Helen Minnis
@profminnis.bsky.social
Academic child psychiatrist @UofGlasgow @GillbergCentre @LSHTM-alum. Loves a challenge! Complex interventions, neurodevelopment, trauma, stirring it
Sometimes we need to pull each other up ❤️
May 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Sometimes we need to pull each other up ❤️
Sending big love ❤️
May 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Sending big love ❤️
Reposted by Helen Minnis
Fundamental changes to Scotland’s care system are needed say researchers, following a study of almost 500 young children in foster and kinship care led by @profminnis.bsky.social & @nspcc.bsky.social
#FosterCare #ChildrensHearings #InfantMentalHealth
gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
#FosterCare #ChildrensHearings #InfantMentalHealth
gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
May 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Fundamental changes to Scotland’s care system are needed say researchers, following a study of almost 500 young children in foster and kinship care led by @profminnis.bsky.social & @nspcc.bsky.social
#FosterCare #ChildrensHearings #InfantMentalHealth
gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
#FosterCare #ChildrensHearings #InfantMentalHealth
gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
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...
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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
Gosh this is very worrying
April 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Gosh this is very worrying
Looking forward to kicking off the UCL Health of the Public Annual Symposium talking about the interplay between neurodivergence and childhood adversity @UCLHealthPublic.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Looking forward to kicking off the UCL Health of the Public Annual Symposium talking about the interplay between neurodivergence and childhood adversity @UCLHealthPublic.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social
Heading out shortly for day 3 of Scotland's Whacking Weekender. So much joy. So much community. So much DANCE 🥰
April 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Heading out shortly for day 3 of Scotland's Whacking Weekender. So much joy. So much community. So much DANCE 🥰
Very true Melea. Only thing I'd differ in is the inevitability of mental health decline - knowing that life is unsafe is just the truth, and having small mistakes blown up can make you think "might as well get hung for a sheep, not just a lamb" which is quite liberating
April 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Very true Melea. Only thing I'd differ in is the inevitability of mental health decline - knowing that life is unsafe is just the truth, and having small mistakes blown up can make you think "might as well get hung for a sheep, not just a lamb" which is quite liberating
Jill's research is always ahead of the curve 👏🏾
New UofG research finds brisk walking may reduce risk of heart rhythm abnormalities by up to 43%.
The study led by UofG's School of Health & Wellbeing Professor Jill Pell has been published in the journal Heart.
Read more ⬇️🫀
The study led by UofG's School of Health & Wellbeing Professor Jill Pell has been published in the journal Heart.
Read more ⬇️🫀
Brisk walking pace and time spent at this speed may lower risk of heart rhythm abnormalities
A brisk walking pace, and the amount of time spent at this speed, may lower the risk of heart rhythm abnormalities, such as atrial fibrillation, tachycardia (rapid heartbeat), and bradycardia (very sl...
www.gla.ac.uk
April 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Jill's research is always ahead of the curve 👏🏾
Reposted by Helen Minnis
Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards…
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @arc-em.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @arc-em.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
April 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards…
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @arc-em.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @arc-em.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
You're right in my neighbourhood Amy 😍
April 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
You're right in my neighbourhood Amy 😍
Reposted by Helen Minnis
Some surprising NHS statistics (unless you follow me)
Since 2019:
- GP appoints increased by 5m to 31million/month
- 111 calls total 1.7m/month
- Ambulance calls and transfers unchanged 750k / month
- A&E attendances 2.2million/month
GPs providing more extra appts than total of all others combined
Since 2019:
- GP appoints increased by 5m to 31million/month
- 111 calls total 1.7m/month
- Ambulance calls and transfers unchanged 750k / month
- A&E attendances 2.2million/month
GPs providing more extra appts than total of all others combined
April 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Some surprising NHS statistics (unless you follow me)
Since 2019:
- GP appoints increased by 5m to 31million/month
- 111 calls total 1.7m/month
- Ambulance calls and transfers unchanged 750k / month
- A&E attendances 2.2million/month
GPs providing more extra appts than total of all others combined
Since 2019:
- GP appoints increased by 5m to 31million/month
- 111 calls total 1.7m/month
- Ambulance calls and transfers unchanged 750k / month
- A&E attendances 2.2million/month
GPs providing more extra appts than total of all others combined
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The US gets less safe by the minute. We shouldn't be surprised but this is incredible in the place formerly known as "land of the free"
The US gets less safe by the minute. We shouldn't be surprised but this is incredible in the place formerly known as "land of the free"
US judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for his views
White House has claimed that Khalil’s ‘beliefs and associations’ are counter to US foreign policy interests
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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The US gets less safe by the minute. We shouldn't be surprised but this is incredible in the place formerly known as "land of the free"
The US gets less safe by the minute. We shouldn't be surprised but this is incredible in the place formerly known as "land of the free"
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So much fun last night talking to Dan Hughes about DDP. @righttrial.bsky.social
So much fun last night talking to Dan Hughes about DDP. @righttrial.bsky.social
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April 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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So much fun last night talking to Dan Hughes about DDP. @righttrial.bsky.social
So much fun last night talking to Dan Hughes about DDP. @righttrial.bsky.social
Reposted by Helen Minnis
I haven’t stopped singing this since I first heard it. And no, I don’t speak French😂
April 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I haven’t stopped singing this since I first heard it. And no, I don’t speak French😂
Such important work - an example of really making a difference 👏🏾
Delighted to share development of Scotland's national Distress Brief Intervention
New way of responding to people in distress
>82,000 people across Scotland have received DBI since its inception & currently being trialled in Australia & England.
bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
New way of responding to people in distress
>82,000 people across Scotland have received DBI since its inception & currently being trialled in Australia & England.
bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
April 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Such important work - an example of really making a difference 👏🏾
I've recently joined this Bluesky and seem to have landed in the US. Nothing against Americans but is there anyone from anywhere else in the world on this platform?
March 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I've recently joined this Bluesky and seem to have landed in the US. Nothing against Americans but is there anyone from anywhere else in the world on this platform?
Just saw Mickey 17. Creative, madcap, utterly absorbing
March 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Just saw Mickey 17. Creative, madcap, utterly absorbing
Huge congratulations Julie!
March 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Huge congratulations Julie!
Wow I didn't know that!! 👍🏾🙏🏾
March 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Wow I didn't know that!! 👍🏾🙏🏾
Hi all, finally got myself a bluesky account after months in the doldrums because of that Musky smell on twitter. I hear this is a much friendlier community:)
March 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Hi all, finally got myself a bluesky account after months in the doldrums because of that Musky smell on twitter. I hear this is a much friendlier community:)