I don't know how I feel about this. Earlier the PM said "Policy making that does not listen very carefully to those it seeks to serve" Yet research evidence demonstrates otherwise...

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo ago

Keir Starmer set to announce under-16s social media ban – UK politics live

If you're 18-25 or a parent or carer of a child or young person who has accessed, or attempted to access, mental health services between the ages of 0-25, @hoccommittees.parliament.uk wants to hear from you. Take part in the survey at bit.ly/4eyFiDQ

House of Commons Committees@hoccommittees.parliament.uk · 2mo ago

The Education Committee and the Health and Social Care Committee will consider the causes of growing levels of need over recent years for mental health services among children and young people. Wednesday 10 June, 10am. Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/live/WmMLH0pHTgQ

Social work is an emotionally demanding, complex profession. Exposure to abuse, neglect, and trauma at work can affect home life. Explore research findings around the experiences of social workers who are mothers in a new blog for #MaternalMentalHealthAwarenessWeek. https://ow.ly/z4Kf50YVr3N

Risks, rewards and supporting social workers who are mothers

Child protection social work is emotionally demanding, ethically complex, and deeply relational work. Exposure to abuse, neglect, and trauma at work often affected home life. Dr Shaista Afzal shares findings from her doctoral research around the experiences of social workers who are mothers across England.

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📣 Are you a PGR/ECR at the Univeristy of Exeter working on health related research? There’s still time to sign up for the emotionally demanding health research panel session happening next week! To sign up/find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1009137937...

Please share. Join us for the 10th Suicide & Self-harm Early & Mid-Career Researchers' Forum There is still time to register but registration closes this Friday, 1st May It is always such a welcoming event, & will be extra special this year as it's 10th Anniversary of Forum

Abbie Lake @ ARU is running her second series of the Researcher Wellbeing Webinars Recognising and Responding to Trauma and Burnout in Sensitive and Emotionally Challenging Research 17 Thursday 14th May 2026 12:00-13:00 Online (Teams) www.linkedin.com/posts/abbie-...

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It's a real honour that so many of the people I cross paths with are doing vital work to address some of society's most pressing and devastating issues. But that work can take a toll - and that's norm...

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This review of 61 worldwide studies found that adolescents who reported being more religious or spiritual were less likely to think about suicide or attempt suicide. #spirituality https://twp.ai/4iqsif 1/3

Is social media addictive to young people? A jury in California is being asked to decide — even though the question still divides researchers go.nature.com/4qBed5I

Is social media addictive for teens? US courts wade into scientific debate

A wave of lawsuits will push juries to decide on an issue that researchers are still debating.

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During the report period 2013-23, there were 1700 suicides per year nationally by people under current or recent MH care. We @ncish.bsky.social examined their risks & stresses & clinical care. This video summarises the findings.

Mental health is shaped by social and structural factors—yet too often, mental health policies fail to address them.

My first paper got published! A protocol paper for an adapted rapid realist review to explore how national-level policies in England address the impact of social determinants on self-harm and suicidal thoughts and behaviours (STB) across the whole population. doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...

Less than a week until the research day I've planned with colleagues goes ahead! From a small idea to an actual event that will (hopefully) have an impact on PGRs across the Midlands

Great call in from a casualised employee. 90,000 university staff on insecure contracts. The system is broken. 📻Listen now share-gp.globalplayer.com/live/lbc/uk/ 📞Call in 0345 60 60 973 #WeAreTheUniversity

University and College Union (UCU)@ucu.org.uk · 10mo ago

📞 LIVE tonight! Join UCU general secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk for a live phone in! Call in. Listen in. Be there. Tonight, Thursday 23 October @ 8PM. #WeAreTheUniversity

We’ve secured funding to host a research day on emotionally demanding research 🎉 We hope that this event will help prepare PGRs/ECRs for EDR, equip them with valuable skills, and create open discussions. Huge thanks to our amazing speakers for giving their time so generously! #AcademicSky

SRN Midlands@srnmidlands.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We are excited to announce our Research Day! This research day is aimed at PGRs and ECRs looking to gain insights and practical tools for navigating emotionally demanding and sensitive research areas. To find out more and register, visit: www.srnmidlands.com/research-day

Today, we held our 6th Culture of Care Personalised Approach to Risk national learning event. This was focused on racial equity, self-harm and suicide prevention.

