tomcawthorne

Clinical Psychologist. Views are my own.

[The Psychologist @psychmag]

What condom negotiation can teach us about adolescence itself…

@DrLucyFoulkes with a theme from her new book, ‘Coming of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us’.
@TheBodleyHead

https://t.co/CsPOe4tYFB

[tomcawthorne @tomcawthorne]

A big thank you to Roz Shafran, Sophie Bennett, Anton Käll, Elena Baker and Gerhard Andersson for all your support, as we to all the families involved.

[tomcawthorne @tomcawthorne]

I am pleased to say that my thesis research titled "The Development and Preliminary Evaluation of CBT for Chronic Loneliness in Young People" has now been published. https://t.co/95QjZktK2W

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

The development of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for chronic #loneliness in children and young people. Protocol from @Rozshafran1 @UCL_ICN @tomcawthorne to assess efficacy, feasibility and acceptability #PLOSONE: https://t.co/43RqprQ5II

[Emily Davey @emilysarahdavey]

📢PARTICIPANTS NEEDED!
I am still recruiting for my focus groups on guided self-help treatments for eating disorders.

If you are a young person, or parent/carer of a young person, with bulimia or binge eating disorder, we would love to hear from you!

📩[email protected]

[Rebekah Pierre @RebekahPierre92]

Before Twitter gets taken over with Christmas-spam, let it be known that if a child in Year 11 with a Sept-Nov birthday goes into care tonight, there’s now a 50/50 chance they’ll end up in unregulated accommodation. That’s because according to this gov, 16 & 17 year olds don’t

[Joe Lycett @joelycett]

. @trussliz omg cant believe he was also part of the anti-growth coalition babe!! SO right to get rid!!! 🙀🙀🙀🚮🚮🚮

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

This website is genius.

Click on the link and keep scrolling right. It's both amazing and yet so deeply infuriating...

Well played yet again, @ByDonkeys

https://t.co/WVzvqFmNRe

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

If this was a Labour chancellor every national newspaper would be calling for his immediate RESIGNATION!

I make no apology for my rage

[Centre for Ed Policy & Equalising Opportunities @CEPEO_UCL]

THREAD

Liz Truss’ new DfE team want more pupils allocated to either grammar schools or secondary modern schools at age 11.

10 papers containing all the evidence you need to know about grammars in England... 👇

[Rebekah Pierre @RebekahPierre92]

This news won’t make Back to School headlines today, but it ought to be everywhere: Under this gov, a child born on 5th September 2006 can, if taken into care tonight, be placed in a hostel, caravan/barge with no guaranteed adult supervision. And their 15-year classmate, who is

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Message to Tory MPs. This is who you're voting on.

[Amy Pearson @DrAmyPearson]

One of my lovely autistic third year students is recruiting autistic women for a study on identity and gender during adolescence.

To take part you must be:
18+
Identify as a woman
Have a clinically confirmed autism diagnosis

You can find out more here: https://t.co/cBhpMDvggc

[tomcawthorne @tomcawthorne]

@egm1986 Hi Emily. Thank you very much for your interest! If you email me at [email protected] I can send over our full information sheet.

[tomcawthorne @tomcawthorne]

Do you know any 11-18 year olds who have difficulties with friendships? We are currently offering 12 sessions of psychological therapy for young people experiencing loneliness. This project is being led by Prof Roz Shafran at UCL/Great Ormond Street.

[tomcawthorne @tomcawthorne]

Do you know any 11-18 year olds who find it hard to make friends? Or often feel lonely? We still have a few spaces on our study offering FREE THERAPY to 11-18 year olds experiencing loneliness.

[Maria Loades @MariaLoades]

How do depressed adolescents who are struggling with fatigue experience CBT? Engaging in sessions and doing between session tasks was challenging for them, and having a collaborative, trusting relationship with the therapist was helpful. 1/n

[Dr Julia Beckwith @julia_beckwith]

We are now recruiting for our UK-based research study exploring the effectiveness of a brief online mindfulness programme on feelings of loneliness. Please click the link or scan QR code for more info and to take part: https://t.co/sCJOG4PiHP #mindfulness #research #loneliness

[MR @MarcusRashford]

Children in Britain tend to be shorter than children in other wealthy nations. How we feed our children has a long term impact on their health and development #nationalfoodstrategy

@NHSHealthyStart do you qualify?
https://t.co/Lvwzyg0oXV

[tomcawthorne @tomcawthorne]

Do you know any 11-18 year olds who found it hard to reintegrate into school after lockdown? Or don't have friends to see over the school holidays? If so, we still have spaces on our study offering free therapy to young people who feel lonely #loneliness #MentalHealthMatters