Prof Praveetha Patalay
pravpatalay.bsky.social
Prof Praveetha Patalay
@pravpatalay.bsky.social

Scientist and artist. Professor of Population Health at UCL; mental health, inequalities, lifecourse.

Psychology 55%
Public Health 19%
6 days to go to apply to 2 postdoc positions (3-year and 2-year) at @ucl.ac.uk with @pravpatalay.bsky.social!
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Research Fellow (x2 posts) at UCL
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Do you want to know why Britain's university system is imploding? Well, if you do... Make yourself a nice coffee, pull up a chair and take a look at what I wrote back in the summer for Prospect magazine. Please repost if you agree! www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
Crash course
The UK’s universities are among the best in the world. So why do many appear close to collapse?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Been seeing people sharing a certain someone's TED talk recently. So I wrote this about what Rat Park actually found, why it's an important study, but it's really important not to sensationalise what it found for that 'truthy' soundbite.
After Rat Park
Or why everything you think you know about addiction might be a little more nuanced than some would give you credit for
open.substack.com

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🚨 Paper alert 🚨 There’s a lot of debate at the moment around universal, interventions in schools. A thread 🧵

Our new meta-analysis, published today, shows they can work in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/chi...

Findings discussed more below…
Frontiers | Universal, school-based, interventions to improve emotional outcomes in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis
IntroductionThere is debate into the impact of universal, school-based interventions to improve emotional outcomes. Previous reviews have only focused on anx...
www.frontiersin.org

I was wondering after, have there been no attempts at replication?

Super interesting insights about a famous study!
Been seeing people sharing a certain someone's TED talk recently. So I wrote this about what Rat Park actually found, why it's an important study, but it's really important not to sensationalise what it found for that 'truthy' soundbite.
After Rat Park
Or why everything you think you know about addiction might be a little more nuanced than some would give you credit for
open.substack.com

Some thoughts on social prescribing in a climate of funding cuts and closing community spaces:
open.substack.com/pub/pravpata...

(and I've finally started a substack and aim to write more about topics in health and prevention!)
The contradictions of social prescribing
Social prescribing is the practice where healthcare services like GP surgeries refer patients to non-clinical activities in their local communities as part of their treatment.
open.substack.com

Amazing news, congrats Miri

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“The Body Keeps the Score stigmatizes survivors, blames victims, and depoliticizes violence. While masquerading as care for survivors, it creates a hierarchy where marginalized victims are even more marginalized.” My latest, for @motherjones.

www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...
What the most famous book about trauma gets wrong
People kept telling me to read "The Body Keeps the Score." I was shocked at what it actually says.
www.motherjones.com

An essential (and depressing) read for anyone working or interested in what is happening to UK universities.
Do you want to know why Britain's university system is imploding? Well, if you do... Make yourself a nice coffee, pull up a chair and take a look at what I wrote back in the summer for Prospect magazine. Please repost if you agree! www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
Crash course
The UK’s universities are among the best in the world. So why do many appear close to collapse?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

Thanks for doing this, would be great to be added

Just joined on here. Any starter packs anyone can recommend related to mental health, social epidemiology or casual methods please?

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