Ruth Naughton-Doe
@ruthndwrites.bsky.social
Researcher @ Mental Health Social Care Research Centre, Uni of York, UK. Perinatal mental health, loneliness and the social determinants of mental illness. Mum + lover of the outdoors. Views my own. https://perinatal-loneliness.com/ and https://ruthnd.com/
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Hello! I’m trying to put together a perinatal mental health research starter pack. Please comment if you want to be added and share to advertise! ❤️ #academicsky
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🏳️🌈 Join us for the inaugural LGBTQ+ Families Research Network Meeting!
🎤 Guest speaker: Dr Zoe Darwin
💬 Topic: James Lind Alliance PSP for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Mental Health
🗓 Wed 3 Dec, 2–3pm | 💻 Online | FREE
👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-p...
#LGBTQFamilies #Research
🎤 Guest speaker: Dr Zoe Darwin
💬 Topic: James Lind Alliance PSP for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Mental Health
🗓 Wed 3 Dec, 2–3pm | 💻 Online | FREE
👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-p...
#LGBTQFamilies #Research
Research Priorities for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Mental - Online Meeting
The inaugural meeting of our Research Network shares LGBTQIA+ perinatal mental health research priorities
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November 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🏳️🌈 Join us for the inaugural LGBTQ+ Families Research Network Meeting!
🎤 Guest speaker: Dr Zoe Darwin
💬 Topic: James Lind Alliance PSP for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Mental Health
🗓 Wed 3 Dec, 2–3pm | 💻 Online | FREE
👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-p...
#LGBTQFamilies #Research
🎤 Guest speaker: Dr Zoe Darwin
💬 Topic: James Lind Alliance PSP for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Mental Health
🗓 Wed 3 Dec, 2–3pm | 💻 Online | FREE
👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-p...
#LGBTQFamilies #Research
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Do you work with Muslim mothers during pregnancy or in the first few years after birth? Help us design a walking group for Muslim mothers! Join us for a one-hour online focus group with other professionals/practitioners/volunteers. Contact [email protected] for more information.
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Do you work with Muslim mothers during pregnancy or in the first few years after birth? Help us design a walking group for Muslim mothers! Join us for a one-hour online focus group with other professionals/practitioners/volunteers. Contact [email protected] for more information.
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Save the date!
📍Our 46th Annual Conference will take place on 15-16th Sept @ the University of Chester
Further updates will be shared in due course via this account, webpage, & LinkedIn. Members will also receive emails 💫
Will you be joining us? We look forward to seeing you there!
#SRIP2026
📍Our 46th Annual Conference will take place on 15-16th Sept @ the University of Chester
Further updates will be shared in due course via this account, webpage, & LinkedIn. Members will also receive emails 💫
Will you be joining us? We look forward to seeing you there!
#SRIP2026
October 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Save the date!
📍Our 46th Annual Conference will take place on 15-16th Sept @ the University of Chester
Further updates will be shared in due course via this account, webpage, & LinkedIn. Members will also receive emails 💫
Will you be joining us? We look forward to seeing you there!
#SRIP2026
📍Our 46th Annual Conference will take place on 15-16th Sept @ the University of Chester
Further updates will be shared in due course via this account, webpage, & LinkedIn. Members will also receive emails 💫
Will you be joining us? We look forward to seeing you there!
#SRIP2026
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This year’s MBRRACE-UK report highlights that mental health is the leading cause of late maternal deaths.
Read the report here👉 tinyurl.com/374m7tuj
If you need mental health support, please reach out:
amhp.org.uk/resources/su...
Read the report here👉 tinyurl.com/374m7tuj
If you need mental health support, please reach out:
amhp.org.uk/resources/su...
September 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This year’s MBRRACE-UK report highlights that mental health is the leading cause of late maternal deaths.
Read the report here👉 tinyurl.com/374m7tuj
If you need mental health support, please reach out:
amhp.org.uk/resources/su...
Read the report here👉 tinyurl.com/374m7tuj
If you need mental health support, please reach out:
amhp.org.uk/resources/su...
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🌿 NEW BLOG: Exploring Nature-Based Interventions for Parents and Caregivers
Discover insights from a groundbreaking one-day conference on how nature can transform parenting and caregiving.
🔗 Read more: arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/resources/bl...
Discover insights from a groundbreaking one-day conference on how nature can transform parenting and caregiving.
🔗 Read more: arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/resources/bl...
