Samuel Tromans
@samueljtromans.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Uni of Leicester + Consultant Intellectual Disability Psychiatrist at LPT (NHS).
Interests: autism, learning disability + mental health.
Academic sec of RCPsych ID Faculty + NDPSIG.
https://le.ac.uk/people/sam-tromans
Interests: autism, learning disability + mental health.
Academic sec of RCPsych ID Faculty + NDPSIG.
https://le.ac.uk/people/sam-tromans
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Samuel Tromans | University of Leicester
le.ac.uk
Hi every1 introducing myself on Bluesky.
I'm a researcher @ University of Leicester, my work relates to learning disability, autism, + psychiatric epidemiology, + a Consultant LD Psychiatrist @ Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.
Further details re my research are here: le.ac.uk/people/sam-t...
I'm a researcher @ University of Leicester, my work relates to learning disability, autism, + psychiatric epidemiology, + a Consultant LD Psychiatrist @ Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.
Further details re my research are here: le.ac.uk/people/sam-t...
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We are 1week into @rcpsych.bsky.social
#registrar elections c 6 excellent candidates-please do make time 2vote! #rcpsych
@mivpsych.bsky.social
@drjongoldin.bsky.social
@wendyburn.bsky.social
@shahidlatif.bsky.social
@derektracy.bsky.social
@sameihuda.bsky.social
@samueljtromans.bsky.social
#registrar elections c 6 excellent candidates-please do make time 2vote! #rcpsych
@mivpsych.bsky.social
@drjongoldin.bsky.social
@wendyburn.bsky.social
@shahidlatif.bsky.social
@derektracy.bsky.social
@sameihuda.bsky.social
@samueljtromans.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We are 1week into @rcpsych.bsky.social
#registrar elections c 6 excellent candidates-please do make time 2vote! #rcpsych
@mivpsych.bsky.social
@drjongoldin.bsky.social
@wendyburn.bsky.social
@shahidlatif.bsky.social
@derektracy.bsky.social
@sameihuda.bsky.social
@samueljtromans.bsky.social
#registrar elections c 6 excellent candidates-please do make time 2vote! #rcpsych
@mivpsych.bsky.social
@drjongoldin.bsky.social
@wendyburn.bsky.social
@shahidlatif.bsky.social
@derektracy.bsky.social
@sameihuda.bsky.social
@samueljtromans.bsky.social
📢 Our Faculty of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability Spring Conference is going to be at The Royal College of Psychiatrists on 25th April 2025!
We have a fantastic line up of speakers, + hope that many of you will be able to join us! 😁
Booking link: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
We have a fantastic line up of speakers, + hope that many of you will be able to join us! 😁
Booking link: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
Faculty of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability Spring Conference 2025
Detail page.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
March 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
📢 Our Faculty of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability Spring Conference is going to be at The Royal College of Psychiatrists on 25th April 2025!
We have a fantastic line up of speakers, + hope that many of you will be able to join us! 😁
Booking link: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
We have a fantastic line up of speakers, + hope that many of you will be able to join us! 😁
Booking link: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
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We are looking for adults with a #LearningDisability to take part in our research about #EasyRead information!
If you or somebody you know would like to take part, please direct message or email me 📧💬
#LDresearch @silvanamengoni.bsky.social @regalexa.bsky.social
If you or somebody you know would like to take part, please direct message or email me 📧💬
#LDresearch @silvanamengoni.bsky.social @regalexa.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We are looking for adults with a #LearningDisability to take part in our research about #EasyRead information!
If you or somebody you know would like to take part, please direct message or email me 📧💬
#LDresearch @silvanamengoni.bsky.social @regalexa.bsky.social
If you or somebody you know would like to take part, please direct message or email me 📧💬
#LDresearch @silvanamengoni.bsky.social @regalexa.bsky.social
Proud to have contributed to this paper in @thelancetph.bsky.social , which reports that of 16 European countries, England had the largest decline in life expectancy improvement (a fall in average annual improvement from 0.25 from 1990-2011 to 0.07 from 2011-2019
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
The countries that best maintained improvements in life expectancy after 2011 (Norway,
Iceland, Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden) did so through better maintenance of reductions
in mortality from cardiova...
www.thelancet.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Proud to have contributed to this paper in @thelancetph.bsky.social , which reports that of 16 European countries, England had the largest decline in life expectancy improvement (a fall in average annual improvement from 0.25 from 1990-2011 to 0.07 from 2011-2019
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Please consider taking part in our PhD students research study!
