Natalia Kika
@nataliakika.bsky.social
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PhD Researcher at the University of Bath | Developing an online intervention for parents of teens with low mood 💻 | Digital mental health | Co-production
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We're incredibly excited to launch BRIDGE - a community initiative led by Incubator alumni that connects UK #mentalhealth early career #researchers with the Global South!
⏰ Applications are OPEN until 9 JUNE.
For more info & to apply, visit the page below 👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/bridge/
⏰ Applications are OPEN until 9 JUNE.
For more info & to apply, visit the page below 👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/bridge/
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Maria Loades
@marialoades.bsky.social
· May 14
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Ola Demkowicz
@olademk.bsky.social
· Mar 8
We talk a lot about why adolescent girls report more low mood and anxiety, and why this might be getting worse.
But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know.
So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
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But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know.
So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
1/8
Adolescent girls’ explanations of high rates of low mood and anxiety in their population: a co-produced qualitative study - BMC Women's Health
Background From early adolescence, girls face greater risk of experiencing low mood and anxiety relative to boys, with recent evidence that this may be worsening. There is a paucity of mental health r...
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Natalia Kika
@nataliakika.bsky.social
· Feb 7
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Natalia Kika
@nataliakika.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Natalia Kika
@nataliakika.bsky.social
· Jan 22
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Ola Demkowicz
@olademk.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Natalia Kika
@nataliakika.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Excited to share our new review on PPI with young people in mental health research, including recommendations for how to conduct co-production and co-design! We also have a response from two young people with experience of collaborating on mental health research. Link to the paper below
JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library
Involving young people with lived experience in youth mental health research is important. The current review examined this question and identified common practices for collaborating with experts by ...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Natalia Kika
@nataliakika.bsky.social
· Dec 9
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Maria Loades
@marialoades.bsky.social
· Dec 8
<em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health</em> | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library
In their paper, Birrell et al. (Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2025) are rightly concerned about the future of universal school-based mental health interventions. They highlight the successes an....
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Natalia Kika
@nataliakika.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Natalia Kika
@nataliakika.bsky.social
· Dec 7
My research group, based at the University of Bath, is spotLight on Adolescent Mood Problems (LAMP). We are working on improving access to evidence based mental health help for young people (age 13-25).