Dr Billie Lever Taylor

Clinical Psychologist and NIHR Advanced Clinical Academic Fellow at King’s College London. Specialise in the perinatal period. All views my own.

[Jessica Radley @JessPRadley]

📢RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY for first-time parents-to-be📢

See below for details and please retweet!

[Dr Billie Lever Taylor @billie_lt]

The role is part-time (0.6FTE) but could also potentially be combined with this Research Assistant vacancy for those interested in a full-time role:
https://t.co/ridWCva3EQ

[Dr Billie Lever Taylor @billie_lt]

** NEW VACANCY** Exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant to join me working on a mixed-methods project exploring perinatal mental health care for families involved with children's social care.

Applications close 7 January 2024. Details here: https://t.co/FCDkBMSyVL

[Alexandra Perkins @alexperkins_]

Happy to see my first, first author paper and my masters research is published 🎉exploring mother’s experiences of parent-infant teams in the UK @MentalhealthMSc @billie_lt @soniajohnson https://t.co/vBcceZHWUk

[Dr Billie Lever Taylor @billie_lt]

Thank you @kent_marvick for this great @Mental_Elf blog on our @UCL_Loneliness funded Mums Alone project about loneliness & social isolation in perinatal depression. If interested, you can also read the original paper here: https://t.co/yM37d125uq

[The Mental Elf @Mental_Elf]

In her debut blog, Jacqueline @kent_marvick reviews a qualitative study by @billie_lt @SWMH_IoPPN @soniajohnson @AngelaCSweeney et al, which explores the role of isolation & loneliness in the narratives of women diagnosed with perinatal depression.
https://t.co/i7XHFGFoIA

[Joanna Harrison @JoCoupleTherapy]

"In our research, difficulties in couple relationships were often presented by women as central to their distress". This is a really interesting paper about perinatal mental health @TaviRelations https://t.co/4SuQpu3BJP

[Sonia Johnson @soniajohnson]

Mums Alone: the role of loneliness/isolation in perinatal depression. New qualitative open access study paper led by @billie_lt and Angie Sweeney, and commissioned through @UCL_Loneliness #perinatalmh #lonelinessmh

https://t.co/W3DzCE4wxC

[Dr Billie Lever Taylor @billie_lt]

We also looked at how the intersect between motherhood and other aspects of women’s identities could leave some women particularly isolated and marginalised. @swmh_IoPPN @selinanath @kingsHSPR @KatJ79

[Dr Billie Lever Taylor @billie_lt]

Take a look at our new open access paper, commissioned through @UCL_Loneliness, exploring the role of loneliness and isolation in perinatal depression. https://t.co/yM37d125uq

[Dr Billie Lever Taylor @billie_lt]

We found that mothers linked feelings of depression to feeling isolated from prior social networks, confined to their homes, & experiencing a lack of support from partners or families. But fears of being judged inadequate silenced women and made it hard to connect with others.

[King's Women's Mental Health @KingsWMH]

Our new @ESMI_research @SWMH_IoPPN @KingsIoPPN paper on experiences of acute mental health care in the perinatal period:
https://t.co/vULQAoWgY1

[Sonia Johnson @soniajohnson]

Seeking two research assistants to join the fabulous @MentalHealthPRU team! Closing date 17 Sept

https://t.co/zScyV5aUBf

[Sonia Johnson @soniajohnson]

Now out as an OA paper - our synthesis of papers & articles from 27 countries on impacts of the early COVID-19 pandemic on mental health services & people already living with mental health problems

@sheridan_rains @Phoebe_Barnett3 @tomsteare @falakros

https://t.co/WA0nt8ME2K

[Dr Billie Lever Taylor @billie_lt]

Really excited to be leading the ‘Mums Alone’ study with Angela Sweeney, along with others at KCL, UCL, St Georges & Durham, @swmh_IoPPN, @selinanath, @kingsHSPR. We’re exploring pathways between isolation, perinatal depression & mother-baby bonding. Thank you @UCL_loneliness :)!

[Loneliness & SI in Mental Health research network @UCL_Loneliness]

Delighted to fund @billie_lt and Angela Sweeney to carry out their research project Mums Alone: The Perinatal Loneliness Study! https://t.co/b18gt5uL1i #loneliness #mentalhealth

[Dr Jo Black @Black2Jo]

This is an excellent read. An area which needs much more research but a group of mother who can experience marginalisation. Loved that the voices of those interviewed came through loud and clear.

[King's Women's Mental Health @KingsWMH]

New @ESMI_research paper on #perinatalmentalhealth care for women with a diagnosis of personality disorder Collaboration with @billie_lt @soniajohnson @UCLPsychiatry @KingsHSPR @SWMH_IoPPN https://t.co/tfD0PZBB81

[UCL Mental Health Sciences MScs @MentalhealthMSc]

Well done Alice Zacharia on your newly published paper on perinatal experiences of women with a "personality disorder" diagnosis, based on your @MentalhealthMSc project!

Excellent to see papers from student project that address questions of real clinical & scientific relevance.

[Dr Billie Lever Taylor @billie_lt]

Our new paper is out on support for perinatal women with a "personality disorder" diagnosis
https://t.co/OAhK385wvr
Though women valued support with motherhood, they felt judged as unfit mothers, not taken seriously, and feared expressing frustration when support felt inadequate.

[Sonia Johnson @soniajohnson]

Our new OA paper - perinatal mental health care experiences of women with a "personality disorder" diagnosis: significant concerns arise from women's reports about this aspect of service delivery with little previous research.

@billie_lt @SWMH_IoPPN

https://t.co/S6sejzjRxq

[Sonia Johnson @soniajohnson]

Here's a second pre-print on COVID-19 from @MentalHealthPRU.

Our multilingual researchers including many post-grads & ppl with lived experience have synthesised published accounts from many perspectives of impacts on mental health care & service users

https://t.co/jOVRrOBfxH