Two impactful takeaways from the Stronger Together - Empowering Community Action to Prevent Youth Suicide event Great to hear from the panelists @mariamichail.bsky.social, Philip Pirie, Jane Boland, Leah Preston & Lizzie Mitchell. Pooja Saini for chairing & Hajirah Jehan for putting it together!

Join us for our Autumn #IdentitiesEvents Series! Register online: www.eventbrite.com/c... @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social

“Experts call for public health approach to suicide prevention, with social factors addressed in addition to clinical treatment services”. On #WorldSuicidePreventionDay, explore a 6-paper Series in @thelancetph.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ycy9yue6 #WSPD

The self-harm and suicide prevention research group at the @imh-uob.bsky.social aim to understand and tackle the risks of self-harm and suicide across different contexts. Watch this video where @willemjstander.bsky.social, @mkolitsida.bsky.social and I discuss our work. youtu.be/9q2Qvi9PtuU?...

Creating Safe Spaces: World Suicide Prevention Day | University of Birmingham

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In support of this great work the Empowering Community Action to Prevent Youth Suicide event takes place 17/10/25 18:30–20:30. Open to young people, parents, carers, charities, suicide prevention services, local authorities, community leaders, and researchers. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/stron...

Stronger together: Empowering community action to prevent youth suicide - University of Birmingham

Raising awareness of help-seeking in youth facing self-harm or suicidal thoughts, and the barriers they encounter when accessing support.

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Today on World Suicide Prevention Day 2025 we would like to share with you the great work on Empowering Community Action to Prevent Youth Suicide being undertaken by Dr Maria Michail a leading expert in the field of self-harm & suicide prevention at the University of Birmingham youtu.be/T7eCWRsVn-s

Changing the Narrative: Research on Youth Suicide | University of Birmingham

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There was an association of the world’s largest conditional cash transfer programme with a decrease in suicide rates in a cohort of half of the Brazilian population, so it's not just us #RaiseTheRate #NobodyDeservesPoverty #WorldSuicidePreventionDay pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Relationship between the Bolsa Família national cash transfer programme and suicide incidence in Brazil: A quasi-experimental study

Socioeconomic factors have been consistently associated with suicide, and economic recessions are linked to rising suicide rates. However, evidence on the impact of socioeconomic interventions to redu...

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Today is #WorldSuicidePreventionDay, this year it's about transforming how we perceive this complex issue. I thought I'd talk about my PhD at @imh-uob.bsky.social and how I'm changing the narrative in terms of self-harm and suicide prevention research

Suicide prevention requires systemic change. Governments worldwide must: - Decriminalise suicide - Implement national suicide prevention strategies - Fund accessible mental health care Policy saves lives. Let’s demand action. #WSPD2025

Our Annual Report 2025 provides findings related to people who died by suicide between 2012-2022 across the UK & Jersey. We also present findings on the number of people under #MentalHealth care who have been convicted of homicide, & those in the general population in the UK.

There is also a new mailing list for those working in the area of RPGs and it's applications to health, education and personal development: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/weba... 🐉

Jodie Russell@jelliedsours.bsky.social · 12mo ago

For those of you that are into RPGs and mental health, @gametherapyuk.bsky.social are holding an academic conference at UCL on the 28th of November and you can submit an abstract: www.game-therapy.co.uk/academic-con... Now to think of something cool to submit myself 😎

Introducing: A Lived and Living Experience Suicide Research Hub 💡 Join the #DiscoveringLiveability team for a free online event on Monday 1st September 12 - 1:30pm, where we’ll be introducing a key upcoming project of ours: The Lived and Living Experience Hub. Follow the link below to register!

Introducing: A Lived and Living Experience Suicide Research Hub

Join us to learn more about Discovering Liveability’s development of a Lived and Living Experience Hub in suicide prevention research.

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We're looking to set up a research day for PhDs and ECRs to navigate emotionally demanding research and reflexive practice. If you're interested in helping run a session / know people who may be interested, please contact us! It will be in person at the University of Birmingham

Doing research on tough topics? Missed our seminar? You’re not alone. Check out our first NABS+ seminar readout on navigating emotionally demanding work, including memory impacts and practical strategies for self-care and supervision here: crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/early-c...

Doing Emotionally Demanding Research: A Dual Perspective of Supervisor and Researcher

Explore the personal and professional challenges of emotionally demanding research, and discover practical strategies to support researcher wellbeing from both practitioner and researcher…

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Nice morning hike. Went to see the waterfall... Didn't actually see the waterfall