Alice Quinton
@alicequinton.bsky.social
PostDoc @ the reimagine lab, University of Oxford
My research explores how we support autistic young people's mental health
My research explores how we support autistic young people's mental health
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Alice Quinton
@alicequinton.bsky.social
· Mar 28
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background
Despite the higher prevalence of childhood traumatic experiences and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in autistic adults, research on trauma-related psychopathology and autistic trai.....
doi.org
Excited to share my second first-author paper from my PhD research, open access now in JCPP! 📚
Autistic traits in childhood and post-traumatic stress disorder as young adults: a cohort study - doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
Very grateful to @eriskstudy.bsky.social and TEDS for their collaboration!
Autistic traits in childhood and post-traumatic stress disorder as young adults: a cohort study - doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
Very grateful to @eriskstudy.bsky.social and TEDS for their collaboration!
Always wonderful to eat cake for a good cause. Thanks @sgdp.bsky.social !!
Donate below (and maybe treat yourself?)
Trans Legal Clinic: www.translegalclinic.com/donate
Trans Kids Deserve Better: chuffed.org/project/supp...
Donate below (and maybe treat yourself?)
Trans Legal Clinic: www.translegalclinic.com/donate
Trans Kids Deserve Better: chuffed.org/project/supp...
June 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Always wonderful to eat cake for a good cause. Thanks @sgdp.bsky.social !!
Donate below (and maybe treat yourself?)
Trans Legal Clinic: www.translegalclinic.com/donate
Trans Kids Deserve Better: chuffed.org/project/supp...
Donate below (and maybe treat yourself?)
Trans Legal Clinic: www.translegalclinic.com/donate
Trans Kids Deserve Better: chuffed.org/project/supp...
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🚨New paper!🚨
Meta-analysis on 4M p-values across 240k psych articles: How has psychology changed since the replication crisis began? How is replicability linked to citations, impact factor, and university prestige? 🧵
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Interactive: pbogdan.com/meganal
Meta-analysis on 4M p-values across 240k psych articles: How has psychology changed since the replication crisis began? How is replicability linked to citations, impact factor, and university prestige? 🧵
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Interactive: pbogdan.com/meganal
April 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨New paper!🚨
Meta-analysis on 4M p-values across 240k psych articles: How has psychology changed since the replication crisis began? How is replicability linked to citations, impact factor, and university prestige? 🧵
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Interactive: pbogdan.com/meganal
Meta-analysis on 4M p-values across 240k psych articles: How has psychology changed since the replication crisis began? How is replicability linked to citations, impact factor, and university prestige? 🧵
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Interactive: pbogdan.com/meganal
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We're excited to announce that the trial is now open to recruitment! Welcome to our very first site, Cambridge Community Services NHS Trust 👋
Over the next two years we will be aiming to recruit 650 families - have a read of our website to find out more: osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat 👈
Over the next two years we will be aiming to recruit 650 families - have a read of our website to find out more: osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat 👈
May 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We're excited to announce that the trial is now open to recruitment! Welcome to our very first site, Cambridge Community Services NHS Trust 👋
Over the next two years we will be aiming to recruit 650 families - have a read of our website to find out more: osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat 👈
Over the next two years we will be aiming to recruit 650 families - have a read of our website to find out more: osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat 👈
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We're looking for UK men aged 40-65 to give us some paid feedback on a video featuring 2 men talking about experiences of #suicidal thoughts. We want to know if it will be helpful for other men, even if they have never felt suicidal. Up to 1 hour of your time to help in our #suicideprevention work.
May 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We're looking for UK men aged 40-65 to give us some paid feedback on a video featuring 2 men talking about experiences of #suicidal thoughts. We want to know if it will be helpful for other men, even if they have never felt suicidal. Up to 1 hour of your time to help in our #suicideprevention work.
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Exciting day for us - we're launching our study showing HUGE delays for children in foster care. Our paper is in Nature Medicine rdcu.be/ekep1 and a short animation www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwDu... @righttrial.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social @rachelhiller.bsky.social @nspcc.bsky.social
Infant mental health services for birth and foster families of maltreated pre-school children in foster care (BeST?): a cluster-randomized phase 3 clinical effectiveness trial
Nature Medicine - In a trial examining the effectiveness of an infant mental health service targeting birth and foster families of children aged 0–5 years, families were randomized to...
rdcu.be
May 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Exciting day for us - we're launching our study showing HUGE delays for children in foster care. Our paper is in Nature Medicine rdcu.be/ekep1 and a short animation www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwDu... @righttrial.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social @rachelhiller.bsky.social @nspcc.bsky.social
Come and find me at no.73 to talk about how UK teachers are supporting (or want to support) traumatised autistic kids in schools #INSAR2025
May 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Come and find me at no.73 to talk about how UK teachers are supporting (or want to support) traumatised autistic kids in schools #INSAR2025
It's been lovely to explore the wonderful city of Seattle - excited for the #INSAR2025 action to begin
April 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
It's been lovely to explore the wonderful city of Seattle - excited for the #INSAR2025 action to begin
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So this study isn't even really showing that CBT doesn't work for reducing depression, as such -- it's showing that young people don't want to engage with a CBT app for reducing depression.
