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Sonia Johnson

@soniajohnson1.bsky.social

Prof of Social and Community Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, UCL; Director of NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental Health; interested in what works in mental health, loneliness, educating mental health researchers, singing, London (especially SE).

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New paper - a feasibility trial of an innovative crisis planning and monitoring approach to preventing compulsory detentions under the Mental Health Act. Please do have a look and share if you think it's interesting! Thanks
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

13.01.2026 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Life Beyond the Cubicle β€’ Making Families Count Free eLearning resources for clinicians working in mental health and emergency departments The Life Beyond the Cubicle resources consist of a set of engaging, interactive modules and a training guide....

Resource: helping families when there’s a mental health crisis
Included: links to other resources eg the guilt and grief after a suicide.
Developed in partnership with dr Rachel Gibbons, a medical psychotherapist
Please share.
MFC is a nonprofit.

www.makingfamiliescount.org.uk/life-beyond-...

13.01.2026 06:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Area-level factors associated with variation in involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation across England: a cross-sectional, ecological study - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Purpose Involuntary hospitalisations for mental health care are rising in many high income countries, including England. Looking at variation between areas can help us understand why rates are rising ...

Hi! I've just joined Bluesky, so I thought I'd re-share my paper about area-level predictors of involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation across England. Give it a read if you're interested! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

15.04.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Enhancing mental health care for autistic people: practical adaptations, ready to go buff.ly/MzJvUPJ

#Autism #MentalHealth #MentalHealthCare #MentalHealthServices #SystematicReview

🧡 THREAD

04.04.2025 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

While I'm at it... I'm equally looking forward to this one!

21.03.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to singing in this really lovely programme next Sunday in Greenwich!

01.03.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apologies - in our excitement at joining bluesky we managed to get our own concert date wrong- our beautiful Lenten programme of Howells, Purcell, Briggs, Dove, Lobo, Charpentier, Biber and more is on Sat 8th March!

13.02.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

She is remarkable! And thanks for your kind words and excellent exam - you and Helene made it a really enjoyable and rewarding experience.

27.02.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of Sarah, Sonia Johnson supervisor, Helene Joffre internal examiner and me as external

Picture of Sarah, Sonia Johnson supervisor, Helene Joffre internal examiner and me as external

An honour and privilege to examine early career researchers especially (Dr) Sarah Ikhtabi. I feel so optimistic to meet researchers who value science, rigour, curiosity & lived experience. Congratulations to the splendid supervision team @soniajohnson1.bsky.social @alexandrapitman.bsky.social

27.02.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

@uclpsychiatry.bsky.social

27.02.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Many congrats to my & @alexandrapitman.bsky.social '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 @andygumley.bsky.social and Hélène Joffe! #proudsupervisor

27.02.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The experience of loneliness among people with psychosis: Qualitative meta-synthesis Background Loneliness can be a significant challenge for people living with psychosis. We currently lack evidence about how to help with this. Understanding the origins, experience, and impact of lone...

New paper - a synthesis of qualitative studies on loneliness among people with psychosis, exploring aspects of psychosis that put people at risk of being lonely, including stigma and the isolating nature of psychotic experiences @alexandrapitman.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

06.01.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How can we help young people feel less lonely? https://buff.ly/3ORlXQN

Lauren Turner @laureneturner.bsky.social explores young people’s views on the acceptability and feasibility of youth loneliness interventions.

@soniajohnson1.bsky.social

#Loneliness #Youth #Interventions

12.12.2024 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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22 UCL Brain Sciences academics recognised in annual global list of influential researchers A total of 22 academics from the UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences have been identified in Clarivate’s annual β€˜Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2024, recognising authors of the most influential research pap...

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

@neilmdavies.bsky.social, @soniajohnson1.bsky.social, @susanmichie.bsky.social

bit.ly/3ZARQ4R

13.12.2024 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The @MentalHealthPRU has just published a systematic review on surveillance technologies in inpatient mental healthcare settings.

30.11.2024 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Aw thanks!! Just looking round really at the moment, but thanks for kind words and encouragement!!

16.11.2024 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0