Was a great pleasure to co-edit this Supplement on #MentalHealth and #NTDs with Laura Dean LSTM and to publish so many great papers. I commend it to you. Thanks to all who came along to the launch London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Congrats Ramona Hiltensperger on the new UPSIDES paper! Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach | BMC Health Services Research | Full Text (biomedcentral.com)

🚨New paper on cross-culture equivalence of the Kessler Psych Distress Scale (K10) in 🇺🇬🇰🇪🇪🇹 🇿🇦. Key points:
1⃣K10 functions mostly equivalently
2⃣Items “depressed” and “so depressed” function diff
3⃣ More cultural context needed btw🇰🇪&🇪🇹
More here: tinyurl.com/yhphu4xr

What fresh hell is this?

Nhs trialling an app to detect depression in pregnancy? What is the obsession with detecting depression in pregnancy and new mothers?

Depression is not a symptomless condition that needs screening.

Here's a suggestion:

-community facilities for new…

we are planning a workshop on ethics in PPI research

I wonder what your burning issues are?? please let us know.
will keep everyone posted.

📢Join our very own Vanessa Bennett (she/her) and Lynn Laidlaw (she/her) next🗓️ Tuesday 6 February on Zoom from 13.00-14.00 to discuss Research ethics, a state of doing or being across the lifespan: reflections on working with people when co producing research. See👇 for how to book.

Today our comprehensive review of the social determinants of #mentalhealth was published in World Psychiatric Association (WPA) wpanet.org World Psychiatry. Our piece reviews the current evidence on causes & prevention, & makes 7 recommendations framed around social justice.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wp…

#sdoh

#Tree of Life Methodology is a narrative-based approach.
Narrative therapy is a form of counseling that views people as separate from their problems and destructive behaviors. This allows clients to get some distance from the difficulty they face
#narrativetherapy #treeoflife

Our team has been so pleased to join SUCCEED Africa's Annual Meeting in Blantyre! Getting to dig into the detail of a programme is one of the best parts of the job.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine University of Malawi (UNIMA) Kamuzu University of Health Sciences University of Ibadan University of Makeni University of Zimbabwe

🌟 Exciting news! My next Theory of Change course is kicking off in April 2024. 📚 Register by Feb 15th for a chance to win 2 hours of personalized coaching and mentoring to supercharge your project with ToC! #TheoryofChange #ProfessionalDevelopment #RegisterNow

Take a look at my article with Peter Beresford . It's a different perspective on user involvement in psychiatric research and knowledge. Promises, pitfalls ant power link.springer.com/10.1186/s12888…

Today, we're delighted to see colleagues The Lancet Psychiatry joining the effort to drive-up standards in this vital aspect of mental health science by trialling new reporting guidelines for the involvement of people with LE in research (thelancet.com/journals/lanps…) (2/3).

Check out my PhD research paper currently published as a pre-print on Identifying the priorities for supervision by lived experience researchers. Co-authored with Catrin Eames, Alison Bryant, Beth Greenhill, Laura Golding, Jennie Day and Peter Fisher researchsquare.com/article/rs-371…

' #Qualitative Data Analysis: 16 Articles on Process & Method' - The most popular post viewed in 2023 discusses a compilation narrowly focused on issues relevant to applying a quality approach to the analytical process. This is one of several compilations. bit.ly/2zius3I

Things I learned from my PhD supervisor when it comes to writing a thesis/paper

In a few weeks, I will be entering my fourth year of PhD. As a research student, you know one of the most critical skills you can develop is writing and it is not an easy feat!

Two papers published back to back. 1st is on the use of photovoice method in Nepal & the other on mental health policy review to understand structural discrimination. Please check them out!

We are looking for people with lived experience of psychosis, schizophrenia, schizoaffective or bipolar disorder to join our lived experience advisory panel for a study on accessing sexual health services. Details below. #LivedExperience HSPRD IOPPN Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

Don't we look like fun?  Come hear Engida G | ገብረ መድኅን and I present our poster on network analysis between trauma types and psychosis symptoms in 🇪🇹🇰🇪🇺🇬on Tuesday!
📆12 Dec @ 4:30 pm
📍The Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town @ Global Collab on Traumatic Stress Conf.
Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress (GC-TS) Supriya Misra ✨

Psychology and Social Sciences PhDs have chosen non-academic careers > academic careers since 2021.

We've only recently made the switch.

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Interested in doing a funded PhD in mental health? 🧠

I am looking for a motivated clinician (medic, psych, nurse etc) interested in explanatory models of psychosis and posttramatic growth to undertake PhD with me and Prof Mike Slade starting in Oct 24.

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