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Rhiannon Corcoran
@rhiannoncor.bsky.social
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Prof. of Psychology and Public Mental Health, University of Liverpool, UK. Research lead, Prosocial Place. Social model of mental health & wellbeing. Social, psychological and environmental determinants of wellbeing.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · Jun 29
Unlike other primates, humans are exposed to high levels of placental sex hormones in the womb, which may have fuelled the evolution of our large brains.
Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · Jun 5
Look at these lovely little herring gull chicks that call one of the quads in @livuninews.bsky.social Eleanor Rathbone Building home. Enjoy watching them grow daily and putting up with squally weather today 💕
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Apr 29
Moments in nature... the sky dance of the Marsh Harrier 🍃

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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · May 4
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Country diary: Capercaillies need peace to survive, let’s give it to them | Amanda Thomson
Cairngorms national park: They’re in there somewhere, performing their morning breeding displays this time of year. But some things are better left unseen
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · May 2
Haha..I’m lined up to chat about this on Radio Four’s Today programme tomorrow morning. Last time I got up early for a R4 slot I was sacked off by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation. I’m now wondering what momentous event will happen overnight tonight 😂
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · May 2
theconversation.com/virginia-giu...
Virginia Giuffre’s treatment in the media highlights the great consequences of accusing high profile men of abuse
When powerful men are accused, the coverage largely revolves around those powerful men and the monetary or career consequences for them.
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Birkenhead News @birkenheadnews.bsky.social · Apr 30
Autism ‘experts by experience’ deliver neurodiversity training to hospital staff www.birkenhead.news/autism-exper...
Autism ‘experts by experience’ deliver neurodiversity training to hospital staff
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has teamed up with local charities to provide training sessions on autism and other neurodivergent conditions to its staff.  The training workshops h
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · Apr 30
A lovely short piece of writing featuring grey partridge, heron and grasshopper warbler. Red listed or not, we get them all at Garston Coastal Reserve
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Country diary: A fishing reel, digital noise … the grasshopper warbler is a bird for every age | Richard Smyth
Whitley Bay, North Tyneside: Denied the chance of seeing this elusive bird for centuries, we’ve had to make do with analysing its extraordinary call
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · Apr 7
Awful www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peregrine falcon eggs smashed in St Albans Cathedral live stream - BBC News
Police are investigating after reports that a man was seen walking across the nest.
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Centre for Young Lives @cfyounglives.bsky.social · Apr 3
If you have a few minutes to spare, please give this powerful film from Truud a watch.

Many children don’t have access to the kind of spaces they would love to play in.

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#RaisingTheNation #PlayCommission
"I fell asleep at school"
YouTube video by TRUUD Research
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · Apr 3
The resident heron in Princes Park is quite a character and seems to quite enjoy a quick photo shoot
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Roberta Piroddi @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social · Apr 2
New paper out: The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes – an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach, with Aregawi Gebremariam, @benjaminbarr.bsky.social @rhiannoncor.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social 👇
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The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · Apr 2
Absolutely fantastic sightings of barnie at Garston Coastal Reserve this evening @birderjack.bsky.social
Too absorbed watching her quarter even to take phone pictures. We’re so blessed having this space with its amazing biodiversity on our doorstep 😊💕
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · Mar 30
A friendly little robin at Brockholes today
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · Mar 29
Important paper by Essex colleagues uses inflammatory markers to show how ‘harsh’ or disorderly neighbourhoods impact health & wellbeing using Understanding Society data #SDOH @groundswellcon.bsky.social @prosocialplace.bsky.social
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Why Maintenance Matters: Disorder in the Built Environment and Physical Health | Published in Human Ethology
By David McAleavey, Rick O'Gorman & 1 more. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in identifying exactly how aspects of the residential built environment “get under the skin”. Can Community Perc...
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · Mar 28
Yup, tick. Me too
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · Mar 28
So familiar. I remember having to wear two wrist watches when I was a younger as my old one still worked and I felt sorry for it 🥺
In my adult life I’ve been called a gross over-extenuator.
Is this some kind of ‘pathological’ empathising?
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NIHR PHIRST @nihr-phirst.bsky.social · Mar 19
Do you work in Local Government and have a #PublicHealth scheme in need of evaluation?

The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...

@local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
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The BMJ @bmj.com · Mar 25
The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves has outlined plans to cut several billion from the UK's welfare budget.

Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · Mar 27
Good quality evidence that investment in welfare advice /income maximisation improves mental health outcomes AND reduces costs to the state. The planned #disability benefits reform does the opposite of this: more harm, more costs (1/2)
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Ben Barr @benjaminbarr.bsky.social · Mar 27
The impact of Citizen's Advice on Prescription on mental health. Showing it reduced mental health related service use and was likely cost saving to the NHS. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @felly500.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social with @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social
The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach
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Ben Barr @benjaminbarr.bsky.social · Mar 27
The impact of Citizen's Advice on Prescription on mental health. Showing it reduced mental health related service use and was likely cost saving to the NHS. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @felly500.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social with @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social
The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · Mar 27
It makes my day whenever I’m lucky enough to catch a glimpse of our local barnies at Garston Coastal Reserve www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: Everybody’s come out for the barn owl | Claire Stares
Langstone, Hampshire: Four years after hearing about a local pair nesting nearby, I dash out to see if I can finally get a sighting
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · Mar 27
Such an important research paper this. Grateful to all my colleagues who got this work over the line and proud to have been involved. This is essential reading for all with an interest in mental health and its treatment www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · Mar 26
On the over-medicalisation of distress theconversation.com/are-mental-h...
Are mental health conditions overdiagnosed in the UK? Two experts go head to head
Experts challenge Streeting’s claim about ‘over-diagnosis’, and bring some nuance to the debate.
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Rhiannon Corcoran @rhiannoncor.bsky.social · Mar 25
Sensible advice alert below. I tried to bring my kids up as naturalists. Started by building a big collection of animal figures from Early Learning Centre but never bought many dinos and certainly no unicorns!

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Enough with unicorns and dinosaurs – show children the magic of real, living animals instead | Isabel Losada
Put up pictures of lemurs, penguins and wolves, and introduce tomorrow’s environmentalists to the amazing nature in our world, says author Isabel Losada
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