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Bridget Bryan

@briddycent.bsky.social

Postdoc researching loneliness, mental health and work at King's College London

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Darío Moreno-Agostino@dmorenoagostino.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Check our article in @uk.theconversation.com on our recent study on the long-term trajectories of mental ill-health in the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts and long-term inequalities in these @clscohorts.bsky.social @georgeploubidis.bsky.social @jdasmunshi.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 8mo ago

Our findings highlight life-long inequalities in mental health by factors that are down to chance.

Rebecca Montacute@beckymontacute.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Important (but potentially not that surprising) new research on quality of housing and school abscences. Efforts to improve social mobility can't just look at what's happening in schools - they need to look at the wider circumstances a child is growing up in: cls.ucl.ac.uk/children-in-...

Children in poor quality housing miss more school | CLS

Children living in damp and overcrowded homes missed three weeks more of school over the course of compulsory education than their peers in better quality housing.

cls.ucl.ac.uk

ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health@kingscsmh.bsky.social · last yr.

Are out of work benefits at a record high? Prof. Ben Geiger (@benbgeiger.bsky.social) from the ESRC Centre for Society & Mental Health explains that the official statistics are wildly misleading on BBC radio 4’s More or Less this morning. Have a listen! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

More or Less - Is it true that out-of-work benefits have almost doubled? - BBC Sounds

Out-of-work benefits, French pensioners, surprising salmon and the truth about senses.

bbc.co.uk

ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health@kingscsmh.bsky.social · last yr.

Many people experiencing mental ill health are trapped in cycles of worsening social exclusion. This article, 'Moving beyond Individual Placement and Support (IPS): person-centred approach to social inclusion and mental health', discusses this further. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Moving beyond IPS: person-centred approach to social inclusion and mental health | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core

Moving beyond IPS: person-centred approach to social inclusion and mental health

cambridge.org

ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health@kingscsmh.bsky.social · last yr.

While almost all observers agree that social security in the UK isn't working as it should be, it's essential that any reforms are grounded in high-quality research evidence and listen to the voices of those most impacted: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/spotlig...

Gathering the evidence to reform the welfare system

The recent DWP Green Paper, entitled ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working’ has provoked a great deal of discussion from policymakers, from researchers, and from dis...

kcl.ac.uk

E-Risk Study@eriskstudy.bsky.social · last yr.

Recent paper using Millennium Cohort & E-Risk data finds that childhood neighbourhood deprivation is linked to mental health issues in late adolescence, and identifies key protective factors 🧠🏘️ 📄 Read more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Understanding and mitigating associations between childhood neighborhood deprivation and adolescent mental health in two UK birth cohorts | Development and Psychopathology | Cambridge Core

Understanding and mitigating associations between childhood neighborhood deprivation and adolescent mental health in two UK birth cohorts

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ABC News Bot (unofficial)@abcnewsbot.bsky.social · last yr.

Former Alice Springs Coles worker Gene Hill says it was clear an Aboriginal man who died in police custody at the supermarket last week had a disability and needed extra support.

Former Coles supermarket worker says Kumanjayi White clearly needed support

Former Alice Springs Coles worker Gene Hill says it was clear an Aboriginal man who died in police custody at the supermarket last week had a disability and needed extra support.

abc.net.au

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience@kingsioppn.bsky.social · last yr.

New research led by the University of Greenwich in collaboration with IoPPN + @kingscsmh.bsky.social suggests although overall time spent online is linked with higher levels of loneliness, use of social media platforms may not be. #SocialMedia #Psychology

Study finds links between social media and loneliness depend on the app

New research finds that although overall time spent online is linked with higher levels of loneliness, use of social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter is not.

kcl.ac.uk

ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health@kingscsmh.bsky.social · 2y ago

'The UK has a lot of people out of work because of mental illness – but listening to those affected reveals that’s rarely the whole story' @annieirvine.bsky.social in @theconversation.com today theconversation.com/the-uk-has-a...

The UK has a lot of people out of work because of mental illness – but listening to those affected reveals that’s rarely the whole story

Mental ill health is rarely the sole factor preventing people from finding and keeping a job.

theconversation.com

Bridget Bryan@briddycent.bsky.social · last yr.

Is workplace loneliness just about feeling isolated from colleagues, or is there more to it?👨‍⚕️👷‍♀️ In our new paper in SPPE, we found that workplace loneliness goes beyond work relationships + can include disconnection from one’s organisation + society at large🧵 doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-02925-0

Conceptualising workplace loneliness: a qualitative investigation with UK workers - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Purpose Loneliness has been identified as an important risk factor for mental health problems, and concern about its impact on workers’ health and wellbeing has grown in recent years. While a body of ...

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