If you routinely prescribe and deprescribe antidepressants and have experience prescribing during the pandemic in UK Primary Care, please consider sharing your thoughts and experiences in our study on decision making for prescribing antidepressants!
January 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Please consider taking part in our PhD students research study!
Reposted by Samuel Tromans
If you routinely prescribe and deprescribe antidepressants and have experience prescribing during the pandemic in UK Primary Care, please consider sharing your thoughts and experiences in our study on decision making for prescribing antidepressants!
January 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If you routinely prescribe and deprescribe antidepressants and have experience prescribing during the pandemic in UK Primary Care, please consider sharing your thoughts and experiences in our study on decision making for prescribing antidepressants!
📢NEW PAPER (OPEN ACCESS)📢
An assessment of the impact of Blue Light meetings for people with learning disability and autistic people.
Link: doi.org/10.1177/0020...
An assessment of the impact of Blue Light meetings for people with learning disability and autistic people.
Link: doi.org/10.1177/0020...
December 10, 2024 at 10:50 AM
📢NEW PAPER (OPEN ACCESS)📢
An assessment of the impact of Blue Light meetings for people with learning disability and autistic people.
Link: doi.org/10.1177/0020...
An assessment of the impact of Blue Light meetings for people with learning disability and autistic people.
Link: doi.org/10.1177/0020...
Reposted by Samuel Tromans
with VISION consortium (vision.city.ac.uk) support - Iran-based NGO Mehre Shams Afarid, IKWRO, a team of Iranian animators, Ladan Hashemi and many others produced these short films on domestic violence, including on recognising tech abuse:
youtu.be/wtflT6uWlUw
youtu.be/wtflT6uWlUw
Tech abuse-Another form of violence against women
YouTube video by Women Research Hub (شبکه پژوهش زنان)
youtu.be
December 5, 2024 at 6:57 PM
with VISION consortium (vision.city.ac.uk) support - Iran-based NGO Mehre Shams Afarid, IKWRO, a team of Iranian animators, Ladan Hashemi and many others produced these short films on domestic violence, including on recognising tech abuse:
youtu.be/wtflT6uWlUw
youtu.be/wtflT6uWlUw
Reposted by Samuel Tromans
Our new paper (OPEN ACCESS) critiques the important, emotive, + relevant issue of long-term segregation + seclusion for people w/ intellectual disability + autistic people. Ideologically understandable need for elimination but evidence/practice needs resolving first.
Link: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
Link: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
December 4, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Our new paper (OPEN ACCESS) critiques the important, emotive, + relevant issue of long-term segregation + seclusion for people w/ intellectual disability + autistic people. Ideologically understandable need for elimination but evidence/practice needs resolving first.
Link: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
Link: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
Our new paper (OPEN ACCESS) critiques the important, emotive, + relevant issue of long-term segregation + seclusion for people w/ intellectual disability + autistic people. Ideologically understandable need for elimination but evidence/practice needs resolving first.
Link: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
Link: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
December 4, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Our new paper (OPEN ACCESS) critiques the important, emotive, + relevant issue of long-term segregation + seclusion for people w/ intellectual disability + autistic people. Ideologically understandable need for elimination but evidence/practice needs resolving first.
Link: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
Link: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
Reposted by Samuel Tromans
Do you regularly take or order bloods for acute hospital patients? We want to hear about your experiences and views in a short online survey! #sepsis #AntimicrobialResistance
redcap.lcbru.le.ac.uk/surveys/?s=F...
redcap.lcbru.le.ac.uk/surveys/?s=F...
