Emily Widnall

Senior Research Associate in Public Health. Interested in young people’s mental health, peer & school connectedness, and school-based interventions

[Emily Widnall @EmilyWidnall]

A new illustration from @sw_shrn visualising young people's views on the school environment in relation to their mental health and well-being and an opportunity to reflect on how we may be able to improve on some of the negative aspects this #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

[Emily Widnall @EmilyWidnall]

Great to see the ADepT trial's quali paper published!

Findings highlight the value of focusing on broader well-being and functioning in depression treatment, rather than just symptom relief.

Full paper here: https://t.co/jn9lKPXj5Z

[Abby Russell @DrAbbyRussell]

Looking for #teachers of 11-18 year olds in the UK. We want to hear about your experiences supporting students with self-harm. We know a lot from safeguarding leads and SLTs, but not a lot about frontline teaching staff experiences, so please do take 15 minutes to tell us!

[ChYMe @ChYMe_Exe]

Help us find out about mental health and wellbeing support in schools! We’re looking for a diverse group of young people (aged 14-21) to take part in focus groups to inform guidance for schools. Click here to find out more👇
https://t.co/hpWbwb6IVW

[Emily Widnall @EmilyWidnall]

@_clairegrant_ @jlwoodman_UCL @rebeccalacey @powell_claire_ @JanetBoddy Huge congrats Dr Grant! 🥳 🥂

[Emma Adams @AdamsEmmaAudrey]

📢New Paper! Final paper from our @NIHRSPHR ResNet project exploring experiences of living through the pandemic for people experiencing #homelessness & #mentalhealth #substanceuse in North East England is now available in Advances in Dual Diagnosis!!

https://t.co/Zwx8wgaEcV

[Emily Widnall @EmilyWidnall]

@NIHRSPHR @HatchLorna @BristolUniCPH @sw_shrn 🥳 great work Lorna! 3 presentations in one day 👏🏼

[NIHR SPHR @NIHRSPHR]

@HatchLorna also presented 2 posters today at #SSM2023

#SPHR @BristolUniCPH @EmilyWidnall @sw_shrn

[NIHR SPHR @NIHRSPHR]

Prevalence of #MentalHealth, wellbeing, and school connectedness by gender - results from the @sw_shrn pilot study - presentation by @HatchLorna #SSM2023

https://t.co/3vokfDKPHu

@EmilyWidnall @GeorgeLHopkins

[Dr Jo Billington @MsJoBillington]

Instead of ‘the importance of attendance��� we need to be focusing on the importance of felt safety, belonging and inclusion.

For many children, young people and staff, schools are toxic places.

[MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit @mrccbu]

Belonging in School is a new, FREE educator resource about developing inclusive policies. Join our launch celebration on 20th Sept for the details. All welcome! https://t.co/pV5IWeLO4z
👉Mail 'inclusive-education-subscribe (at) https://t.co/vxZ48qG1Kq' to be notified of release!

[Dr Jo Billington @MsJoBillington]

“We had more students absent from exams & more students walk out of an exam than we’ve ever had before [because of] the whole stress & anxiety they are facing”

It’s not just Covid & the cost of living crisis. Our ed system is causing some kids to burn out https://t.co/MdOoiOuG6o

[NIHR SPHR @NIHRSPHR]

Read blog from #SPHRtrainee intern Ivory Wang about her reflections on public involvement and engagement in #PublicHealth research

@EmilyWidnall @BristolUniCPH #PIE #PublicInvolvement #PublicEngagement #YourPathInResearch

https://t.co/bI1p7IZSWN

[Emily Widnall @EmilyWidnall]

@carter_leno @wellcometrust Huge congrats Vinny! Hope you're well😀

[Patrick McGorry @PatMcGorry]

Mindfulness in schools doesn’t improve mental health. Here’s why that’s a positive | News | Wellcome This should be read by all teachers and policy makers in this space Time to wind up all superficial but ineffective programs & get real in school based MH https://t.co/iXw0gRK4Q4

[Emily Widnall @EmilyWidnall]

Really interesting using context-mechanism-outcome configurations to hypothesise which mechanisms are likely to operate in different contexts, with the hope to refine the intervention and maximise effectiveness.

[Emily Widnall @EmilyWidnall]

🆕 Great to see our @NIHRSPHR realist evaluation published led by @esther_curtin, exploring mechanisms and contexts in the @mentalhealth Peer Education Project to improve mental health literacy in schools 🏫 https://t.co/sgPdUkV3ig

[Emily Widnall @EmilyWidnall]

A wonderful morning of public involvement with young people discussing suicide prevention after a fascinating and well-timed webinar from @orygen_aus!

[Emily Widnall @EmilyWidnall]

Fantastic to see the ADePT trial paper now published in @eClinicalMed. It was great to work on this trial @mdcexeter & to see the pilot results reflect how positive the participants were about this new therapy👇🏼

https://t.co/h4Sl36XbjE

@barneydunn75 @UofE_Research

[Emily Widnall @EmilyWidnall]

@ruthkipping @BristolUni Huge congrats Ruth! 👏🏼🥳

[Emily Widnall @EmilyWidnall]

@Tom_MHWB Perfect, thanks Tom!