Michelle Solomon PhD RN

Mental health nurse. Youth, spirituality, wholistic mental health research| Assistant Professor.

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

@FionaWebster1 Thank you @FionaWebster1. Such a privilege to learn from you! Western what a journey! I’m looking forward to what’s next 🙌🏽.

[Fiona Webster, PhD @FionaWebster1]

This brilliant student walked across the stage to accept her PhD and is already on her way to take up a tenure stream position in July! Congrats Dr Michelle Solomon, it’s been a joy to be your supervisor. ⁦@MichelleSSolo⁩

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

Remembering #OurLondonFamily https://t.co/FDysKvgIyY

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

I've signed @RNAO's #ActionAlert: Fund supervised consumption sites immediately, premier. Add your voice to the call. https://t.co/LJAhMM7kRE

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

This is on my reading list!

[Professor Ahmed Hankir @ahmedhankir]

‘I was only 17. I had just left my parents behind in Lebanon and arrived in the UK. I don’t think I had the emotional resilience and maturity to manage and cope with the circumstances that I was in. And I didn’t have any support, formal/professional, informal or otherwise. I had to find work fast to earn money to survive. The only jobs I could secure were working as a janitor in the morning and as a stock advisor stacking supermarket shelves and filling fridges day and night. I remember waking up one morning. It was cold and dark and raining outside. I missed the 5.00 am bus service to the city centre and had to wait for another hour in the pouring rain for the next service. I got to work late and was drenched. I was scolded by my line manager who constantly complained the floors weren’t clean enough. I then rushed to my second job and found the fridges were all empty and needed filling. So I spent the entire day going in and out of the refrigerated stock room transferring produce from there to the fridges on the shop floor. I accidentally dropped a milk carton and it burst open on the floor causing a huge mess. The milk splashed on a customer and I apologised profusely however they still yelled at me. My line manager had a right go at me afterwards and shouted, ‘Clean it up!’, which I dutifully did. I ended the day and it was dark, cold and raining outside. While I was waiting for the bus, a car passed by and drove over a puddle (deliberately I think) and I was drenched in water yet again. At that moment I couldn’t take it anymore and I started to cry. I then remembered graduation day in Lebanon literally only a couple of months prior. I remember being awarded the plaque for graduating top of my class and the standing ovation I received. I remember basking in the unconditional love that I was immersed in for I was surrounded by my family and friends. I remember how at that moment I felt like anything was possible, that I could even realise my dream of becoming a doctor. I then looked at my situation now, how distant if not far-fetched that dream was, how I couldn’t derive comfort from the immediate presence of my loved ones because they were all so very far away and I didn’t know any people in the United Kingdom which made me cry even louder and harder…’

Extract from ‘Breakthrough. A Story of Hope, Resilience and Mental Health Recovery’ which will be published on April 18th and which can be pre-ordered: https://t.co/G7glOMoSy2

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

@ahmedhankir Congratulations on your book. I can't wait to read it!😃

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

It has launched!

Visit the #photovoice exhibit 📸 Link in bio☝🏽 “A Picture of Spirituality in Youth Living with Bipolar Disorder.”

Which photo resonates with you the most? 🤗

#youth #spirituality #bipolardisorder #spiritualwellbeing #metaphysical #photography #mooddisorders

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

@ahmedhankir It was amazing to meet you! Thanks for the shout out and for the work that you do as well! 🙌🏽

[Professor Ahmed Hankir @ahmedhankir]

Don’t you just love it when you meet a friend on X/Twitter in ‘real life’ for the first time. @MichelleSSolo such a pleasure to see you at the Joint Mental Health Research & Innovation Day in London, Ontario. Thank you for everything you do in the peer support space & beyond.

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

➡️ Photovoice Exhibit Launches on https://t.co/Ple6bIagcC
-October 24th @ 6 PM EST.

➡️ Presentation of Research Findings
-October 24th from 7-9 PM EST
-Registration in bio. Free 👆🏽
#youth #genz #millennials #spirituality #bipolardisorder #photovoice #nursing #mentalhealth

[Javeed Sukhera MD PhD @javeedsukhera]

“Our homelessness crisis…is a policy choice. It is the foreseeable result of our thin and threadbare safety net and our refusal to turn the wealth of our society into a grant of decent housing, medical care, including psychiatric care, and safety for all.” - @jbouie

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

In the midst of pain, uncertainty, and situations we can’t control, we CAN choose to shift our perspective, remember the things we are grateful for, and do the things that bring us a little bit of happiness! It’s not easy, but it’s possible! 🙌🏽 #perspective

[Professor Ahmed Hankir @ahmedhankir]

In 2006 I woke up one morning crying inconsolably. I developed severe mental illness triggered by the Lebanon War & was forced to interrupt med school. I was hopeless & suicidal. I woke up this morning as Dr Ahmed Hankir, @TheSun #WhoCaresWins Caroline Flack Mental Health Hero.

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

@ronnabloom I need a poem for: Freedom. Thank you for sharing about the power of poetry in a state of emergency.

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

Poetry is “cutting to the chase” as @ronnabloom says. It really is!! I write poetry to release emotion and make sense of my experiences. Poetry transcends and is an expression of my humanity and spirituality. @queenshealthum #JDHuMed2022

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

@ Dr. Roger McIntyre��s research.

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

Links between inflammatory response and depression is fascinating as well as the impact of insulin on the cognition of adults with bipolar disorder. I wonder about the relationship between spirituality and inflammation on depression and cognitive dysfunction! #CYBDatCAMH

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

The use of neuroimaging to guide pharmacological treatment. Hopefully this can reduce the number of unsuccessful trials of medication for BP. @ Dr. Melissa DelBello’s research.

[Michelle Solomon PhD RN @MichelleSSolo]

Today is World Bipolar Day! The latest research on biology, pathology, pharmacology, trauma, childhood adversity, brain structure and more in relation to BP symptoms is here #CYBDatCAMH Research Symposium.