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The Mental Elf

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The Mental Elf is hiring! We need 2 part-time Elf Coordinators to join our team and support us in the commissioning & editing of mental health research blogs. Apply now: #MentalHealth #MentalHealthResearch #Blogs #Editing #Writing #Job #JobAlert

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The Mental Elf

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3 years

Ten years ago we started The Mental Elf Our aim was (and is) to help you keep up to date with the latest relevant & reliable #MentalHealth research. 2,214 blogs, 462 bloggers, 87,995 Twitter followers later... What do you think of what we've done?

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I started the Mental Elf 8 years ago. Today we ticked past 70k followers. Big thanks to everyone who supports what we do. Please keep reading the blogs and tweeting about them: Cheers, André

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Thank you to @xandvt for opening up about your own mental health on the excellent #StoppingMaleSuicide documentary. Excellent contributions from @KevinHinesStory @TheMindEdTrust @suicideresearch Really worth watching: #Suicide #Men #MentalHealth

BBC Two - Horizon, 2018, Stopping Male Suicide

Investigating why suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 in the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk

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People with lived experience of mental illness! I’m interested in what would help you attend mental health research events and contribute to the discussions. Nothing is off limits! No wrong answers! Please share your thoughts. Thanks+ André

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Pets should be included in care plans when they play an important role in the wellbeing of someone living with mental health difficulties

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What do you think of the way @And_Cipriani 's antidepressant study is summarised in @guardian by @markriceoxley69 ? Is this simple comparison with placebo helpful? My concern is that busy GPs might read that Amitriptyline is "the best" and not dig further

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Please help save The Mental Elf! We need your help to keep publishing free blogs and sharing them on social media. Please donate what you can: And share these videos so everyone knows The Mental Elf needs your help to survive. THANK YOU! ❤️

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These are my planned areas of #MentalHealth focus for 2019. What do YOU think? What have I missed? Have I included anything that doesn't make sense to you? Please tweet me your thoughts and suggestions #ElfHelp Thanks very much, André

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7 years

My complaint about the #BBCPanorama 'Prescription for Murder?' show broadcast last night. You can complain here:

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Mental disorders start early and vary across the lifespan: it’s time to pay attention to the whole person, and less to the diagnosis #IoPPNfestival

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Antidepressants for youth depression: Cochrane review confirms they should not be the first port of call

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Antidepressant withdrawal: reviewing the paper behind the headlines

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It's #WorldMentalHealthDay ! Today we're launching our Mental Health Research Matters conversation all about how research can improve lives. 🌤 #MentalHealthResearchMatters 🌤 What do you think of our campaign video? Please share our 🧵 THREAD 👇🏽

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7 years

#Antidepressants 1 They save lives 2 Benefits outweigh risks 3 Limited evidence of increased violence #BBCPanorama

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7 years

What is it like to be depressed? I like this description from 'The Jewel Garden' by @TheMontyDon #depression #exercise #gardening

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Exercise for depression: an evidence-based treatment option "Exercise is efficacious in treating depression and depressive symptoms and should be offered as an evidence-based treatment option." - Heissel et al, 2023

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5 years

Why does the general public not donate to mental health in the same way as they do to cancer, cardiovascular disease and dementia? Answers in a tweet please! #MHresearch

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4 years

I've been thinking a lot about what's going on in mental health services right now: - Have services closed? - Have they adapted to provide online support? - How has this all affected patients? - How are staff coping? Please tell me what's happening where you are & please share

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3 years

Qualitative co-production: involving people with lived experience in co-analysis of qualitative data

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If therapy is so powerful, isn’t there a risk it can harm us too? Thanks+ to @Martha_Gill for writing this challenging piece: It's really important that future research measures the harms as well as the benefits of talking therapies (1/2)

Not all therapy is a force for good. I give you exhibit A: the actor Jonah Hill | Martha Gill

The star wrote his controlling texts to a girlfriend in language he learned on the couch

www.theguardian.com

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7 years

New research suggests that pets should be considered a key source of support in managing people's mental health

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6 years

Social networks play a key role in well-being in severe mental illness

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4 years

Co-production of research with people who have the relevant lived experience is always important. This must not be overlooked during the current pandemic.

