Sonia Johnson
soniajohnson1.bsky.social
Sonia Johnson
@soniajohnson1.bsky.social
Prof of Social and Community Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, UCL; Director of NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental Health; interested in what works in mental health, loneliness, educating mental health researchers, singing, London (especially SE).
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Hi! I've just joined Bluesky, so I thought I'd re-share my paper about area-level predictors of involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation across England. Give it a read if you're interested! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Area-level factors associated with variation in involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation across England: a cross-sectional, ecological study - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Purpose Involuntary hospitalisations for mental health care are rising in many high income countries, including England. Looking at variation between areas can help us understand why rates are rising ...
link.springer.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Enhancing mental health care for autistic people: practical adaptations, ready to go buff.ly/MzJvUPJ

#Autism #MentalHealth #MentalHealthCare #MentalHealthServices #SystematicReview

🧵 THREAD
April 4, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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While I'm at it... I'm equally looking forward to this one!
📢Earlybird ticket discount ends midnight Sunday! Do join us with @colla-voce.bsky.social at @stjohnswaterloo.bsky.social Friday 4 April, 7.30pm. Includes music by Alec Roth, @bernardhughes.bsky.social, Cecilia McDowall, Byrd, JS Bach, Ben Parry, Vasks and 🍷. Tx www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events
March 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Looking forward to singing in this really lovely programme next Sunday in Greenwich!
Apologies - in our excitement at joining bluesky we managed to get our own concert date wrong- our beautiful Lenten programme of Howells, Purcell, Briggs, Dove, Lobo, Charpentier, Biber and more is on Sat 8th March!
Hello Bluesky! Are you in or around Greenwich? Do come to our glorious programme of Lenten music from many centuries - Howells Requiem plus Lobo, Purcell, Dove, Biber, Charpentier and more!

St Alfege #Greenwich, 8th February 2025

Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
March 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Apologies - in our excitement at joining bluesky we managed to get our own concert date wrong- our beautiful Lenten programme of Howells, Purcell, Briggs, Dove, Lobo, Charpentier, Biber and more is on Sat 8th March!
February 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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An honour and privilege to examine early career researchers especially (Dr) Sarah Ikhtabi. I feel so optimistic to meet researchers who value science, rigour, curiosity & lived experience. Congratulations to the splendid supervision team @soniajohnson1.bsky.social @alexandrapitman.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Many congrats to my & @alexandrapitman.bsky.social 's brilliant PhD student Dr (almost) Sarah Ikhtabi for breezing through her viva for her PhD on Loneliness & Complex Emotional Needs, and to v kind & insightful examiners @andygumley.bsky.social and Hélène Joffe! #proudsupervisor
February 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
New paper - a synthesis of qualitative studies on loneliness among people with psychosis, exploring aspects of psychosis that put people at risk of being lonely, including stigma and the isolating nature of psychotic experiences @alexandrapitman.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The experience of loneliness among people with psychosis: Qualitative meta-synthesis
Background Loneliness can be a significant challenge for people living with psychosis. We currently lack evidence about how to help with this. Understanding the origins, experience, and impact of lone...
journals.plos.org
January 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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How can we help young people feel less lonely? https://buff.ly/3ORlXQN

Lauren Turner @laureneturner.bsky.social explores young people’s views on the acceptability and feasibility of youth loneliness interventions.

@soniajohnson1.bsky.social

#Loneliness #Youth #Interventions
December 12, 2024 at 7:41 AM
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We're delighted that 22 of our academics have been identified in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2024, recognising authors of the most influential research papers around the world.

@neilmdavies.bsky.social, @soniajohnson1.bsky.social, @susanmichie.bsky.social

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22 UCL Brain Sciences academics recognised in annual global list of influential researchers
A total of 22 academics from the UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences have been identified in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2024, recognising authors of the most influential research pap...
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December 13, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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The @MentalHealthPRU has just published a systematic review on surveillance technologies in inpatient mental healthcare settings.
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November 30, 2024 at 8:01 AM