research & policy | social care | mental health | patient perspectives | improving care | facilitating patient involvement in research
London, England
Joined February 2009
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Are all family involvement models the same? Does it matter? Academics, people w lived experience & clinicians review:bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/9/…
I am leaving academia this week. Reaching this decision hasn’t been easy (I love research!) but it feels like the right one. I have prepared a little thread about my main area of research, as I will continue to post the occasional update here.
People with lived experience also played a massive role in my work, and taught me the importance of proper, meaningful involvement in research and service development. Special shout out goes to @SUGARsolution, @CityAlan & @SallyBarlow for all your support!
I'll continue to share study findings as and when they are published. For now, I’ll say goodbye and thank you to everyone I worked with over the years. Special mention to my colleagues (old and new!) @QMULSocialPsych!💙
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ALT A meme format of a man dressed in ordinary (boring) clothing versus a man dressed in bright pink feathers, the ordinarily dressed man is labelled ‘the paper itself’ and the feather man is labelled ‘the abstract’
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🗣️ These are three key changes which we think are crucial in the government's new White Paper on the Mental Health Act.
Our Policy Manager, Will, has written a brilliant breakdown of what you need to know. Read the full blog here 👉 bit.ly/39taMZp
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
The government has announced this afternoon that a White Paper will be published next week to reform the Mental Health Act.
This should bring about much needed & long argued for change, which is great news for those of us severely affected by mental illness.
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Today the government has set out proposals for once in a generation reforms to the Mental Health Act.
This White Paper represents vital progress towards the Government’s commitment to introduce the biggest reforms to the Act for 40 years.
Here’s what we plan to do 👇
Opportunity for an experienced researcher to work at a WHO Collaborating Centre! This is a fantastic perinatal mental health project:
elft.nhs.uk/Working-For-Us/J…
(Note: we are hoping to extend the contract beyond July - please contact us for further details about the post)
Short-term research job! I worked on this fantastic project a couple of years ago - a great chance to collaborate with colleagues across the Balkans. Would highly recommend applying:
ig24.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_QMUL…
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Our next #IEPA12 plenary talk comes from Juliana Onwumere @Families_MH from King’s College London who will be sharing some “Tales from the frontline: Understanding the impact of psychosis on families”
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Happy Halloween from the Unit!🧛🎃
Congratulations @philipmcnamee for winning the spooky quiz🎉👏 (& thank you Caitlin Aspinall and @VickyBirdie for writing it!)
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Today is the start Black Maternal Mental Health Week. Meet Jenny, Sharon & Kandace who share their experience with perinatal mental health problems as black women.
We need #BMMHW20 + our voices will be heard.
To continue the video & to support: crowdfunder.co.uk/blackmumsu…
Women from ethnic minority groups have poorer access to community mental health services (+ higher involuntary admissions), but actually have high engagement with services once they access them. Read the publication from @PAAM_Study to see the breakdown by ethnicity. #perinatalMH
Differences in access and utilisation of mental health services in the perinatal period for women from ethnic minorities—a population-based study | BMC Medicine | Full Text
@Black2Jo @TrudiSene1 @csmony @rcpsych bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.co…
So far we have interviewed around 30 women (black African/Caribbean/other or South Asian - Bangladeshi/Indian/Pakistani/other), their partners/carers and clinicians, mostly in East London and Birmingham. We would love to hear from others too!
More info here:
xitter.cf/PAAM_Study/status/1260…
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After a short summer break our virtual Monday seminars are back! This week @ayse_d gave us an update on @PAAM_Study study looking at access to and acceptability of perinatal services for women from ethnic minority groups. Check out their most recent paper rdcu.be/b7bmy
