Rhiannon Corcoran
@rhiannoncor.bsky.social
Prof. of Psychology and Public Mental Health, University of Liverpool, UK. Research lead, Prosocial Place.
Social model of mental health & wellbeing. Social, psychological and environmental determinants of wellbeing.
Social model of mental health & wellbeing. Social, psychological and environmental determinants of wellbeing.
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Unlike other primates, humans are exposed to high levels of placental sex hormones in the womb, which may have fuelled the evolution of our large brains.
Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones
www.newscientist.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Unlike other primates, humans are exposed to high levels of placental sex hormones in the womb, which may have fuelled the evolution of our large brains.
Look at these lovely little herring gull chicks that call one of the quads in @livuninews.bsky.social Eleanor Rathbone Building home. Enjoy watching them grow daily and putting up with squally weather today 💕
June 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Look at these lovely little herring gull chicks that call one of the quads in @livuninews.bsky.social Eleanor Rathbone Building home. Enjoy watching them grow daily and putting up with squally weather today 💕
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April 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Haha..I’m lined up to chat about this on Radio Four’s Today programme tomorrow morning. Last time I got up early for a R4 slot I was sacked off by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation. I’m now wondering what momentous event will happen overnight tonight 😂
May 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Haha..I’m lined up to chat about this on Radio Four’s Today programme tomorrow morning. Last time I got up early for a R4 slot I was sacked off by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation. I’m now wondering what momentous event will happen overnight tonight 😂
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Autism ‘experts by experience’ deliver neurodiversity training to hospital staff www.birkenhead.news/autism-exper...
Autism ‘experts by experience’ deliver neurodiversity training to hospital staff
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has teamed up with local charities to provide training sessions on autism and other neurodivergent conditions to its staff. The training workshops h
www.birkenhead.news
April 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Autism ‘experts by experience’ deliver neurodiversity training to hospital staff www.birkenhead.news/autism-exper...
A lovely short piece of writing featuring grey partridge, heron and grasshopper warbler. Red listed or not, we get them all at Garston Coastal Reserve
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: A fishing reel, digital noise … the grasshopper warbler is a bird for every age | Richard Smyth
Whitley Bay, North Tyneside: Denied the chance of seeing this elusive bird for centuries, we’ve had to make do with analysing its extraordinary call
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A lovely short piece of writing featuring grey partridge, heron and grasshopper warbler. Red listed or not, we get them all at Garston Coastal Reserve
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you have a few minutes to spare, please give this powerful film from Truud a watch.
Many children don’t have access to the kind of spaces they would love to play in.
youtu.be/RdWdhoiaI5M?...
#RaisingTheNation #PlayCommission
Many children don’t have access to the kind of spaces they would love to play in.
youtu.be/RdWdhoiaI5M?...
#RaisingTheNation #PlayCommission
"I fell asleep at school"
YouTube video by TRUUD Research
https://youtu.be/RdWdhoiaI5M?si…
April 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If you have a few minutes to spare, please give this powerful film from Truud a watch.
Many children don’t have access to the kind of spaces they would love to play in.
youtu.be/RdWdhoiaI5M?...
#RaisingTheNation #PlayCommission
Many children don’t have access to the kind of spaces they would love to play in.
youtu.be/RdWdhoiaI5M?...
#RaisingTheNation #PlayCommission
The resident heron in Princes Park is quite a character and seems to quite enjoy a quick photo shoot
April 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The resident heron in Princes Park is quite a character and seems to quite enjoy a quick photo shoot
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New paper out: The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes – an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach, with Aregawi Gebremariam, @benjaminbarr.bsky.social @rhiannoncor.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach
www.sciencedirect.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
New paper out: The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes – an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach, with Aregawi Gebremariam, @benjaminbarr.bsky.social @rhiannoncor.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Absolutely fantastic sightings of barnie at Garston Coastal Reserve this evening @birderjack.bsky.social
Too absorbed watching her quarter even to take phone pictures. We’re so blessed having this space with its amazing biodiversity on our doorstep 😊💕
Too absorbed watching her quarter even to take phone pictures. We’re so blessed having this space with its amazing biodiversity on our doorstep 😊💕
April 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Absolutely fantastic sightings of barnie at Garston Coastal Reserve this evening @birderjack.bsky.social
Too absorbed watching her quarter even to take phone pictures. We’re so blessed having this space with its amazing biodiversity on our doorstep 😊💕
Too absorbed watching her quarter even to take phone pictures. We’re so blessed having this space with its amazing biodiversity on our doorstep 😊💕
A friendly little robin at Brockholes today
March 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A friendly little robin at Brockholes today
Important paper by Essex colleagues uses inflammatory markers to show how ‘harsh’ or disorderly neighbourhoods impact health & wellbeing using Understanding Society data #SDOH @groundswellcon.bsky.social @prosocialplace.bsky.social
@roberta-piroddi.bsky.social
human-ethology.org/article/1336...
