Thanks, Omid! :)

Studying adolescent social isolation in school-based social networks: implications for health research Adolescent peer relationships matter profoundly for mental and physical health.1 2 Social isolation from peers (ie, a lack of connection) is associated with increased risk of mental health problems an...

✨ New publication!

Pleased to share a new commentary co-authored with @jackandrews.bsky.social. We explore how adolescent social isolation is conceptualised and measured in school-based social network research.

jech.bmj.com/content/earl...

How teen friendships may predict self harm It isn’t just social isolation that’s a risk factor for self harm.

Teen social hierarchies aren’t just playground politics – they can shape mental health and may even be linked to self-harm.

Understanding these networks could help us better support young people.

Read more from Holly Crudgington ⬇️

How teen friendships may predict self harm It isn’t just social isolation that’s a risk factor for self harm.

How might peer-friendship networks relate to self-harm?

We supported a recent study exploring this relationship.

The team, led by Dr Holly Crudgington at the University of Oxford, found that forms of both disconnection and connection appear to be associated.

theconversation.com/how-teen-fri...

How teen friendships may predict self harm It isn’t just social isolation that’s a risk factor for self harm.

✨ New article! Based on our recent paper on peer-friendship networks and self-harm among young people in inner-city London schools.

It highlights how friendships can both protect and increase risk - & why understanding these dynamics matters for prevention

theconversation.com/how-teen-fri...

Thanks so much! 😊

Key findings:
🔹 ~50% of adolescents connected to a friend who reported self-harm.
🔹 Who adolescents are friends with (having friends who self-harm) and how they are connected in school (over- and under-integration in peer-networks) linked to self-harm.
🔹 Patterns similar for boys and girls.

Peer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study - Journal of Youth and Adolescence Journal of Youth and Adolescence - Peer-relationships are critically important for adolescent behavior, but how peer-friendship network composition and structure influence adolescent self-harm is...

New publication! ✨

"Peer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study"

Published as part of my PhD research at the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health (@kingscsmh.bsky.social).

📄 Full paper here 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Mental health disparity between teenage boys and girls ‘not inevitable’ – study Researchers compared studies tracking the health of teenagers in England and Japan.

'Mental health disparity between teenage boys and girls ‘not inevitable’ - study'

Headline in The Independent today based on @knowlesg42.bsky.social Dr Gemma Knowles's paper that looks at the trajectories and symptoms in young people in London and Tokyo.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

<em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health</em> | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library There is an urgent need to improve mental health outcomes among young people. One approach taken to address this problem has been the design and delivery of universal school-based prevention, based o...

Where to next for universal school-based mental health interventions?

In our @acamh.bsky.social
debate piece, @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social and I argue that it's time to move towards more effective alternatives.

acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

It would be great to be added to this, thanks for creating! 😊 (Look forward to meeting you soon!)

Haha, hello Lucy! Thanks very much :)

Hi! I'm new to Bluesky 👋 I'm a postdoc at Oxford researching adolescent mental health and social networks. Excited to connect with others in the field and follow similar accounts ✨
While I figure out Bluesky (any tips welcome!), here's a pic of my family dachshund, Pig 🐶