Dr Emma Ashworth
@emmaashworth.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Child & Adolescent Mental Health - Liverpool John Moores University | school-based interventions, SEND, suicide prevention, risk, co-production | she/her
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New PhD scholarship available investigating the role and experiences of non-clinical staff in suicidal crisis care, led by @mollymccarthy.bsky.social and co-supervised by me, @emmaashworth.bsky.social and Prof. Pooja Saini: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
‘Forgotten Frontline’: The Role, Experiences, and Attitudes of Non-Clinical Emergency Department Staff in the Care of People Presenting in Suicidal Crisis at Liverpool John Moores University on FindAP...
PhD Project - ‘Forgotten Frontline’: The Role, Experiences, and Attitudes of Non-Clinical Emergency Department Staff in the Care of People Presenting in Suicidal Crisis at Liverpool John M...
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October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New PhD scholarship available investigating the role and experiences of non-clinical staff in suicidal crisis care, led by @mollymccarthy.bsky.social and co-supervised by me, @emmaashworth.bsky.social and Prof. Pooja Saini: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
New paper out today, exploring the experiences of parents supporting their autistic children with mental health difficulties: journals.plos.org/mentalhealth....
Thank you to the parents who trusted us with their stories and took the time to share them with us.
Thank you to the parents who trusted us with their stories and took the time to share them with us.
“Constantly overwhelmed and desperate for help”: Parents’ experiences of supporting their autistic child with mental health difficulties in the United Kingdom
Autistic children and young people are at increased risk of experiencing mental health difficulties, but often face delays or barriers to accessing support. While evidence exists regarding parents’ ex...
journals.plos.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New paper out today, exploring the experiences of parents supporting their autistic children with mental health difficulties: journals.plos.org/mentalhealth....
Thank you to the parents who trusted us with their stories and took the time to share them with us.
Thank you to the parents who trusted us with their stories and took the time to share them with us.
📣 New paper co-developing policy priorities for YP with SEND after the COVID-19 pandemic: www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/12.... Priorities highlight a need for structural reform to ensure YP with SEND receive the support they are entitled to in times of crisis but also as part of routine practice & policy.
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June 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
📣 New paper co-developing policy priorities for YP with SEND after the COVID-19 pandemic: www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/12.... Priorities highlight a need for structural reform to ensure YP with SEND receive the support they are entitled to in times of crisis but also as part of routine practice & policy.
Home after a fantastic few days in Vienna with team #SSHRG @ljmuofficial.bsky.social at the @iaspinfo.bsky.social conference! Lovely to meet and catch up with colleagues, share our research, and hear about the latest work in the field #iaspvienna2025
June 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Home after a fantastic few days in Vienna with team #SSHRG @ljmuofficial.bsky.social at the @iaspinfo.bsky.social conference! Lovely to meet and catch up with colleagues, share our research, and hear about the latest work in the field #iaspvienna2025
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Whole-class #mentalhealth sessions in #schools can have a 'small but significant' impact on reducing depression & anxiety symptoms – with cognitive behavioural therapy approaches particularly effective. Useful new research led by @ucl.ac.uk & Anna Freud: buff.ly/srbwFG7
Whole-class mental health interventions yield 'small but significant' impact - Headteacher Update
A UCL research study has found that whole-class mental health interventions do have an effect on anxiety and depression
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June 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Whole-class #mentalhealth sessions in #schools can have a 'small but significant' impact on reducing depression & anxiety symptoms – with cognitive behavioural therapy approaches particularly effective. Useful new research led by @ucl.ac.uk & Anna Freud: buff.ly/srbwFG7
We’ll be walking & talking on Anglesey with 3 Dads Walking!
18th June 2-4pm at Llangefni Town Hall - we extend an open invite to all in the local community.
We’ll be sharing progress from our MAPSS school suicide prevention trial & discussing next steps for policy in schools 🚶♀️
18th June 2-4pm at Llangefni Town Hall - we extend an open invite to all in the local community.
We’ll be sharing progress from our MAPSS school suicide prevention trial & discussing next steps for policy in schools 🚶♀️
June 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We’ll be walking & talking on Anglesey with 3 Dads Walking!
18th June 2-4pm at Llangefni Town Hall - we extend an open invite to all in the local community.
We’ll be sharing progress from our MAPSS school suicide prevention trial & discussing next steps for policy in schools 🚶♀️
18th June 2-4pm at Llangefni Town Hall - we extend an open invite to all in the local community.
