GP / CAMHS Professionals: Please spare 5 minutes to complete @InformEpic's survey. How and when might you use our co-produced #Depression screener for autistic young people/those with neurodevelopmental conditions? forms.office.com/e/3SZaDkzPm5 Mental Health at the University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Medical School

GP / CAMHS Professionals: Please spare 5 minutes to complete @InformEpic's survey. How and when might you use our co-produced #Depression screener for autistic young people/those with neurodevelopmental conditions? forms.office.com/e/3SZaDkzPm5 Mental Health at the University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Medical School

GP / CAMHS Professionals: Please spare 5 minutes to complete @InformEpic 's survey. How and when might you use our co-produced #Depression screener for autistic young people/those with neurodevelopmental conditions? forms.office.com/e/3SZaDkzPm5 @EdinUniNeuo ClinicalBrainScience

In Tower Hamlets (borough with highest level of child poverty in Britain), the most stolen item was Calpol. Heartbreaking, but need never happen in Scotland. We have a FREE minor ailments service at pharmacies. Please spread the word about this service gov.scot/publications/n…

Mental health is not an option; it's a human right. This #WorldMentalHealthDay, take a moment to check in on your own and other’s mental health and wellbeing using our My Whole Self MOT. 🔗 Link in our bio: 'Resources' #WMHD2023 #MyWholeSelf

And last but not least! Sarah Robertson and the Generation Scotland team share the new sign up process for those aged 12-15 to get involved in Scotland's largest family health study, Generation Scotland: tinyurl.com/EMHblog9

This #WorldMentalHealthDay, spend 20 minutes having a conversation about mental health with your child. Here are some conversations starters you can use.

If there is one thing that #WorldMentalHealthDay is for, it is to remind us all that everywhere we go, we will be brushing shoulders with people who are fighting battles we can’t see. And while we cannot fix that, how we interact and connect with people matters more than we

So pleased to be working with the CWC on this Research Data Scotland funded project. The data islands were so creative and the discussions around them were inspiring.

Another recent publication! 📢🆕 'The energy it takes to mask both #autistic characteristics & #depression symptoms exacerbates the difficulties of being autistic in a complex, neurotypical world'. Read more at: Sinead Rhodes et al (2023) tinyurl.com/5n78n2tc #WMHD2023 🌎

🌟POST DOC JOB ALERT! 🌟 Join Sue Fletcher-Watson & Iona Beange in their PPIE team in Edinburgh, to conduct participatory research into attitudes towards genetic testing/personalised medicine in the #depression treatment pathway. 📅Deadline - 30 Oct ⬇️Details elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

‘We believe that the benefits to all those involved in healthcare from the use of reflective digital storytelling as an educational methodology and developmental tool warrant wider use of the stories’. Listen to 3 stories from Patient Voices Scottish Public Engagement Network - ScotPEN project 👇

Inform our Logo Design: Are you a neurodivergent young person who experienced depression when you were 8-18? Please share your views in our short survey: forms.office.com/e/g6s6LZim1Y Our autistic designer will use these to create a logo for our new co-produced depression screener.

Are you a parent of a young person (8-18) who is neurodivergent & has experienced depression? Please share your views in our short survey: forms.office.com/e/g6s6LZim1Y (Young people can complete it too) Our autistic designer will review/use these inputs.

Are you a professional who works with young people (8-18) who are neurodivergent & have experienced depression? Please share your views in our short survey: forms.office.com/e/g6s6LZim1Y (Young people can complete it too) Our autistic designer will then use these inputs.

Disappointed to read Ian Murray MP leaflet today, where he claims to have 'saved' Gracemount Leisure centre. But it was never in danger. A clarification was already on the website when his petition was launched. He stirred up stress and worry for residents unnecessarily.

I'm presenting a poster about the Citizen Science Project 'Depression Detectives' at #EMH2024 today. The Mental Elf Mental Health at the University of Edinburgh @sophiacol

I'm excited that Depression Detectives has been shortlisted for this award.

I’m excited to announce that I have been selected in the shortlist for the Inclusive Health Research Awards for my work on Depression Detectives (an online citizen science project) with @sophiacol blogs.ed.ac.uk/depressiondete…

Our new paper about camouflaging in young neurodivergent people shows its linked to poor mental health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/BBGZUCW8… Here are five ways to cope Thanks for your help with this Meghan Lumsden