@drtomrichardson.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Southampton. Researching money and mental health, bipolar disorder. Lived experience Bipolar and Autistic Spectrum Condition.
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Tonight's the night! On @bbcone @bbcpanorama 8m tonight talking about debt and mental health, #bipolar and #impulsivespending, but episode is now up on iplayer!
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January 19, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Tonight's the night! On @bbcone @bbcpanorama 8m tonight talking about debt and mental health, #bipolar and #impulsivespending, but episode is now up on iplayer!
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On Monday 19th January at 8pm I will be on BBC Panorama on
The episode is on credit card #debt, I will be discussing links between #mentalhealth, bipolar disorder and impulsive spending, and discussing my own lived experience in this area!
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The episode is on credit card #debt, I will be discussing links between #mentalhealth, bipolar disorder and impulsive spending, and discussing my own lived experience in this area!
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January 12, 2026 at 9:21 AM
On Monday 19th January at 8pm I will be on BBC Panorama on
The episode is on credit card #debt, I will be discussing links between #mentalhealth, bipolar disorder and impulsive spending, and discussing my own lived experience in this area!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The episode is on credit card #debt, I will be discussing links between #mentalhealth, bipolar disorder and impulsive spending, and discussing my own lived experience in this area!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Happy to say the (cheaper) paperback version of my bipolar handbook is now available to buy!
#Bipolar #BipolarDisorder #Therapy
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#Bipolar #BipolarDisorder #Therapy
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Handbook of Psychological Therapies for Bipolar Disorder
This book covers a full range of evidence-based psychological therapies for bipolar disorder, with attention to special populations for this treatment.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Happy to say the (cheaper) paperback version of my bipolar handbook is now available to buy!
#Bipolar #BipolarDisorder #Therapy
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#Bipolar #BipolarDisorder #Therapy
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Happy to say our systematic review and meta-analysis on the mental health impact of financial difficulties during the covid-19 pandemic has been published!
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The relationship between financial disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic and mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis - Thomas Richardson, Samantha Ashworth, Monica Sood, Eva McKell, Nic...
Objective: Financial difficulties are associated with poor mental health. This paper aimed to systematically review the impact of COVID-19 related financial dif...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Happy to say our systematic review and meta-analysis on the mental health impact of financial difficulties during the covid-19 pandemic has been published!
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Some positive news from the latest Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey:
Proportion of 16 to 24 years olds with problem drinking in UK more than halved between 2000 and 2023/2024 (40.7% to 18.1%) and fell for 25-34 and 35-44 age groups as well.
#Drinking #Alcohol
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Proportion of 16 to 24 years olds with problem drinking in UK more than halved between 2000 and 2023/2024 (40.7% to 18.1%) and fell for 25-34 and 35-44 age groups as well.
#Drinking #Alcohol
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...
Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey: Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, England, 2023/4 - NHS England Digital
The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) series provides data on the prevalence of psychiatric disorder in the English adult population. It is the fifth in a series and was conducted by Nat...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Some positive news from the latest Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey:
Proportion of 16 to 24 years olds with problem drinking in UK more than halved between 2000 and 2023/2024 (40.7% to 18.1%) and fell for 25-34 and 35-44 age groups as well.
#Drinking #Alcohol
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...
Proportion of 16 to 24 years olds with problem drinking in UK more than halved between 2000 and 2023/2024 (40.7% to 18.1%) and fell for 25-34 and 35-44 age groups as well.
#Drinking #Alcohol
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...
The latest Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey for the UK has recently been published and it continues to show a strong link between #Money and #MentalHealth:
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Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey: Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, England, 2023/4 - NHS England Digital
The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) series provides data on the prevalence of psychiatric disorder in the English adult population. It is the fifth in a series and was conducted by Nat...
digital.nhs.uk
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The latest Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey for the UK has recently been published and it continues to show a strong link between #Money and #MentalHealth:
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...
We're planning research on bipolar disorder in gender & sexuality minority groups.
Looking for someone to help us plan this research, a couple of hours.
If this sounds like you and you're interested please DM or email T.H.Richardson@soton.ac.uk.
Thanks!