@roberta-piroddi.bsky.social
human-ethology.org/article/1336...
Why Maintenance Matters: Disorder in the Built Environment and Physical Health | Published in Human Ethology
By David McAleavey, Rick O'Gorman & 1 more. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in identifying exactly how aspects of the residential built environment “get under the skin”. Can Community Perc...
human-ethology.org
March 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Important paper by Essex colleagues uses inflammatory markers to show how ‘harsh’ or disorderly neighbourhoods impact health & wellbeing using Understanding Society data #SDOH @groundswellcon.bsky.social @prosocialplace.bsky.social
@roberta-piroddi.bsky.social
human-ethology.org/article/1336...
@roberta-piroddi.bsky.social
human-ethology.org/article/1336...
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Do you work in Local Government and have a #PublicHealth scheme in need of evaluation?
The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...
@local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...
@local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Do you work in Local Government and have a #PublicHealth scheme in need of evaluation?
The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...
@local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...
@local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
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The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves has outlined plans to cut several billion from the UK's welfare budget.
Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
March 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves has outlined plans to cut several billion from the UK's welfare budget.
Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Reposted by Rhiannon Corcoran
Good quality evidence that investment in welfare advice /income maximisation improves mental health outcomes AND reduces costs to the state. The planned #disability benefits reform does the opposite of this: more harm, more costs (1/2)
The impact of Citizen's Advice on Prescription on mental health. Showing it reduced mental health related service use and was likely cost saving to the NHS. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @felly500.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social with @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social
The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach
www.sciencedirect.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Good quality evidence that investment in welfare advice /income maximisation improves mental health outcomes AND reduces costs to the state. The planned #disability benefits reform does the opposite of this: more harm, more costs (1/2)
Reposted by Rhiannon Corcoran
The impact of Citizen's Advice on Prescription on mental health. Showing it reduced mental health related service use and was likely cost saving to the NHS. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @felly500.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social with @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social
The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach
www.sciencedirect.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The impact of Citizen's Advice on Prescription on mental health. Showing it reduced mental health related service use and was likely cost saving to the NHS. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @felly500.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social with @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social
It makes my day whenever I’m lucky enough to catch a glimpse of our local barnies at Garston Coastal Reserve www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: Everybody’s come out for the barn owl | Claire Stares
Langstone, Hampshire: Four years after hearing about a local pair nesting nearby, I dash out to see if I can finally get a sighting
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
It makes my day whenever I’m lucky enough to catch a glimpse of our local barnies at Garston Coastal Reserve www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Such an important research paper this. Grateful to all my colleagues who got this work over the line and proud to have been involved. This is essential reading for all with an interest in mental health and its treatment www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach
www.sciencedirect.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Such an important research paper this. Grateful to all my colleagues who got this work over the line and proud to have been involved. This is essential reading for all with an interest in mental health and its treatment www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
On the over-medicalisation of distress theconversation.com/are-mental-h...
Are mental health conditions overdiagnosed in the UK? Two experts go head to head
Experts challenge Streeting’s claim about ‘over-diagnosis’, and bring some nuance to the debate.
theconversation.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
On the over-medicalisation of distress theconversation.com/are-mental-h...
Sensible advice alert below. I tried to bring my kids up as naturalists. Started by building a big collection of animal figures from Early Learning Centre but never bought many dinos and certainly no unicorns!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Enough with unicorns and dinosaurs – show children the magic of real, living animals instead | Isabel Losada
Put up pictures of lemurs, penguins and wolves, and introduce tomorrow’s environmentalists to the amazing nature in our world, says author Isabel Losada
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Sensible advice alert below. I tried to bring my kids up as naturalists. Started by building a big collection of animal figures from Early Learning Centre but never bought many dinos and certainly no unicorns!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Flying into #FeatheredFriday with ‘Bramble’ a beautiful Barn #Owl at #SuffolkOwls
📷 🦉 Jun ‘24 🪶
#Raptors #Owls #Birds #Nature #Breathe #GetOutside
📷 🦉 Jun ‘24 🪶
#Raptors #Owls #Birds #Nature #Breathe #GetOutside
March 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Flying into #FeatheredFriday with ‘Bramble’ a beautiful Barn #Owl at #SuffolkOwls
📷 🦉 Jun ‘24 🪶
#Raptors #Owls #Birds #Nature #Breathe #GetOutside
📷 🦉 Jun ‘24 🪶
#Raptors #Owls #Birds #Nature #Breathe #GetOutside
I’ve emailed my MP. Will you? action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...
Help ensure that nature is at the heart of the Government's planning reforms
I've written to my MP to demand that the UK Government adopts a nature-friendly approach to planning and development. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
March 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I’ve emailed my MP. Will you? action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...