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Mental Health Social Care Research Centre
@mhscrc.bsky.social
University of York research team led by Professor Martin Webber. We focus on social approaches to improve mental health. https://www.york.ac.uk/business-society/research/social-work/mental-health-social-care-research-centre/
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How can we stop perinatal loneliness? Read our report about ways we can address the crisis in loneliness - we need more professional support, a family friendly society, greater parental leave and social groups designed with parents #loneliness #endloneliness #perinatal

figshare.com/articles/onl...
Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness
This report shares findings from the Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness Project.
figshare.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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📢 @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and colleagues have been awarded @mhrincubator.bsky.social funding to set-up the Lived Experience Network for Scholars (LENS), to provide support for academic mental health researchers with lived experience.

Read more + sign up for events: www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...
June 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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What are the benefits of nature-based interventions in the early years? What are the future directions for research and practice? This amazing graphic summarises the reflections of 30 academics and practitioners who met at our conference! We will be sharing a blog soon, but enjoy this for now!
May 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Delighted to share our consensus statement on perinatal loneliness - we outline the current evidence and share reflections on priorities for research, policy and practice.

#loneliness #perinatalmentalhealth
June 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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It was fantastic to have @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and Niall Bacon (Steel City Dads) join us last week to speak about how fathers experience perinatal loneliness and what we can do about it in policy and practice

If you missed out,the recording is now live: followingyoungfathersfurther.org/webinars
June 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Fab job opportunity with a great and friendly team here!
Are you a post-doctoral researcher with strong qualitative skills, a critical mind and a love for digging into the complexities of how people navigate work and health? Check out our vacancy at the Uni of York School for Business and Society: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese... @uoysbs.bsky.social
Jobs - The University of York
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June 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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New parents are at high risk for loneliness. 💔

@ruthndwrites.bsky.social has led researchers, practitioners and people with lived experience to write a consensus statement exploring what we know about loneliness, and directions for research, policy and practice: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo...
June 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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📢 New project alert: @martinwebber.bsky.social has been awarded funding from @nihrsphr.bsky.social, to undertake a major follow-on study to develop and validate a new screening tool for social frailty among older adults.

Read more: sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve... #YorkResearch
April 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Next Monday from 11am-12pm for Mental Health Awareness Week, I'll be giving a webinar on Connecting People and how we can support people to connect with others. Please do come along: www.bespokementalhealth.co.uk/live-events/.... Thank you @bespokemh.bsky.social!
Connecting People: an evidence-informed approach to developing social connections
www.bespokementalhealth.co.uk
May 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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The Mental Health Social Care Research Centre has just joined Bluesky! We'll be posting news here about our work - new studies, publications, conferences, impact, findings - and engaging with discussions about policy and practice relevant to our work. Please follow us at @mhscrc.bsky.social. Thanks!
June 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM