Sonia Johnson

UCL academic psychiatrist @MentalHealthMSc, @MentalHealthPRU & @UCL_Loneliness. Tweets on mental health research, & a few on singing & SE London life. She/her.

[Mental Health Policy Research Unit @MentalHealthPRU]

🚨 New summary on our study on alternatives to inpatient mental health care!

📄 The team have produced a short summary highlighting key implications for research, practice & policy.

👉  Read in full here: https://t.co/vAVaQWOfwn

#CrisisCare #HealthPolicy

[Mental Health Policy Research Unit @MentalHealthPRU]

🚨 New Published Paper - Understanding barriers and facilitators to delivering peer support effectively: a qualitative interview study

Proud to share our latest research, led by academic and lived experience researchers.

🔗 Read in full: https://t.co/tUF6kHV5gx

#MentalHealth

[NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: UCLH @UCLHresearch]

Congratulations to the BRC-supported researchers who have been appointed or re-appointed as @NIHRresearch Senior Investigators in the 2025 round of awards, Prof @jmschott, Prof @soniajohnson, Prof Henry Houlden & Prof @RHeyderman

🔗https://t.co/7H0CqqEiTa

[Sonia Johnson @soniajohnson]

Many congrats to my & @DrAPitman's brilliant PhD student Dr (almost) Sarah Ikhtabi for breezing through her viva for her PhD on Loneliness & Complex Emotional Needs, and to v kind & insightful examiners Andy Gumley and Hélène Joffe! #proudsupervisor @UCLPsychiatry @UCL_Loneliness

[Mental Health Policy Research Unit @MentalHealthPRU]

🎙️ Join our In-Person Mental Health Question Time – Exploring Peer Support in Mental Health

🗓️ Date: Monday, January 27, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:15 PM – 8:30 PM GMT
📍 Location: London
https://t.co/9YNEPIkZW2

#MentalHealth #PeerSupport #MentalHealthResearch #MentalHealthQuestionTime

[The Mental Elf @Mental_Elf]

Peer support interventions delivered by paid peer & family workers https://t.co/cQMh3Cd5pH

Magenta Simmons & Belle Boland blog an umbrella review led by Ruth Cooper @MentalHealthPRU on the effectiveness & implementation of #PeerSupport interventions in #MentalHealth.

[Nafiso Ahmed @DrNafisoAhmed]

Thrilled to share our new paper on the experience of #loneliness among individuals with #psychosis: @UCL_Loneliness and led by the brilliant Winky Lee as part of her MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences

https://t.co/bmtL2N9sEY

[Sonia Johnson @soniajohnson]

@Mental_Elf @MentalHealthPRU @acgrundy @unafoye @UCL_CoPro And the amazing Prof Fiona Lobban too!

[The Mental Elf @Mental_Elf]

Tickets for our #PeerSupport in #MentalHealth webinar are selling FAST!

Get in quick to avoid disappointment 👇🏽

Looking forward to hearing from @MentalHealthPRU Chairs @soniajohnson & @acgrundy, & speakers Steve Gillard, @unafoye, Ruth Cooper, Natasha Lyons & @UCL_CoPro

[The Mental Elf @Mental_Elf]

⭐️ Peer Support in Mental Health ⭐️

Webinar 2:00-4:30pm
Mon 20 Jan 2025

Evidence, Experiences & Insights

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental Health event.
Steve Gillard, Una Foye, Ruth Cooper, Natasha Lyons, Sonia Johnson & Andrew Grundy.

https://t.co/Vqo7fnqyyt

[Alan Simpson 💙 @cityalan]

We are recruiting for a research assistant to join us at
@KingsHSPR as part of the @MentalHealthPRU
team. We conduct research to inform national mental health policy. All the details are here: https://t.co/I0LCuW82Bp

[Mental Health Policy Research Unit @MentalHealthPRU]

🚨 We're Hiring: Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Mental Health Policy Research

📍 Location: King’s College London
📝 Contract: Full-time, fixed-term 31 Dec 2028
⏰ Apply By: 02 January 2025
💼 More: https://t.co/HWWMnrxf6p

@soniajohnson @cityalan #MentalHealthResearch

[Sonia Johnson @soniajohnson]

Research shouldn't be a competition, but flattering to make it onto this international list for the first time! Congratulations to all my colleagues, collaborators and student who did most of the work!

[UCL Brain Sciences @UCLBrainScience]

We're delighted that 22 of our academics have been identified in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2024, recognising authors of the most influential research papers around the world.

🔗https://t.co/YCVfq0ij91

[UCL Brain Sciences @UCLBrainScience]

We're delighted that 22 of our academics have been identified in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2024, recognising authors of the most influential research papers around the world.

🔗https://t.co/YCVfq0ij91

[The Mental Elf @Mental_Elf]

How can we help young people feel less lonely? https://t.co/uGDwCd7dXO

@LaurenTurner456 explores young people’s views on the acceptability and feasibility of youth loneliness interventions.

@eagersharon @soniajohnson @DrAPitman @ManuelaUribe_ @DrEilunedPearce

[Kate Adlington @kateadlington]

Great to talk about the research done as part of my @MentalhealthMSc @UCLPsychiatry @UCL_Loneliness @soniajohnson #perinatalloneliness

[Keir Harding @Keirwales]

@Mental_Elf @gazlamph @walkamileuk @Girl_Interrupt_ @PTMFramework @suzypuss @MindCharity @weareplatfform @EwanHilton @soniajohnson @unafoye @joetracini

[Marlee Bower @MarleeBower]

In a time of major social divisions, social connection is vital. Really proud of this report, based on @TheMatilda_USyd @MTeesson collab with the @UCLPolicyLab - and incredible minds @soniajohnson @PeterFonagy @globalhlthtwit @EndLonelinessUK @mds49 @LocalTrust and many others!

[Simon Wessely @WesselyS]

For some strange reason the first reading of the new Mental Health Act bill yesterday didn’t get coverage. But it is a milestone- 6 years after our Review, interrupted by Covid and elections, paused to consider the Nottingham tragedy, we are finally here https://t.co/DurVrhKqWR

[Francesca Solmi @Francesca_Solmi]

New 3-year research fellow role at @UCLPsychiatry! Come work with @GemmaLewis13 and me on eating disorders and depression research. Any questions, please just get in touch with us 😊. More details on team, project, and role below 👇

https://t.co/bbhedWS3GD