nes.nhs.scot/64773 Rory O'Connor

New systematic review of studies to test the IMV model led by Kenvil Souza and Susan Rasmussen 🔗tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Nearly 2 years later, we've just remade our website! midpsy.uk

Academic journals are a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

‘National disgrace’: black mothers in England twice as likely to have NHS birth investigated - The Guardian apple.news/Aem9ytju8QbKg6…

Petition: Fund improvements to secondary care community mental health services petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7020…

Forced, false positivity is not leadership. It's denial. 💡

Our manifesto for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election launches today. It outlines three key areas with evidence-based recommendations that should form part of the new Scottish govt's agenda across education health & justice. Because #PsychologyMatters: bps.org.uk/news/psycholog…