#Bipolar #BipolarDisorder #LQBQT+
Looking for someone to help us plan this research, a couple of hours.
If this sounds like you and you're interested please DM or email T.H.Richardson@soton.ac.uk.
Thanks!
#Bipolar #BipolarDisorder #LQBQT+
October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We're planning research on bipolar disorder in gender & sexuality minority groups.
Looking for someone to help us plan this research, a couple of hours.
If this sounds like you and you're interested please DM or email T.H.Richardson@soton.ac.uk.
Thanks!
#Bipolar #BipolarDisorder #LQBQT+
Looking for someone to help us plan this research, a couple of hours.
If this sounds like you and you're interested please DM or email T.H.Richardson@soton.ac.uk.
Thanks!
#Bipolar #BipolarDisorder #LQBQT+
Our new paper just published: Elevated prodromal #psychotic symptoms lead to impaired social functioning via #loneliness
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Elevated prodromal psychotic symptoms lead to impaired social functioning via loneliness: A longitudinal mediation study - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Purpose Although previous studies have considered loneliness as a mediator of the relationship between prodromal psychotic symptoms and impaired social functioning, there is lack of consensus regardin...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Our new paper just published: Elevated prodromal #psychotic symptoms lead to impaired social functioning via #loneliness
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Shout out to any BABCP accredited therapists or members here:
I chair two special interest groups:
- Bipolar Disorder
- Poverty and Deprivation
We have meetings every couple of months usually with a presenter.
Please do sign up on the BABCP website if you want to join us!
Thank you!
I chair two special interest groups:
- Bipolar Disorder
- Poverty and Deprivation
We have meetings every couple of months usually with a presenter.
Please do sign up on the BABCP website if you want to join us!
Thank you!
October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Shout out to any BABCP accredited therapists or members here:
I chair two special interest groups:
- Bipolar Disorder
- Poverty and Deprivation
We have meetings every couple of months usually with a presenter.
Please do sign up on the BABCP website if you want to join us!
Thank you!
I chair two special interest groups:
- Bipolar Disorder
- Poverty and Deprivation
We have meetings every couple of months usually with a presenter.
Please do sign up on the BABCP website if you want to join us!
Thank you!
With tuition fees rising again, it's worth sharing an article I wrote for @theconversation.com last year about the impact this will have on graduates mental health
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Student fees set to rise but at what cost to graduates’ mental health? New research
The effect of a fee rise will have an effect on graduates mental health in the years to come, including depression and thoughts of suicide.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
With tuition fees rising again, it's worth sharing an article I wrote for @theconversation.com last year about the impact this will have on graduates mental health
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Great to start today monthly supervision for the CBT therapists and psychologists of the #Bipolar Service at Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust: One of only a handful of specialist Bipolar services in the NHS!
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Great to start today monthly supervision for the CBT therapists and psychologists of the #Bipolar Service at Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust: One of only a handful of specialist Bipolar services in the NHS!
Great to see my colleague publish this paper after I suggested it to her a couple of years back! I'm working on one about Bipolar as well. Get in touch with @babcpjournals.bsky.social if you have ideas for any other articles on 'Ten misconceptions about CBT for...'
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Ten misconceptions about CBT for psychosis | the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist | Cambridge Core
Ten misconceptions about CBT for psychosis - Volume 18
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October 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Great to see my colleague publish this paper after I suggested it to her a couple of years back! I'm working on one about Bipolar as well. Get in touch with @babcpjournals.bsky.social if you have ideas for any other articles on 'Ten misconceptions about CBT for...'
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NEW RESEARCH: People who grow up in deprived areas of the UK experience #PTSD at 3X the rate than those in affluent areas and experience more severe symptoms, according to Prof Jaime Delgadillo (IoPPN) and @drtomrichardson.bsky.social @sotonpsychology.bsky.social.
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September 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
NEW RESEARCH: People who grow up in deprived areas of the UK experience #PTSD at 3X the rate than those in affluent areas and experience more severe symptoms, according to Prof Jaime Delgadillo (IoPPN) and @drtomrichardson.bsky.social @sotonpsychology.bsky.social.
