Perinatal Mental Health Social Research
@perinatalresearch.bsky.social
University of York based perinatal mental health social research studies, including the Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness Project, and a study evaluating support for perinatal young mothers and birthing parents https://perinatal-loneliness.com/
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🏳️🌈 Join us for the inaugural LGBTQ+ Families Research Network Meeting!
🎤 Guest speaker: Dr Zoe Darwin
💬 Topic: James Lind Alliance PSP for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Mental Health
🗓 Wed 3 Dec, 2–3pm | 💻 Online | FREE
👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-p...
#LGBTQFamilies #Research
🎤 Guest speaker: Dr Zoe Darwin
💬 Topic: James Lind Alliance PSP for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Mental Health
🗓 Wed 3 Dec, 2–3pm | 💻 Online | FREE
👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-p...
#LGBTQFamilies #Research
Research Priorities for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Mental - Online Meeting
The inaugural meeting of our Research Network shares LGBTQIA+ perinatal mental health research priorities
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November 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🏳️🌈 Join us for the inaugural LGBTQ+ Families Research Network Meeting!
🎤 Guest speaker: Dr Zoe Darwin
💬 Topic: James Lind Alliance PSP for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Mental Health
🗓 Wed 3 Dec, 2–3pm | 💻 Online | FREE
👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-p...
#LGBTQFamilies #Research
🎤 Guest speaker: Dr Zoe Darwin
💬 Topic: James Lind Alliance PSP for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Mental Health
🗓 Wed 3 Dec, 2–3pm | 💻 Online | FREE
👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-p...
#LGBTQFamilies #Research
Do you work with Muslim mothers during pregnancy or in the first few years after birth? Help us design a walking group for Muslim mothers! Join us for a one-hour online focus group with other professionals/practitioners/volunteers. Contact ruth.naughton-doe@york.ac.uk for more information.
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Do you work with Muslim mothers during pregnancy or in the first few years after birth? Help us design a walking group for Muslim mothers! Join us for a one-hour online focus group with other professionals/practitioners/volunteers. Contact ruth.naughton-doe@york.ac.uk for more information.
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🌿 NEW BLOG: Exploring Nature-Based Interventions for Parents and Caregivers
Discover insights from a groundbreaking one-day conference on how nature can transform parenting and caregiving.
🔗 Read more: arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/resources/bl...
Discover insights from a groundbreaking one-day conference on how nature can transform parenting and caregiving.
🔗 Read more: arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/resources/bl...
Exploring Nature-Based Interventions for Parents and Caregivers: Insights from a One-Day Conference - ARC
This blog covers insights from a one-day conference focused on nature-based interventions designed to support parents and caregivers. It likely explores how outdoor activities, natural environments, a...
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August 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🌿 NEW BLOG: Exploring Nature-Based Interventions for Parents and Caregivers
Discover insights from a groundbreaking one-day conference on how nature can transform parenting and caregiving.
🔗 Read more: arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/resources/bl...
Discover insights from a groundbreaking one-day conference on how nature can transform parenting and caregiving.
🔗 Read more: arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/resources/bl...
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We’d like to hear from young dads (aged 16-25) who can share their experiences to help influence policy and support practice for the benefit of young parents.
Please share with any young dads who might be interested in participating, or with your wider networks!
Full details below 👇
Please share with any young dads who might be interested in participating, or with your wider networks!
Full details below 👇
August 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
We’d like to hear from young dads (aged 16-25) who can share their experiences to help influence policy and support practice for the benefit of young parents.
Please share with any young dads who might be interested in participating, or with your wider networks!
Full details below 👇
Please share with any young dads who might be interested in participating, or with your wider networks!
Full details below 👇
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Read @ruthndwrites.bsky.social insightful report on how we can stop perinatal loneliness. It highlights the need for family friendly professional support in the perinatal period.
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
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figshare.com/articles/onl...
Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness
This report shares findings from the Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness Project.
figshare.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Read @ruthndwrites.bsky.social insightful report on how we can stop perinatal loneliness. It highlights the need for family friendly professional support in the perinatal period.
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...
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
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...
figshare.com/articles/onl...
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@bpsofficial.bsky.social @bapmofficial.bsky.social @perinatalresearch.bsky.social @thementalelf.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
Launching today! What questions about Perinatal Mental Health would YOU like to have answered by research? The James Lind Alliance process prioritises research and influences funding. Click on the link here to have your say: prioritiseperinatal.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 1:33 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...
@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
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...
@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...
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Are you an academic mental health researcher with lived experience? Come along to our friendly and supportive network meeting to hear from Dr Veenu Gupta, Assistant Professor in Lived Experience Research. We'll also be discussing teaching with lived experience. Sign up to the event below!
Our next meeting will be on 23rd June from 13.00 - 14.00. Sign up at this link: shorturl.at/3U5sB We hope to see you there!
June 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Are you an academic mental health researcher with lived experience? Come along to our friendly and supportive network meeting to hear from Dr Veenu Gupta, Assistant Professor in Lived Experience Research. We'll also be discussing teaching with lived experience. Sign up to the event below!
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THIS WEEK's #CPCCGWebinar ⤵️
👩💻 @profatarrant.bsky.social will discuss findings from the @ukri.org @followingyff.bsky.social study on how young #fathers navigate their romantic and intergenerational relationships over time in the context of early #parenthood
Register: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f...
👩💻 @profatarrant.bsky.social will discuss findings from the @ukri.org @followingyff.bsky.social study on how young #fathers navigate their romantic and intergenerational relationships over time in the context of early #parenthood
Register: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f...
June 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
THIS WEEK's #CPCCGWebinar ⤵️
👩💻 @profatarrant.bsky.social will discuss findings from the @ukri.org @followingyff.bsky.social study on how young #fathers navigate their romantic and intergenerational relationships over time in the context of early #parenthood
Register: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f...
👩💻 @profatarrant.bsky.social will discuss findings from the @ukri.org @followingyff.bsky.social study on how young #fathers navigate their romantic and intergenerational relationships over time in the context of early #parenthood
Register: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f...
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Join us (in person or online) to rethink support for families involved with children’s social care in the first 1001 days of their child's life. Hear from people with lived experience, practitioners and policymakers at this important event. 👇
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June 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Join us (in person or online) to rethink support for families involved with children’s social care in the first 1001 days of their child's life. Hear from people with lived experience, practitioners and policymakers at this important event. 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/childrens-...
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Proud to share our new BMJ Open paper on perinatal loneliness—featuring leading researchers + community voices from the UK and beyond. A topic taken seriously in the UK, and still overlooked in the US.
🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5...
#PerinatalMentalHealth #Loneliness
🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5...
#PerinatalMentalHealth #Loneliness
Exploring perinatal loneliness as a key social determinant of perinatal mental ill health in the UK: findings from a multidisciplinary consensus statement exercise that mapped knowledge about measurem...
Objectives New parents are at increased risk of loneliness, which adversely affects parental and infant health and well-being and has been linked to an increased likelihood of parental mental illness....
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June 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Proud to share our new BMJ Open paper on perinatal loneliness—featuring leading researchers + community voices from the UK and beyond. A topic taken seriously in the UK, and still overlooked in the US.
🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5...
#PerinatalMentalHealth #Loneliness
🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5...
#PerinatalMentalHealth #Loneliness
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
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!
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Have you learnt anything new from hearing about/reading about my perinatal loneliness research? Has this translated into differences in your practice/research/personal experiences? If so, i'd be so grateful if you could complete this form: forms.gle/K6hh2z7VM3Xf...
Perinatal Loneliness Impact Form
I am keen to track any impacts that the perinatal loneliness research project has had either on individuals, professionals, services or research. I'd be so grateful if you could complete the form belo...
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May 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Have you learnt anything new from hearing about/reading about my perinatal loneliness research? Has this translated into differences in your practice/research/personal experiences? If so, i'd be so grateful if you could complete this form: forms.gle/K6hh2z7VM3Xf...
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Great article in The Guardian about the success of the JU:MP programme in Bradford.
This is what place-based working is all about - co-creating solutions with local people ⬇️
Physical activity increasing by 70 minutes on average per week 🙌
#ActivePartnerships
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is what place-based working is all about - co-creating solutions with local people ⬇️
Physical activity increasing by 70 minutes on average per week 🙌
#ActivePartnerships
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Bradford project produces ‘outstanding’ rise in children’s physical activity
JU:MP programme included co-design of play spaces, exercise in faith settings and interventions in schools
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Great article in The Guardian about the success of the JU:MP programme in Bradford.