This isn't surprising really - young people are busy and tired and want to relax in their free time
This isn't surprising really - young people are busy and tired and want to relax in their free time
April 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
So this study isn't even really showing that CBT doesn't work for reducing depression, as such -- it's showing that young people don't want to engage with a CBT app for reducing depression.
This isn't surprising really - young people are busy and tired and want to relax in their free time
This isn't surprising really - young people are busy and tired and want to relax in their free time
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Coverage of my paper with @goldage.bsky.social on similarities and differences autistic and non-autistic people's experiences of menopause.
Open access version here: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...
#AutRes
Open access version here: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...
#AutRes
Research from IoPPN & @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social finds that #autistic people report more bothersome psychological & physical #menopause symptoms than non-autistic people.
Read the full paper published in Journal of Women's Health⬇️
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39960820/
Read the full paper published in Journal of Women's Health⬇️
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39960820/
Self-Reported Psychological, Somatic, and Vasomotor Symptoms at Different Stages of the Menopause for Autistic and Non-autistic People - PubMed
<span><b><i>Background:</i></b> There is growing awareness that the experiences of neurodivergent people during menopause are not well understood. Menopause may be particularly challenging for autistic people due to common co-occurring conditions such as depression and differences in sensory processing. T</span> …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Coverage of my paper with @goldage.bsky.social on similarities and differences autistic and non-autistic people's experiences of menopause.
Open access version here: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...
#AutRes
Open access version here: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...
#AutRes
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The first publication on perceptions of diagnosis and social media use of youth in psychiatric treatment is out now!
We are now conducting interviews with these patients and the conversations have been fascinating. Very excited to share those results soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We are now conducting interviews with these patients and the conversations have been fascinating. Very excited to share those results soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Self-diagnosis in the age of social media: A pilot study of youth entering mental health treatment for mood and anxiety disorders
To understand young adult patients' perspectives around the importance of mental health diagnoses and use of online material to self-diagnose.Prior to…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The first publication on perceptions of diagnosis and social media use of youth in psychiatric treatment is out now!
We are now conducting interviews with these patients and the conversations have been fascinating. Very excited to share those results soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We are now conducting interviews with these patients and the conversations have been fascinating. Very excited to share those results soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Lovely to have a spontaneous (almost full house!) @respectlabkcl.bsky.social photo with our lovely MSc students after discussing what posters we're taking to INSAR!
There will be a few of us there so if you're in Seattle, do say hello!
There will be a few of us there so if you're in Seattle, do say hello!
April 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Lovely to have a spontaneous (almost full house!) @respectlabkcl.bsky.social photo with our lovely MSc students after discussing what posters we're taking to INSAR!
There will be a few of us there so if you're in Seattle, do say hello!
There will be a few of us there so if you're in Seattle, do say hello!
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It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people.
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people.
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🚨 Just one week left to apply for our Policy Internship!
In partnership with the Medical Research Council, this scheme gives students the unique opportunity to see how medical research informs real-world policy 🌎
👉 For more information and to apply: ow.ly/QCz350VALLZ
#SciencePolicy #Internship
In partnership with the Medical Research Council, this scheme gives students the unique opportunity to see how medical research informs real-world policy 🌎
👉 For more information and to apply: ow.ly/QCz350VALLZ
#SciencePolicy #Internship
April 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🚨 Just one week left to apply for our Policy Internship!
In partnership with the Medical Research Council, this scheme gives students the unique opportunity to see how medical research informs real-world policy 🌎
👉 For more information and to apply: ow.ly/QCz350VALLZ
#SciencePolicy #Internship
In partnership with the Medical Research Council, this scheme gives students the unique opportunity to see how medical research informs real-world policy 🌎
👉 For more information and to apply: ow.ly/QCz350VALLZ
#SciencePolicy #Internship
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April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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We are looking for autistic children & young people aged 11-18 to participate in a survey about improving the accessibility of CAMHS in the UK. Views can be shared by writing, recording a voice note, or drawing & labelling a picture. Link in QR code below or here: ljmu.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...