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Our new research published today has shown that those from poorer neighborhoods have higher rates of #PTSD and more severe symptoms, but do not benefit from psychological therapies as much as those from richer areas.
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Social and economic deprivation associated with more severe symptoms of PTSD | King's College London
People who live in the most deprived areas of the UK experience post-traumatic stress disorder at three times the rate of those who live in more affluent areas.
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September 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Our new research published today has shown that those from poorer neighborhoods have higher rates of #PTSD and more severe symptoms, but do not benefit from psychological therapies as much as those from richer areas.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/social-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/social-...
Great that the #NHS 10 Year Plan has suggested that neighborhood community centers offer #debt advice amongst other services! There is such a vicious cycle between #Money problems and #MentalHealth the more we can tackle both together the better!
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July 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Great that the #NHS 10 Year Plan has suggested that neighborhood community centers offer #debt advice amongst other services! There is such a vicious cycle between #Money problems and #MentalHealth the more we can tackle both together the better!
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@larisayarovaya.bsky.social Writes about #ImpulsiveSpending in #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder: Why banks should care, and the work we are doing to try and prevent this! #FinTech #RegTech #TechForGoodhttps://www.thebanker.com/content/d3ced031-2b24-4523-83bb-fc6cd9b80c91
Impulse spending and bipolar disorder: why banks should care
A new AI tool from Southampton university aims to help banks support bipolar customers’ financial health
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July 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@larisayarovaya.bsky.social Writes about #ImpulsiveSpending in #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder: Why banks should care, and the work we are doing to try and prevent this! #FinTech #RegTech #TechForGoodhttps://www.thebanker.com/content/d3ced031-2b24-4523-83bb-fc6cd9b80c91
On tonight! 'Heston: My Life with Bipolar' airs at 8pm on BBC Two!
June 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
On tonight! 'Heston: My Life with Bipolar' airs at 8pm on BBC Two!
Our new paper published on implementation of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) in an NHS mental health service
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Implementation of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality in a UK National Health Service Adult Mental Health Service
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May 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Our new paper published on implementation of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) in an NHS mental health service
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Don’t believe recent media and government messages that it’s really easy to get disability benefits in the UK: I have bipolar disorder type 1 (relapse recently), I’m autistic and I have severe bladder and prostate pain 24/7. I spend hundreds a month on medications and aids not covered by the NHS
April 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Don’t believe recent media and government messages that it’s really easy to get disability benefits in the UK: I have bipolar disorder type 1 (relapse recently), I’m autistic and I have severe bladder and prostate pain 24/7. I spend hundreds a month on medications and aids not covered by the NHS
One of my students bought in copy of my book for me to sign today it made my day! 👍📘🤓
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April 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
One of my students bought in copy of my book for me to sign today it made my day! 👍📘🤓
Do you have #Bipolar? Please consider taking part in our research about worries about others, short online survey. Thank you very much! tinyurl.com/mr2tsjxk
April 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Do you have #Bipolar? Please consider taking part in our research about worries about others, short online survey. Thank you very much! tinyurl.com/mr2tsjxk
Our article just published: Is #Bipolar disorder worked with in NHS talking therapies, and what are the views of staff and service users?
#BipolarDisorder #BipolarClub #BipolarFamily
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#BipolarDisorder #BipolarClub #BipolarFamily
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Is Bipolar Disorder Worked With in NHS Talking Therapies, and What Are the Views of Staff and Service Users? Results From a Linked Staff and Service User Survey and Freedom of Information Request
CBT is effective for Bipolar Disorder (BD), however there is often poor access. Despite IAPT-SMI pilot sites, there has been no roll out of CBT for BD in NHS Talking Therapies Services. This study ai...
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April 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Our article just published: Is #Bipolar disorder worked with in NHS talking therapies, and what are the views of staff and service users?
#BipolarDisorder #BipolarClub #BipolarFamily
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#BipolarDisorder #BipolarClub #BipolarFamily
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Do you have #OCD? Please consider taking part in our research about a possible link with #Trauma. Short online survey. Thank you.
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April 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Do you have #OCD? Please consider taking part in our research about a possible link with #Trauma. Short online survey. Thank you.
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tinyurl.com/mryeukee
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