📄 From #CAMH: Debate: Where to next for universal school‐based mental health interventions? 👉 https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12749 #MentalHealthResearch

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

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London 8 Sept 26, colleagues are hosting a free screening of Voices Unheard, a new mid-length documentary challenging common narratives about psychosis by foregrounding voices of people with lived experience, filmed between Chennai (India) & Karachi (Pakistan) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/voices-unh...

VOICES UNHEARD: Documentary pre-screening and Q&A

A documentary that rethinks the narrative around psychosis, through the voices of those who live it.

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Two posts coming up in the Preventing mental health issues in ethnically diverse youth: A feasibility pilot study (PRIMA) at the University of Worcester - a project manager and a research fellow. Applications close 31st August 26. Please do share! jobs.worcester.ac.uk/vacancies.as...

🆕 Childhood #overweight & #obesity have emerged as a major public health challenge across Pacific Island Countries and Territories. We present a new 3-paper series, highlighting the burden, determinants & interventions to #childhood obesity in #PICTs. 🔗 www.thelancet.com/series-do/ch... #MedSky

Childhood Obesity in Pacific Islands Countries and Territories

Childhood overweight and obesity have emerged as a major public health challenge across Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), where prevalence rates are among the highest globally.

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📄 From #JCPP: Social connection and its prospective association with adolescent internalising and externalising symptoms: an exploratory cross‐country study using retrospective harmonisation 👉 https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14080 #MentalHealthResearch

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An estimated 15.6 million Brazilians aged 5–29 (about 1 in 5 (!!!)) met criteria for a mental disorder in 2023. Anxiety ranked first among all 375 conditions modelled by the GBD study, already at ages 5 to 9. 📖in full: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Mental disorders and self-harm among Brazilian children, adolescents, and young adults: prevalence, disability, and mortality estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study

The available sources indicate high prevalence and burden, underscoring the need for urgent action to safeguard the mental health of young Brazilians.

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Effects of insomnia-focused psychological and behavioral interventions on depressive symptoms in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Galling et al: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ECAP #openaccess #insomnia #depression #youthmentalhealth #childpsychiatry

Effects of insomnia-focused psychological and behavioral interventions on depressive symptoms in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatr...

Psychological and behavioral interventions for insomnia are increasingly recognized as promising approaches not only to improve sleep but also to influence mental health outcomes in children and adole...

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Great to see Aisling and Francois out in the field working with colleagues in Cambodia!

M-BRIGHT Study@m-bright-study.bsky.social · last wk.

New news item on the website on a Report on the M-BRIGHT intervention (Mental Health Club) Qualitative Data Collection (30-31 July 2026), Cambodia - read it and please do share! www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

Not forgetting the team in Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia, who are also collecting qualitative data this week with Aisling on site with the team from Royal University of Phnom Penh

Always great to see members of the team out in the field - far and wide!

M-BRIGHT Study@m-bright-study.bsky.social · 2w ago

Some wonderful pictures from the qualitative data collection that is happening in 10 January 1979 school in Siem Reap, Cambodia, where the team is, with Francois, interviewing stakeholders and adolescents who took part in the intervention.

Great to see Aisling and Francois out in the field in Cambodia! Have a great week!

M-BRIGHT Study@m-bright-study.bsky.social · 2w ago

Drs Aisling Murray and Francois van Loggerenberg are in Phnom Penh to assist with the planning for qualitative data collection later this week in the sites. Always a pleasure to be with the team! Here’s to a happy and productive week.

In this podcast, host @claragfaria.bsky.social is joined by Alina Marinca to discuss her recent her JCPP Advances paper on sleep disturbance as a transdiagnostic marker of children's mental health difficulties. Watch or listen to the full podcast to learn more. https://bit.ly/3SPdy5G

Read more about the study: www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/a-third... @oxchildpsych.bsky.social @minafazeloxford.bsky.social @emmasoneson.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk

A third of adolescents have seen self-harm content online, despite most not looking for it – new Oxford study

One in three young people have seen self-harm content online in the course of the previous month, despite the majority not actively seeking it out, according to a major new study from the University o...

