Rebecca Grattan
rebeccagrattan.bsky.social
Rebecca Grattan
@rebeccagrattan.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist and Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka. Early intervention in mental health researcher. Mum to two cuties 💜
Sharing some work from our lab looking to understand the wider psychosis spectrum in postpartum women. A really under researched area! We found anxiety, childhood trauma and financial stress were associated with psychotic like experiences in the postpartum period. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Frontiers | Anxiety, financial stress, and childhood trauma are associated with psychotic-like experiences during the postpartum period
PurposePsychotic-like experiences (subclinical psychosis symptoms) predict the development of severe mental distress in the general population and can also b...
www.frontiersin.org
September 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Reposted by Rebecca Grattan
@iankellehermd.bsky.social and co previously demonstrated that ~50% of those with psychosis and bipolar disorder had been to CAMHs in Finland.
That was no fluke, as they have now demonstrated that it's 45% in wales. Great work by @kirstieohare.bsky.social 👏 👏
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study
doi.org
May 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Early intervention for psychosis services are under resourced in New Zealand and unable to see people early enough or provide culturally appropriate care onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
An Overview of Early Psychosis Care in New Zealand—A Need for Culturally Adapted Service Models
Background It has been over 20 years since a review of early psychosis services in New Zealand was completed, and it is unclear if services now meet international best practice. Furthermore, signifi.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM