Unlike other primates, humans are exposed to high levels of placental sex hormones in the womb, which may have fuelled the evolution of our large brains.
Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones
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Rhiannon Corcoran
@rhiannoncor.bsky.social
Prof. of Psychology and Public Mental Health, University of Liverpool, UK. Research lead, Prosocial Place. Social model of mental health & wellbeing. Social, psychological and environmental determinants of wellbeing.
Look at these lovely little herring gull chicks that call one of the quads in @livuninews.bsky.social Eleanor Rathbone Building home. Enjoy watching them grow daily and putting up with squally weather today 💕
Moments in nature... the sky dance of the Marsh Harrier 🍃 📹 @mart-the-gooner.bsky.social
Haha..I’m lined up to chat about this on Radio Four’s Today programme tomorrow morning. Last time I got up early for a R4 slot I was sacked off by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation. I’m now wondering what momentous event will happen overnight tonight 😂
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Virginia Giuffre’s treatment in the media highlights the great consequences of accusing high profile men of abuse
When powerful men are accused, the coverage largely revolves around those powerful men and the monetary or career consequences for them.
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Autism ‘experts by experience’ deliver neurodiversity training to hospital staff www.birkenhead.news/autism-exper...
Autism ‘experts by experience’ deliver neurodiversity training to hospital staff
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has teamed up with local charities to provide training sessions on autism and other neurodivergent conditions to its staff. The training workshops h
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A lovely short piece of writing featuring grey partridge, heron and grasshopper warbler. Red listed or not, we get them all at Garston Coastal Reserve www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: A fishing reel, digital noise … the grasshopper warbler is a bird for every age | Richard Smyth
Whitley Bay, North Tyneside: Denied the chance of seeing this elusive bird for centuries, we’ve had to make do with analysing its extraordinary call
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If you have a few minutes to spare, please give this powerful film from Truud a watch. Many children don’t have access to the kind of spaces they would love to play in. youtu.be/RdWdhoiaI5M?... #RaisingTheNation #PlayCommission
"I fell asleep at school"
YouTube video by TRUUD Research
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The resident heron in Princes Park is quite a character and seems to quite enjoy a quick photo shoot
New paper out: The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes – an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach, with Aregawi Gebremariam, @benjaminbarr.bsky.social @rhiannoncor.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach
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Absolutely fantastic sightings of barnie at Garston Coastal Reserve this evening @birderjack.bsky.social Too absorbed watching her quarter even to take phone pictures. We’re so blessed having this space with its amazing biodiversity on our doorstep 😊💕
Important paper by Essex colleagues uses inflammatory markers to show how ‘harsh’ or disorderly neighbourhoods impact health & wellbeing using Understanding Society data #SDOH @groundswellcon.bsky.social @prosocialplace.bsky.social @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social human-ethology.org/article/1336...
Why Maintenance Matters: Disorder in the Built Environment and Physical Health | Published in Human Ethology
By David McAleavey, Rick O'Gorman & 1 more. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in identifying exactly how aspects of the residential built environment “get under the skin”. Can Community Perc...
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Do you work in Local Government and have a #PublicHealth scheme in need of evaluation? The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ... @local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves has outlined plans to cut several billion from the UK's welfare budget. Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Good quality evidence that investment in welfare advice /income maximisation improves mental health outcomes AND reduces costs to the state. The planned #disability benefits reform does the opposite of this: more harm, more costs (1/2)
Ben Barr@benjaminbarr.bsky.social · 2y agoThe impact of Citizen's Advice on Prescription on mental health. Showing it reduced mental health related service use and was likely cost saving to the NHS. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @felly500.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social with @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social
The impact of Citizen's Advice on Prescription on mental health. Showing it reduced mental health related service use and was likely cost saving to the NHS. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @felly500.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social with @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social
The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach
sciencedirect.com
It makes my day whenever I’m lucky enough to catch a glimpse of our local barnies at Garston Coastal Reserve www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: Everybody’s come out for the barn owl | Claire Stares
Langstone, Hampshire: Four years after hearing about a local pair nesting nearby, I dash out to see if I can finally get a sighting
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Such an important research paper this. Grateful to all my colleagues who got this work over the line and proud to have been involved. This is essential reading for all with an interest in mental health and its treatment www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach
sciencedirect.com
Sensible advice alert below. I tried to bring my kids up as naturalists. Started by building a big collection of animal figures from Early Learning Centre but never bought many dinos and certainly no unicorns! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Enough with unicorns and dinosaurs – show children the magic of real, living animals instead | Isabel Losada
Put up pictures of lemurs, penguins and wolves, and introduce tomorrow’s environmentalists to the amazing nature in our world, says author Isabel Losada
theguardian.com
Flying into #FeatheredFriday with ‘Bramble’ a beautiful Barn #Owl at #SuffolkOwls 📷 🦉 Jun ‘24 🪶 #Raptors #Owls #Birds #Nature #Breathe #GetOutside
I’ve emailed my MP. Will you? action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...
Help ensure that nature is at the heart of the Government's planning reforms
I've written to my MP to demand that the UK Government adopts a nature-friendly approach to planning and development. Will you take action too?
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Social Return on Investment (SROI) Evaluation of Citizens Advice on Prescription: A Whole-Systems Approach to Mitigating Poverty and Improving Wellbeing . www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22...
Social Return on Investment (SROI) Evaluation of Citizens Advice on Prescription: A Whole-Systems Approach to Mitigating Poverty and Improving Wellbeing
Citizens Advice on Prescription (CAP), a Liverpool (UK)-based service, provides welfare advice and link worker social prescription support to people experiencing and at risk of experiencing financial ...
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So proud to have been involved in this research exploring the benefits of welfare advice on prescription for the many struggling these days with their mental health and wellbeing www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22...
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Made the list of #northinnovationwomen of NHSA. Surprised+happy to be with so many friends from @livunihipr.bsky.social, @livuni-iph.bsky.social and @livunichil.bsky.social 2025 theme was health inequalities work - list of Uni colleagues 👇 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/03/10/c...
Over 20 University of Liverpool colleagues make the annual #NorthInnovationWomen list - University of Liverpool News
Over 20 University of Liverpool colleagues make the annual #NorthInnovationWomen list
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Great to see the launch of the #PlayCommission this week showing the value of play for wellbeing. Our GCR last year called for the Government to ‘let children play’ 🎈
Centre for Young Lives@cfyounglives.bsky.social · 2y agoToday we’re publishing our Raising The Nation Play Commission interim report. Thanks to the many people who have contributed evidence and given advice. We set out the huge benefits of play, the barriers, and make policy recommendations. www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
Our new report - led by @n8research.bsky.social and @healthequitynorth.bsky.social and @annelongfield.bsky.social's @cfyounglives.bsky.social - warns the talents of millions of children are being ignored and calls for creativity to be embedded into an inclusive school curriculum tinyurl.com/2eca46yb
Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives report calls for ‘Britain’s kids have got talent’ drive in schools to boost opportunity and stop the pipeline of pop stars, actors and creatives becoming the ...
A new report published today (Friday 14th March) by Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives, An evidence-based approach to creating a culture of inclusive opportunity through arts and creati...
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