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🔊NEW STUDY: A third of adolescents have seen self-harm content online, despite most not looking for it Researchers analysed data from more than 32,000 students aged 11–18 years who took part in the 2025 OxWell Student Survey in England. Watch the video on the findings👇

University of Oxford Masters Student, Rehan Meemaduma, reflects on his time in Hanoi, on a student research placement on the M-BRIGHT study. Read about it on the news section of our website - www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

Great to be at the UK Dementia Research Community Reception last night to celebrate the UK's contribution to advances in dementia research 🔬 We enjoyed connecting with colleagues from across the country and hearing from keynote speakers Lord Vallance and Frank Arrojo. @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social

Curious about how our study is going? Read more about it in our Intervention Progress Update: Kampong Chhnang and Siem Reap Provinces, Cambodia, on our website news section www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

From May 13th to May 16th, 2026, the M-BRIGHT project successfully conducted a comprehensive qualitative data collection field trip across Vietnam - read all about it on our news section of the website www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

And may we add our heartfelt congratulations to Aisling! Well done!

M-BRIGHT Study@m-bright-study.bsky.social · last mo.

Huge congratulations to our Research Coordinator, Aisling, who passed her PhD viva last week; Congratulations Dr Murray! The tile of her dissertation is :Exploring psychological resilience in children, young people and families from minoritised ethnic populations: An embodied and arts-based inquiry"

As part of our study assessments, we recently conducted a qualitative data workshop in Vietnam, followed by data collection. Read about it on our website - www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

We're delighted that Conor Durkin from the #denpruQM team will be speaking at #AAICforAll on Thursday 16 July. Conor will be sharing new research about regional variation in the potential for dementia prevention across England. Find out more: www.alz.org/aaic-for-all @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social

AAIC For All: Community | Alzheimer’s Association

People living with Alzheimer's or dementia, caregivers and families can learn about the latest dementia science and research at this free event.

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Alzheimer's Association@alzassociation.bsky.social · last mo.

Understand what’s next in Alzheimer’s and dementia research and learn ways to join the cause at #AAICForAll! Attend this no-cost virtual event on July 16. Register now: alz.org/aaic-for-all.

Great turn up for our summer outing today. Celebrating the work of our three units and the centre as a whole. Looking forward to another great year

The midway observation was conducted in all intervention schools by the M-Bright project team to monitor and gather feedback from facilitators and students - read about how this was done in Cambodia and keep up to date with study news www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

This was a great and informative seminar. Thanks @giorgiamichelini.bsky.social!

QMUL Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health@qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social · last mo.

On Tuesday this week we had a great seminar by @giorgiamichelini.bsky.social who presented on transdiagnostic approaches to neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions. Thanks to everyone who joined us in person or online! @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

PhD currently recruiting (deadline 04 Aug 26) Virtual Wards, Real Inequities: Understanding the Intersection of Ethnicity, Culture, and Deprivation in Remote Health Services. Please check out and share! liss-dtp.ac.uk/project/virt...

"Drama therapy is delivered to children in schools; however, little empirical data evaluating the quantitative effect is currently available." This new publication hopes to address that - please do share! @qmul-wiph.bsky.social intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

☀️ We've sent out our summer newsletter! Look out for... - New videos introducing #denpruQM research - Photos and updates from Pint of Science 2026 - Research exploring how inequalities impact health and social care service use among people with dementia Read more 👇 tinyurl.com/4jsfuce9

On the cover, ahead of #WorldRefugeeDay, a new Editorial: 'Migration: a reality, not an emergency' Read this & more in our latest issue: spkl.io/633217EJRU

“mental health responses are very much associated with adversity, they may be a predisposition, but they're not a biological inevitable response” 👉 Watch on ACAMH Learn · Free CPD/CME #ChildMentalHealth #PTSD #ConductDisorder

The Evolution of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services - 1960 –…

How has the acknowledgement and understanding of child maltreatment have evolved over time? What is its impact on shaping child and adolescent mental health practices? In this second part of a, two-part talk,…

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Looking around the office, I think some may have got a head start on this! But challenge accepted!

BAPT British Association Of Play Therapists@bapt.info · 2mo ago

Hey … #WrongTrousersDay is a fun-filled annual charity event where people wear the wackiest trousers to school, work or home to raise money for sick children - www.grandappeal.org.uk