Dr Myrofora (Myrto) Kakoulidou
@myrtokakoulidou.bsky.social
Research Fellow, UCL Research Department of Primary Care & Population Health
Deputy Director of UCL's GRRAND
Interested in neurodiversity, mental health, education & participatory research. Views my own.
Personal website: https://www.myrtokakoulidou.com/
Deputy Director of UCL's GRRAND
Interested in neurodiversity, mental health, education & participatory research. Views my own.
Personal website: https://www.myrtokakoulidou.com/
We'll be hosting a symposium at the 14th Autism-Europe International Congress in Dublin.
Symposium: A neurodiversity-informed approach in mental health research and training: if so, how?
📅 Friday, September 12th, 10:00–11:00, Clyde-Hall 6
Come and join us😃
#AECongress2025
#AutismCongress2025
Symposium: A neurodiversity-informed approach in mental health research and training: if so, how?
📅 Friday, September 12th, 10:00–11:00, Clyde-Hall 6
Come and join us😃
#AECongress2025
#AutismCongress2025
September 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We'll be hosting a symposium at the 14th Autism-Europe International Congress in Dublin.
Symposium: A neurodiversity-informed approach in mental health research and training: if so, how?
📅 Friday, September 12th, 10:00–11:00, Clyde-Hall 6
Come and join us😃
#AECongress2025
#AutismCongress2025
Symposium: A neurodiversity-informed approach in mental health research and training: if so, how?
📅 Friday, September 12th, 10:00–11:00, Clyde-Hall 6
Come and join us😃
#AECongress2025
#AutismCongress2025
🌟 New paper out🌟
🔗 Open-access here lnkd.in/dFj997Ep
Our RE-STAR team co-produced the ‘My Emotions in School Inventory (MESI)’ with Autistic and/or ADHD young people and tested this with 746 neurotypical and neurodivergent adolescents aged 11 to 16 years.
🔗 Open-access here lnkd.in/dFj997Ep
Our RE-STAR team co-produced the ‘My Emotions in School Inventory (MESI)’ with Autistic and/or ADHD young people and tested this with 746 neurotypical and neurodivergent adolescents aged 11 to 16 years.
July 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🌟 New paper out🌟
🔗 Open-access here lnkd.in/dFj997Ep
Our RE-STAR team co-produced the ‘My Emotions in School Inventory (MESI)’ with Autistic and/or ADHD young people and tested this with 746 neurotypical and neurodivergent adolescents aged 11 to 16 years.
🔗 Open-access here lnkd.in/dFj997Ep
Our RE-STAR team co-produced the ‘My Emotions in School Inventory (MESI)’ with Autistic and/or ADHD young people and tested this with 746 neurotypical and neurodivergent adolescents aged 11 to 16 years.
Reposted by Dr Myrofora (Myrto) Kakoulidou
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Handy new paper about the use of respectful language in ADHD research. Much needed, this discussion.
Handy new paper about the use of respectful language in ADHD research. Much needed, this discussion.
The power of words: respectful language in ADHD research
Language is powerful. It reflects and shapes our understanding of the difficulties
people face, the paradigms in which researchers and clinicians conduct research and
practice while also influencing p...
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July 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Handy new paper about the use of respectful language in ADHD research. Much needed, this discussion.
Handy new paper about the use of respectful language in ADHD research. Much needed, this discussion.
🎉🎉 Our RE-STAR paper led by Professor Sonuga-Barke has won the Editor’s Choice Award from #BJPsychJournals!
We describe a model for deep participatory translational mental health science in Autism+ADHD that places young people at the core.
Dream team🌟
We describe a model for deep participatory translational mental health science in Autism+ADHD that places young people at the core.
Dream team🌟
June 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🎉🎉 Our RE-STAR paper led by Professor Sonuga-Barke has won the Editor’s Choice Award from #BJPsychJournals!
We describe a model for deep participatory translational mental health science in Autism+ADHD that places young people at the core.
Dream team🌟
We describe a model for deep participatory translational mental health science in Autism+ADHD that places young people at the core.
Dream team🌟
I truly enjoyed presenting our RE-STAR research with Prof. Sonuga- Barke at yesterday's Autism & ADHD Show.
4 years of deeply collaborative work with a dream team
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social
+neurodivergent YP at the heart.
Important discussions with families. practitioners+researchers.
4 years of deeply collaborative work with a dream team
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social
+neurodivergent YP at the heart.
Important discussions with families. practitioners+researchers.
June 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I truly enjoyed presenting our RE-STAR research with Prof. Sonuga- Barke at yesterday's Autism & ADHD Show.
4 years of deeply collaborative work with a dream team
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social
+neurodivergent YP at the heart.
Important discussions with families. practitioners+researchers.
4 years of deeply collaborative work with a dream team
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social
+neurodivergent YP at the heart.
Important discussions with families. practitioners+researchers.
Paper in prep.
👉We ran photo-elicitation interviews with Autistic+ADHD adolescents with experiences of low mood, depression+burnout.
👉 We asked about the impact of the school environment on their mood.
👉 Interviews co-designed, co-delivered+co-analysed with neurodivergent youth researchers.
👉We ran photo-elicitation interviews with Autistic+ADHD adolescents with experiences of low mood, depression+burnout.
👉 We asked about the impact of the school environment on their mood.
👉 Interviews co-designed, co-delivered+co-analysed with neurodivergent youth researchers.
New paper draft✨ ND students on burnout, dread & identity loss in school. Co-led w/ ADHD & autistic youth. #ADHD #Autism #Burnout #Depression
June 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Paper in prep.
👉We ran photo-elicitation interviews with Autistic+ADHD adolescents with experiences of low mood, depression+burnout.
👉 We asked about the impact of the school environment on their mood.
👉 Interviews co-designed, co-delivered+co-analysed with neurodivergent youth researchers.
👉We ran photo-elicitation interviews with Autistic+ADHD adolescents with experiences of low mood, depression+burnout.
👉 We asked about the impact of the school environment on their mood.
👉 Interviews co-designed, co-delivered+co-analysed with neurodivergent youth researchers.
📖NEW PAPER OUT
A photo-elicitation interview study looking at the experiences+ needs of families raising neurodivergent twins.
With brilliant
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @vassilisside.bsky.social+co-authors.
🔗https://frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1571108/full
A photo-elicitation interview study looking at the experiences+ needs of families raising neurodivergent twins.
With brilliant
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @vassilisside.bsky.social+co-authors.
🔗https://frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1571108/full
June 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
📖NEW PAPER OUT
A photo-elicitation interview study looking at the experiences+ needs of families raising neurodivergent twins.
With brilliant
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @vassilisside.bsky.social+co-authors.
🔗https://frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1571108/full
A photo-elicitation interview study looking at the experiences+ needs of families raising neurodivergent twins.
With brilliant
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @vassilisside.bsky.social+co-authors.
🔗https://frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1571108/full
🎉What a productive and successful year for our RE-STAR🌟 research programme.
6 work packages, brilliant work with committed young people, parents/carers, school staff, researchers and collaborators, publications, public engagement events + awards.
👀 Check our winter newsletter here
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6 work packages, brilliant work with committed young people, parents/carers, school staff, researchers and collaborators, publications, public engagement events + awards.
👀 Check our winter newsletter here
t.co/sJfZSXDkzO
December 19, 2024 at 1:03 PM
🎉What a productive and successful year for our RE-STAR🌟 research programme.
6 work packages, brilliant work with committed young people, parents/carers, school staff, researchers and collaborators, publications, public engagement events + awards.
👀 Check our winter newsletter here
t.co/sJfZSXDkzO
6 work packages, brilliant work with committed young people, parents/carers, school staff, researchers and collaborators, publications, public engagement events + awards.
👀 Check our winter newsletter here
t.co/sJfZSXDkzO