Are you a UK psychiatrist with views to share about self-diagnosis?

We’re looking for UK-based psychiatrists who work with young people aged 10–24 and would be available to take part in a 45-minute online interview

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Really looking forward to launching this online museum soon! Exhibits will be different portrayals of mental health problems in TV shows, films, and songs 🎥📺🎵. Hoping to start a conversation about the extent, accuracy, and impact of these examples.

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Another brilliant term finished, enjoying every moment of studying here - expanding my knowledge of the subject I love and gaining experience with new methods. Feeling very grateful for everyone's help and for all of these exciting opportunities (1/2)...

🚨NEW PAPER from my group: Scoping review of potential harm from group-based CBT and mindfulness interventions in schools

Our research question was essentially this: How often do school mental health interventions make things worse?

acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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What do you think about mental health words appearing in songs?

I’ve been hearing this Anxiety song a lot on TikTok recently, and found it’s getting stuck in my head (it’s kind of a banger?!) - but I’m hesitant about MH language used in this way

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Experimental researchers: Does anyone have experience of collecting data on Testable, and how does it compare to Prolific? (Cost, ease of getting participants, quality of data?)

including @isaacwinterburn.bsky.social here

Thanks!

www.testable.org

I'm concerned about several ideas promoted in this article on overdiagnosis, which argues that people are now excessively and unnecessarily seeking medical diagnoses for a range of difficulties. I describe my concerns below

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

*NEW PAPER*: Public attitudes towards self-diagnosis of mental disorders

In this study, we explored people’s attitudes towards self-diagnosis of mental disorders by analysing 1,000+ comments on the discussion forum website Reddit

(summary in thread below)

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

❗️Final call to participate❗️

Mine and @bethanyjcliffe.bsky.social’s study on UK doctoral student experiences of self-relevant #mentalhealthresearch is closing at the end of this week! This means you have 4️⃣ more days to take part 👉 uniofbath.questionpro.eu/doctoral-sel...

#PhDSky #PsychSciSky

Hello BlueSky! I am an MSc (1+3) student studying psychological research @ University of Oxford, interested in child and adolescent mental health, particularly how young people understand, conceptualise, and talk about their mental health.

I am also interested in 70s music, sports, and snacks 😎