Cheryl Hunter 🌍

Clinical Psychologist in paediatric health; interest in qualitative and critical approaches to psychology and health; pronouns: she/her. All views my own

[Cheryl Hunter 🌍 @schmoobrain]

@Madnotbad60 So sorry to see this 😥

[Cheryl Hunter 🌍 @schmoobrain]

@CarlRMay @CizCG Congratulations 🎉

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

My regular reminder that to have the ‘mubble fubbles’ (16th century) is to experience a bout of melancholy such as the Sunday evening blues, combined with a vague sense of impending doom.

[Cheryl Hunter 🌍 @schmoobrain]

@ClareAllely @MargaretRoweUoS Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

Just a reminder if a patient tells you they are feeling suicidal this is a GOOD thing, a BRAVE thing, a thing we are LITERALLY TOLD TO DO. So please don't frame it as manipulation or attention-seeking either overtly or in micro-tells of disbelief.

[CCRI Research @CCRIEdinburgh]

First Thursday seminar, 4 May, 4.30pm-5.45pm: "Stories from the edge: haunting, slow death, and the cruel optimism of suicide prevention", with @DrAmyChandler, both in person and live online; and we'll record. We hope you can join us! https://t.co/23rekFfoiM

[The Conversation @ConversationUK]

Research has observed multiple immune system changes in people with endometriosis.

Expert explains.

"Elevated inflammation levels also mean that women with endometriosis may be more likely to experience worse symptoms during infections."

https://t.co/Vfd2WF8NhW

[Wren @jaunty_aphorism]

If you are a professional ally of #StopSIM please sign this open letter to @NHSEngland asking for the publication of the @StopSIMMH co-produced policy. Lots of signatures from social workers, academics, and trainee clinical psychologists. Where are the nurses and psychiatrists?

[The Trevor Project @TrevorProject]

Our research shows that having at least one accepting adult can reduce the risk of a suicide attempt among LGBTQ youth by 40%

Trans youth deserve to know that they are accepted and loved. 🧡

Watch the full Learn with Love: Episode 1 - https://t.co/kSV00YJfkw

[Dr Laura Richmond | laurarichmond.bsky.social @cooksferryqueen]

The manuscript of All My Worldly Joy is nearly complete and this is a great time to pre-order your copy from @unbounders. Funding for the first print run is currently at 94%! https://t.co/tWKNNmVWmB

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is the Dutch ‘uitwaaien’, to head out into the wind as a way of clearing the mind and soul: literally an ‘outblowing’.

[Cheryl Hunter 🌍 @schmoobrain]

@elizabethmoya If they like nature walks, Walthamstow wetlands or Richmond park are nice places to walk and big enough that busy is not crowded.

[Catalyse-CAT @CatalyseC]

#OpenAccess #PsychologicalTherapy for #SelfHarm
HT @PJTaylorClinPsy @HartleySamantha & colleagues

[Sir Michael Marmot @MichaelMarmot]

Creating the conditions for ill health by denying minimum income for a healthy life. It is government policy that people who need benefits, Universal Credit, will have only 70% of the money they need to live healthily.

[Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf_uk]

From April, Universal Credit will be set at £85 a week for a single adult, but there’s a significant gap between this and living costs. Our research shows that in order to cover the essentials, it must be increased to at least £120 a week. https://t.co/RsUwJcIP0P

[Cheryl Hunter 🌍 @schmoobrain]

@elizabethmoya I've only watched the first season. It's very good but yes, an upsetting show. I'll probably watch the rest at some point but I needed a break from bleak after the first season!

[Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp]

The free book Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement has been accessed 700k times! Thank you to the contributors and readers. It was difficult and came at personal sacrifice to edit the book alone. So grateful many have enjoyed it.
🙏@ExDx_UoE
https://t.co/ZhX6Mr8o9O

[Cheryl Hunter 🌍 @schmoobrain]

@lisavquigley That sounds amazing! And thanks for saying the paper is helpful, it's lovely to get feedback (after all this time!)