The Centre for Mental Health and Society (CFMHAS) is a mixed-methods cross-discipline research centre in North Wales. Retweets are not endorsements.

Bangor and Wrexham
Joined June 2016
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We are pleased to announce we are holding our annual 'Offender Health Research Network Cymru' conference on 10th June 2025. If you would like to join us, please book a place through this link - eventbrite.com/e/offender-he…
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It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek! 💜 This year is all about community - coming together for mental health. 🤝 Get involved by sharing your positive community stories #ThisIsMyCommunity Find out more about the week: mentalhealth.org.uk/mhaw
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We are pleased to announce we are holding our annual 'Offender Health Research Network Cymru' conference on 28th June 2024. This will be held both in-person and via Teams! If anyone would like to attend please email the Centre at [email protected] for further information.
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The event for the Festschrift for Professor Peter Huxley at Wrexham University (special edition of Social Work and Social Sciences Review) journals.whitingbirch.net/in…
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#PhD opp funded by @ResearchWales with Centre for Mental Health and Society @CFMHAS1 @SHSBangor @ncmh_walesexploring: Are contemporary models of frontline social care for people with mental ill health fit for purpose. shorturl.at/abjkM apply by 09.09.23
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Our review paper on the relevance of the Goldberg–Huxley model of the pathway to psychiatric care in the 21st century is out! tinyurl.com/2awrepz9 A similar set of important social & demographic factors are seen across time & very different countries. @CFMHAS1 @robgpoole
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Closing this week! 🚨 An opportunity to join us at the #NCMH and @CFMHAS1 has become available. Find out more below ⬇️
Join our team!! A fantastic opportunity for a Research Officer post with the @CFMHAS1 and @ncmh_wales, more detail can be found at: jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.ph… @robgpoole @jonesir @NafeesSadia @SeimonWilliams @PeterHuxley7
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Amazing news! Our systematic review on #schizophrenia outcomes shorturl.at/tAJ01 one of the #topdownloadedarticle in Brain & Behaviour. Replicates & extends seminal work by Richard Warner “Recovery from Schizophrenia: Psychiatry and Political Economy” @CFMHAS1 @SHSBangor
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Congratulations to Kara Chan and Peter Huxley's book tinyurl.com/yc6jtsdt on social Inclusion measures. Intended for social policy-makers, professionals &para-professionals providing support for disadvantaged groups with social inclusion as an outcome indicator/goal @CFMHAS1
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Gwnewch y pethau bychain or “do the little things” is a saying attributed to St David, the patron saint of Wales. But what relevance does the advice of a sixth century monk hold in 2023? Quite a bit, actually. bit.ly/3mf2qyD
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Excited to be part of special issue: Novel Approaches to #Suicide Prevention mdpi.com/si/76309 #mdpiijerph via @IJERPH_MDPI with our #selfharm register process mapping paper. Brilliant selection of papers @emilybebbington @CFMHAS1 @SASHI_Research @CAR1066
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Researchers @SCSManchester are studying exclusion from services during a mental health crisis. People with lived experience, carers, family and supporters are invited to take part. See poster below for details. @NSUNnews @Rethink_ @CentreforMH @mentalhealth @AssocMHP @TogetherMW
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Have a look at our open access paper highlighting the importance of suporting police personnel #suicide #police the study is part of SASHI (South Asia Self-harm initiative).
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Are high doses of opioids for chronic pain really reached gradually, over a prolonged time? Bailey +al's analysis of patients' prescription histories suggests that, for most, high doses were reached within a few months ➡️doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0… @CFMHAS1 @robgpoole @NafeesSadia
ONS figure for "no religion" (37%) is probably an underestimate, but Christianity certainly cannot be regarded as the UK's default belief system. Time to respect atheism as part of the diversity of belief. @cchcook @rcpsychSSIG @RCPsychWales @CFMHAS1 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63792408
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Replying to @BJGPOpen @CFMHAS1
All kinds of people criticise GPs, but in this study we tried to understand high levels of prescribing of opioids from their point of view...
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Time pressure, lack of continuity and poor access to secondary care support — GPs identify barriers to good opioid prescribing practice ➡️doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0… @CFMHAS1 @robgpoole
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Great work by John and Peter @CFMHAS1
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