We're excited to have reached our first big recruitment milestone - over 100 families are now part of the STAR-CAT study! Fantastic work from all of our clinical teams 🤩

For #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, the WISDOM network are encouraging schools and colleges to join with research that strengthens understanding on children's mental health. This year's theme is "This Is My Place", promoting inclusive and nurturing environments for young people. tinyurl.com/5xmwk9b9

#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek is here! “This is My Place” - children and young people need to feel valued and that they truly belong. Get involved in furthering our understanding of mental health in the school community through the WISDOM Network: tinyurl.com/5xmwk9b9

NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Oxford Health@oxhealthbrc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚸 #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek (9 -15 February) highlights the importance of helping young people feel they belong. The WISDOM Schools Research Network is inviting schools and colleges to join research that strengthens understanding of pupils’ mental health. tinyurl.com/5xmwk9b9

ChildrensMentalHealthWeek (9–15 Feb) free resources can be found here: www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk If your school is interested in young people's mental health, WISDOM welcomes you to join our Network. See the post below for more information.

Place2Be's Children's Mental Health Week

Place2Be's official Children's Mental Health Week exists to empower, equip and give a voice to all children and young people in the UK.

childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk

NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Oxford Health@oxhealthbrc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week (9–15 Feb) with us This year’s theme, This is My Place. WISDOM network brings together #schools and #researchers to build a supportive #network that strengthens mental health knowledge for students, staff and families. Join us: tinyurl.com/EOIWisdomnet...

Celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week (9–15 Feb) with us This year’s theme, This is My Place. WISDOM network brings together #schools and #researchers to build a supportive #network that strengthens mental health knowledge for students, staff and families. Join us: tinyurl.com/EOIWisdomnet...

This is a project I 'm currently working on and am incredibly proud of - bringing together schools and mental health researchers. Please feel free to share—schools across England are welcome to join our Network for free, with no obligation.

NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Oxford Health@oxhealthbrc.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Join the WISDOM Schools Research Network A free national mental health research network supporting #mentalhealth #research in #primary, #secondary, #sixthform and #FE settings. Get involved: tinyurl.com/WisdomOHBRC YouTube: tinyurl.com/WhatisWISDOM

GPs, can you spare half an hour to be interviewed for this research on supporting older people with depression? Email me at m.c.rickett1@keele.ac.uk for further information or to take part.

So the Mental Elf blogged about our paper where we examine the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and generalised anxiety at preschool age, and trajectories across childhood. Have a read! #Anxiety #Uncertainty #IntoleranceOfUncertainty #MentalHealthResearch

The Mental Elf@thementalelf.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Preschoolers who find uncertainty hard to handle may be more prone to anxiety later in life, but it’s not that simple. New research explores how intolerance of uncertainty at age 4 links to anxiety, depression & behaviour problems up to age 10. #ChildMentalHealth #Anxiety #Uncertainty 🧵 THREAD

Hi everyone! Welcome to our new BlueSky account. For those who don't know us, we're a mental health charity and we've been supporting children and young people for over 70 years ⬇️

📣 Schools wanted! Is your school passionate about mental health? Join the WISDOM Research Network to get involved in research + access carefully curated mental health resources. 🎥 Watch our video: youtu.be/7Z5y6CvNcH8 It is free to join and take part! Let’s make a difference, together!

Introducing the WISDOM Research Network for Schools

YouTube video by Mental Health in Development

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⚡NEW PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT COMING SOON⚡ How are mental health problems portrayed in TV shows, films and music, and what impact does this have? Does it help us understand better? Can it ever be unhelpful? A new project from Dr Lucy Foulkes & Isaac Winterburn Follow this account for updates!

🚨 Thrilled to share my PhD paper just out in PLOS ONE! We developed & validated the concrete and abstract thinking (CAT) measure - an accessible, reliable tool to assess abstract thinking linked to rumination & worry. @oxexppsy.bsky.social #paramedicmentalhealth dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Development and validation of a measure of concrete and abstract thinking

Abstract-analytical thinking, which characterizes rumination and worry, has been shown to be a risk and maintenance factor for psychological disorders, yet there are no accessible, reliable measures t...

