📢 I’m recruiting! Funded DPhil Studentship | University of Oxford | Psychiatry Mental Health Complexity & Service Inequalities in Adolescent Chronic Pain Apply by: 12:00noon (UK time), Fri 10 April 2026 Further details: shorturl.at/HpZZY @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social @willemkuyken.bsky.social

📢 I’m recruiting! Funded DPhil Studentship | University of Oxford | Psychiatry Mental Health Complexity & Service Inequalities in Adolescent Chronic Pain Apply by: 12:00noon (UK time), Fri 10 April 2026 Further details: shorturl.at/HpZZY @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social @willemkuyken.bsky.social

New paper from our team: Can ML identify which adolescents benefit most from school-based mindfulness? In 8,376 students (MYRIAD trial), models detected statistically significant but clinically negligible differential effects (d ≈ .07–.08). Precision prevention is hard...

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Machine learning analyses in the MYRIAD trial found only clinically trivial personalization of school-based mindfulness for adolescent #Depression prevention, underscoring limited differential benefit in universal programs. ja.ma/3OkeH2P

Our new study on the prevalence of psychological distress among adolescents in Ireland is out. We looked at anonymous surveys from over 20,000 adolescents across Ireland and explored at how rates of poor mental health, repetitive self-harm and suicide attempt were changing. Read more below! ⤵️

Trends in psychological distress among adolescents in Ireland: survey data from 2018 to 2023 & lived experience perspective - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of poor mental health, repetitive self-harm, and suicide attempts among adolescents in Ireland between...

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Last month, I found out I have hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, after decades of chronic pain and medical disinterest. I've decided to write publicly about this, not just about hypermobility and its health impacts, but about how it feels when doctors don't care: medium.com/p/4fea6398b8ba

Welcome to my body

After twenty years of pain and repeated medical dead ends, a stranger sent me a message on Instagram. It led to a diagnosis all the doctors…

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📢 New paper alert Our new study in JAACAP Open explores how adolescents’ executive function relates to their mental health and wellbeing over time: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

As we welcome new students and staff this term, we know it can be daunting to start somewhere new, but getting to know people can help. Our Career Development Working Group have held skills sessions to help researchers network & collaborate. Here's their top tips 👇 youtube.com/shorts/U0dOO...

Networking tips for researchers

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It was a real pleasure to visit the Paediatric Pain Management Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children yesterday. Many thanks to @chriseccleston.bsky.social for the kind invitation, and to the whole team for such a warm welcome and the great discussions on this often overlooked topic.

So pleased to see this one out! :)

Dr Lucy Foulkes@lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New paper from my group, led by Carolina Guzman Holst This is a secondary analysis of data from the high-quality MYRIAD trial, a universal school-based mindfulness intervention Summary below (🧵) acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🚨 New research alert We applied machine learning to the large MYRIAD trial (84 schools and 8,376 UK teens) to ask: 👉 Which adolescents benefit most from mindfulness delivered in schools? Bottom line: One-size-fits-all doesn’t work. Paper link: tinyurl.com/vvpvfunh 1/n

I had such a wonderful time visiting SBRL. Thank you for the warm welcome, inspiring conversations, and the chance to discuss new ideas. Very grateful for the opportunity to connect and learn from you all! :)

Rory O’Connor@roryoc.bsky.social · last yr.

It was great to host @hinzeverena.bsky.social at SBRL this week and to hear more about her important work on chronic pain and suicide and self-harm among youth

Please share! New partnership with RSABI. Fully funded PhD scholarship (UK students only): Towards an enhanced understanding of suicide risk among those from agricultural backgrounds. Supervised by me and @katierobb.bsky.social Closing date: 21st July 2025 🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

A Psychological Approach to Understanding & Preventing Suicide (Free Training) We’ve developed a suite of learning modules funded by NHS Education Scotland. The aim of these modules is to get to the heart of this most tragic of human outcomes. suicideresearch.info/resources/#n...

