New paper out! 📢 Our systematic review examined school-age outcomes following prenatal opioid exposure, bringing together evidence from 27 studies involving more than 31,000 exposed children. [1/3] onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @uofgshw.bsky.social @dundee.ac.uk @morayhouse.bsky.social

Say hi to RELEASE teams @jsavinc.bsky.social if in Rotterdam #IPDLN2026 Abstract -> ijpds.org/article/view... Post-imprisonment health service contact for mental health & substance use: variation by demographic, health & prison experience #JusticeHealth #IPDLN26 #IPDLN #IJPDS

Our work on pathways of care for mental health and substance use on release from prison raises Qs for public health and health services delivery Made possible by a fab team & support from Stirling Uni & @sacasrstir.bsky.social Press release: www.stir.ac.uk/news/2026/fe... #JusticeHealth

Prisoners in Scotland face mental health and substance use crisis after release, research reveals | About | University of Stirling

Prisoners in Scotland face mental health and substance use crisis after release, research reveals

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Great to see @drcconnell.bsky.social @kjellgren.bsky.social and colleagues' RELEASE research reported in news media 👇 Prisoners in Scotland face mental health and substance use crisis after release, research reveals. #Health #Drugs #JusticeHealth #CrimSky #Criminology www.stir.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...

Prisoners in Scotland face mental health and substance use crisis after release, research reveals | About | University of Stirling

Prisoners in Scotland face mental health and substance use crisis after release, research reveals

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1st results from #RELEASE: a population-level study into health on release from prison People released have more contact with all services for mental health and substance use than similar people who haven't been in prison, especially acute/emergency bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/2... 1/3

New pilot in England will 'allow clinicians to sit in on probation appointments' & refer ppl to services. 1/2 #JusticeHealth www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Thousands of offenders in England to get health support at probation meetings

Exclusive: NHS clinicians will sit in on appointments in pilot scheme in four areas aimed at reducing reoffending

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Thats a wrap. last conference of season & a joy to be back in #Helsingfors #Suomi 4 European Public Health #EPH2025 sharing RELEASE and networks results 10yrs ago I visited here & ❤️ Vanha Vaasa as an occupational therapist on my journey to phd #JusticeHealth #Finland #Helsinki #OccupationalTherapy

Come and see the RELEASE findings with @kjellgren.bsky.social at @addiction-ssa.org #SSA2025 #JusticeHealth

Dr Catriona Connell@drcconnell.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Joining the substance use research community at @addiction-ssa.org conference til tomorrow. Check out @kjellgren.bsky.social poster with early RELEASE results, examining substance use related health service contact on release from prison: prescription to A&E #JusticeHealth @sacasrstir.bsky.social

Joining the substance use research community at @addiction-ssa.org conference til tomorrow. Check out @kjellgren.bsky.social poster with early RELEASE results, examining substance use related health service contact on release from prison: prescription to A&E #JusticeHealth @sacasrstir.bsky.social

Are you an ESRC PhD student looking for an academic placement? Work with the RELEASE dataset to understand post-imprisonment emergency service use: with me and @kjephd.bsky.social Happy to answer Qs www.sgsss.ac.uk/internship/c... #JusticeHealth @stirlingucu.bsky.social @sacasrstir.bsky.social

Justice Health: Advancing understanding of emergency and unscheduled care use among people released from prison - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

The successful student(s) will work with their host to conduct a bespoke analysis on an interdisciplinary topic (justice and health) using data from the RELEASE study, contribute to a paper, and creat...

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Congrats to fabulous RELEASE colleague @jsavinc.bsky.social for being an outstanding collaborator - nominated for the Stirling Uni Research Culture Awards

RELEASE protocol paper is out ijpds.org/article/view... This paper, led by @kjellgren.bsky.social describes how we created the RELEASE dataset, what is in it, and plans for analysis Results coming soon 1/3 #JusticeHealth @sacasrstir.bsky.social @stirunicriminology.bsky.social

Today I’m up twice at #WCP2025 First talking about the importance of relational contexts for mental health help-seeking among people in contact with the criminal justice system Then cross programme reflections on involving this population in research #JusticeHealth @sacasrstir.bsky.social

The world psychiatric association picks its spots - last event I was at nearly 10 years ago fresh into PhD life, and now beautiful Praha, Česko #WCP2025

The first of our 2 reviews into mandatory substance use treatment is out We examined perceptions of health and wellbeing impacts, and the barriers and facilitators for implementing such interventions... 1/2 rdcu.be/eI38A #JusticeHealth @sacasrstir.bsky.social @stirunicriminology.bsky.social

Joining my first @adruk2025.bsky.social conference and looking forward to hearing so many linked data papers. @kjellgren.bsky.social and @jsavinc.bsky.social will share preliminary results from RELEASE- examining the healthcare contacts between different people released from prison. #JusticeHealth

