We're excited to have reached our first big recruitment milestone - over 100 families are now part of the STAR-CAT study! Fantastic work from all of our clinical teams 🤩

For #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, the WISDOM network are encouraging schools and colleges to join with research that strengthens understanding on children's mental health.

This year's theme is "This Is My Place", promoting inclusive and nurturing environments for young people.

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#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek is here! “This is My Place” - children and young people need to feel valued and that they truly belong.
Get involved in furthering our understanding of mental health in the school community through the WISDOM Network: tinyurl.com/5xmwk9b9

ChildrensMentalHealthWeek (9–15 Feb) free resources can be found here: www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk
If your school is interested in young people's mental health, WISDOM welcomes you to join our Network. See the post below for more information.

Celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week (9–15 Feb) with us

This year’s theme, This is My Place.

WISDOM network brings together #schools and #researchers to build a supportive #network that strengthens mental health knowledge for students, staff and families.

Join us: tinyurl.com/EOIWisdomnet...

This is a project I 'm currently working on and am incredibly proud of - bringing together schools and mental health researchers. Please feel free to share—schools across England are welcome to join our Network for free, with no obligation.

GPs, can you spare half an hour to be interviewed for this research on supporting older people with depression? Email me at m.c.rickett1@keele.ac.uk for further information or to take part.

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So the Mental Elf blogged about our paper where we examine the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and generalised anxiety at preschool age, and trajectories across childhood. Have a read!
#Anxiety #Uncertainty #IntoleranceOfUncertainty #MentalHealthResearch

Thank you for doing such a lovely job on “elf-ing” our paper l!!!

Hi everyone! Welcome to our new BlueSky account.

For those who don't know us, we're a mental health charity and we've been supporting children and young people for over 70 years ⬇️

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Introducing the WISDOM Research Network for Schools YouTube video by Mental Health in Development

📣 Schools wanted!
Is your school passionate about mental health? Join the WISDOM Research Network to get involved in research + access carefully curated mental health resources.
🎥 Watch our video:
youtu.be/7Z5y6CvNcH8
It is free to join and take part! Let’s make a difference, together!

I hope you found the festival informative and exciting, and that you made some great new connections! Thank you so much for popping our WISDOM network postcards on your table. We are incredibly grateful!

Logo: Museum of Mental Health in the Media

⚡NEW PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT COMING SOON⚡

How are mental health problems portrayed in TV shows, films and music, and what impact does this have? Does it help us understand better? Can it ever be unhelpful?

A new project from Dr Lucy Foulkes & Isaac Winterburn

Follow this account for updates!

Development and validation of a measure of concrete and abstract thinking Abstract-analytical thinking, which characterizes rumination and worry, has been shown to be a risk and maintenance factor for psychological disorders, yet there are no accessible, reliable measures t...

🚨 Thrilled to share my PhD paper just out in PLOS ONE!

We developed & validated the concrete and abstract thinking (CAT) measure - an accessible, reliable tool to assess abstract thinking linked to rumination & worry.

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Thank you Michael!

The second paper of my PhD is now out in the world! It is a longitudinal study exploring if intolerance of uncertainty predicts generalised anxiety. Thanks to
@profhelendodd.bsky.social, @jmorriss.bsky.social, @hollyrayson.bsky.social for all your support doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2025.103004

I currently have two fully-funded PhD opportunities in my lab - both providing a chance to work on the incredible LEAF data set that we have been collecting the last couple of years (220 children followed longitudinally from 10-30 months on measures of attention and early EF). Please share!

We're proud to endorse the #FutureMindsCampaign calling for immediate and scalable steps that the Government can take to address the Children's Mental Health Crisis. Read more: cypmhc.org.uk/publications...

Finding it difficult to fill up a blank page? Forget the formalities and write your points in the way you think/speak.

Sign up to be notified when applications open for our fully-funded Writing Retreat for #mentalhealth #researchers in July 2025. 👇

mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/writing-retr...

Parent Carer Research Network - Mental Health in Development All about our network for parents and carers interested in getting involved in research around the mental health of children and young people.

Are you a parent or carer who wants to be involved in developing research about the mental health of children and young people?

Join the Parent Carer Research Network parentcarerresearchnetwork.org.uk

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The Parent Carer Research Network, in partnership with Mental Health in Development at the University of Oxford, is here. We welcome any #parents or #carers interested in getting involved in #research to improve children and young people's #MentalHealth.

parentcarerresearchnetwork.org.uk

In 2025, we're running two fully-funded Writing Retreats for #mentalhealth #researchers. Express your interest using the link below👇

mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/writing-retr...

To prep, we'll be sharing our series of top tips from the last retreat - keep your eyes peeled 👀

I adore this. Sort your Christmas dinner timings with a bit of R code!

We are setting up a network of schools across England that are interested in mental health research. Schools get lots of benefits on top of being involved in cutting edge mental health research. Schools and researchers, do get in touch! Wisdom.network@psy.ox.ac.uk

Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky

Might be worth having a look at the starter pack directory. Lots of packs suggesting people to follow
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It’s vital that researchers with lived experience are at the heart of #mentalhealth #research. The #MHRmap helps researchers share their #research interests and connect with each other. Can you help us reach more researchers with lived experience?

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Associate Professorship or Professorship of Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science at University of Oxford Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Associate Professorship or Professorship of Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science on jobs.ac.uk!

Philosophers of Mind and Cognitive Science, come to Oxford! Closing date for applications is 18 December 2024 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKV033/a...

This is a beautiful piece about loss and grief.