More coercion, less support: A latent class analysis of post-incident reviews for mental health inpatients exposed to coercive practice In psychiatric inpatient care, coercive practices (e.g., physical restraint) are strategies employed to support assessment, treatment and safety plans. Their use, however, is associated with physical ...

📝New interesting and important paper from @lewysbeames.bsky.social et al. 👇

Monthly round-up: March’s reflections. Highlights from March. Firstly, presenting #WardSonar and our work on incident prediction as part of a two-day event organised by @salli which focused on reducing the use of restrictive practices i…

Monthly round-up: March’s reflections. drjohnabaker.co.uk/2026/03/30/m...

That's very kind, thank you.

Nice news, not many nurses get to be appointed as a @NIHRresearch senior investigator www.nihr.ac.uk/newly-appoin...

<em>Nursing in Critical Care</em> | BACCN Journal | Wiley Online Library Background Patients with a co-morbid MH disorder are roughly twice as prevalent in intensive care units (ICU) than in other general secondary care areas. Such patients may be subject to social stigm...

New Paper led by @bracken-and-paws.bsky.social Exploring Intensive Care Nurses' Experiences and Perceptions of Patients With a Co‐Morbid Mental Health Disorder onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Post‐Incident Responses (Debriefing) in Mental Health Services in England: A Policy Review Introduction Post-incident responses, also described as debriefing, are structured processes that provide opportunities to address harm and identify learning to prevent future incidents. National gu...

New Paper: Post‐Incident Responses (Debriefing) in Mental Health Services in England: A Policy Review led by @Rachel Dickinson & @drnutmeg.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Fancy doing a PhD with me and Serge Sharoff exploring how we can apply large language models to mental health care?phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2436-understandi...

Another incredible day at the @ Propel Healthtech market place, making headway on my to list for #WardSonar

Thanks, Jonny Green, for the invite to the MH Nursing Research Webinar to talk about 'rejection' in our research careers. We need to be much more open, it happens so frequently (across grants, publications and with our peers), its quite harmful, but is part of the game...

Navigating individual trust research and governance approvals for #StaffedWards after a fairly lengthy process of university ethics, sponsorship review, followed by HRA (which was amazingly quick). I am surprised at how different each trust's approach to this process has been so far...

How effective is community mental health nursing? Together with my colleague Anna Hegedüs, I have published one of the largest studies in this field. Based on routine data, we utilized a relatively unknown epidemiological methodology: the mirror image design. #nursing #psychscisky

January’s publication round up January has already seen a number of papers published, highlighting a huge effort by many collaborators across the world: here are some of the highlights from this month.Firstly, a result of a huge…

January’s publication round up drjohnabaker.co.uk/2026/01/22/j...

Stopping Oxevision: An update and a request for your help Eight NHS Trusts have stopped their use of Oxevision – following a national patient-led campaign, a statutory public inquiry and significant press coverage – now is the time for the remainder to ta…

Stopping Oxevision: An update and a request for your help

stopoxevision.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/s...

New publication 📚: Resistant. Insistent. Persistent.
A global call for mental health nursing leadership, visibility and self-determination.
Mental health nurses are nearly half the global workforce. It’s time we lead from the centre.
#MentalHealthNursing onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

When harmful items are restricted in secure wards, people may turn to headbanging as self-injury 😔

This 5-year study of 421 patients found headbanging was most common in younger females with EUPD.

Most incidents were rated as low harm, but the study doesn't explore why it happens.

🧵 THREAD

Rethinking our #Staffedwards project through the eyes of those with lived experience. One of the highlights of the research so far has been in the Patient and Public Involvement, Engagement and Participation (PPIE) work we have undertaken. The involvement of those who have experienc…

Rethinking our #Staffedwards project through the eyes of those with lived experience. drjohnabaker.co.uk/2026/01/07/r...

Patient Perspectives on Inpatient Mealtimes: Insights on Swallowing, Mental Wellbeing and Recovery Although the prevalence of swallowing difficulties in adults with mental health conditions has been highlighted in research, the relationship between swallowing difficulties and psychosocial aspects ...

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Happy to share this as a good start to a new year @lypftresearch.bsky.social @peterdjust.bsky.social @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social @hazelroddam.bsky.social @markjayes.bsky.social @arc-yharc.bsky.social @drjohnabaker.bsky.social
@janeeball.bsky.social

Beyond Resilience: Resources, Respect & Recognition in Global Universal #MentalHealthNursing Reform. Resilience alone is not enough. We call for global reform, international collaboration & recognition of #MHnursing’s critical role in #GlobalMentalHealth
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Wes Streeting confirms public inquiry into Teesside NHS trust The TEWV announcement comes after calls from families of three patients who died by suicide.

Health Secretary confirms statutory public inquiry in to Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS mental health trust.

So soon two problematic NHS MH trusts will have statutory public inquiries on the go - Essex is the other.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Opportunities Update – Mental Health Research Do you have an opportunity relevant for mental health and/or addiction researchers? Share the details with us!

Our opportunities update has more opportunities for #mentalhealth and #addiction #researchers than ever!

Find your next fellowship, small grants funding, workshop and more. You can even filter by opportunity type or career stage if you know exactly what you need.

Search here 👇
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Text: Today's report from the Health and Social Care Select Committee rightly highlights the urgent pressures facing community mental health services. We urge the Government to implement these recommendations in full and ensure community mental health services receive the sustained investment and attention they urgently need.

We welcome today’s report from @commonshealth.bsky.social
which rightly highlights the urgent pressures facing community mental health services. These services are the backbone of mental health care and must be strengthened. Read our response 👇 www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/news/item/ce...

Some good news is #WardSonar is part of this...looking forward to learning much more about tech innovation....

Some good news is #WardSonar is part of this...looking forward to learning much more about tech innovation....

University of Nottingham nursing course cuts 'could cost lives' | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing Nursing student Kaammilah says the university's plans to suspend two nursing courses is a workforce crisis in the making

"Axing nursing specialist fields could cost lives." 💬

In the wake of University of Nottingham’s plans to suspend two nursing courses, nursing student Kaammilah reflects on the impact of these decisions, and the often unrecognised value of nurse education.

Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/4ioMz9L

Busy week in Barcelona culminating in the Mental Health Nursing Leaders Summit....

@martinpedersen.bsky.social will be of interest to you.

Brief to officers attending coroner’s court | College of Policing Information for forces preparing to attend inquests that relate to Right Care Right Person.

The @collegeofpolicing.bsky.social has produced a "Briefing To Officers" to help prepare specifically for RCRP related inquests -

I'm quite amazed they've actually published this. Blog post out tomorrow morning with an update about my ongoing research work.

www.college.police.uk/guidance/rig...

Over a quarter of women who died by suicide while under UK mental health care had experienced domestic abuse.

This new study from the Centre for Mental Health and Safety analysed 3,900 deaths to identify key risk factors & service gaps.

🧵 THREAD

#SuicidePrevention #DomesticAbuse #WomensHealth

Can we predict who’s most at risk of psychiatric hospitalisation?

A new BMJ Mental Health study by Taquet et al. (2025) developed an early warning score using routine clinical data from 37,000 patients across 20 US centres.

🧵 THREAD

#MentalHealth #Psychiatry #DataScience