This is what place-based working is all about - co-creating solutions with local people ⬇️
Physical activity increasing by 70 minutes on average per week 🙌
#ActivePartnerships
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is what place-based working is all about - co-creating solutions with local people ⬇️
Physical activity increasing by 70 minutes on average per week 🙌
#ActivePartnerships
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Day 2 of the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference and I’m excited to present the findings and outputs from the Coproducing Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness Project with lived-experience public contributor Amy Chidley
@nihr.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
@nihr.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Day 2 of the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference and I’m excited to present the findings and outputs from the Coproducing Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness Project with lived-experience public contributor Amy Chidley
@nihr.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
@nihr.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
Today (part of) our team presented our ongoing study that aims to improve perinatal support for young mothers and birthing parents at the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference. What a treat to meet in person on a sunny day! #nihrsscr #nihr #perinatalmentalhealth
May 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today (part of) our team presented our ongoing study that aims to improve perinatal support for young mothers and birthing parents at the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference. What a treat to meet in person on a sunny day! #nihrsscr #nihr #perinatalmentalhealth
A rare in person meeting for (part) of the research team co-designing a perinatal walking group for Muslim mothers to reduce loneliness 🌳
May 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A rare in person meeting for (part) of the research team co-designing a perinatal walking group for Muslim mothers to reduce loneliness 🌳
We are looking for UK-based professionals or organisations that support Muslim parents, and/or deliver nature-based interventions to any parent. We need support for research to codesign a perinatal walking group for Muslim mothers. Meetings online between June-December 2025. Please share!
May 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We are looking for UK-based professionals or organisations that support Muslim parents, and/or deliver nature-based interventions to any parent. We need support for research to codesign a perinatal walking group for Muslim mothers. Meetings online between June-December 2025. Please share!
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Empowering parents, and those around them, with mental health knowledge before, during and after pregnancy.
New #PerinatalMentalHealth resources. Due date: 5 May 2025.
#ItStartsWithAwareness #MMHAW25
New #PerinatalMentalHealth resources. Due date: 5 May 2025.
#ItStartsWithAwareness #MMHAW25
May 2, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Empowering parents, and those around them, with mental health knowledge before, during and after pregnancy.
New #PerinatalMentalHealth resources. Due date: 5 May 2025.
#ItStartsWithAwareness #MMHAW25
New #PerinatalMentalHealth resources. Due date: 5 May 2025.
#ItStartsWithAwareness #MMHAW25
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Fun day today with one of my favourite collaborators @zoedarwin.bsky.social filming a piece about our research evaluating BDCT’s Ready to Relate intervention @familywellbeinguoy.bsky.social #parentinfantrelationships #infantmentalhealth #perinatalmentalhealth #readytorelate
May 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Fun day today with one of my favourite collaborators @zoedarwin.bsky.social filming a piece about our research evaluating BDCT’s Ready to Relate intervention @familywellbeinguoy.bsky.social #parentinfantrelationships #infantmentalhealth #perinatalmentalhealth #readytorelate
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Joining the 1st LENS (Lived Experience Network for Scholars) meet-up today - a space for UK researchers with lived experience of #mentalhealth or #addiction
Proud to be here as a PhD student, survivor & academic
Join us for the next session ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#LENSnetwork #PhD #researchers #livedexperience
Proud to be here as a PhD student, survivor & academic
Join us for the next session ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#LENSnetwork #PhD #researchers #livedexperience
Lived Experience Network for Scholars (LENS) Online Meet-up
An support and information network for academic mental health and addiction researchers with lived experience
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May 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Joining the 1st LENS (Lived Experience Network for Scholars) meet-up today - a space for UK researchers with lived experience of #mentalhealth or #addiction
Proud to be here as a PhD student, survivor & academic
Join us for the next session ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#LENSnetwork #PhD #researchers #livedexperience
Proud to be here as a PhD student, survivor & academic
Join us for the next session ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#LENSnetwork #PhD #researchers #livedexperience
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We're sharing this call-out from Uni of York, led by @ruthndwrites.bsky.social so you can share your documents about the incredible work YOU do with young mothers & birthing parents during the perinatal period. Submit to sw-perinatal-research@york.ac.uk & find out more at perinatalsupport.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We're sharing this call-out from Uni of York, led by @ruthndwrites.bsky.social so you can share your documents about the incredible work YOU do with young mothers & birthing parents during the perinatal period. Submit to sw-perinatal-research@york.ac.uk & find out more at perinatalsupport.co.uk
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You cannot legislate away a person, who they are, how they feel, how their friends and loved ones see them.
I stand with my trans friends forever and always. X
I stand with my trans friends forever and always. X
April 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
You cannot legislate away a person, who they are, how they feel, how their friends and loved ones see them.
I stand with my trans friends forever and always. X
I stand with my trans friends forever and always. X