One in five of the population lives with chronic pain. In a new Review, authors discuss core principles for psychological pain management and practical advice for how to facilitate pain self-management in clinical practice: tinyurl.com/4fsjcdyc

With Psychiatry represented in six nominations in the University of Oxford Vice Chancellor's Awards, we are so pleased and proud of all of our finalists. Now the results are in...

This week, @theguardian.com highlights the story of a chronic pain sufferer, who found meaningful relief through therapist-guided emotion management. Chronic pain can be devastating - that's why we're committed to supporting innovative, life-changing pain research. 🔍 📖 Read more: shorturl.at/P5KF4

Chronic pain sent Jabez into a spiral of despair. Behaviour therapy brought her back

A new study has found that helping sufferers manage their emotions lessens their experience of chronic pain

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New blog post! 📣 Ever wanted to do more with your open-text experience sampling items, but were unsure 🤔 how to code the responses? @annalangener.bsky.social & @mariestadel.bsky.social show us how it's done with their new Shiny app for open-text ESM data: esmitemrepositoryinfo.com/blog-posts#M...

Blog posts | ESM Item Repository

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Are you an AHP working with children and young people experiencing chronic pain? This three-session course will give you the knowledge and skills to provide effective, evidence-based support. Only £30! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understand...

Jonathan Haidt has written about the potential harms of social media to girls, but what about boys (currently being widely discussed following the Netflix drama 'Adolescence')? This blog from 2023 discusses the tendency of boys to retreat and withdraw substack.com/@jonathanhai...

Why I'm Increasingly Worried About Boys, Too

Since the 1970s, boys have been pushed away from the real world and pulled into the virtual.

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Come and join @ginettelafit.bsky.social and I in Leuven after SAA to learn about #OpenScience for Experience Sampling/Ecological Momentary Assessment! More details in the post below. Please share! @ambulatory-assessment.org

Olivia Kirtley@oliviajkirtley.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you heading to @saa2025leuven.bsky.social? Fancy extending your stay in Leuven to learn more about #OpenScience for Experience Sampling Method research with @ginettelafit.bsky.social & I? We are running a one-day course after the conference! More info here: tinyurl.com/334rytta

📢 Come and join our team!

Willem Kuyken@willemkuyken.bsky.social · last yr.

Job Opportunity: Research Assistant. Join our team at the University of Oxford Mindfulness Research Centre to support an #MBCT #RCT study of young people’s mental health. 📍 Based in Oxford, hybrid work available 📆 10-month post, apply by Feb 25! 🔗 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Job Opportunity: Research Assistant. Join our team at the University of Oxford Mindfulness Research Centre to support an #MBCT #RCT study of young people’s mental health. 📍 Based in Oxford, hybrid work available 📆 10-month post, apply by Feb 25! 🔗 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

How Accurate & Consistent are Self-Report responses via Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) in Ecological Momentary Assessment & Digital Studies? Examined in a large EMA study (N = 3,761) w/L. Cloos @bsiepe.bsky.social @marilynpicciri1.bsky.social @eikofried.bsky.social @shirleybwang.bsky.social ... 🧵:

🆕 Please share 9th Suicide & Self-harm Early & Mid-Career Researchers' Forum Call for Abstracts Closing date 31st March. If you are an early or mid-career researcher working in the field of suicide or self-harm, this conference is for you. All welcome. 🔗 suicideresearch.info/2024/10/09/9...

Hello Bluesky👋 Here at the University of Oxford's Department of Psychiatry, we conduct world-class research into brain and mental health. Our aim is to translate ground-breaking scientific discoveries into benefits for patients. Follow us for our latest news & more👇 tinyurl.com/yc3dhjmz

The mind/body revolution: how the division between ‘mental’ and ‘physical’ illness fails us all

The mind/body revolution: how the division between ‘mental’ and ‘physical’ illness fails us all

New research shows western medicine’s traditional split between brain and body is, in fact, far from clear cut – and could provide a breakthrough for many complex conditions Some years ago Camilla Nord suffered such persistent pain at the site of an old…

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Suicide risk is double in people with chronic pain. What can be done to reduce this risk? In our EJP paper, we found mental defeat a significant predictor of future suicide risk in people with chronic pain 🧪Open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...