Thank you @ IrishTimes for excellent coverage of our paper just out in ⁦JAMA Network Open⁩ Amazing work by ⁦Niamh Dooley⁩ and ⁦Colm Healy⁩ ⁦RCSI⁩ Funded by ⁦HealthResearchBoard⁩ irishtimes.com/health/2023/09…

Important findings from Prof Mary Cannon Niamh Dooley & Colm Healy and their HRB-funded Investigator-Led Project on mental health trends through childhood, using data from GrowingUpinIreland study. ⬇️

Group of Irish Trekers on their way to Everest Base camp send good wishes to the Irish rugby team ahead of their World Cup tie against Scotland #irelandscotland #patfalvey

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Read more about this research here ➡️ jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… Data by GrowingUpinIreland Funded by HealthResearchBoard Co-authored by Mary Cannon Colm Healy Brendan Kennelly Patrick McGorry Louise Arseneault Whelan Lab TCD Ian Kelleher

A lovely mix of researchers, policy makers & practitioners at the GrowingUpinIreland conference today & thrilled to win the "Best Presentation with a Public Policy Focus" award from Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, Youth ! Read more about our findings here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

❓What does adult life look like for people who suffered with their mental health as children? ❓How many 15-16-year-olds use cannabis in Ireland? ❓How many people hear voices? ❓What's the link between oily fish and psychosis? Find out more at EPH Conference on Saturday!

These are startling findings: “In 2023, 12.5% of 17 to 19-year-olds had an eating disorder, an increase from 0.8% in 2017. Between 2017 and 2023, rates rose both in young women (from 1.6% to 20.8%) and young men (from 0.0% to 5.1%) in this age group.” england.nhs.uk/2023/11/one-in…

Minister Roderic O’Gorman TD is inviting expressions of interest to form a new Young Ireland Advisory Council. The new Advisory Council will provide independent advice on policy related to children and young people. See gov.ie/youngireland for more details.

Dr Niamh Dooley and Professor Mary Cannon explore what young adult life looks like for individuals who had #MentalHealth problems as children Niamh Dooley Mary Cannon bit.ly/3TxBSY4

Do lonely school students fare worse in the job market and social ladder in young adulthood? 🪜🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Our new paper in Social Science & Medicine looks at longitudinal associations between loneliness & multiple indicators of social position in @ERiskStudy 🧵 doi.org/10.1016/j.socs…

Children exposed to obstetric complications and substance-use (maternal smoking, alcohol, drugs) while in the womb, are more likely to have psychotic-like experiences by age 9/10. New study led by Lorna Staines using the ABCD cohort in the United States. Read more below ↓

In this brilliant podcast, recorded as part of the ‘Colouring the Mind: #Racism & #MentalHealth’ series, Malaika O & Jess O’Logbon focus on racism in the mental health system & discuss how people of colour are treated in the #MentalHealthSystem. bit.ly/4319wbe

When women experience complications during their pregnancy (infection, preeclampsia, etc.) their children are at increased risk of mental health problems. This holds true regardless of other factors (single/non-single mothers, smoking/non-smoking, high/low education) AIMS Ireland

There has been a rise in stigma for mental illnesses over the past few decades, particularly for #psychotic symptoms. However, artistic representation may be the key to eliminating #psychosis stigma Find out more here: Mary Cannon John Hoey He/Him bit.ly/4aag5uZ

Congratulations to Dr Niamh Dooley on receiving a DOROTHY COFUND award today 👏 The project will focus on youth #MentalHealth as a public health crisis. #RCSIdiscover

Thank you IrishResearch! Looking forward to starting! My 3-year project will look at how the landscape of teenage mental health in Ireland is changing. Lucky to be supported by the brilliant Louise Arseneault & Mary Cannon

GO BRIDGET 🎉🎉🎉 So deserved ❤️

What can GP records tell us about mental health throughout childhood? nationalelfservice.net/?p=200578 Niamh Dooley summarises a recent paper in @TheLancetPsych by Morwenna Senior, Professor Dawn Edge, Tamsin Newlove-Delgado et al #YouthMentalHealth #PrimaryCare #GPs #Trajectories