Barry Coughlan
@barrycoughlan.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Psychology at the National College of Ireland | Visiting Researcher at the University of Cambridge | Interests include youth mental health, children’s social care, and inequalities.
How do we make sense of risk and adversity in child and adolescent mental health services? Do risk and adversity shape diagnostic practices?
In this blog, we reflect on our programmatic research on youth mental health and our collaboration with the wonderful colleagues @ncb.org.uk
In this blog, we reflect on our programmatic research on youth mental health and our collaboration with the wonderful colleagues @ncb.org.uk
At NCB we work in partnership to create & share evidence-informed insights to build better childhoods. Read about our collaboration with the University of Cambridge that creates a new framework to analyse data from children and young people's mental health assessments buff.ly/gIeY7HP
June 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
How do we make sense of risk and adversity in child and adolescent mental health services? Do risk and adversity shape diagnostic practices?
In this blog, we reflect on our programmatic research on youth mental health and our collaboration with the wonderful colleagues @ncb.org.uk
In this blog, we reflect on our programmatic research on youth mental health and our collaboration with the wonderful colleagues @ncb.org.uk
“My view is that the only information we should teach en masse is where a young person should get help, both inside and outside school, if they’re struggling. That’s it.”
Thought-provoking piece about the effectiveness (and harms) of universal mental health supports in school.
Thought-provoking piece about the effectiveness (and harms) of universal mental health supports in school.
I’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools
I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling.
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tinyurl.com/vun92cz7
I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling.
(cont 🧵)
tinyurl.com/vun92cz7
Mental-health lessons in schools sound like a great idea. The trouble is, they don’t work | Lucy Foulkes
All-class therapy sessions don’t help, and may even make matters worse. The evidence shows we need different solutions, says Dr Lucy Foulkes, an academic psychologist at Oxford University
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
“My view is that the only information we should teach en masse is where a young person should get help, both inside and outside school, if they’re struggling. That’s it.”
Thought-provoking piece about the effectiveness (and harms) of universal mental health supports in school.
Thought-provoking piece about the effectiveness (and harms) of universal mental health supports in school.
Reposted by Barry Coughlan
New publication🚨
How can we make sense of marketing that tells us traditional motherhood will bring us happiness, but also take up all our time, energy, and sanity? What does that contradiction mean politically?
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How can we make sense of marketing that tells us traditional motherhood will bring us happiness, but also take up all our time, energy, and sanity? What does that contradiction mean politically?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Constructing a Mothers’ Culture: Affective Bargains in Branding Discourses - Sophie M Mary, Robbie Duschinsky, Barry Coughlan, Susan Dunnett, 2025
The fantasy of traditional motherhood, according to which women find fulfilment through family care, still dominates market texts. However, there is increasing ...
journals.sagepub.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
New publication🚨
How can we make sense of marketing that tells us traditional motherhood will bring us happiness, but also take up all our time, energy, and sanity? What does that contradiction mean politically?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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How can we make sense of marketing that tells us traditional motherhood will bring us happiness, but also take up all our time, energy, and sanity? What does that contradiction mean politically?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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