Exploring Nature-Based Interventions for Parents and Caregivers: Insights from a One-Day Conference - ARC
This blog covers insights from a one-day conference focused on nature-based interventions designed to support parents and caregivers. It likely explores how outdoor activities, natural environments, a...
arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🌿 NEW BLOG: Exploring Nature-Based Interventions for Parents and Caregivers
Discover insights from a groundbreaking one-day conference on how nature can transform parenting and caregiving.
🔗 Read more: arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/resources/bl...
Discover insights from a groundbreaking one-day conference on how nature can transform parenting and caregiving.
🔗 Read more: arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/resources/bl...
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🚨Final week of our #DadsSurvey2025!🚨
There’s still time to have your say and help shape support for dads and families across Scotland.
⬇️ Take part today - your voice matters!
bit.ly/dadssurvey2025
There’s still time to have your say and help shape support for dads and families across Scotland.
⬇️ Take part today - your voice matters!
bit.ly/dadssurvey2025
June 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🚨Final week of our #DadsSurvey2025!🚨
There’s still time to have your say and help shape support for dads and families across Scotland.
⬇️ Take part today - your voice matters!
bit.ly/dadssurvey2025
There’s still time to have your say and help shape support for dads and families across Scotland.
⬇️ Take part today - your voice matters!
bit.ly/dadssurvey2025
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Read @ruthndwrites.bsky.social insightful report on how we can stop perinatal loneliness. It highlights the need for family friendly professional support in the perinatal period.
How can we stop perinatal loneliness? Read our report about ways we can address the crisis in loneliness - we need more professional support, a family friendly society, greater parental leave and social groups designed with parents #loneliness #endloneliness #perinatal
figshare.com/articles/onl...
figshare.com/articles/onl...
Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness
This report shares findings from the Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness Project.
figshare.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Read @ruthndwrites.bsky.social insightful report on how we can stop perinatal loneliness. It highlights the need for family friendly professional support in the perinatal period.
Reposted by Ruth Naughton-Doe
📢 @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and colleagues have been awarded @mhrincubator.bsky.social funding to set-up the Lived Experience Network for Scholars (LENS), to provide support for academic mental health researchers with lived experience.
Read more + sign up for events: www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...
Read more + sign up for events: www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...
June 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
📢 @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and colleagues have been awarded @mhrincubator.bsky.social funding to set-up the Lived Experience Network for Scholars (LENS), to provide support for academic mental health researchers with lived experience.
Read more + sign up for events: www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...
Read more + sign up for events: www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...
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New parents are at high risk for loneliness. 💔
@ruthndwrites.bsky.social has led researchers, practitioners and people with lived experience to write a consensus statement exploring what we know about loneliness, and directions for research, policy and practice: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo...
@ruthndwrites.bsky.social has led researchers, practitioners and people with lived experience to write a consensus statement exploring what we know about loneliness, and directions for research, policy and practice: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo...
June 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
New parents are at high risk for loneliness. 💔
@ruthndwrites.bsky.social has led researchers, practitioners and people with lived experience to write a consensus statement exploring what we know about loneliness, and directions for research, policy and practice: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo...
@ruthndwrites.bsky.social has led researchers, practitioners and people with lived experience to write a consensus statement exploring what we know about loneliness, and directions for research, policy and practice: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo...
Are you an academic mental health researcher with lived experience? Come along to our friendly and supportive network meeting to hear from Dr Veenu Gupta, Assistant Professor in Lived Experience Research. We'll also be discussing teaching with lived experience. Sign up to the event below!
Our next meeting will be on 23rd June from 13.00 - 14.00. Sign up at this link: shorturl.at/3U5sB We hope to see you there!
June 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Are you an academic mental health researcher with lived experience? Come along to our friendly and supportive network meeting to hear from Dr Veenu Gupta, Assistant Professor in Lived Experience Research. We'll also be discussing teaching with lived experience. Sign up to the event below!
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“With the exception of London, deprived settlements in England tend to have fewer, smaller and further-away playgrounds – a serious social justice issue.”
Very much the situation in the parts of the north-east I’m working in, exacerbated by questions of quality and wider environments too.
Very much the situation in the parts of the north-east I’m working in, exacerbated by questions of quality and wider environments too.
Our article in @uk.theconversation.com reveals substantial #play inequalities across #England
Paul Brindley & I looked at England’s largest settlements & mapped patterns from +18,000 #playgrounds within them
Serious #socialjustice issues for #children exist!!
theconversation.com/we-mapped-18...
