Young co-researchers from the Agency projects doing us proud

Training, taking breaks, good facilitation, risk assessment, inclusivity, planning, money, reflection and momentum.

The Agency project is a great example of co-research.

McPin worked hard to make sure the young researchers felt safe and heard.

Key ingredients were training, taking breaks, good facilitation, risk assessment, inclusivity, planning, money, reflection and momentum.

#AMHDMshowcase

Great to be part of day 2 of the #AMHDMshowcase. Sharing work from the Agency in practice project. Learn more about the project here mcpin.org/project/agen...

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#thisismyplace - As part of Children's Mental Health week

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For #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek listen to this podcast by the Royal College of Psychiatrists where Matthew Broome, Rose McCabe, Michael Larkin, and I talk about the importance of agency in youth mental health #epistemicinjustice #philsky #philpsy

The team during question time

Agential ladder on the slide

Rose McCabe starts the presentation

The whole team on screen!

Bursting with joy and pride to hear the fantastic presentation by the Agency projects team at the UKRI showcase! @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social #AMHDShowcase #philsky #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek mcpin.org/project/agen...

Involvement in decision making, affirming capacity, refain from objectification, legitimise help-seeking, validate experiences.

Building agency in young people is like a ladder:

Involvement in decision making, affirming capacity, refain from objectification, legitimise help-seeking, validate experiences.

#AMHDMshowcase

In our next session at #AMHDMshowcase: Prof Rose McCabe and team present "Agency In Practise"

A collaborative presentation exploring agency in mental health – presented by researchers, clinicians and people with lived experience together.

🔗 mcpin.org/project/agency

@CityStGeorges @McPinFdn

Three people standing within a square cardboard frame

Yesterday we gathered views from young people partners and researchers at #AMHDMshowcase. Sharing what they would like to see on a new lived experiences collaborative resources platform, funded by UKRI and Wellcome. Great work team!

#thisismyplace - As part of Children's Mental Health week

This is a peer reviewed book chapter from the Agency projects, funded under #AMHDM. As a team, we thought a lot about what we meant by 'expertise'. Three of us wrote this to articulate some of the key principles. publications.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/45...

Six people seated for panel discussion on stage

As part of #AMHDMshowcase today we heard from young person advisory group members in a panel discussion on involvement of young people in research – impacts and lessons learned. This session was chaired by McPin’s research director @vanessapinfold.bsky.social

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This year's Children’s Mental Health Week theme is: This is my place

At the Wolfson Centre, young people’s voices belong in research. Their lived experience helps shape better questions, better methods, and better outcomes for mental health 💛

Research that affects young people should include them.

Young people describe some online mental health content as 'dangerous' – but what makes other content helpful?

✅ What helps & hinders youth mental health content use
✅ Tips for creating engaging content
✅ Youth-led solutions from researchers & young people

#SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth

🧵 THREAD

Leaflet for school teachers and nurses supporting young people

Cont. #ayearinreview #philsky Contributed to a resource for school staff supporting young people who seek help for their mental health mcpin.org/resource/age... in partnership with the wonderful @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social and @rachelred94.bsky.social #epistemicinjustice @wellcometrust.bsky.social

The Young people's team at @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social recently did youth mental first aid training. Here's why we recommend that anyone working in youth involvement does the course mcpin.org/youth-mental...

Job opportunities Welcome to the Department of Psychiatry. We are a friendly and committed department with an international reputation for excellence.

*JOB ALERT* 👀

Our friends at Emerging Minds are recruiting for a NEW Children and Young people’s Involvement and Engagement Facilitator for the Centre based in Oxford.

More info here www.psych.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Read my post for the APA blog, Rules of Engagement: blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/10/r... Arguing that epistemologists can join impactful interdisciplinary projects that contribute to improving social interactions #philsky #philpsy #philosophyforeveryone #epistemicinjustice #philosophymatters

This involved understanding how mental health professionals can support or prevent young people from feeling understood when they seek help. Epistemic injustice in clinical encounters is where one party has more authority and risks the other party’s contribution being sought or valued.

Read the report here bci-hub.org/documents/ep...

And find out more about the Agency project here mcpin.org/project/agen... and Agency-in-Practice mcpin.org/project/agen...

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Agency-In-Practice YPAG member, Josh, shares about attending his second ever conference, Qualitative Methods in Psychology, and how it built on what he has learned as a young person finding his feet at big events! Read his blog here 👉 tinyurl.com/28aefjw4

A visually bright poster that asks if you have ever been involved (or tried to be involved) in health research as a contributor? It asks if you want to be involved in providing feedback on an upcoming book, and outlines that participation requires you to be aged 10-24, speak english and have access to the internet. It outlines that taking part can involve a 1-1 chat, a group workshop or written feedback. The email to get involved is ResearchInvolvement.KH@outlook.com

Bluesky #youthinvolvement people! I am seeking young people (aged 10–24) to share their experiences as collaborators in health research for an upcoming book project. Participation can take part via chat, workshop, or writing (€20–25 voucher). Link to express interest: tinyurl.com/youthinhealt...

Study Preregistration: Clinical and Cognitive Mediators Underlying Subsequent Depression in Individuals With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Developmental Approach Individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are about 5.5 times more likely to develop depression,1 and this comorbidity is associated with greater impairment than either disorder...

Some of our YPAG members have co-authored on papers as a part of this project too! Take a read of one of the papers here👉

www.jaacap.org/article/S089...

Our young people's advisory group are working with researchers from the Wolfson Centre to better understand the link between ADHD and depression in young people 👧👦

You can find about this work by clicking on the link here to our website: mcpin.org/project/how-...

October is ADHD awareness month 🧡

Did you know that young people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are around five-times more likely to experience depression than those without?

For this year, the theme for Black History Month is Standing Firm in Power and Pride – so what better time to introduce the B.Life project, or simply put: ‘Black Life, period.’

Good communication, developing a culture that was honest, authentic & transparent, building trust, & ensuring projects that members were advising on were of interest & engaging to them were also all raised as essential for PPI work.

Find out what else came up here 👉 rdcu.be/ezDE1

In young people’s grps, 17 papers shared how they created safe spaces to ensure group members were in an environment that was physically, emotionally, socially & mentally comfortable.

5 talked about creating space for youth leadership & minimising adult influence in the space.

Are you interested in getting involved in mental health research as a young person, or want to know how future patient & public involvement could be better?

Our ‘emerging practice in PPI’ paper came up with recurring themes & recommendations for doing this work.

Find out more 👇

📢 New paper 📢
Our protocol for the Supporting Adolescents with Self-Harm (SASH) trial is now published! The SASH trial is testing a brief strengths based intervention for young people presenting to A&E in crisis:
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9...
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Training announcement! 📢

Want to learn how you can use patient & public involvement (PPI) in your research in a more inclusive way?

We’re running a course of 3 online PPI training sessions in Nov & Dec 2025.

Don't miss out - find out more & register here 👉 www.mcpin.org/work-with-us/training/

Presentation complete! We enjoyed sharing our approach to dialogical co-analysis with young people with the Qualitative research community at @qmip.bsky.social thanks for having us! 😀 #QMIP2025