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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · Aug 11

Happy birthday to Jah Wobble. Here's Visions of You featuring Sinéad O'Connor, filmed for Going Live in 1992.
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Jah Wobble - Visions of You (Going Live 1992 BBC Children's TV)

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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London @arc-southlondon.bsky.social · Aug 5

The GABI study is exploring the experiences of those who give birth under general anaesthetic.

Could you or someone you know help improve maternity care by taking part in this valuable research? 👇

qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

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Alex Pike @alexandrapike.bsky.social · Jul 21

Come work with us! The department is full of very talented and clever people, who are also great fun to chat science with. PLUS imaging facilities, great students, and a growing mental health institute led by the fab @sacairney.bsky.social. Aidan is alright too, I guess.

Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · Jul 21

2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!

#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs

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Jobs - The University of York

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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · Jul 21

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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · Jun 10

It's an ace scheme and it means that anyone can borrow the book and others from a library:

📚 Free to borrow from your local library browse online: readingagency.org.uk/reading-well/families
#NewParents #MentalHealthMatters #ParentingSupport

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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · Jun 10

I'm delighted that our book Break Free from Maternal Anxiety is part of @readingagency’s #ReadingWell for families book collection! Designed to support parental mental health and wellbeing in pregnancy and beyond, find out more about the scheme here 👉 readingagency.org.uk/reading-well 📚

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Hamilton Morrin @hamiltonmorrin.bsky.social · Jun 7

🧵1/ New research alert! Our preprint is out: the largest study to date exploring neuropsychiatric and mental health outcomes in women with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). What did we find? A lot, and it matters.
📄https://ssrn.com/abstract=5263136
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · May 24

Well done arsenal women champions of Europe ⚽️🏆

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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London @arc-southlondon.bsky.social · May 7

The GABI study is exploring the experiences of those who give birth under general anaesthetic.

This #WorldMaternalMentalHealthDay, could you or someone you know help improve maternity care by taking part in this valuable research? 👇

qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Take Part in the GABI Study

YouTube video by NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South London

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Maternal Mental Health Alliance @mmhalliance.bsky.social · May 6

14 years ago, the MMHA began with a simple call: "More needs to be done!"

From 15 organisations to 130+ members, we’re working together to make equitable, compassionate #PerinatalMentalHealth care a reality for all mums, birthing people, babies & families. 💜

#MMHAW25

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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · May 4

These are terrible stats to read

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Toshi Furukawa @toshi-frkw.bsky.social · Apr 30

🚨 Just out in Nature Medicine: the RESiLIENT study (n=3,936; 9 CBT-based arms vs 3 controls)
📱 Massive RCT of smartphone-delivered CBT skills
It challenges major assumptions in psychotherapy research.
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵Three key insights:

Cognitive behavioral therapy skills via a smartphone app for subthreshold depression among adults in the community: the RESiLIENT randomized controlled trial - Nature Medicine

A trial that used a master randomized design found that the skills commonly found in smartphone-based cognitive behavioral therapy, when tested alone or in combination with behavioral activation, were...

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margaretheslin1.bsky.social @margaretheslin1.bsky.social · Apr 28

32% of people do not have their HIV diagnosis recorded in their mental health records!

New paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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Recording of HIV diagnosis in mental health records: A data linkage cohort study

Background Mental health professionals play a crucial role in promoting the physical well-being of people with mental illness. Awareness of HIV status can enable professionals in mental health service...

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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · Mar 20

Today, OXPIP's founder Sue Gerhardt launches her new book "1001 days: How Our First Years Shape our Lifelong Health".

We're giving away one free copy chosen at random from the people who retweet one of our social media posts by 8th April.

Available to purchase from today.

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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London @arc-southlondon.bsky.social · Mar 20

New ARC South London research will explore the experience of giving birth under general anaesthetic.

arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/research-and...

Text on a blue background reads: "Birth is an important, life changing event and most women and birthing people are awake when they have their baby and can hold and bond with their babies.

However, in the UK, approximately 6000 women and birthing people every year require a caesarean section with general anaesthetic, meaning they are not awake when they give birth. The GABI study aims to explore the mental health and bonding

experiences of those who require a general anaesthetic or Intensive Care Unit admission." There is an image of parents holding their newborn baby.