We’ll be sharing progress from our MAPSS school suicide prevention trial & discussing next steps for policy in schools 🚶♀️
We have a new meta-analysis out today on the effectiveness of school-based interventions for anxiety & depression - link & thread below 👇
🚨 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…
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
June 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM
We have a new meta-analysis out today on the effectiveness of school-based interventions for anxiety & depression - link & thread below 👇
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This is a brand new letter by “Not in Our Name - Women”, a collective group of cisgender women who support the transgender community and object to the false divide between women’s rights and transgender rights.
If you’re a cis woman you can sign your support here ⤵️
If you’re a cis woman you can sign your support here ⤵️
Sign the Petition
Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community
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May 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This is a brand new letter by “Not in Our Name - Women”, a collective group of cisgender women who support the transgender community and object to the false divide between women’s rights and transgender rights.
If you’re a cis woman you can sign your support here ⤵️
If you’re a cis woman you can sign your support here ⤵️
When you time evening walkies just right… 😍
May 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
When you time evening walkies just right… 😍
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Smartphone bans in schools are not associated with better mental wellbeing or reduced screen-time out of school buff.ly/C8Zo4PQ
#Smartphones #Screentime #PhoneBans #Schools #YouthMentalHealth
🧵 THREAD
#Smartphones #Screentime #PhoneBans #Schools #YouthMentalHealth
🧵 THREAD
May 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Smartphone bans in schools are not associated with better mental wellbeing or reduced screen-time out of school buff.ly/C8Zo4PQ
#Smartphones #Screentime #PhoneBans #Schools #YouthMentalHealth
🧵 THREAD
#Smartphones #Screentime #PhoneBans #Schools #YouthMentalHealth
🧵 THREAD
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Autistic children and young people, aged 11-18 please share your views about CAMHS by writing, recording a voice note or by drawing and labelling a picture in a short survey ⬇️
ljmu.questionpro.eu/ImprovingAcc...
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @emmaashworth.bsky.social @putchildrenfirst.info
ljmu.questionpro.eu/ImprovingAcc...
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @emmaashworth.bsky.social @putchildrenfirst.info
April 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Autistic children and young people, aged 11-18 please share your views about CAMHS by writing, recording a voice note or by drawing and labelling a picture in a short survey ⬇️
ljmu.questionpro.eu/ImprovingAcc...
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @emmaashworth.bsky.social @putchildrenfirst.info
ljmu.questionpro.eu/ImprovingAcc...
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @emmaashworth.bsky.social @putchildrenfirst.info
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🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland
Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors & interventions
Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett & myself
Closing: 11th June 2025, autumn 2025 start.
Open to UK students only.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland
Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors & interventions
Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett & myself
Closing: 11th June 2025, autumn 2025 start.
Open to UK students only.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
April 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Please share!
🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland
Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors & interventions
Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett & myself
Closing: 11th June 2025, autumn 2025 start.
Open to UK students only.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland
Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors & interventions
Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett & myself
Closing: 11th June 2025, autumn 2025 start.
Open to UK students only.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Come and join us at our free @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Children, Young People, and Families Health conference on Thursday 22nd May!
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@ljmuimpact.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social @merseycarenhs.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk @livhp.bsky.social
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@ljmuimpact.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social @merseycarenhs.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk @livhp.bsky.social
LJMU Children, Young People and Families Health Annual Conference
Come join us at this free conference to learn, share, and connect with others passionate about children's health in the region
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April 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Come and join us at our free @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Children, Young People, and Families Health conference on Thursday 22nd May!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ljmu-child...
@ljmuimpact.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social @merseycarenhs.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk @livhp.bsky.social
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@ljmuimpact.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social @merseycarenhs.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk @livhp.bsky.social
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A journalist / media request…
📕 launching my book in 2 weeks
🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc
🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc
My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina.
Mail me niall@happydoggo.com will do as many as I can 🙏🥰
📕 launching my book in 2 weeks
🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc
🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc
My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina.
Mail me niall@happydoggo.com will do as many as I can 🙏🥰
April 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A journalist / media request…
📕 launching my book in 2 weeks
🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc
🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc
My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina.
Mail me niall@happydoggo.com will do as many as I can 🙏🥰
📕 launching my book in 2 weeks
🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc
🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc
My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina.
Mail me niall@happydoggo.com will do as many as I can 🙏🥰
Come and join us at our free @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Children, Young People, and Families Health conference on Thursday 22nd May!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ljmu-child...
@ljmuimpact.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social @merseycarenhs.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk @livhp.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ljmu-child...
@ljmuimpact.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social @merseycarenhs.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk @livhp.bsky.social
LJMU Children, Young People and Families Health Annual Conference
Come join us at this free conference to learn, share, and connect with others passionate about children's health in the region
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Come and join us at our free @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Children, Young People, and Families Health conference on Thursday 22nd May!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ljmu-child...
@ljmuimpact.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social @merseycarenhs.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk @livhp.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ljmu-child...
