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Verena Hinze @hinzeverena.bsky.social · 2d

So pleased to see this one out! :)

Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · 2d

New paper from my group, led by Carolina Guzman Holst

This is a secondary analysis of data from the high-quality MYRIAD trial, a universal school-based mindfulness intervention

Summary below (🧵)

acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Adolescents' trajectories of mental health in the MYRIAD trial

Abstract
Background
This study explored adolescent's mental health trajectories over the course of a school-based mindfulness-based intervention trial (MYRIAD). It examined whether intervention condition (mindfulness vs. teaching-as-usual), individual-level and contextual-level factors were associated with different trajectories.

Methods
This pre-registered study used data from 11- to 14-year-olds who participated in the MYRIAD trial. We used growth mixture models to examine distinct trajectories in risk for depression, social-emotional-behavioural functioning, and wellbeing (co-primary outcomes), and anxiety (secondary outcome), across pre-intervention, post-intervention and 12-month follow up (ns = 7198–7727). We then used multinomial and binomial logistic regression models to examine factors associated with individual trajectory membership.

Results
Distinct trajectories emerged for each outcome: A five-trajectory model best explained the changes in risk for depression, whilst four-trajectory models best explained changes in social-emotional-behavioural functioning, wellbeing, and anxiety. While 69%–80% of adolescents followed stable low-problem trajectories for each outcome, 11%–23% experienced stable high-problem trajectories, 2%–16% experienced increasing-problem trajectories and 1%–5% experienced decreasing-problem trajectories. Receiving the mindfulness intervention was not associated with any mental health trajectory in models adjusted for confounders. Several individual-level factors, including executive functioning difficulties and risk of mental health problems at baseline, and school-level factors, such as school climate, predicted adolescents' classification into different trajectories, but they did not vary according to intervention group.

Conclusions
Individual differences in mental health trajectories emerged over the course of a 1-year mindfulness-based intervention, with most adolescents experiencing low-stable problem trajectories for each outcome. However, the intervention itself had no impact on individual trajectory membership, mirroring null results found in the main trial. Our findings suggest that universal interventions may not be sensitive enough to address the diverse needs of all students, however, tailoring interventions to address a range of different individual and contextual factors might maximise their impact.

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚨 New research alert

We applied machine learning to the large MYRIAD trial (84 schools and 8,376 UK teens) to ask:

👉 Which adolescents benefit most from mindfulness delivered in schools?

Bottom line: One-size-fits-all doesn’t work.

Paper link: tinyurl.com/vvpvfunh

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Verena Hinze @hinzeverena.bsky.social · Jun 26

I had such a wonderful time visiting SBRL. Thank you for the warm welcome, inspiring conversations, and the chance to discuss new ideas. Very grateful for the opportunity to connect and learn from you all! :)

Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jun 26

It was great to host @hinzeverena.bsky.social at SBRL this week and to hear more about her important work on chronic pain and suicide and self-harm among youth

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jun 24

Please share!

New partnership with RSABI.

Fully funded PhD scholarship (UK students only): Towards an enhanced understanding of suicide risk among those from agricultural backgrounds.

Supervised by me and @katierobb.bsky.social

Closing date: 21st July 2025

🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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What a 🅿️ain 🅿️odcast @whatapain.bsky.social · Jun 7

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · May 26

A Psychological Approach to Understanding & Preventing Suicide (Free Training)

We’ve developed a suite of learning modules funded by NHS Education Scotland.

The aim of these modules is to get to the heart of this most tragic of human outcomes.

suicideresearch.info/resources/#n...

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · May 20

One in five of the population lives with chronic pain.

In a new Review, authors discuss core principles for psychological pain management and practical advice for how to facilitate pain self-management in clinical practice: tinyurl.com/4fsjcdyc

Figure showing psychological interventions for chronic pain and alterations in neurobiological underpinnings. Copyright: 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved.

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Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social · May 19

With Psychiatry represented in six nominations in the University of Oxford Vice Chancellor's Awards, we are so pleased and proud of all of our finalists. Now the results are in...

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Medical Research Foundation @medresfdn.bsky.social · May 8

This week, @theguardian.com highlights the story of a chronic pain sufferer, who found meaningful relief through therapist-guided emotion management.

Chronic pain can be devastating - that's why we're committed to supporting innovative, life-changing pain research. 🔍

📖 Read more: shorturl.at/P5KF4

Chronic pain sent Jabez into a spiral of despair. Behaviour therapy brought her back

A new study has found that helping sufferers manage their emotions lessens their experience of chronic pain

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Verena Hinze @hinzeverena.bsky.social · May 8

Huge congratulations - Wonderful news!