April 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We are looking for autistic children & young people aged 11-18 to participate in a survey about improving the accessibility of CAMHS in the UK. Views can be shared by writing, recording a voice note, or drawing & labelling a picture. Link in QR code below or here: ljmu.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...
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Subscribe to #AnnaFreud newsletter to be the first to see new animation with @aquinnunbroken.bsky.social
We are passionate about neuro-diversity informed practice and we are asking professionals to un-think and re-think about seclusion and long term segregation
www.annafreud.org/training/hea...
We are passionate about neuro-diversity informed practice and we are asking professionals to un-think and re-think about seclusion and long term segregation
www.annafreud.org/training/hea...
March 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Subscribe to #AnnaFreud newsletter to be the first to see new animation with @aquinnunbroken.bsky.social
We are passionate about neuro-diversity informed practice and we are asking professionals to un-think and re-think about seclusion and long term segregation
www.annafreud.org/training/hea...
We are passionate about neuro-diversity informed practice and we are asking professionals to un-think and re-think about seclusion and long term segregation
www.annafreud.org/training/hea...
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Are you a scientist who uses emotional faces in your research with teens?
We hope to develop a new adolescent emotional faces stimulus set that meets the needs of scientists across a range of projects & want input from stakeholders who may use these stimuli!
(see linked 2-min survey)
We hope to develop a new adolescent emotional faces stimulus set that meets the needs of scientists across a range of projects & want input from stakeholders who may use these stimuli!
(see linked 2-min survey)
Adolescent Emotional Faces Stimuli Survey
Dear colleagues,
We are considering developing and validating a new adolescent emotional faces stimulus set. Our goal is to create a stimulus set that will meet the needs of scientists across a wide ...
nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Are you a scientist who uses emotional faces in your research with teens?
We hope to develop a new adolescent emotional faces stimulus set that meets the needs of scientists across a range of projects & want input from stakeholders who may use these stimuli!
(see linked 2-min survey)
We hope to develop a new adolescent emotional faces stimulus set that meets the needs of scientists across a range of projects & want input from stakeholders who may use these stimuli!
(see linked 2-min survey)
Excited to share my second first-author paper from my PhD research, open access now in JCPP! 📚
Autistic traits in childhood and post-traumatic stress disorder as young adults: a cohort study - doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
Very grateful to @eriskstudy.bsky.social and TEDS for their collaboration!
Autistic traits in childhood and post-traumatic stress disorder as young adults: a cohort study - doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
Very grateful to @eriskstudy.bsky.social and TEDS for their collaboration!
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background
Despite the higher prevalence of childhood traumatic experiences and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in autistic adults, research on trauma-related psychopathology and autistic trai.....
doi.org
March 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Excited to share my second first-author paper from my PhD research, open access now in JCPP! 📚
Autistic traits in childhood and post-traumatic stress disorder as young adults: a cohort study - doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
Very grateful to @eriskstudy.bsky.social and TEDS for their collaboration!
Autistic traits in childhood and post-traumatic stress disorder as young adults: a cohort study - doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
Very grateful to @eriskstudy.bsky.social and TEDS for their collaboration!
Reposted by Alice Quinton
Diagnostic overshadowing in PTSD & autism: what do we know about trauma in ASD? buff.ly/0c0Hz5V
Sofiia Karnatska blogs a systematic review of PTSD in autistic individuals, which provides some useful insights about effective assessment & treatment of #PTSD in #Autism.
🧵 THREAD
Sofiia Karnatska blogs a systematic review of PTSD in autistic individuals, which provides some useful insights about effective assessment & treatment of #PTSD in #Autism.
🧵 THREAD
March 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Diagnostic overshadowing in PTSD & autism: what do we know about trauma in ASD? buff.ly/0c0Hz5V
Sofiia Karnatska blogs a systematic review of PTSD in autistic individuals, which provides some useful insights about effective assessment & treatment of #PTSD in #Autism.
🧵 THREAD
Sofiia Karnatska blogs a systematic review of PTSD in autistic individuals, which provides some useful insights about effective assessment & treatment of #PTSD in #Autism.
🧵 THREAD
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On Monday 24 March, we're holding two evidence sessions looking into identification, diagnosis and support of autistic people.
At 14.45, we hear from:
Prof Jonathan Green, University of Manchester
Prof Bryony Beresford, University of York
Prof Will Mandy, University College London
At 14.45, we hear from:
Prof Jonathan Green, University of Manchester
Prof Bryony Beresford, University of York
Prof Will Mandy, University College London
parliamentlive.tv
March 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
On Monday 24 March, we're holding two evidence sessions looking into identification, diagnosis and support of autistic people.