Mental health COVID-19: research priorities

Alexandra Pitman, Sonia Johnson and Michael Bloomfield respond to the mental health COVID-19 research priorities published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

www.nationalelfservice.net

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7 years

A huge elf milestone today: 200 people have blogged for the Mental Elf! 👏Huge thanks to everyone👏

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6 years

Clinicians! 1 Actively listen, don't control the interview 2 Support & encourage patients by paying attention to their emotions 3 Ask: “What do you think is going on?” 4 Take advantage of patient’s personal knowledge 5 Involve patients in their care

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Mental health research is racist, so what are we all going to do about it? #MHQT FREE webinar 18th Nov from @UCLPsychiatry @TheLancetPsych @BlackThrive & me. Panel: @NatalieCreary @SyedaAkther2 @HatchStephani @EdgeDawn @chelsmcdonagh @FrankKeating7

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*NEW JOB ALERT* - Are you a PhD student working in a mental health setting? - Do you love using digital technology to disseminate & discuss mental health research? - Do you have about 1 day free every week? - Do you like terrible puns? Deadline: 13/9/19

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7 years

It's time to talk about suicides among middle-aged men. Thoughtful piece by @Shrink_at_Large

Why do so many middle-aged men take their own life?

After Chester Bennington's tragic death, we need to examine the societal issues which lead to such high suicide rates among this demographic

www.independent.co.uk

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#BBCPanorama Here's the EVIDENCE for #Antidepressants >150 evidence-based blogs No bias, no misinformation, no spin

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Hi @peterkinderman Thank you for the emails you have sent me over the last few days asking about my work with @NatElfService & @Minervation and my partnership with @RCPsych . In the interest of being open & transparent, I’ve decided to answer your Qs here on Twitter. (1 of many)

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The key principles of trauma informed approaches #mhnr2017

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"Forget the names of all these fancy cognitive & behavioural processes, & all those psychodynamic defences. A therapist just needs to focus wholeheartedly on their client, & help them find a way round the counterproductive things they're doing"

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3 years

This meta-analysis confirms the efficacy of fluoxetine for the treatment of adolescent depression.

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Stopping Male Suicide Great BBC Horizon documentary by @xandvt featuring @Zer0Suicide Watch again! 11.15pm on Wed 15th May 2019 #ZSAconf19

BBC Two - Horizon, 2018, Stopping Male Suicide

Investigating why suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 in the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Please welcome our 5 new @Mental_Elf Project Coordinators to the woodland! @SyedaAkther2 @LHemming123 @DafniKatsampa @LeanneHPatrick @KSaundersKCL @DBadenoch and I are well chuffed that we've got such a talented bunch to help us take @NatElfService to the next level!

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How should we talk about #suicide ? Recent research concludes that the most acceptable phrases are currently: “attempted suicide”, “took their own life”, “died by suicide” and “ended their life”.

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New evidence on how #pets can support our #mentalhealth : - alleviating worry - providing comfort - preventing feelings of loneliness - physical activity - distraction from symptoms - giving sense of identity & self-worth What would YOU add to the list?

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7 years

Most popular blog this week? It's @Doc_Murtada on #Diet & #Depression The importance of #EatingWell 🍏🍓🍆🥑🌮🥗🍇🍅 Pls RT

Diet and depression: can we eat our way out of clinical depression?

Murtada Alsaif chews over an RCT of dietary improvement for adults with major depression, which finds a positive link between good diet and depression.

www.nationalelfservice.net

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Why hasn't evidence-based mental health closed the 17 year gap between research and practice? #MHED2018 Because it's not an evidence revolution or a technological revolution that we need. It's a cultural shift that practitioners need to use evidence in their work.