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The ESM Item Repository @esmrepository.bsky.social · May 5

New blog post! 📣 Ever wanted to do more with your open-text experience sampling items, but were unsure 🤔 how to code the responses? @annalangener.bsky.social & @mariestadel.bsky.social show us how it's done with their new Shiny app for open-text ESM data: esmitemrepositoryinfo.com/blog-posts#M...

Blog posts | ESM Item Repository

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What a 🅿️ain 🅿️odcast @whatapain.bsky.social · Apr 10

Are you an AHP working with children and young people experiencing chronic pain? This three-session course will give you the knowledge and skills to provide effective, evidence-based support. Only £30! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understand...

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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · Mar 28

Jonathan Haidt has written about the potential harms of social media to girls, but what about boys (currently being widely discussed following the Netflix drama 'Adolescence')? This blog from 2023 discusses the tendency of boys to retreat and withdraw

substack.com/@jonathanhai...

Why I'm Increasingly Worried About Boys, Too

Since the 1970s, boys have been pushed away from the real world and pulled into the virtual.

substack.com

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What a 🅿️ain 🅿️odcast @whatapain.bsky.social · Mar 21

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Olivia Kirtley @oliviajkirtley.bsky.social · Mar 18

Come and join @ginettelafit.bsky.social and I in Leuven after SAA to learn about #OpenScience for Experience Sampling/Ecological Momentary Assessment! More details in the post below. Please share! @ambulatory-assessment.org

Olivia Kirtley @oliviajkirtley.bsky.social · Mar 13

Are you heading to @saa2025leuven.bsky.social? Fancy extending your stay in Leuven to learn more about #OpenScience for Experience Sampling Method research with @ginettelafit.bsky.social & I? We are running a one-day course after the conference! More info here: tinyurl.com/334rytta

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Verena Hinze @hinzeverena.bsky.social · Feb 11

📢 Come and join our team!

Willem Kuyken @willemkuyken.bsky.social · Feb 11

Job Opportunity: Research Assistant.
Join our team at the University of Oxford Mindfulness Research Centre to support an #MBCT #RCT study of young people’s mental health.
📍 Based in Oxford, hybrid work available
📆 10-month post, apply by Feb 25!
🔗 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Willem Kuyken @willemkuyken.bsky.social · Feb 11

Job Opportunity: Research Assistant.
Join our team at the University of Oxford Mindfulness Research Centre to support an #MBCT #RCT study of young people’s mental health.
📍 Based in Oxford, hybrid work available
📆 10-month post, apply by Feb 25!
🔗 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · Feb 7

How Accurate & Consistent are Self-Report responses via Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) in Ecological Momentary Assessment & Digital Studies?

Examined in a large EMA study (N = 3,761) w/L. Cloos @bsiepe.bsky.social @marilynpicciri1.bsky.social @eikofried.bsky.social @shirleybwang.bsky.social ... 🧵:

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Feb 6

🆕 Please share

9th Suicide & Self-harm Early & Mid-Career Researchers' Forum

Call for Abstracts

Closing date 31st March.

If you are an early or mid-career researcher working in the field of suicide or self-harm, this conference is for you.

All welcome.

🔗 suicideresearch.info/2024/10/09/9...

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Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social · Feb 4

Hello Bluesky👋

Here at the University of Oxford's Department of Psychiatry, we conduct world-class research into brain and mental health. Our aim is to translate ground-breaking scientific discoveries into benefits for patients.

Follow us for our latest news & more👇
tinyurl.com/yc3dhjmz

picture of the Department of Psychiatry building, people working in a lab, people talking to each other at desks, a group of people holding letters that spell 'psychiatry'

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jan 26

The mind/body revolution: how the division between ‘mental’ and ‘physical’ illness fails us all

New research shows western medicine’s traditional split between brain and body is, in fact, far from clear cut – and could provide a breakthrough for many complex conditions Some years ago Camilla Nord suffered such persistent pain at the site of an old…

www.theguardian.com

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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · Jan 15

Suicide risk is double in people with chronic pain. What can be done to reduce this risk?

In our EJP paper, we found mental defeat a significant predictor of future suicide risk in people with chronic pain
🧪Open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @vivtawfik-mdphd.bsky.social · Jan 12

Great article on the importance and difficulty of treating & understanding chronic pain featuring many wonderful colleagues @robgereau.bsky.social @michelecuratolo.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/m...

Chronic Pain Afflicts Billions of People. It’s Time for a Revolution. (Gift Article)

As many as two billion people suffer from it — including me. Can science finally bring us relief?

www.nytimes.com

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Amy Orben @orbenamy.bsky.social · Jan 8

🚨 My team is hiring an undergraduate intern (UK universities only) - a great opportunity, if I can say so myself!

Please share widely.

Want more info? See here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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