@adr-uk.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It’s day one of #ADRUKConf25, after a fantastic day of pre-conference workshops yesterday (great to have seen so many of you already there). First up, we have a welcome from Dr Emma Gordon, Director of ADR UK. Head to the auditoriums so you don’t miss the start! @adrwales.bsky.social

Hear some preliminary findings from the RELEASE study at ADR-UK next week - post-imprisonment mental health and substance use related healthcare contacts Abstract -> ijpds.org/article/view... led by @jsavinc.bsky.social @kjellgren.bsky.social @adruk2025.bsky.social #JusticeHealth #LinkedData

Great to be invited by the Criminal Justice Committee to share academic alongside frontline evidence. Excellent to hear the MSPs asking insightful questions to try and improve things for people in and leaving custody in Scotland #JusticeHealth @scotparl.bsky.social

Stirling Criminology@stirunicriminology.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Dr Catriona Connell will be giving evidence to Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday. It's part of their Inquiry into harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish prisons. See 🔗 for details. @drcconnell.bsky.social @sacasrstir.bsky.social 🔗 www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...

2nd & 3rd yr SGSSS PhD students can come on academic placement with me & @kjellgren.bsky.social at @sacasrstir.bsky.social Work with the RELEASE dataset examining health service contacts on release from prison If eligible you'll have details in your inbox from @sgsss.bsky.social #JusticeHealth

Dr Catriona Connell will be giving evidence to Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday. It's part of their Inquiry into harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish prisons. See 🔗 for details. @drcconnell.bsky.social @sacasrstir.bsky.social 🔗 www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...

**important findings on universal mental well-being/health interventions in schools** V important to measure harms: we should challenge introducing this type of programme - esp if reducing provision of targeted evidence based provision for CYP in need www.nationalelfservice.net/populations-...

School mental health trials show mixed results and unexpected harms

The Education for Wellbeing programme, funded by the Department for Education, was one of England’s largest school-based mental health research initiatives.

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Great early morning panel talking about relational influences and the wider social context around people in contact with the justice system. I think I’m smiling to stop from melting in the Portsmouth heat

Dr Catriona Connell@drcconnell.bsky.social · last yr.

Today I’m sharing more from our #justicehealth research at the British Soc Criminology Conference - me and @drdavegriffiths.bsky.social developed a typology of the social networks of people in contact with the justice system, and explore how it influences behaviour Come say hi - 830 LT3 #bsc2025

Today I’m sharing more from our #justicehealth research at the British Soc Criminology Conference - me and @drdavegriffiths.bsky.social developed a typology of the social networks of people in contact with the justice system, and explore how it influences behaviour Come say hi - 830 LT3 #bsc2025

On behalf of a fab team - I’ll be talking about headline results from our justice health research programmes biggest study so far at #bsc2025 today Shout out to @kjellgren.bsky.social @jsavinc.bsky.social and all the colleagues from Scotland involved 🙌🏻

Dr Catriona Connell@drcconnell.bsky.social · last yr.

Today I’m sharing results from RELEASE at the British Society of Criminology Conference - focusing on access to services for mental health and substance use & comparing people released from prison to similar people who hadn't been in prison Come say hi - 2.10pm Portland #bsc2025 #justicehealth

Today I’m sharing results from RELEASE at the British Society of Criminology Conference - focusing on access to services for mental health and substance use & comparing people released from prison to similar people who hadn't been in prison Come say hi - 2.10pm Portland #bsc2025 #justicehealth

New paper out on 'Relational influences on help-seeking for mental health and substance use problems among people experiencing social marginalisation: a scoping review' with @drcconnell.bsky.social @kjellgren.bsky.social & Jessica Greenhalgh 1/4 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...

Pleased our paper is out today: relational influences on help-seeking for mental health and substance use among marginalised people bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6/e090349.full We present follow on research with justice-involved ppl @ DRNS conference later @drnscot.bsky.social Team ⬇️ #JusticeHealth

A team led by Dr Wendy Masterton are hosting an information sharing webinar on the findings of #research exploring nature-based programmes for people with poor mental health and experience of substance dependence. They'll present 3 new resources. 11am, 28 May. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-bas...

Sentencing Review (England & Wales) calls for increased use of mandatory substance use treatment Our research shows we need better data collection & quality research to understand effects of these sentences on health Results soon. Led by Prof France #justicehealth #substanceuse #sentencingreview

Dr Richard Kjellgren @kjellgren.bsky.social speaking on the RELEASE research in Scotland which seeks to understand mental health and substance use-related services after release from prison. Really interesting and concerning data. @sacasrstir.bsky.social @drcconnell.bsky.social #Criminology [🧵/4]