@ljmuimpact.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social @merseycarenhs.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk @livhp.bsky.social
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Absolutely well deserved award for the team - congratulations to all involved - making a huge difference in the world!
Brilliant evening at the @innovationnwc.bsky.social awards #NWCawards 🥂An amazing honour to win the Ruth Young Award for Research Implementation and Impact for our work on preventing suicide within schools. Super proud to be part of team MAPSS @ljmuimpact.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Absolutely well deserved award for the team - congratulations to all involved - making a huge difference in the world!
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The Pecha Kucha event returns for the IASP 33rd World Congress! Celebrating the talent and passion of emerging ECRs in suicide prevention. Abstract submissions are now OPEN - Don’t miss your chance to present!
🔗 bit.ly/4i99rIw #IASPVIENNA2025
🔗 bit.ly/4i99rIw #IASPVIENNA2025
April 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The Pecha Kucha event returns for the IASP 33rd World Congress! Celebrating the talent and passion of emerging ECRs in suicide prevention. Abstract submissions are now OPEN - Don’t miss your chance to present!
🔗 bit.ly/4i99rIw #IASPVIENNA2025
🔗 bit.ly/4i99rIw #IASPVIENNA2025
A brilliant evening at the @innovationnwc.bsky.social North West Coast Research & Innovation awards! Honoured for our team to have won the Ruth Young Award for Research Implementation/Impact, for our MAPSS school suicide prevention trial. A huge team effort with so many fantastic collaborators ✨
April 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A brilliant evening at the @innovationnwc.bsky.social North West Coast Research & Innovation awards! Honoured for our team to have won the Ruth Young Award for Research Implementation/Impact, for our MAPSS school suicide prevention trial. A huge team effort with so many fantastic collaborators ✨
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Pain in Autism - CRAE webinar with Bethany Donaghy and David Moore #CRAEwebinar #archive www.youtube.com/watc...
Pain in Autism - CRAE webinar with Bethany Donaghy and David Moore
Recent diagnostic criteria of autism include insensitivity to pain as a specific example of this abnormality. Research evidence here is however limited. The suggestion of altered pain responsivity in autism is distressing as pain may be the first or only sign of illness or injury and autistic indivi
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April 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Pain in Autism - CRAE webinar with Bethany Donaghy and David Moore #CRAEwebinar #archive www.youtube.com/watc...
We are looking for autistic children & young people aged 11-18 to participate in a survey about improving the accessibility of CAMHS in the UK. Views can be shared by writing, recording a voice note, or drawing & labelling a picture. Link in QR code below or here: ljmu.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...
April 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We are looking for autistic children & young people aged 11-18 to participate in a survey about improving the accessibility of CAMHS in the UK. Views can be shared by writing, recording a voice note, or drawing & labelling a picture. Link in QR code below or here: ljmu.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...
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Please support our research collaborative-UK only for this one.
March 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Please support our research collaborative-UK only for this one.
Incredibly powerful presentation from @lucybray9.bsky.social on access to healthcare for young people from under-represented communities - so much work to be done #CANDDIDconf25
March 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Incredibly powerful presentation from @lucybray9.bsky.social on access to healthcare for young people from under-represented communities - so much work to be done #CANDDIDconf25
Looking forward to a day of thinking about ways to address health inequalities in neurodivergent communities #CANDDIDconf25
March 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Looking forward to a day of thinking about ways to address health inequalities in neurodivergent communities #CANDDIDconf25
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We're looking for women, and their partners, who have tried to reduce/stop drinking when trying to conceive, during pregnancy, and/or early motherhood (first 5 years). You're invited to take part in an interview (online if preferred). Please contact me or Elaine (researcher) e.mcneill@ljmu.ac.uk
March 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We're looking for women, and their partners, who have tried to reduce/stop drinking when trying to conceive, during pregnancy, and/or early motherhood (first 5 years). You're invited to take part in an interview (online if preferred). Please contact me or Elaine (researcher) e.mcneill@ljmu.ac.uk
Come and do a PhD with us!
New, fully funded PhD studentship exploring the implementation of physical literacy in policy and practice
Come and join us @ljmuofficial.bsky.social
UK 'home status' students only. Deadline Sunday 30th March. Start June 2025. bit.ly/4klyg6t
Come and join us @ljmuofficial.bsky.social
UK 'home status' students only. Deadline Sunday 30th March. Start June 2025. bit.ly/4klyg6t
Enhancing the Dissemination, Implementation, and Sustainability of Physical Literacy into Policy and Practice at Liverpool John Moores University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Enhancing the Dissemination, Implementation, and Sustainability of Physical Literacy into Policy and Practice at Liverpool John Moores University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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March 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Come and do a PhD with us!