If you fancy learning more about mixed methods during your lunch hour, we still have plenty of spaces. Could you kindly reshare? @matthewbroome.bsky.social @tamsinford.bsky.social @drshirleyr.bsky.social @marialoades.bsky.social @sosoallan.bsky.social @olademk.bsky.social @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social

I so enjoyed catching up with friends from the Lab for Scalable Mental Health at #SST5 in Chicago @ariellesmith.bsky.social @jschleiderphd.bsky.social and others!

🎤New ep of Mind the Kids podcast out today! One and done? Single session interventions @claragfaria.bsky.social interviews @marialoades.bsky.social, listen wherever you get your pods from - search ACAMH or visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab0r... #singlesessioninterventions #scalable

Mind the Kids - One and done? Single session interventions

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Great to see @jschleiderphd.bsky.social and the Lab for Scalable Mental Health in Chicago and to hear about so many innovate real world applications of single session interventions at #SST5

And impressive tote bags and goodies too - well done indeed @jschleiderphd.bsky.social and your SST5 organising team 🥰

Maria Loades@marialoades.bsky.social · last yr.

Along my running route is morning in Chicago (it was a ‘tourist’ run - lots of photo stops) @jess-deighton.bsky.social this one for you 😀 - added benefits of #sst5 thanks @jschleiderphd.bsky.social

Along my running route is morning in Chicago (it was a ‘tourist’ run - lots of photo stops) @jess-deighton.bsky.social this one for you 😀 - added benefits of #sst5 thanks @jschleiderphd.bsky.social

🚨 Paper alert 🚨 There’s a lot of debate at the moment around universal, interventions in schools. A thread 🧵 Our new meta-analysis, published today, shows they can work in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety. www.frontiersin.org/journals/chi... Findings discussed more below…

Frontiers | Universal, school-based, interventions to improve emotional outcomes in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

IntroductionThere is debate into the impact of universal, school-based interventions to improve emotional outcomes. Previous reviews have only focused on anx...

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🔍 NEW STUDY: Evaluation of Project Care UK – an online self-help single-session intervention to boost SELF-COMPASSION in adolescents 💙 📘 Read in JMIR MH: mental.jmir.org/2025/1/e72077 🧠 A step forward in making mental health support more accessible. #MentalHealth #SelfCompassion #PsychologyResearch

Investigating Project Care UK, a Web-Based Self-Help Single-Session Intervention for Youth Mental Health: Program Evaluation

Background: Psychological distress becomes more common during adolescence, yet many young people struggle to access clinic-based mental health care. Digital, self-help single-session interventions (SS...

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Trying to bring science to TikTok. Inspired by youth voices + a few great academics. @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social @amymccall.bsky.social in particular. Got examples? Send them my way! #SciComm See more about why www.linkedin.com/posts/maria-...

#sciencecommunication #tiktok | Maria Loades

We need to talk about science where people are already spending their time — even if that’s TikTok. I’m passionate about science communication. If we want our research to make an impact, we need to m...

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You have 6 DAYS LEFF to apply to BRIDGE, a 6-month peer mentoring scheme for ECRs to facilitate global collaborations in mental health research! It is free, remote, and focused in skills development, social support, and cross-cultural networking 👉🏽 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/bridge/

How do we bridge the gap between research-practice in public health? In my @nihr.bsky.social fellowship, I attended training @deciphercentre.bsky.social @grahammoore.bsky.social et al. I’ve since been thinking much more about context and using logic models more fluidly as to🛠️ to structure this

Graham Moore@grahammoore.bsky.social · last yr.

In London as part of the teaching team for this masterclass. Will be sharing @deciphercentre.bsky.social led frameworks for intervention research, with a focus on implementation.

Psychological distress over 30 years in Great Britain: the times they are a changin’ (or are they?) buff.ly/qpu4p0f 🧵 THREAD #MentalHealth #PsychologicalDistress #Surveys #GB #30years

So proud of the @lampresearchuk.bsky.social phd students who presented their work @psychologybath.bsky.social CMHD group today @nataliakika.bsky.social @sophiedallison.bsky.social @emmachubb.bsky.social

Colleagues in the UK - is anyone else actually in the office today? Just sent a bunch of emails and got an OOO reply from EVERY SINGLE ONE!

a drawing of a calendar with the words out of office written on it .

