Kirstie O'Hare
@kirstieohare.bsky.social
Postdoc at the University of Edinburgh interested in child & adolescent mental health | Previously at UNSW & Otago 🥝
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@iankellehermd.bsky.social chatting with Dr Norman Swan from ABCs the heath report about the Doxycycline and reduced risk of schizophrenia (doi: doi.org/10.1176/appi... ), worth a listen. 🎧👂: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Common acne medication could reduce schizophrenia risk - ABC listen
A drug used to treat acne and to prevent malaria, doxycycline, could reduce the risk adolescents developing schizophrenia.
The association was seen in a study looking at more than 50,000 adolescents ...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
@iankellehermd.bsky.social chatting with Dr Norman Swan from ABCs the heath report about the Doxycycline and reduced risk of schizophrenia (doi: doi.org/10.1176/appi... ), worth a listen. 🎧👂: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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New research using an emulated target trail approach with all adolescent CAMHs users in Finland suggesting that Doxycycline (an antibiotic) can reduces future risk of schizophrenia.
Massive congrats to @iankellehermd.bsky.social @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1176/appi...
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Massive congrats to @iankellehermd.bsky.social @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1176/appi...
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Doxycycline Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients and Risk of Schizophrenia: An Emulated Target Trial | American Journal of Psychiatry
Objective: As many as half of individuals who develop psychosis had attended child and adolescent psychiatric services at some stage in childhood, highlighting substantial opportunities for prevention...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New research using an emulated target trail approach with all adolescent CAMHs users in Finland suggesting that Doxycycline (an antibiotic) can reduces future risk of schizophrenia.
Massive congrats to @iankellehermd.bsky.social @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1176/appi...
More info ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Massive congrats to @iankellehermd.bsky.social @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1176/appi...
More info ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Sharing some work from our lab looking to understand the wider psychosis spectrum in postpartum women. A really under researched area! We found anxiety, childhood trauma and financial stress were associated with psychotic like experiences in the postpartum period. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Frontiers | Anxiety, financial stress, and childhood trauma are associated with psychotic-like experiences during the postpartum period
PurposePsychotic-like experiences (subclinical psychosis symptoms) predict the development of severe mental distress in the general population and can also b...
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September 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Sharing some work from our lab looking to understand the wider psychosis spectrum in postpartum women. A really under researched area! We found anxiety, childhood trauma and financial stress were associated with psychotic like experiences in the postpartum period. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
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We observed a significant increase in new eating disorder referrals to CAMHS in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interestingly, there was no evidence of changes in the patients' clinical, demographic, or deprivation profiles.
Open access in
#EatingBehaviors
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Open access in
#EatingBehaviors
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Redirecting
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July 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We observed a significant increase in new eating disorder referrals to CAMHS in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interestingly, there was no evidence of changes in the patients' clinical, demographic, or deprivation profiles.
Open access in
#EatingBehaviors
doi.org/10.1016/j.ea...
Open access in
#EatingBehaviors
doi.org/10.1016/j.ea...
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Out now: No evidence that SSRI treatment for adolescent depression reduces future risk of psychosis. This goes against the belief that typical treatments for common mental disorders will reduce the risk of psychosis. 💊🧠
15 min explainer podcast: youtu.be/wP3nuqSpWbo
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/j.eu...
15 min explainer podcast: youtu.be/wP3nuqSpWbo
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/j.eu...
Can treating teenage depression prevent severe mental illness in adulthood?
YouTube video by Ian Kelleher Lab
youtu.be
June 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Out now: No evidence that SSRI treatment for adolescent depression reduces future risk of psychosis. This goes against the belief that typical treatments for common mental disorders will reduce the risk of psychosis. 💊🧠
15 min explainer podcast: youtu.be/wP3nuqSpWbo
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/j.eu...
15 min explainer podcast: youtu.be/wP3nuqSpWbo
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/j.eu...
