Twitter account for the DeSTRESS Project. Researching poverty, pathology and pills in low-income communities. Based in UoE Medical School.
Exeter, England
Joined February 2017
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We're pleased to announce that talks from January's #destressconference are now avaialble online. We'll be showcasing a different talk every day here on Twitter, but anyone who wants to jump right in can find videos (along with slides and abstracts) here: destressproject.org.uk/confe…
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Very happy and lucky to be working on this. See destressproject.org.uk/confe… for incredibly informative videos on the background to the project. #DeStress2
We are very pleased to announce that we have received funding via NIHR ARC NENC Inequalities Consortium for a new project implementing effective primary care responses to poverty-related mental distress. The DeStress-2 project is now fully underway! #watchthisspace #DeStress2
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Fantastic project- led by an amazing team- look forward to chronicling this at the @sw_ahsn
We are very pleased to announce that we have received funding via NIHR ARC NENC Inequalities Consortium for a new project implementing effective primary care responses to poverty-related mental distress. The DeStress-2 project is now fully underway! #watchthisspace #DeStress2
We are very pleased to announce that we have received funding via NIHR ARC NENC Inequalities Consortium for a new project implementing effective primary care responses to poverty-related mental distress. The DeStress-2 project is now fully underway! #watchthisspace #DeStress2
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#GPs can better help patients who #SelfHarm or think about #suicide by asking more open questions, acknowledging #SuicidalThoughts, and exploring positive reasons to stay alive, a study from @Dr_JoeFord @RoseMcCabe2 @DeSTRESSExeter has shown:
> evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/op…
Another paper from the DeStress Project is now available! This one is about how GPs and patients discuss self-harm. You can find a link to the article (which is available for free) in the tweet below. #mentalhealth #research #communication
Our paper on 'Asking about self-harm and suicide in primary care: Moral & practical dimensions' is out @Dr_JoeFord @DeSTRESSExeter @ASsuREDproject @farazhmughal sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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ICYMI, last week we launched our new website for sharing stories of loneliness and Covid-19. We'd love you to get involved. #lonelycovid
The Lockdown Blues is an online scrapbook where anyone can contribute their thoughts, feelings, or reflections on loneliness in any format. Supported by @wcceh @DevonLibraries @exeter_phoenix @DevComsTogether @ExeterCityofLit. More info here: lockdownblues.co.uk/
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Pleased to say that our paper on the use of a depression questionnaire in practice is now available open access. You can get it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful… @RoseMcCabe2 @DeSTRESSExeter #mentalhealth #diagnosis #EMCA
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Looking forward to reading this. @PETASTROSS take a look-been periphally involved in this excellent project. Well done Felicity, C2 and Co.
A new paper from the DeStress Project is now available! "Use of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in Practice: Interactions between patients and physicians". Written by @dr_joeford, Felicity Thomas, Richard Byng and @RoseMcCabe2 #mentalhealth #depression #anxiety
New paper! It's about how a doctor uses a depression scale in practice and the implications of this for #mentalhealth diagnosis and treatment. Written as part of @DeSTRESSExeter #EMCA #research @RoseMcCabe2 @UofE_Research @ExeterMed @SAGEHealthInfo
journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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A lot enlightened and way optimistic about 'implementing new learning' ('scuse the technobabble). A fab read for anybody interested in communities, mental health, research or relationships | Thanks to @DeSTRESSExeter et al #MondayMotivation 😃
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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"...Those who face the greatest disadvantages in life also face the greatest risk to their mental health." Read more in this report from The Mental Health Foundation: ow.ly/VOn850zQ3nk #MentalHealth #Coronavirus
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Because of Covid-19, the Government is offering phone or paper benefits assessments instead of in person. Now that we know it's possible, let’s make this change permanent. Become a Mind campaigner help us create a more accessible benefits system > bit.ly/2ypBsfa
More evidence of the many ways in which poverty impacts mental health...
Poverty and debt driving young women to self-harm – survey theguardian.com/society/2020…
Another paper from the DeStress Project is now available! It’s about the engaged approach that was used on the project, and was written in collaboration with our community partners. Read it here for free: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Coronavirus affects mental health too – here's what we know | Anthony David theguardian.com/commentisfre…
We should be looking to see how to best respond and provide support for care workers, health professionals, families and many others whose mental health is being affected by the pandemic...
theguardian.com/society/2020…
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I will not 'watch my tone' when dozens of NHS and care staff are dying unnecessarily. Families are being torn apart.
Matt Hancock earlier told @DrRosena (who is a frontline doctor as well as an MP) in the Commons:
"I welcome the honorable lady to her post....but think she might do well to take a leaf out of the shadow secretary of state's book in terms of tone"
Comment form The Lancet on how the lockdown will exacerbate food insecurity and existing inequalities, with school closures hitting the poorest families hardest.
thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…
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More than 200,000 children are skipping meals because families don’t have enough food during lockdown - @Food_Foundation reveals children are slipping through the cracks of #COVID_19uk emergency support bit.ly/2xwFfGZ #Right2Food @educationgovuk @DWP @DefraGovUK
