Are you a current university student aged 18+? Have you ever asked an AI tool for wellbeing advice? E.g., asked it questions about or for information on your own wellbeing? We'd love to chat! Fraser is funded by the Carnegie Vacation Scholarship and supervised by me! 📚 🤓 @frasercarey.bsky.social

Around every 20 seconds, a referral is made for a child or young person to access mental health services in England. That's about 4,000 referrals every day. (Darzi, 2024)

The gentle pleasures in life are so important amidst such a chaotic landscape these days. A slow Saturday morning, a good cup of tea or coffee, reading, the smell of my favourite incense or candle, fresh £5 local flowers, a walk with my dog when the sun is out in Scotland. Cherish the glimmers.

We are looking for a short-term full time researcher to work with us on a pilot study in preparation for a longitudinal qualitative study with parents of young children. **Deadline 14th May** More details here www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @sriucl.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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I’m so excited for this I could scream

Eleonor Piteira@eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Here's the cover illustration of Astarion by @tkingfisher.com , a Baldur's Gate 3 novel, that I had the immense pleasure of painting for Penguin Random House and Wizards of the Coast! Cheers, darling! 🥂

My new blog ‘When Trauma Awareness Stops at the Hospital Door’ for @psychologytoday.com (3 min read) www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

When Trauma Awareness Stops at the Hospital Door

Healthcare policy and practice poorly address psychological well-being for patients or practitioners. We must move beyond the medical gaze towards a psychologically informed approach.

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My reading highlights of the year so far. I have read 24 books in the last 4 months and these are the ones I most recommend.

🌟 NEW PRE-PRINT! 🌟 “It seems that everyone has got something”: A qualitative study of adolescents’ attitudes towards self-diagnosing with mental health problems from me and @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...

I just bloody love to see people doing well. Post about your successes! Tell me about them! I want to hear them all. Let’s celebrate each other in these dark and trying times. Big or small I want to know about it.

Gorgeous time hosting the first alumni event in the Psychology Department last night! @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social An evening of connection, honesty, and radical kindness when it comes to next steps. An honour to host events I loved when I was an undergraduate.

Saying that Twitter is truly a hellscape now. I can't even call it X. It's too awful. The definition of 'you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone'.

I have been reflecting recently on how easily and often I used to use Twitter when I was slightly younger (say, 20-24ish). Having not used this form of social media for a while now, I find it quite difficult to just casually post shortform thoughts. Despite how much I miss the interactions.

Looking for advice Has anyone needed international police clearance for a role and faced barriers due to not being a resident or citizen? A friend has an offer but can’t obtain a Canadian police check despite using all official routes. Any insight on how this can be resolved would be appreciated.

Increasingly aware of how the structures of adult life, namely overwork, routine, and instrumental rationality, truly do erode one’s sense of whimsy. Trying to make a deliberate, almost methodological effort to reintroduce small, daily acts of joy. A minor rebellion against creeping disenchantment.

Hot-tip: when someone asks you for your number, give them your OrcID

Bluesky #youthinvolvement people! I am seeking young people (aged 10–24) to share their experiences as collaborators in health research for an upcoming book project. Participation can take part via chat, workshop, or writing (€20–25 voucher). Link to express interest: tinyurl.com/youthinhealt...

One of life’s simple pleasures for me is the ability for the general public to overcome the societal norms of sitting silently, to come together to moan about public transport together, or any other inconveniences. Just had a brilliant 15 minute rant about Glasgow roadworks. Ah, community!

I adore working our open days @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social! Meeting prospective students and talking about the opportunities and avenues that exist in psychology makes me so excited to do what I do ❤️‍🔥

My doctoral thesis is finally published! If you are a researcher interested in #mentalhealthstigma #participatoryresearch then it may be of interest to you. Using participatory research methods we designed a model and measurement tool to capture youth mental health stigma experiences!

Development of the Youth Stigma Experiences Scale (YSES): A Participatory Mixed Methods Exploration of Youth Mental Health Stigma

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Just finished collaboratively writing our first journal article with my co-researchers, really excited to start sharing some of the findings from our participatory research on youth mental health stigma!

a woman is sitting at a table with a laptop and making a funny face ..

ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with a laptop and making a funny face ..

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How do you shake off a grumpy day? You know one of those days where everything is irritating you, you want to throw things, dropping a pen can send you round the bend. Any advice? I still have half a day to go and I feel if I stay this highly strung something bad is bound to happen.

I concluded by reading my thesis dedication aloud, even though they’ve all read it! Not a dry eye in the house. Including young people in research has so many incredible and transformational impacts. #youthworkchangeslives

Just had a two hour session with my young co-researchers to do a recap and refresh on our journey through participatory research. Whole session ended in tears. I am simply blown away by the level of commitment dedication, and resilience our team has had in our 4 year journey.

Had a wonderfully encouraging meeting with Routledge and my co-researchers yesterday! We are currently writing a proposal for a dual perspective book, written from the perspective of ECR lead researcher and young co-researchers on the involvement of young people across a research project.

Absolutely loving our @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social Psychology Empirical Conference today! Hearing our students present their research, share in each others journey and come together as a department to celebrate all of our final students hard work!

🚨NEW PAPER from my group: Scoping review of potential harm from group-based CBT and mindfulness interventions in schools Our research question was essentially this: How often do school mental health interventions make things worse? acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... (thread)

Just finished the new Split Fiction game from @hazelightgames.bsky.social and let me tell you, it was WORTH the 4 year wait from It Takes Two. You best believe I am buckling in for the next 4 year wait. What a delightful blend of incredible gameplay and beautiful storytelling. LOVED IT!!

1/5 Some recent conversations bought home to me how important this #Disability concept is. When someone doesn't understand why I've said I can't - and just assumes I'm wrong - it is heartbreaking, devaluing, gaslighting, bewildering, and often gives me no way forward. Unfortunately a lot of -

Just finished up a session of first year thematic analysis poster presentations. I always absolutely love seeing students present their work and evidencing that they have really grasped the key concepts and started to recognise the potential of qualitative research, yay! 🎉

Thoroughly loved this thread. This is a concept I am trying to teach undergrads. I can’t wait to incorporate this into my teaching.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2y ago

The answer was not the point. The answer was never the point. The process of searching is the process of learning.