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@iankellehermd.bsky.social and co previously demonstrated that ~50% of those with psychosis and bipolar disorder had been to CAMHs in Finland.
That was no fluke, as they have now demonstrated that it's 45% in wales. Great work by @kirstieohare.bsky.social 👏 👏
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
That was no fluke, as they have now demonstrated that it's 45% in wales. Great work by @kirstieohare.bsky.social 👏 👏
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study
doi.org
May 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
@iankellehermd.bsky.social and co previously demonstrated that ~50% of those with psychosis and bipolar disorder had been to CAMHs in Finland.
That was no fluke, as they have now demonstrated that it's 45% in wales. Great work by @kirstieohare.bsky.social 👏 👏
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
That was no fluke, as they have now demonstrated that it's 45% in wales. Great work by @kirstieohare.bsky.social 👏 👏
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
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Out today in BJPsych: 45% of people with a psychotic or bipolar disorder attended CAMHS in Wales at some point in childhood/adolescence🧒
This replicates similar findings from Finland by @iankellehermd.bsky.social & co - showing this applies to UK CAMHS as well. doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
This replicates similar findings from Finland by @iankellehermd.bsky.social & co - showing this applies to UK CAMHS as well. doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study
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May 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Out today in BJPsych: 45% of people with a psychotic or bipolar disorder attended CAMHS in Wales at some point in childhood/adolescence🧒
This replicates similar findings from Finland by @iankellehermd.bsky.social & co - showing this applies to UK CAMHS as well. doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
This replicates similar findings from Finland by @iankellehermd.bsky.social & co - showing this applies to UK CAMHS as well. doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
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Shared characteristics associated with both psychotic experiences and likelihood of being treated with stimulant medications may instead be driving the relationship.
May 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Shared characteristics associated with both psychotic experiences and likelihood of being treated with stimulant medications may instead be driving the relationship.
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Concerns have been raised that stimulant medications could increase risk of psychotic experiences in young people. Our new research shows no evidence for such a causal relationship 💊🧠
Paper 👇
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
Paper 👇
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Stimulant Medication Use and Risk of Psychotic Experiences
10.1542/6370189324112Video AbstractPEDS-VA_2024-0691426370189324112BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. The prescription of stimulant medications for young people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder i...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Concerns have been raised that stimulant medications could increase risk of psychotic experiences in young people. Our new research shows no evidence for such a causal relationship 💊🧠
Paper 👇
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
Paper 👇
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
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Adolescents hospitalised for non-psychotic disorders have a high risk of psychosis in adulthood. But do (attenuated) psychotic symptoms predict later psychotic illness? The answer isn’t necessarily what you might expect…
Open access in #PsychologicalMedicine
Open access in #PsychologicalMedicine
Do psychotic symptoms predict future psychotic disorders in adolescent psychiatry inpatients? A 17-year cohort study | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Do psychotic symptoms predict future psychotic disorders in adolescent psychiatry inpatients? A 17-year cohort study - Volume 55
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April 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Adolescents hospitalised for non-psychotic disorders have a high risk of psychosis in adulthood. But do (attenuated) psychotic symptoms predict later psychotic illness? The answer isn’t necessarily what you might expect…
Open access in #PsychologicalMedicine
Open access in #PsychologicalMedicine
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New research shows >50% of specialist adult mental health service use comes from former #CAMHS patients
We need early intervention in childhood to change these poor long-term outcomes
That's why we need much more research on mental illness prevention in #CAMHS
👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We need early intervention in childhood to change these poor long-term outcomes
That's why we need much more research on mental illness prevention in #CAMHS
👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
New research shows >50% of specialist adult mental health service use comes from former #CAMHS patients
We need early intervention in childhood to change these poor long-term outcomes
That's why we need much more research on mental illness prevention in #CAMHS
👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We need early intervention in childhood to change these poor long-term outcomes
That's why we need much more research on mental illness prevention in #CAMHS
👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...