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
"The overall aims of the project were to understand how welfare reforms and austerity have affected mental health in low-income communities" Find out more: bit.ly/2LIh2E7 #mentalhealth #inequality #austerity
"These places start to describe themselves as depressed... it's not just the individual that becomes pathologised, it's the place as well" Vanessa Pinfold's (@McPinFoundation) #destressconference talk about the impact of #mentalhealth on #communities youtu.be/W6ALwuoL34k
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"What we really need to do is to help people build resilience through community resourcefulness" Jessica Allen's (@jessjallen @themarmotreview) wonderful #destressconference talk on the social determinants of #mentalhealth youtu.be/K_6PDonvdNs
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"These are complex and deep-seated problems, and they will require new approaches" We start our #destressconference showcase, appropriately enough, with Ray Earwicker's excellent introduction to the conference. #mentalhealth #inequality youtu.be/ZiUwK7DlaHQ
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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…
Slides from last month's #destressconference are now available to download. A huge thank you to our presenters for allowing us to share these materials. destressproject.org.uk/past-…
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He opened for us yesterday, and here he is to see us out: Ray Earwicker offers some final words #destressconference
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Where do we go from here? Rounding out session 5, Richard Byng, Matteo Pizzo, ⁦@RoseMcCabe2⁩ and ⁦@daisy_parker2⁩ take questions from the audience #mentalhealth #destressproject
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Matteo Pizzo talking about the importance of taking into account GPs’ needs when dealing with #mentalhealth problems—a recurring theme across today’s sessions (e.g. ⁦@KarenMattick⁩ on the ⁦@care_under⁩ project) #destressconference
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Matteo Pizzo: Important for GPs to find a balance between omnipotence (believing that they can fix everything) and hopelessness (believing that they can fix nothing) when dealing with #mentalhealth problems #destressconference
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