Paul Brindley & I looked at England’s largest settlements & mapped patterns from +18,000 #playgrounds within them
Serious #socialjustice issues for #children exist!!
theconversation.com/we-mapped-18...
We mapped 18,000 children’s playgrounds and revealed inequality across England
Our maps show some kids have nearer, bigger playgrounds than others.
theconversation.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
“With the exception of London, deprived settlements in England tend to have fewer, smaller and further-away playgrounds – a serious social justice issue.”
Very much the situation in the parts of the north-east I’m working in, exacerbated by questions of quality and wider environments too.
Very much the situation in the parts of the north-east I’m working in, exacerbated by questions of quality and wider environments too.
Fab job opportunity with a great and friendly team here!
Are you a post-doctoral researcher with strong qualitative skills, a critical mind and a love for digging into the complexities of how people navigate work and health? Check out our vacancy at the Uni of York School for Business and Society: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese... @uoysbs.bsky.social
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
June 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Fab job opportunity with a great and friendly team here!
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New publication! ✨📃🎉
Check out our consensus paper led by @ruthndwrites.bsky.social, highlighting perinatal loneliness as a critical determinant of maternal mental health and calling for more research, policy attention, and support to address loneliness during pregnancy and early parenthood.
Check out our consensus paper led by @ruthndwrites.bsky.social, highlighting perinatal loneliness as a critical determinant of maternal mental health and calling for more research, policy attention, and support to address loneliness during pregnancy and early parenthood.
Proud to share our new BMJ Open paper on perinatal loneliness—featuring leading researchers + community voices from the UK and beyond. A topic taken seriously in the UK, and still overlooked in the US.
🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5...
#PerinatalMentalHealth #Loneliness
🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5...
#PerinatalMentalHealth #Loneliness
Exploring perinatal loneliness as a key social determinant of perinatal mental ill health in the UK: findings from a multidisciplinary consensus statement exercise that mapped knowledge about measurem...
Objectives New parents are at increased risk of loneliness, which adversely affects parental and infant health and well-being and has been linked to an increased likelihood of parental mental illness....
bmjopen.bmj.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New publication! ✨📃🎉
Check out our consensus paper led by @ruthndwrites.bsky.social, highlighting perinatal loneliness as a critical determinant of maternal mental health and calling for more research, policy attention, and support to address loneliness during pregnancy and early parenthood.
Check out our consensus paper led by @ruthndwrites.bsky.social, highlighting perinatal loneliness as a critical determinant of maternal mental health and calling for more research, policy attention, and support to address loneliness during pregnancy and early parenthood.
Reposted by Ruth Naughton-Doe
It was fantastic to have @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and Niall Bacon (Steel City Dads) join us last week to speak about how fathers experience perinatal loneliness and what we can do about it in policy and practice
If you missed out,the recording is now live: followingyoungfathersfurther.org/webinars
If you missed out,the recording is now live: followingyoungfathersfurther.org/webinars
June 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
It was fantastic to have @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and Niall Bacon (Steel City Dads) join us last week to speak about how fathers experience perinatal loneliness and what we can do about it in policy and practice
If you missed out,the recording is now live: followingyoungfathersfurther.org/webinars
If you missed out,the recording is now live: followingyoungfathersfurther.org/webinars
Delighted to share our consensus statement on perinatal loneliness - we outline the current evidence and share reflections on priorities for research, policy and practice.
#loneliness #perinatalmentalhealth
#loneliness #perinatalmentalhealth
Proud to share our new BMJ Open paper on perinatal loneliness—featuring leading researchers + community voices from the UK and beyond. A topic taken seriously in the UK, and still overlooked in the US.
🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5...
#PerinatalMentalHealth #Loneliness
🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5...
#PerinatalMentalHealth #Loneliness
Exploring perinatal loneliness as a key social determinant of perinatal mental ill health in the UK: findings from a multidisciplinary consensus statement exercise that mapped knowledge about measurem...
Objectives New parents are at increased risk of loneliness, which adversely affects parental and infant health and well-being and has been linked to an increased likelihood of parental mental illness....
bmjopen.bmj.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Delighted to share our consensus statement on perinatal loneliness - we outline the current evidence and share reflections on priorities for research, policy and practice.
#loneliness #perinatalmentalhealth
#loneliness #perinatalmentalhealth
Reposted by Ruth Naughton-Doe
What are the benefits of nature-based interventions in the early years? What are the future directions for research and practice? This amazing graphic summarises the reflections of 30 academics and practitioners who met at our conference! We will be sharing a blog soon, but enjoy this for now!