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The second paper of my PhD is now out in the world! It is a longitudinal study exploring if intolerance of uncertainty predicts generalised anxiety. Thanks to @profhelendodd.bsky.social, @jmorriss.bsky.social, @hollyrayson.bsky.social for all your support doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2025.103004

I currently have two fully-funded PhD opportunities in my lab - both providing a chance to work on the incredible LEAF data set that we have been collecting the last couple of years (220 children followed longitudinally from 10-30 months on measures of attention and early EF). Please share!

We're proud to endorse the #FutureMindsCampaign calling for immediate and scalable steps that the Government can take to address the Children's Mental Health Crisis. Read more: cypmhc.org.uk/publications...

Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition@cypmentalhealth.bsky.social · 2y ago

The decline in young people's mental health is unacceptable. It's one of the biggest health, social and economic challenges of our time. That's why alongside Centre for Mental Health, Centre for Young Lives, Young Minds and supported by the Prudence Trusts we’re launching the #FutureMindsCampaign

Finding it difficult to fill up a blank page? Forget the formalities and write your points in the way you think/speak. Sign up to be notified when applications open for our fully-funded Writing Retreat for #mentalhealth #researchers in July 2025. 👇 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/writing-retr...

Are you a parent or carer who wants to be involved in developing research about the mental health of children and young people? Join the Parent Carer Research Network parentcarerresearchnetwork.org.uk

Parent Carer Research Network - Mental Health in Development

All about our network for parents and carers interested in getting involved in research around the mental health of children and young people.

parentcarerresearchnetwork.org.uk

The Parent Carer Research Network, in partnership with Mental Health in Development at the University of Oxford, is here. We welcome any #parents or #carers interested in getting involved in #research to improve children and young people's #MentalHealth. parentcarerresearchnetwork.org.uk

In 2025, we're running two fully-funded Writing Retreats for #mentalhealth #researchers. Express your interest using the link below👇 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/writing-retr... To prep, we'll be sharing our series of top tips from the last retreat - keep your eyes peeled 👀

I adore this. Sort your Christmas dinner timings with a bit of R code!

Dr Will Ball@wpball.com · 2y ago

There's probably a better way to do this, but I wrote some terrible R code to make a timed itinerary for cooking Christmas dinner. You can customise the elements, timings & desired meal time & it will tell you when to start cooking each element so it's all ready together github.com/will-ball/Ch...

We are setting up a network of schools across England that are interested in mental health research. Schools get lots of benefits on top of being involved in cutting edge mental health research. Schools and researchers, do get in touch! Wisdom.network@psy.ox.ac.uk

NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Oxford Health@oxhealthbrc.bsky.social · 2y ago

👏Colleagues from our BRC’s Mental Health in Development Theme have established the Wisdom network, bringing together primary and secondary schools in England with academic researchers to enable #mentalhealth research that benefits school communities. Get involved: tinyurl.com/wisdomnetwork

It’s vital that researchers with lived experience are at the heart of #mentalhealth #research. The #MHRmap helps researchers share their #research interests and connect with each other. Can you help us reach more researchers with lived experience? 📌 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/mental-healt...

Philosophers of Mind and Cognitive Science, come to Oxford! Closing date for applications is 18 December 2024 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKV033/a...

Associate Professorship or Professorship of Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science at University of Oxford

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Associate Professorship or Professorship of Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science on jobs.ac.uk!

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This is a beautiful piece about loss and grief.

The Psychologist@psychmag.bsky.social · 2y ago

‘Simply sit with me in the dark…’ Dr Natalie Carpenter on the empathy and connection needed to bear the unbearable. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Do let Emma know if you want to be added to the pack for researchers and practitioners in school mental health. Will be great to get all of us together!

Emma Soneson@emmasoneson.bsky.social · 2y ago

RESEARCHERS & PRACTITIONERS IN SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH 🏫📚🧠 to complement the lovely general C&A MH lists from @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social (go.bsky.app/mJXZrD) & @olademk.bsky.social (go.bsky.app/KSGUBYg) Hoping this will be primarily crowd-sourced, so please tell me who to add: go.bsky.app/5EXucz1

Mornin’! Been lurking in the background for a while and thought it was about time that I posted! Quick intro. I am passionate about improving young people’s mental health, and am setting up a mental health research network in schools across England (wisdom.mhid.org.uk). Happy to hear about you all!

WISDOM Research Network - WISDOM Research Network

Welcome to the WISDOM Research Network, working with schools and researchers to improve mental health in young people.

wisdom.mhid.org.uk