I really want transparency over PhD stipend money from funding bodies. If increasing PhD pay is ✨literally✨ not possible I want to know why. Because at the moment without that transparency it's easy to think it's because bureaucracy being put before people.

So nice to see all the lovely SGDP Centre KCL PhD students in person today!

I've been thinking a lot about what it's like to have depression while researching depression. For #WorldMentalHealthDay, I'm sharing my experience of that. This is much more personal than anything I've shared before, and that's mildly terrifying. 1/2 brainofneongolden.com/2022/10/10/on-…

Thank you to everyone who joined us for discussion online yesterday evening. The topics have been captured so beautifully in this illustration. Next week we'll be linking stories across communities who've experienced trauma. Everyone's welcome: eventbrite.co.uk/e/intergenerat…

Check out our homepage for a list of 700+ longitudinal datasets across the world that have info available online! Use the search 🔍function to find your dataset or others from your country! landscaping-longitudinal-research.com Wellcome MQ DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research Open Data Institute Centre for GMH

Flick through the e-book here - to see young children’s responses to what could happen “if racism vanished for a day”… issuu.com/uwebristol/doc… An inspiring research project involving co-production in primary schools ✨

BREAKING: NOTICE SERVED ON UNIVERSITY EMPLOYERS 18 days of strike action in February and March 1 Feb 9, 10 Feb 14, 15, 16 Feb 21, 22, 23 Feb 27, 28 Feb. 1, 2 March 16, 17 March 20, 21, 22 March RT if you back our members UCU and PROUD #ucuRISING

It's day three of #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek with the theme #LetsConnect where Place2Be is encouraging children to create meaningful connections that support mental health ☀️ Find out more about our work on social isolation at the SGDP Centre KCL below⬇ Louise Arseneault Timothy Matthews

Feeling tired or drained all the time doesn't mean you're lazy or that you're not motivated enough. It's also not code for you to work harder. Maybe it's your body signaling you to pause & rest💚 Source: sanapowell.lpc | IG #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

It is important to realise that #eatingdisorders can manifest differently in males and females. With males being underrepresented and misdiagnosed, we aim to increase awareness on the severity of this matter. If you would like to sign up to #EDGIUK visit edgiuk.org

In this #OpenAccess paper, Dr Isabella Badini et al. investigate whether aetiological influences on child emotional and behavioural problems vary as a function of family socioeconomic status as indexed by parental income and educational attainment. bit.ly/3YA6SqF

📢 Today we launch the @PGCGenomics Video Textbook! A structured training program in psychiatric genetics, analysis methods and software tools. Open access, do share widely. #WCPG2023 1/n

Last week I passed my PhD viva!! Thank you to my supervisors Tom and Helena for their unwavering support and guidance, and to everyone who came to celebrate with me - I had the best week 😊😊

1/12 New paper on psychedelics as treatments for mental health problems! We discuss 10 challenges which limit conclusions that can be drawn about safety/efficacy of psychedelic therapy. We share checklist for journalists, policymakers & others to assess study quality. 🧵

No more postdocs from abroad I guess...

Reminder: don't miss out on this year's ESSGN conference in Rotterdam, May 30-31. Deadline for abstracts is March 1st. essgn.org/essgn-conferen…

This is important! Please retweet. Many researchers have asked us to have a control comparison group recruited the same way and with the same measures. If you have never exerienced mental illness or ill-health, please consider that your contribution could help those that do!

Calling all individuals with periods aged 18-45! Join an open and confidential discussion on periods, contraception, and mental health at KCL next week with Helena and Kitty. Your insights and experiences will help improve research and healthcare practices.

Without controlling for geographic region, associations between genes and *most* heritable traits will include effects of environmental differences between high-income and low-income regions 🧬🗺️💵 One-page summary below, full paper here (open access): nature.com/articles/s4158…