ALT: a drawing of a calendar with the words out of office written on it .

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Interested in codesigning an intervention? #PPI #livedexperience. Thanks @cathycreswell.bsky.social et al for a super paper describing how they codesigned an intervention for anxiety problems for autistic children - see @acamh.bsky.social JCPP advances

JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library | Maria Loades

Mental health problems are common among young people, and some groups of young people like autistic individuals are particularly vulnerable, yet most interventions have historically been designed with...

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Young adults mental health needs should be considered in their own right, not as part of working age adults generally - here’s why journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... @deborahchristie.bsky.social thanks for the opportunity to write this editorial for CCPP

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It was such a pleasure to talk to the CYP Wellbeing & MH network @exeter.ac.uk yesterday - thanks for hosting me @annaadlam.bsky.social ! Find out more about what I talked about and all our @lampresearchuk.bsky.social work here www.linkedin.com/posts/maria-...

It was a pleasure and a privelege to present to you all too, thanks for… | Maria Loades

It was a pleasure and a privelege to present to you all too, thanks for the invite Anna Adlam ! And particularly thanks for the below thread which includes links to the main papers published from my N...

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@marialoades.bsky.social Delivered an insightful training on Co-Production for UoBath Psychology staff & postgrads. Explored key definitions, practical examples, and ethical considerations. #CoPro empowers young people and enhances the research relevance & impact. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🌟 Training Session Recap! 🌟 On May 14th, 2025, Maria Loades delivered… | LAMPresearchUK

🌟 Training Session Recap! 🌟 On May 14th, 2025, Maria Loades delivered an insightful training session on Co-Production for the Department of Psychology staff and postgraduates at the University of Bat...

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Lovely to have lunch with colleagues from @psychologybath.bsky.social yesterday! @harrietrose.bsky.social @sophiedallison.bsky.social and others all working as part of the @nihr.bsky.social Mental Health Research Group :-)

It's been a few weeks since I was last on campus @psychologybath.bsky.social but here I am today

Anyone who wants to know more about the Department of Psychology at Bath, we are now on LinkedIn @psychologybath.bsky.social so do give us a follow.

We are one of the many vibrant research groups within @psychologybath.bsky.social and you can specifically also follow our work via @lampresearchuk.bsky.social

Maria Loades@marialoades.bsky.social · 2y ago

My research group, based at the University of Bath, is spotLight on Adolescent Mood Problems (LAMP). We are working on improving access to evidence based mental health help for young people (age 13-25).

Delighted to share that I’ve been promoted to Professor! So thankful to everyone who has supported me and to @nihr.bsky.social for fellowship funding.

Me, balancing a career, hobbies, a healthy lifestyle, and a relationship

🛑 STOP 🛑 doing universal mental health interventions in schools They don’t work & young people don’t like them Another great thread from @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social Thanks Lucy! #FutureProofingStudy #YouthMentalHealth #Depression

Dr Lucy Foulkes@lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · last yr.

This is a *key* new paper in the world of school mental health interventions A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y) No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia) (🧵) mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...

Very pleased to see this paper published open access in BMC Psychology today, where we interviewed 24 young people to discover their thoughts towards online single-session interventions. It is the FIRST qualitative paper to focus on SSIs in UK-based young people 🤯 doi.org/10.1186/s403...

Young people’s attitudes towards online self-help single-session interventions: findings from a co-produced qualitative study - BMC Psychology

Background Many young people experience at least subthreshold depression symptoms which impact their functioning. Yet, access to evidence-based help is limited, with barriers such as service threshold...

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One of our young co-researchers shared their experiences of being a co-researcher on the Can We Connect study, including: • Value to them as a co-researcher • Value of having co-researchers to the study • Best parts of the research process • Reflections and learnings youtu.be/ImqUos08S8Y

Interview CWC co researcher

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🚨Our review of AI in Youth Mental Health is live! 📄 “Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Youth Mental Health Care: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions” 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s405... Emerging tools, ethical questions, and practical guidance for clinicians. #Psychiatry #Psychology

Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Youth Mental Health Care: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions - Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry

Purpose Youth mental health challenges are on the rise. Despite significant efforts to expand access, traditional approaches are unable to keep pace with the growing demand. While Artificial Intellige...

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