
Reader @UoE_Psychology @SchoolofPPLS | Mental Health | ADHD | Child & Adolescent Development | Quantitative Research Methods
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined September 2016
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Last chance to share your views on what researchers should be focus on with respect to the #mentalhealth of #neurodivergent #students in #HigherEducation. Consultation closes 25th Nov 🗓️
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Help us set the future research agenda in the #mentalhealth of #neurodivergent higher education #students 👇
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New @zproso paper out, first-authored by @AjaLMurray: Psychometric evaluation of a brief measure to capture general population-level variation in #ADHD symptoms from childhood through the transition to adulthood
👉doi.org/10.1177/016502542412… #youthdevelopment #zproso #JC #zproso
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Join us!🧬
1. Sign up online at gen.scot & complete a 10-20min questionnaire
2. Aged 12-15? Provide parent/guardian contact info to confirm sign up
3. Send us your saliva sample via freepost
4. Aged 12-18? Claim your £20 e-voucher as compensation for your time!
With an increasing focus on #ADHD across the lifespan, how can researchers measure ADHD symptoms in a comparable way from childhood to adulthood? New paper looks at a scale that aims to do so:
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@SchoolofPPLS @zproso @EdinUniMentalH
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We are looking for neurodivergent teenagers with or without a depression diagnosis and their parents to join our study. Help us understand and measure depression better in these young people. Email us at [email protected] #Autism #ADHD #AuDHD #DCD #Dyspraxia

ALT Study title: Understanding and measuring depression in neurodivergent young people. We are looking for young people, aged 11- 16 years with ADHD, dyspraxia and/or autistic young people, and one of their parents to participate in a study that will help us understand depression characteristics and how we can measure them using a new screening tool. If you would like to learn more about this study, please email us at [email protected]. £10 vouchers given to teenagers after the first and second online session.
Updated pre-print from the MHIM-ADHD team:
PsyArXiv Preprints | A narrative review to identify promising approaches for digital health interventions to support emotion regulation for adolescents with ADHD (osf.io)
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🚨🌡️New pre-print on PsyArXiv!
We conceptualise and investigate network temperature as a measure of longitudinal stability in depression symptom networks across adolescence...
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Thanks @GenomicsEdi for sharing the news of our recent publication in @BMJ_Open 🫶
We're so proud of this paper, which was co-produced with young people.
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#YoungPeople #HealthResearch #MentalHealth
New paper from the CHILDS study examines the links between prenatal #maternalinfections & child developmental outcomes in a large UK administrative dataset @SchoolofPPLS @bauyeung @LMarryat @EdinUniMentalH
In this #OpenAccess paper, Iain Hardie (@SchoolofPPLS) et al. examine associations between prenatal maternal infections and having childhood developmental concern(s) identified by health visitors during early routine child health reviews. bit.ly/4bnwb43
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In this #OpenAccess paper, Iain Hardie (@SchoolofPPLS) et al. examine associations between prenatal maternal infections and having childhood developmental concern(s) identified by health visitors during early routine child health reviews. bit.ly/4bnwb43
ICYMI:
We're still gathering views on what researchers should be focusing on wrt to the #mentalhealth of #neurodivergent higher education students in the UK.
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Grateful for any survey responses/RTs!
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Help us set the future research agenda in the #mentalhealth of #neurodivergent higher education #students 👇
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New paper compares outcomes in adolescence of different #ADHD symptom trajectories. Early vs late onset trajectory shows similar outcomes. Remitting trajectory may still show impairments in self-esteem & wellbeing even after ADHD symptoms have declined. link.springer.com/article/10…
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1/ 🚀 Exciting update from the DIORA project! Check out our latest paper on digital device use and depressive mood in adolescents. 📱➡️😔 #ResearchShowcase 📖🌍
🔗 Read the full open-access paper here:sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
#mentalhealth #screentime #digital #adolescence
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New protocol paper: differences between in-person and online social interactions and the impacts on #Loneliness and #MentalWellbeing for #adolescents
Participants Needed! Join us if you're interested! gen.scot
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Still time to apply for this Research Assistant position @MorayHouse @EdinburghUni. Please share widely! @PsyPAG @BPSDevSection @VacancyEdu @jobsacuk #AcademicTwitter, #AcademicChatter, #careers, #HigherEd, #PhDVoice, #jobsearch
RESEARCH JOB ALERT! Come join @ESRC-funded Shared Parenting Study team! 15-month 60%FTE research assistant: recruiting families, conducting interviews, observations & surveys with 4 – 8yos and parents + fun knowledge exchange. Hybrid work possible. Details below. Closes 17th June
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We have a lovely little seed fund thanks to @EdinUniMentalH to work alongside young people aged 12-18 to explore how we could grow a #mentalhealth youth forum together to help research. If you’re interested or know young people who might be, feel free to pass on my details ☀️🌱
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Did you know we have a new study running for #YoungPeople in #Scotland aged 12-15? We're excited to be offering compensation of up to £20 to those who take part thanks to funding from @UKRI_News 🔥
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