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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · Mar 14

Well that was all rather impressive. Fantastic research going on in this area

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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · Mar 13

very excited to be speaking as part of this important event!

London PTB 2025 @ptb2025.bsky.social · Mar 9

Looking forward to inspiring speakers on preterm birth next week including Baroness Wyld, a former member of the House of Lords Committee on Preterm Birth!

In person tickets now sold out but virtual tickets can be purchased here

estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...

UK National Preterm Birth Conference 2025 | King's College London eStore

The UK preterm birth conference is an annual national meeting of both clinicians and researchers, across the multidisciplinary team, where novel approaches

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Dr Andy Mayers @drandymayers.bsky.social · Feb 14

Have you seen this great interactive map of grassroots #PerinatalMentalHeath services in England for parents & professionals created by @hmpartnership.bsky.social
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@mmhalliance.bsky.social @pmhpuk.bsky.social @lucianaberger.bsky.social @dadmattersuk.bsky.social @ellieware.bsky.social

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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · Mar 7

Almost 100% of women will experience perinatal intrusions... intrusive thoughts and images of accidental child-related harm.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Perinatal intrusions: A window into perinatal anxiety disorders

Mental health is the leading cause of preventable perinatal maternal mortality. Studying perinatal intrusions can shed light on determinants of maternal mental health.

www.science.org

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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · Mar 6

I’m doing some perinatal OCD upskilling training later this month >> pearlperinatal.com/courses/cbt-...

CBT for Perinatal OCD With Dr Fiona Challacombe - The Pearl Institute of Perinatal Psychology

Perinatal OCD is one of the most common mental health issues during the perinatal period, affecting up to 7% of women and many non-birthing parents. The

pearlperinatal.com

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Mar 4

The most extraordinary thing about James Harrison, who donated his rare plasma every 2 weeks for over 60 years and saved the lives of an estimated 2.4 million babies, is that he had to overcome a FEAR OF NEEDLES.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

James Harrison, whose rare blood helped save millions of babies, dies at 88

By donating blood over 1,100 times, James Harrison helped develop Anti-D, a life-saving treatment for newborns at risk of Rhesus disease

www.independent.co.uk

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Feb 28

#academicsky #philsci
British Academy looking for clever stuff

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Feb 28

How do we respond to these times of global disorder? We are offering £2,500 for discussion papers of around 4,000 words on this topical theme. Deadline for proposals: 14th April. Please pass on to interested networks
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...

Call for Discussion Papers: Global (Dis)Order

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Dr Chris DJ Taylor @chrisdjtaylor.bsky.social · Feb 15

Please retweet: @babcpjournals.bsky.social Spring Conference In Person 8th-9th April, London. Keynotes: Prof Lance McCracken (Uppsala) ACT for Pain, Associate Prof Janet Feigenbaum (UCL) on DBT, Dr Pamela Jacobsen (Bath) on Mindfulness & Dr Mary Welford on Compassion:Info👇 babcp.com/Spring-Confe...

BABCP | British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies > Conferences > National Conferences and Workshops > Spring Conference & Workshops 2025

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TOPIC Research Team @topicgroup.bsky.social · Jan 28

📣📣📣 If you are in the ÙK and working
up a mental health research fellowship application this could be just what you need!
Please share widely ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Mental Health Research Incubator @mhrincubator.bsky.social · Jan 28

Applications for our first 2025 Writing Retreat are OPEN!

The retreat offers structured and focused writing time, & guidance from senior colleagues and fellowship panel members on how to write a good application and sell it to the funder.

Apply now! 👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/writing-retr...

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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social · Jan 26

If you’ve not read the story before, I promise you, you cannot guess, at any point in the thread, the set of circumstances that leads to this point

sixthformpoet fan account @sixthformpoet-fan.bsky.social · Jan 26

I explained and she said ok that’s weird but quite sweet. I said thanks, yes it is a bit weird and oh god I ASKED HER OUT FOR A DRINK. Incredibly, she said yes. Two years later she said yes again when I asked her to marry me because that is how I met my wife.

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