December 3, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Do you regularly take or order bloods for acute hospital patients? We want to hear about your experiences and views in a short online survey! #sepsis #AntimicrobialResistance
redcap.lcbru.le.ac.uk/surveys/?s=F...
redcap.lcbru.le.ac.uk/surveys/?s=F...
Hi every1 introducing myself on Bluesky.
I'm a researcher @ University of Leicester, my work relates to learning disability, autism, + psychiatric epidemiology, + a Consultant LD Psychiatrist @ Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.
Further details re my research are here: le.ac.uk/people/sam-t...
I'm a researcher @ University of Leicester, my work relates to learning disability, autism, + psychiatric epidemiology, + a Consultant LD Psychiatrist @ Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.
Further details re my research are here: le.ac.uk/people/sam-t...
Samuel Tromans | University of Leicester
le.ac.uk
December 2, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Hi every1 introducing myself on Bluesky.
I'm a researcher @ University of Leicester, my work relates to learning disability, autism, + psychiatric epidemiology, + a Consultant LD Psychiatrist @ Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.
Further details re my research are here: le.ac.uk/people/sam-t...
I'm a researcher @ University of Leicester, my work relates to learning disability, autism, + psychiatric epidemiology, + a Consultant LD Psychiatrist @ Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.
Further details re my research are here: le.ac.uk/people/sam-t...
Reposted by Samuel Tromans
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 8:23 AM
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
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I love this review of our recent paper looking at the experiences of autistic psychiatrists.
“Plot twist” 😎
studyfinds.org/psychiatrist...
“Plot twist” 😎
studyfinds.org/psychiatrist...
Psychiatrists are discovering they're autistic - and it's making them better doctors
Researchers have discovered that some of the very psychiatrists who diagnose autism in others are themselves autistic. Here's what it means for their jobs.
studyfinds.org
November 19, 2024 at 10:37 PM
I love this review of our recent paper looking at the experiences of autistic psychiatrists.
“Plot twist” 😎
studyfinds.org/psychiatrist...
“Plot twist” 😎
studyfinds.org/psychiatrist...
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Why is research so vital to improving lives of people with learning disabilities?
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/topic/resear...
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/topic/resear...
Why is research so vital to improving lives of people with learning disabilities?
We spoke with Emily Farran, Professor of Cognitive Development at the University of Surrey, about a new research project which aims to alter the research landscape to better suit the needs of people w...
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Why is research so vital to improving lives of people with learning disabilities?
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/topic/resear...
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/topic/resear...
😂😂😂
“I’ve noticed I’m not in your starter pack. Any particular reason for that?”
November 17, 2024 at 7:10 PM
😂😂😂
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Lessons from England’s National Health Service. Tldr: the UK NHS is in principle a great model but is now precarious, undermined by austerity and redisorganisation. Primary care is critical to the whole thing but is facing huge risks. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Lessons from England’s National Health Service | NEJM
The NHS in England has historically delivered high quality at low cost, but recently, its performance has declined. The challenges facing the NHS hold potential lessons for the United States.
www.nejm.org
November 17, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Lessons from England’s National Health Service. Tldr: the UK NHS is in principle a great model but is now precarious, undermined by austerity and redisorganisation. Primary care is critical to the whole thing but is facing huge risks. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Samuel Tromans
Adults with learning disability at increased risk of mental & physical health conditions & have reduced life expectancy. We used the GP Patient Survey to show they have less confidence in their healthcare and were less likely to feel their needs were met. Led by Sam Tromans bjgp.org/content/earl...
November 14, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Adults with learning disability at increased risk of mental & physical health conditions & have reduced life expectancy. We used the GP Patient Survey to show they have less confidence in their healthcare and were less likely to feel their needs were met. Led by Sam Tromans bjgp.org/content/earl...
Reposted by Samuel Tromans
Adults with learning disability are at increased risk of mental and physical health conditions, and have reduced life expectancy compared to the general population
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
Primary care experiences of adults reporting learning disability: a probability sample survey | British Journal of General Practice
doi.org
November 15, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Adults with learning disability are at increased risk of mental and physical health conditions, and have reduced life expectancy compared to the general population
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...