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4 years

Therapy over the telephone: how does it compare to face-to-face? The answer might surprise you…

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"We must ensure as a first priority that mental health services are trustworthy. We must listen to survivors who have been telling us for decades now that the diagnosis of BPD is an irreversible stain on the soul" @Shrink_at_Large #mentalhealthpru

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Announcing Digital Mental Health week #DigiMHweek 4-8 Dec 2017 Research blogs, expert webinars, tweet chats, podcasts & more! Pls RT! 📲👍

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Psychosocial assessments in emergency departments can reduce the likelihood of future events of self-harm, so why doesn’t everyone get one?

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Exercise may help prevent depression for all ages, genders & nationalities

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THREAD/RANT... Getting psychiatrists on to Twitter: what's the point? So, I spend a lot of time talking to mental health professionals about social media; the benefits, the harms and the best way to create value and minimise bun-fights. 1/13

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Does a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder help or harm? #BIGSPD23

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3 years

Inequality is about wealth and power. Can we achieve equality in mental health? The brilliant @MH_Equality team at @CentreforMH have created a ten point action plan for us all to get behind. Follow the hashtag from 10am for the report launch 🌟 #EqualityInMentalHealth 🌟

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FAB blog by @suzypuss We need to teach trainee psychiatrists about: - shared decision-making - self-directed support - co-production - collaborative care - support-planning - ethics - human rights - community engagement - social inclusion What else?

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4 years

I've seen some great Chairs at mental health conferences over recent years, but few can match the former member of the Beastie Boys who is introducing speakers today at #DepressionPrevention

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5 years

- For every suicide there are approx. 20 suicide attempts - For every suicide attempt there are many more individuals who think about suicide - Identifying which individuals will attempt suicide is crucial for intervention/prevention @Becky_mars_ #SelfHarmData

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6 years

Our blog today is on the largest ever meta-analysis in psychiatry, which finds that antidepressants are more effective than placebo for short-term treatment of acute depression in adults

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5 years

"It is still possible that people with a history of abuse might suffer twice: first from the abuse itself, and second from having their resulting emotional response pathologised." New editorial in @TheLancetPsych citing @RRowanOlive & @Shrink_at_Large

Beyond the borderline

“It is well known that a large group of patients fit frankly neither into the psychotic nor into the psychoneurotic group, and that this border line group of patients is extremely difficult to handle...

www.thelancet.com

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6 years

Evidence to help and support people who #SelfHarm ✍🏽Written by experts 📲Blogged by elves Please RT to your followers to help get the research to the people who need it most 🙏

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60 years ago we began using lithium in psychiatry. Countless studies support its efficacy as a mood stabiliser, some even suggest neuroprotective, telomere-preserving & anti-suicidal effects. BUT #lithium remains under-prescribed. Why?

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9 years

Evidence-Based Practice: why aren’t we doing it? #NPNR2015 http://t.co/kIEOFwb5P7 Perhaps a leaky evidence pipeline! http://t.co/xMORKGCqDC

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4 years

Putting lived experience front & centre at mental health conferences is so important. It's great that #ISTSS2019 have done this. The next step is perhaps to give a platform to people who have even more challenging stories, who are not recovered, who we struggle to listen to.

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A great overview from ⁦ @MuradMKhan ⁩ to kick off #IASP2019 He reminds us that it is foolish to view suicide as a single issue. If we are to prevent suicide across the world we must address social deprivation, inequalities, poverty and discrimination.

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7 years

I'm on @BBCRadio4 tonight at 9pm, talking about #mindfulness in schools with @claudiahammond from #AllInTheMind

BBC Radio 4 - All in the Mind, Transient amnesia; Mindfulness in schools; Insiders' Guide; Autism...

Transient amnesia; mindfulness in schools; Insiders' Guide; autism in Somali culture.

www.bbc.co.uk

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It's great to see @wellcometrust investing £200m in mental health research over next 5 years. They'll be focusing on treatments for depression & anxiety, data science, common measures, collaboration and personalised medicine #MHresearch

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Science is essential to advancing mental health, which is why we’re committing £200 million for mental health research over the next five years to drive the field forward: @MQmentalhealth | #MHResearch #TimeToAct (3/3)

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Adolescent depression is not the same as adult depression: new systematic review focuses on adolescents’ lived experiences

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4 years

"There are reasons to be seriously concerned about children and young people's mental health... ...we need to be thinking about #prevention ... ...proper investment is really needed." @Cathy_Creswell speaking on #BBCNewsNight last night Get involved!

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6 years

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day #WSPD We have two dozen blogs on #SuicidePrevention ✍🏽Written by experts 📲Blogged by elves Pls RT to help get this evidence to the people who need it most.

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Today is a good day £8m for #mentalhealth research! #MentalHealthNetworks Community assets @Daisy_Fancourt Health inequalities @SimonGilbody Loneliness @soniajohnson Violence & Abuse @SWMH_IoPPN Youth Mental Health @Cathy_Creswell @mcd_li Gordon Harold

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2 years

Which #MentalHealth research papers have made the biggest difference in the real world? Please share the classic studies that you think we should feature in our new series of blogs 💡 #MentalElfClassics 💡 We want research that has saved lives & had genuine frontline impact.

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3 years

What do mindfulness & gardening have in common? How can they both help our mental health? Our final #OxfordMentalHealth webinar of 2020 features @TheMontyDon @WillemKuyken @OxPsychiatry Don't miss it! 6.30pm Tue 1st Dec 2020 Register here:

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Psychological interventions are more effective than pharmacological interventions in reducing PTSD symptoms in complex trauma.

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⭐️ EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT ⭐️ Today we are launching the #MentalElfAwards , which will recognise excellence in mental health research. Over the next few weeks we'll be asking you to nominate. First up is the best mental health paper published in 2019

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Good morning! Today I'm in York for #WorldMentalHealthDay . We're ‘Putting mental and physical health on the same page' Hosted by @CTGNetworkUK @YH_ARC Featuring @SimonGilbody @Andy__Bell__ @joefirth7 @Peteyc73 Join us 1-5pm ⭐️ #WMHDyork ⭐️

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8 years

Support for parents & carers of young people who self harm Leaflet: Videos: Pls RT

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4 years

A very warm welcome to @UCLMentalHealth 's first international conference! ⭐️ #IoMHconf2020 ⭐️ I’ll be live tweeting for the next 4 hours, covering research on young people’s mental health, cognitive neuroscience of psychosis, applied research & global mental health

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4 years

Language matters: how should we talk about suicide?

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5 years

How can we make mental health social media a more constructive place? Answers in a tweet please to #RCPsychIC I'm doing a talk later this afternoon and would love to weave your views into the discussion

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Mental health research should: ‣ listen & learn from people with lived experience ‣ address inequalities ‣ build on expertise from multiple disciplines ‣ work in partnership with people who can turn research into action #MentalHealthResearchMatters

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GDPR explained! Thank goodness and thank you @mrscruff1 #GDPRday See you tomorrow @Shindigweekend We're looking forward to some West Country wobbling...

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Social prescribing is a holistic approach to treating people’s mental and physical health. Care farming, the therapeutic use of farming practices, is one example of an activity that can be “prescribed”.

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This is very cool... The Causes of Mental Distress: Mental Health Past & Present Fascinating work by @SarahVMarks @kentishscribble et al. An interactive timeline...the key moments that have shaped contemporary mental health science.

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6 years

Research unit to bring evidence to forefront of mental health policy

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5 years

More than half of patients who finished IAPT psychological therapy recovered in 2017-18, according to new figures from @NHSDigital . It's the first time this recovery figure has been higher than 50%.

Psychological Therapies, Annual report on the use of IAPT services - England, 2017-18 [PAS] - NHS...

We’re the national information and technology partner to the health and social care system using digital technology to transform the NHS and social care

digital.nhs.uk

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As we prepare for our next “How to be an anti-racist mental health researcher” webinar, @KSBhui considers research ethics & how we must disrupt & transform mental health research if we're serious about tackling inequalities & racism. #AntiRacistMHResearch

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Do we need a UK research network to explore alternative approaches to diagnosis in mental healthcare? I'm at a workshop today organised by @McPinFoundation where 30 mental health experts think we do. Watch this space!

