Merle Schlief

@WellcomeTrust PhD student in Mental Health Sciences @UCL. Passionate about social inequalities, environmentalism, and mental health. she/her 🏳‍🌈

[James B. Kirkbride @ProfKirkbride]

Great to see @HummaAndleeb presenting her PhD work (in press) at #EPAPsyEpi24 on age at migration & psychosis risk from the #EUGEI study.

Pre-print here: https://t.co/bmZZPh4h9e

Watch out for the published version very soon.

[Merle Schlief @MerleSchlief]

Charli XCX might say Brat summer is over but @J_F_Hayes says otherwise. #KaBrat

Great start to the second day of KaBris @BristolUni!

[Black Mental Health Manifesto @BMHManifesto]

The Black Mental Health Manifesto, launched today, sets out the actions needed by the Government, the NHS, schools and others to eradicate systemic racism and improve Black people’s mental health.

Read the manifesto here➡️ https://t.co/sgbYQ5xRXU

#ProtectBlackMentalHealth

[UCL Population Health Sciences @UCLPopHealthSci]

👋@UCL_IEHC are pleased to offer scholarship funding for our most talented applicants. Find out which scholarship and funding opportunities you are eligible for.

Find out more ⬇️
https://t.co/zSU8btfwof

[Alexandra Pitman @DrAPitman]

Q&A discussion: lots of this work is unfunded; difficulty getting grant funding; frustrations of those with lived experience being asked to comment on research studies and then seeing no changes arising from the suggestions made; validity of measures.

[Merle Schlief @MerleSchlief]

It was an absolute joy to organize the @UCLPsychiatry #LGBTQ+ #MentalHealth seminar together with Lauren Harding-Brown and @marie_ahoi. Massive thanks to our speakers Dr @evietabor, Dr @TalenEJWright and Dr Amal Khanolkar for fantastic talks and panel discussion! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[Alexandra Pitman @DrAPitman]

Thanks to @MerleSchlief for organising the @UCLPsychiatry #LGBTQ+ #MentalHealth Research Seminar with great presentations from @evietabor
Dr Amal Khanolkar & @TalenEJWright on their mental health research centring LGBTQ+ experiences. Packed room for the talks followed by Q&A.

[Alexandra Pitman @DrAPitman]

@GemmaLewis13 @NatureHumBehav @MerleSchlief @DoraStefanidou @_gracelevy @UCLPsychiatry Being presented today in our @MentalhealthMSc #LGBTQ+ themed Journal Club chaired by @MerleSchlief & @eagersharon & part of a programme of 3 LGBTQ+ themed events today @UCLPsychiatry

[Kinsey Institute @kinseyinstitute]

NEW 📰: U.S. #LGBTQ students who reported their school was LGBTQ-affirming had 20% ⬇️ odds of attempting suicide. Yet, Dr. Myeshia Price found that among 19,567 LGBTQ students 46% reported their school was NOT affirming. Simple school support could save lives. @mypreeney

[CLOSER @CLOSER_UK]

1, Longitudinal population studies provide unique opportunities to answer key questions related to population #MentalHealth and wellbeing.

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we wanted to highlight some of our resources created to help researchers investigate the topic.

[Sonia Johnson @soniajohnson]

Young people's views about what kinds of loneliness intervention are likely to work for them in which contexts: very interesting findings in this new @UCL_Loneliness @MentalhealthMSc led by @eagersharon

https://t.co/sDXS57tqSp

[Dr Talen Wright @TalenEJWright]

Thank you for sharing! Very proud of this work.

Please note that due to the lack of gender data, we weren’t able to include trans people in this analysis

[Merle Schlief @MerleSchlief]

Authors: @LizzieIngram11 @_gracelevy @YaleLGBTQhealth @TalenEJWright @DoraStefanidou @GemmaLewis13

[Merle Schlief @MerleSchlief]

We discuss the potential of early school-based interventions to prevent mental health problems among LGBTQ+ young people in our @NatMentHealth correspondence. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Key takeaways (1/n):

[Nature Mental Health @NatMentHealth]

🆕Correspondence| Ingram, @MerleSchlief et al. call for #school-based universal interventions to address #mentalhealth inequality in young individuals identified as sexual minorities 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️. #LGBT
@GemmaLewis13, @TalenEJWright, @UCL, @uclpsychiatry
https://t.co/IJsvQrWdNo

[Merle Schlief @MerleSchlief]

More research is needed on the effectiveness of universal interventions in preventing mental health problems among LGBTQ+ young people generally and among those with different sexual, gender, and intersecting identities specifically. (5/n)

[Alexandra Pitman @DrAPitman]

You can read the original study here - #Suicidal thoughts, #suicide attempt and non-suicidal self-harm amongst #LGB adults compared with heterosexual adults https://t.co/ur2IfrnDQN

[Dr Gemma Lewis @GemmaLewis13]

Our commentary in @NatMentHealth on the potential of universal school-based interventions to reduce LGBTQ+ mental health inequalities among young people @UCLPsychiatry 👇🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[James Lathe @Lathe_J]

🤔 Ever wondered how economic evaluations measure and attribute value to mental health? Do they do so fairly? I’m excited to announce (to my handful of followers) that my first PhD paper is now available @TheLancetPsych. Free link: https://t.co/5jXXdKDig9 1/6