At 14.45, we hear from:
Prof Jonathan Green, University of Manchester
Prof Bryony Beresford, University of York
Prof Will Mandy, University College London
At 14.45, we hear from:
Prof Jonathan Green, University of Manchester
Prof Bryony Beresford, University of York
Prof Will Mandy, University College London
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🌟 Exciting News! Our study on our method of Gillick Competence assessment in online, anonymous surveys is published! Empowering 13-15-year-olds to self-consent could overcome barriers to low risk, impactful mental health intervention research. Learn more: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/3...
Consenting for themselves: a qualitative study exploring a Gillick Competence assessment to enable adolescents to self-consent to low-risk online research
Background Providing digital mental health interventions online could expand access to help for young people, but requiring parental consent may be a barrier to participation. We therefore need a meth...
bmjopen.bmj.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
🌟 Exciting News! Our study on our method of Gillick Competence assessment in online, anonymous surveys is published! Empowering 13-15-year-olds to self-consent could overcome barriers to low risk, impactful mental health intervention research. Learn more: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/3...
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🙌 3 phd scholarship opportunities from @mhrukcharity.bsky.social ! 🙌
Topic areas are…
- schizophrenia
- psychosis
- general mh
NB the uni has to apply, not the student so if you’re interested in this funding do pair up with the supervisor you want and they apply for the funding!
Topic areas are…
- schizophrenia
- psychosis
- general mh
NB the uni has to apply, not the student so if you’re interested in this funding do pair up with the supervisor you want and they apply for the funding!
Our 2026 competition is open! 3 PhD Scholarships-that's worth £120,000 over 3 yrs! There are 2 on schizophrenia/psychosis & 1 on broad causes of mental illness: www.mentalhealthresearchuk.org.uk/research.htm...
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthresearch #phdfunding #researchfunding #sciencefunding
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthresearch #phdfunding #researchfunding #sciencefunding
Our Research | Mental Health Research UK
Research funded by Mental Health Research UK
www.mentalhealthresearchuk.org.uk
March 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🙌 3 phd scholarship opportunities from @mhrukcharity.bsky.social ! 🙌
Topic areas are…
- schizophrenia
- psychosis
- general mh
NB the uni has to apply, not the student so if you’re interested in this funding do pair up with the supervisor you want and they apply for the funding!
Topic areas are…
- schizophrenia
- psychosis
- general mh
NB the uni has to apply, not the student so if you’re interested in this funding do pair up with the supervisor you want and they apply for the funding!
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Absolutely essential listening. This is systemic injustice and a completely unacceptable way for us to care for and support the most vulnerable members of our community.
File on 4 Investigates - Locked up: Woman held in mental health facility for 45 years - BBC Sounds
The woman held in a mental health hospital for 45 years – when she wasn't mentally ill.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Absolutely essential listening. This is systemic injustice and a completely unacceptable way for us to care for and support the most vulnerable members of our community.
Anyone that loves someone who's experiencing long covid knows the just how much impact it's had on their lives - as this piece highlights there is hopeful research on the horizon, but there's so much more that needs to be done to make moving on from the pandemic an option for everyone
Really proud of this piece. Grateful to Avalyn, Rowan and Sarah for sharing their stories. It's a national scandal that long Covid patients have been forgotten by the government, employers & society at large. The least we can do is keep talking about them
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘We’re losing decades of our life to this illness’: long Covid patients on the fear of being forgotten
Five years on from March 2020, millions of people still face debilitating symptoms, with huge repercussions on public health and productivity. But politicians are starting to pretend the pandemic neve...
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Anyone that loves someone who's experiencing long covid knows the just how much impact it's had on their lives - as this piece highlights there is hopeful research on the horizon, but there's so much more that needs to be done to make moving on from the pandemic an option for everyone
Reposted by Alice Quinton
I forgot to tag #AutRes, oops!
See thread below for a breakdown of our latest paper looking at menopause experiences in autistic/non-autistic people.
See thread below for a breakdown of our latest paper looking at menopause experiences in autistic/non-autistic people.
Our new paper on menopause symptoms (led by @goldage.bsky.social and me, with @alannajshand.bsky.social, Will Mandy and @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social) is now out!
Journal version: doi.org/10.1089/jwh....
Free access version: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...
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Journal version: doi.org/10.1089/jwh....
Free access version: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...
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February 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I forgot to tag #AutRes, oops!
See thread below for a breakdown of our latest paper looking at menopause experiences in autistic/non-autistic people.
See thread below for a breakdown of our latest paper looking at menopause experiences in autistic/non-autistic people.