May 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
What are the benefits of nature-based interventions in the early years? What are the future directions for research and practice? This amazing graphic summarises the reflections of 30 academics and practitioners who met at our conference! We will be sharing a blog soon, but enjoy this for now!
Have you learnt anything new from hearing about/reading about my perinatal loneliness research? Has this translated into differences in your practice/research/personal experiences? If so, i'd be so grateful if you could complete this form: forms.gle/K6hh2z7VM3Xf...
Perinatal Loneliness Impact Form
I am keen to track any impacts that the perinatal loneliness research project has had either on individuals, professionals, services or research. I'd be so grateful if you could complete the form belo...
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May 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Have you learnt anything new from hearing about/reading about my perinatal loneliness research? Has this translated into differences in your practice/research/personal experiences? If so, i'd be so grateful if you could complete this form: forms.gle/K6hh2z7VM3Xf...
Absolutely loved presenting fathers’ stories of loneliness today. Thanks for having me @followingyff.bsky.social - the full webinar will be available online soon!
We're delighted that @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and Niall Bacon will join us for our May webinar to speak about how fathers experience perinatal loneliness what we can do to address it in policy and practice
📅 Wednesday 28th May
🕛12noon-1pm
📍 Zoom
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-do-fat...
📅 Wednesday 28th May
🕛12noon-1pm
📍 Zoom
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-do-fat...
May 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Absolutely loved presenting fathers’ stories of loneliness today. Thanks for having me @followingyff.bsky.social - the full webinar will be available online soon!
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Day 2 of the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference and I’m excited to present the findings and outputs from the Coproducing Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness Project with lived-experience public contributor Amy Chidley
@nihr.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
@nihr.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Day 2 of the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference and I’m excited to present the findings and outputs from the Coproducing Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness Project with lived-experience public contributor Amy Chidley
@nihr.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
@nihr.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
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Today (part of) our team presented our ongoing study that aims to improve perinatal support for young mothers and birthing parents at the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference. What a treat to meet in person on a sunny day! #nihrsscr #nihr #perinatalmentalhealth
May 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today (part of) our team presented our ongoing study that aims to improve perinatal support for young mothers and birthing parents at the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference. What a treat to meet in person on a sunny day! #nihrsscr #nihr #perinatalmentalhealth
Fresh faced, excited and nervous: ready for the Tour of the Lake District in four days. Not sure we would have believed we would do this if you told us when we first met 3.5 years ago with babies on our backs in the Peak District 😍 #running #adventures #mumsontour
May 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Fresh faced, excited and nervous: ready for the Tour of the Lake District in four days. Not sure we would have believed we would do this if you told us when we first met 3.5 years ago with babies on our backs in the Peak District 😍 #running #adventures #mumsontour
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🏆 CONGRATULATIONS to @ruthndwrites.bsky.social, Research Associate @uoysbs.bsky.social, Joint-PI @martinwebber.bsky.social and Co-I Dr Beth Casey for Improving perinatal support for young mothers and birthing parents (@perinatalresearch.bsky.social) 🍼
Improving perinatal support for young mothers and birthing parents: a University of York Research study
An NIHR Research Programme for Social Care Funded study based at the Mental Health Social Care Research Centre, University of York
perinatalsupport.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🏆 CONGRATULATIONS to @ruthndwrites.bsky.social, Research Associate @uoysbs.bsky.social, Joint-PI @martinwebber.bsky.social and Co-I Dr Beth Casey for Improving perinatal support for young mothers and birthing parents (@perinatalresearch.bsky.social) 🍼
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A rare in person meeting for (part) of the research team co-designing a perinatal walking group for Muslim mothers to reduce loneliness 🌳
May 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A rare in person meeting for (part) of the research team co-designing a perinatal walking group for Muslim mothers to reduce loneliness 🌳
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What a beautiful setting for yesterday's nature-based event in Sheffield 🌳🌿It was great to present at and hear from other researchers and practitioners on the benefits of nature for parents and families. Thanks @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and @katemorto.bsky.social for arranging the event.
May 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
What a beautiful setting for yesterday's nature-based event in Sheffield 🌳🌿It was great to present at and hear from other researchers and practitioners on the benefits of nature for parents and families. Thanks @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and @katemorto.bsky.social for arranging the event.