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For me it's about ENGAGING with research, not simply sharing it. We need to help ppl appraise, understand & use evidence #whywedoresearch

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Many life-threatening mental health conditions remain largely ignored by #MHresearch funders: WELL FUNDED Depression, schizophrenia, psychosis, autism, anxiety NOT WELL FUNDED Self-harm, suicide, ADHD, "personality disorders", eating disorders, OCD

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‼️HIGHLY RECOMMENDED‼️ Please take 10 mins to read this from @VanessaLGarrity who shares her recent work with mothers in prison. It's powerful stuff, covering trauma, abuse, mental illness, addiction, compassion, trust and recovery 👏 #HopeDec10

#HopeDec10 Supporting Mothers on the Inside: A Perinatal Mental Health Perspective

This is a condensed and slightly edited version of a talk I gave at the Hope Dec 10 event in the House of Commons in December, 2018, which…

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Today @matthewrbroome from @IMH_UoB appraises a study by @lang_ulla @IanKelleherMD et al, which suggests there is huge potential for predicting and preventing psychosis and bipolar disorder in CAMHS.

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Only a minority of studies report involving people with lived experience in the development of suicide prevention interventions.

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Poverty, Depression, and Anxiety: Causal Evidence and Mechanisms by Ridley, Rao, Schilbach, & Patel. Important international report from @nberpubs summarised by @Andy__Bell__ from @CentreforMH

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🙏 Thank you! 🙏 A thousand thanks to the thousand+ people who subscribed to my YouTube channel over the last few days. Thanks to you, I can continue to live stream #BeyondTheRoom from mental health events.

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I'm teaching a group of mental health masters students from UCL this morning. Hello! @MentalhealthMSc 👋🏽 Talking about science blogging & social media. I'm often asked what makes a good science blog, so here are examples from the last few years 👇🏽 🧵THREAD

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Today Hanzla Amir @Derektracy1 summarise a recent online RCT in @TheBJPsych on the effects of suicide awareness materials on people who feel suicidal, which finds that the Papageno effect is real and that stories of hope and recovery can help.

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Recent systematic review suggests a moderate reduction in depressive symptoms in a range of mental disorders when physically active yoga sessions were used.

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Language matters! Don't conflate mental distress or problems (we all have) w mental disorders @StanKutcher #rED16

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Lots of the #ThingsDoctorsShouldntSay tweets are criticising doctors for using the Internet to answer questions. Surely that's a good thing if they use it appropriately? I'm always delighted when my doctor says "I don't know" and we search for the answer together.

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#MentalHealthPRU @Shrink_at_Large For 50 years, Survivors have been demanding change to ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’ diagnosis. It has persisted, despite having no scientific validity & provoking most discriminatory, judgmental reactions from clinicians in mental health care

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Suicide is a leading cause of death in young people, yet their experiences of suicidal distress are poorly understood. Our blog today explores new qualitative research that sheds light on this important topic

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New study suggests that treatment for depression should include not only increasing light & moderate to vigorous physical activity, but also seek to replace passive sedentary behaviours with mentally active ones for the best possible chance of improvement.

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If you like all our #BeyondTheRoom live streaming of #MentalHealth events, please please please SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel: YouTube have changed their eligibility threshold, so we need at least 1,000 subscribers to carry on live streaming events!

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Subscribe to The Mental Elf for the latest reliable mental health research. This channel features live streamed talks from mental health events, panel discussions from high profile conferences,...

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Please tweet me your examples of how the findings of health research have been communicated in an innovative way to different groups of people, increasing reach. I’m thinking of all kinds of media & reaching folk who wouldn’t normally engage w research. Thanks, André 1/2 Pls RT

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The Mental Elf

@Mental_Elf

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🎁🌳🌈🌤 If YOU want a special woodland prize (it's as good as it sounds) please RT this tweet! The winner will be randomly selected DOWNLOAD the new #YoungPeopleMHQ reports that will steer #mentalhealth research for young people over the coming years

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The Mental Elf

@Mental_Elf

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"This paper practices what it preaches in that it moves beyond the norm & incorporates research beyond mental health that has contributed & contributes to perpetuating systems of oppression towards people of global majority in clinical psychology today."

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