So on BBC Radio 4 Duncan Wilson refers to the Irish who built canals as escaping “food poverty”. NO. They were escaping famine

Finished my week on a high in Avatar Therapy therapy supervision 🙏🙏🙏

All set for tomorrow University of Glasgow #MentalHealth Conference. Looking forward to meeting Moya Clancy and Prof Andy Gumley 💙 👍😊

Thank you to Thanos Karatzias from Edinburgh Napier University talking about complex trauma and it’s psychosis and work with Hamish McLeod in Glasgow on the PICASSO trial #BridgingTheGap

Thoroughly enjoyed sharing my experience as Avatar Therapist at today’s #BridgingTheGap conference. Privileged to work with such an awesome team! Prof Andy Gumley 💙 NIKOS XANIDIS Moya Clancy Suzy Syrett Steph Allan 🌻 @[email protected] TAWard Hamish McLeod Avatar Therapy

New Job Alert!!!!! We're looking for a Peer Support Worker to play a role in our clinical trial of remotely delivered psychosocial interventions for people with serious mental health problems. Lots of training, clinical supervision, & peer support! apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

It would be so good to see Scotland investing in Early Intervention for Psychosis, they are clinically and cost effective. Why are we one of the only countries without them? Maree Todd @hopscotland RachelKing-ihub

I am also very thankful for my amazing collaborators Matteo Cella, Inez Germeys, Georgia Koppe, Uli Reininghaus, Barney Dunn Ewan Carr @[email protected], Prof Lucia Valmaggia, Prof Andy Gumley 💙 and my wonderful mentor Sandra Bucci who ensured the proposal and presentation were original, bold & creative.

#peerwork #mentalhealth #peersupportworker

Come join the RAPID team as a Peer Support Worker. We offer fantastic research team colleagues, excellent training, regular supervision and regular peer support. A great place to develop your experience & skills #peersupport #peersupportworker #peerwork apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Associations between post-traumatic stress disorders and psychotic symptom severity in adult survivors of developmental trauma: significant associations with psychotic symptom severity including and negative symptoms. Large online sample in UK and S. Korea thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

Our new systematic overview of digital tools for improving physical health & lifestyle in mental healthcare: doi.org/10.1017/S00332… Out today, open access online in Psychological Medicine

Fear of recurrence or progression (FORP) is rarely studied in mental health conditions. Led by my brilliant #PhD student Daelin Coutts-Bain, we have published this systematic review and meta-synthesis. Key points in 🧵 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The closing date for poster abstract submission for our ASM on 30th October is fast approaching!!! All details on our website 👇 tinyurl.com/323hfvpf

Excited to have my first PhD paper published at Clinical Psychology Review. Fear of recurrence or progression of mental health conditions may drive some mental health protective behaviours, but it can be distressing and may increase vulnerability to mental health deterioration

Just so I'm clear... "Woke : aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)" - Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

This is an important report from Mental Welfare Scot - the numbers of detentions are increasing and a minority have Mental Health Officer consent. This must be addressed.

NEW PAPER! Pleased to share our review of trauma therapies for psychosis - highlighting key therapeutic processes, dilemmas and recommendations for practice. @taward Rachel Brand Filippo Varese @dvdbergnl Eleanor Longden & Nadine Keen GMMH Complex Trauma and Resilience Research Unit bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Researchers at the The University of Edinburgh are looking for participants across the central belt for a research study looking at hospital care for heart attack among people with mental ill-health. Information and contact details below 👇👇#mentalhealthresearch #heartattack