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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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
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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…
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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/
Looking forward to reading this. @PETASTROSS take a look-been periphally involved in this excellent project. Well done Felicity, C2 and Co.
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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
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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"
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Listen here for Dr Felicity Thomas talking @BBCRadio4 on You and Yours! 6:12 - 13:52 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000bf…
Listen out for Dr Felicity Thomas @BBCRadio4 You and Yours today at lunchtime talking about her #research on #CBT self-referral for depression in low-income facilities. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qps…
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"Framing any and all poverty-related distress as a mental health ‘condition’ has disturbing repercussions" - Felicity from @DeSTRESSExeter blogs: centreformentalhealth.org.uk… #MentalHealth #Poverty
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Key messages from Felicity Thomas and colleagues @DeSTRESSExeter chime with experience of @deependgp in Scotland - see gla.ac.uk/deepend for a wealth of further resources #SAPCASM
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#SAPCASM More on @DeSTRESSExeter here 👇🏼
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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Results from @DeSTRESSExeter really resonate with me as a GP - medicalising poverty-related distress #sapcasm
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Great community resource for anyone seeking support for mental distress @DeSTRESSExeter #mentalhealth yumpu.com/xx/document/read/6…
"Are we over-medicalising poverty-related distress?" In a new blog following research from @DeSTRESSExeter, Felicity Thomas argues that everyday stresses caused by poverty are increasingly being pathologised: centreformentalhealth.org.uk… #MentalHealth #Inequality #Poverty
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Shame, #Poverty and Health Seminar, University of Exeter @UniofExeter 4th July 13:00 to 15:00pm @DeSTRESSExeter @capuk.org | Poverty and Social Exclusion Register for this free event (also available remotely): poverty.ac.uk/editorial/sham…
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"We know that socio-economic status significantly affects someone’s likelihood of experiencing a mental health problem. However, framing any and all poverty-related distress as a mental health ‘condition’ has disturbing repercussions." centreformentalhealth.org.uk… #MentalHealth