Help us meet our recruitment target! Our large youth depression prevention trial is closing for recruitment soon. Info & register interest here: bit.ly/wcSWELL . Please share. @acamh.bsky.social @marialoades.bsky.social @cathycreswell.bsky.social @larseneault.bsky.social

We are looking for a psychological therapist to join the SWELL depression prevention trial. Join our friendly team & be trained and supervised by an experienced clinical psychologist. See vacancy 20919BR on the Cardiff University website. Closing date 5th Jan. Please share.

At the start of 2025, we shared three areas we were focusing on as a centre.

As the year comes to a close, this post offers a snapshot of what that looked like in practice. 💙💛

🎉 Celebrating 50 YAG meetings!

Thank you to every young person who has been part of the group. Your insight, honesty and creativity shape everything we do.

Here are a few reflections from our members on the past, present and future of the YAG. 💬

Read the story: https://bit.ly/3KiIZ4w

Excellent work from @kirstieohare.bsky.social demonstrates just how many additional children and young people are being seen by CAMHS now compared to 20 years ago www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Important new paper published today showing dramatic increase in the number of young people in Wales in touch with Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services now compared to twenty years ago. @wolfsoncentre.bsky.social

Taking part in research can feel like a big decision - but you won’t be doing it alone.

Families participating in the skills for adolescent wellbeing study (SWELL) will be supported every step of the way. 
Learn more and sign up 👇

🔗 https://bit.ly/wcSWELL

Join our friendly team & come work with us! We are hiring a psychology assistant for a psychological intervention study for adolescent depression. See Cardiff University Vacancies (job number 20750BR). The closing date is soon - 6 Nov. Please share.

Associate Director, Equity Lab Salary: £120,800 Closing date: 9th November Contract type: Permanent Interview dates: 24th and 28th November The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by fun...

Fantastic opportunity to lead the Equity Lab @wellcometrust.bsky.social working with the legendary Jimmy Volmink, details here wellcome.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco... Please repost so as many as possible can see this great opportunity

Systematic review of mental health resilience in the children of depressed parents now published - congratulations Egle Padaigaite-Gulbiniene!

Exploring the mental health research priorities of parents with depression and their children Background While patient and public involvement (PPI) in research is growing, PPI in the setting of research priorities at an early stage of the research process has been limited to date. Where resear...

In this paper we asked parents with depression and their children about their priorities for research. mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...

We’re launching a new study on child development in Wales! 🌱
If you’re a parent or carer of a child aged 9–11, we’d love to hear from you.

🧩 Taking part is easy: visit bit.ly/ADHDbears to know more.

Your input will help us learn more about children’s development and support future research. 💡

Investigating the relationship between neurodevelopmental and anxiety disorders across development at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Investigating the relationship between neurodevelopmental and anxiety disorders across development at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com

Apply to do a PhD investigating the link between neurodevelopmental and anxiety disorders across development, with me, Laura Howe, @franrice.bsky.social and Abby Russell as part of the @gw4alliance.bsky.social

Deadline 20th October

Please share!

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Are you a clinician or practitioner working in the field of youth mental health?

Register now for our Clinical Spotlight with Professor Samuele Cortese💡

📅 25 June at 2pm - The event is free to attend and will be held online.

Register now! ➡️ bit.ly/WolfsonCS4

#wolfsonlectures #clinicalspotlight

Are you interested in a free online Summer School in Youth Mental Health Research? Suitable for practitioners and researchers. Feedback from last year's attendees was that 100% of them would recommend the course. Apply via the online form. Applications close on 9th June. Please share.

The applications for the Wolfson Summer School are currently open 🥳

Last year we had students from over 20 countries! Where will you be joining us from? 🌎💫

➡️ Check out the news piece: bit.ly/4lx6BjF
➡️ Apply: bit.ly/wolfsonsummerschool

The next round of the BRILLIANT GROW mental health and addiction researcher development programme has launched. Do check it out as its a fantastic opportunity to develop your career with coaching, expert insights and peer support ⬇️⬇️

Join us as we welcome Professor Alex Havdahl (University of Oslo) to the next Wolfson lecture on 📆 21 May 2025 - 2pm (BST)

Avoidant and restrictive eating difficulties in childhood: Prevalence, course, and relationships with neurodevelopment and mental health

Register here: bit.ly/wolfsonah

In the midst of a crisis in youth mental health, more than half of all medical schools in the UK & Ireland do not even have a single professor in child & adolescent psychiatry

New in #BJPsych

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Early manifestations of neurodevelopmental copy number variants in children: A population-based investigation There is clinical interest in recognising copy number variants (CNVs) in children as many have immediate and long-term health implications. Neurodevelopmental CNVs are associated with intellectual dis...

Early manifestations of neurodevelopmental CNVs in children: A population-based investigation
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...

New work led by Charlotte Dennison @wolfsoncentre.bsky.social

Using early developmental predictors to understand heterogeneity in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Using early developmental predictors to understand heterogeneity in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

✨ New fully-funded PhD opportunity starting Oct 2025 at the Brain & Genomics Hub at Cardiff University ✨

Title: Using early developmental predictors to understand heterogeneity in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

@thencmh.bsky.social @wolfsoncentre.bsky.social

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

If you are a clinician/practitioner working with young people with ADHD please see our next Wolfson Centre Clinical Spotlight talk by Prof Samuele Cortese on 25th June at 2pm (GMT). bit.ly/WolfsonCS4 to register. Please share.

There's still time to apply to work on our adolescent depression prevention trial at the Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health. Closing date for applications tonight! 2 psychology assistant posts - see Cardiff University vacancy 19395BR.

"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research"

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Why resilience won’t solve the mental health crisis among young people A focus on resilience risks shifting responsibility for mental health onto those affected, rather than calling out factors contributing to poor mental health.

uk.news.yahoo.com/why-resilien...

Please read and share .. our fantastic @wolfsoncentre.bsky.social #YPAG reflecting on our latest #webinar on #socialmedia

Come and work with us! We are hiring two psychology assistants to work on our adolescent depression prevention trial at the Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health. See Cardiff University vacancy 19395BR. Please share.