🧵(1) Recently, our team published a major study on prevalence, inequalities and outcomes of internal exclusion (IE, aka removal, seclusion, isolation), reigniting a longstanding debate about its use in schools. The (open access) paper is here:

Glad to have taken part in #ENYA2025 along with Alistair McConnell & Amy Fry @UKYoungAcademy. Thx @youngacademy_ch for summarising our discussions on how best to involve young academies/ECMRs in #science #diplomacy here: https://t.co/KBW8pkm7fO @educrimjustice @IOE_London

Very important report out today from @YF_Foundation exploring factors accounting for escalating mental health problems in young people. Lead by fantastic colleagues from the University of Manchester. Full report here: https://t.co/8dxlGdMn2l

Thank you @SocialCareToday for highlighting our fantastic #MindtheKids podcast with this brilliant article from co-hosts @umartoseeb & @DrJaneGilmour on five key takeaways from the first series that are invaluable for #SocialCareProfessionals striving to make a difference every

"We urgently need the upcoming 10 Year Health Plan to include robust funding to tackle the root causes of mental health problems" Read our full response to new data revealing 1 in 4 young people in England have a mental health condition 👇 https://t.co/R8mzK42Kvr

We recently published a #BeeWell paper looking at the mechanisms through which neighbourhood deprivation influences adolescent wellbeing. Findings highlight the importance of housing, space and the local environment. Read the article here: https://t.co/1OyLO4VvUF

🚨 Big question, big paper! Why does educational inequality run in families? The parent-child education link (r = .31) is often seen as purely environmental. From 569k kids, we decomposed it: 🧬68% genetic 🏡12% parental env 👴20% extended-family env 👉 https://t.co/vrJMKRiK1Q 🧵

Happy to share that our article, led by @XinkaiDu, on confirmatory network modeling has been published in Psychological Methods! https://t.co/p7iPsDD8UA

PUBLICATION ALERT! Pleased to share our two recently published articles around insulin resistance and progression to T2D from @_QPHI. Article 1: “Genetic risk and polygenic risk score assessment of prediabetes and progression to type 2 diabetes” https://t.co/EzwdhYGwks

🚨 Paper alert 🚨 There’s a lot of debate at the moment around universal, interventions in schools. A thread 🧵 Our new meta-analysis, published today, shows they can work in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety. https://t.co/FePEBXsNQk Findings discussed more below…

🧠 How effective are school-based mental health programmes? A major study in England by @educationgovuk tested two interventions: 1️⃣ Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) 2️⃣ The Mental Health & High School Curriculum Guide (The Guide) Here’s what they found 🧵(1/5) #MentalHealth

Prevention is so important when supporting your students’ mental health and wellbeing. This goes for students who may be self-harming, too. Join our training to learn about self-harm and how you can help prevent it by supporting children’s wellbeing: https://t.co/U51RDK4vgu

Very excited to announce this research today!

Save the date! Next year we will host the 2026 Australasian Mathematical Psychology Conference in Singapore! Including research in mathematical psychology, computational modeling, psychometrics and data science / AI! #AMPC26SG

Brand new 3 year RA post @UniofBath for an #SLT to join our SoUnDs project team (led by @michellestclair) - developing a screening tool for adults with #devlangdis #dld ! #SLPeeps #Jobs #research #language Please RT 🙏🏻 https://t.co/lMC1oFssGz

Improving mental health in schools – what works? @Jess_Deighton, Director of Applied Research and Evaluation at @AFNCCF and Prof in Child Mental Health and Wellbeing at @ucl, on one of the world’s largest school-based mental health studies. #MHAW25 https://t.co/bIuCq5H5SN

A genome-wide association study of age at onset of walking in over 70,000 infants found 11 significant loci. Age at onset of walking showed SNP heritability of 24%, a reliable polygenic score and genetic overlap with ADHD and brain phenotypes. https://t.co/eOmSoZ27wQ

📢 @DatamindUK is organising a one-day workshop at #HEALTAC2025! 🧠 Mental Health & the New NLP They’ll be talking about LLMs, generative AI & what it all means for mental health care, research & therapy. 🗓️ 16 June | Glasgow Info:

Come and join us tomorrow for our free So What Seminar!

New paper out led by my fab PhD student @sarahhayward25 on collaborative relationships between #professionals and #parents of young people with #neurodisabilities