Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health

This year's Children’s Mental Health Week theme is: This is my place

At the Wolfson Centre, young people’s voices belong in research. Their lived experience helps shape better questions, better methods, and better outcomes for mental health 💛

Research that affects young people should include them.

💫Ymunwch â ni ar gyfer ein darlith nesaf yng Nghanolfan Wolfson!

Byddwn yn croesawu Athro Neil Humphrey i siarad am raglen #BeeWell a gwneud lles pobl ifanc yn fusnes pawb
Cadwch le am ddim yma: bit.ly/wolfsonnh

Welwn ni chi yno! 😊

#DarlithoeddWolfson

💫Join us for our next Wolfson Centre Lecture!

We will welcome Professor Neil Humphrey to talk on the #BeeWell programme and making young people’s wellbeing everyone’s business

Book your free place here: bit.ly/wolfsonnh

See you there! 😊

#wolfsonlectures

This includes our staff and affiliates, members of our youth advisory group and advisory boards, guest lecturers and speakers, research participants, and all those who have helped share our research and support recruitment.

We are grateful for the role you play in making our work possible 🌱

Happy New Year! 🎆

As we enter 2026, we want to say thank you to everyone who has supported the Wolfson Centre 💛

At the start of 2025, we shared three areas we were focusing on as a centre.

As the year comes to a close, this post offers a snapshot of what that looked like in practice. 💙💛

Important new paper published today showing dramatic increase in the number of young people in Wales in touch with Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services now compared to twenty years ago. @wolfsoncentre.bsky.social

🎉 Celebrating 50 YAG meetings!

Thank you to every young person who has been part of the group. Your insight, honesty and creativity shape everything we do.

Here are a few reflections from our members on the past, present and future of the YAG. 💬

Read the story: https://bit.ly/3KiIZ4w

Child development in Wales Take part in a new study which aims to better understand children's attention, behaviours, and emotions.

Participate in our study on child development in Wales! 🌱
If you’re a parent or carer of a child aged 9–11, we’d love to hear from you.

Visit bit.ly/ADHDbears and answer a short survey 📝

Your input will help us learn more about children’s development and support future research. 💡

Mental health difficulties among children and young people in Wales are still rising.

A new joint statement, created with @PublicHealthW and young people from the Wolfson Centre, calls for early support, prevention, and stronger collaboration.

phw.nhs.wales/news/rise-in...

Too Little, Too Late? Why Early Support for ADHD Matters Timely support can alter life trajectories for those with ADHD.

Too Little, Too Late? Why Early Support for ADHD Matters | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/yout...

Mae amser o hyd i gymryd rhan yn astudiaeth Sgiliau er Lles Pobl Ifanc (SWELL) - 30 Tachwedd 2025.

Mae'r astudiaeth yn canolbwyntio ar amddiffyn pobl ifanc rhag iselder ac mae hefyd yn cynnig cymorth i rieni sydd wedi bod yn dioddef o hwyliau isel.

👉 https://bit.ly/wcSWELL

There’s still time to take part in the Skills for Adolescent wellbeing study (SWELL) - but not for much longer!

The study focuses on protecting young people against depression and also offers support to parents experiencing low mood.
Recruitment closes on 30 November 2025.

👉 https://bit.ly/wcSWELL

In her latest Psychology Today blog, Professor Anita Thapar highlights why we should be careful when interpreting studies linking maternal behaviour in pregnancy to ADHD.

Many apparent links are shaped by genetics and family factors, not simple cause and effect.

🌐 Read more: https://bit.ly/4qTPRph

You can help us reach more families!

If you work with young people or know parents or carers of children aged 13 to 19 year olds in Wales, please share our Skills for Adolescent Wellbeing (SWELL) study and help us close recruitment by 30 November.

🔗 https://bit.ly/wcSWELL

Taking part in research can feel like a big decision - but you won’t be doing it alone.

Families participating in the skills for adolescent wellbeing study (SWELL) will be supported every step of the way. 
Learn more and sign up 👇

🔗 https://bit.ly/wcSWELL

Mis Hydref yw Mis Ymwybyddiaeth ADHD! 🧠❤️

Mae thema eleni, “Y Llawer o Wynebau i ADHD,” yn dathlu amrywiaeth y profiadau ymysg pobl sy’n byw gyda ADHD.

Yn ein blog diweddaraf, mae Dr Sharifah yn datgelu saith chwedl gyffredin am ADHD.

🔗 Darllenwch y blog: bit.ly/7adhdmyths

October is ADHD Awareness Month! 🧠❤️

This year’s theme, “The Many Faces of ADHD,” celebrates the diversity of experiences among people living with ADHD.

In our latest blog, Dr Sharifah debunks seven common myths about ADHD and explains what research really says.

🔗 Read the blog: bit.ly/7adhdmyths

New study explores mental health research priorities of families affected by depression A new publication highlights which mental health research topics matter most to parents with depression and their children.

📰New study explores mental health research priorities of families affected by depression

➡️Several key priorities emerged, see which ones on our website:

🔗 www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...

Sound sensitivity in children linked to increased risk of teenage anxiety A new study has found that children with sound sensitivity may be at greater risk of experiencing anxiety during their teenage years.

📰New research from the Wolfson Centre finds that children with sound sensitivity (hyperacusis) are more likely to experience anxiety in adolescence.

➡️ Could screening for sensory sensitivity help early identification of at-risk youth?

🔗 www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...

Rydym yn lansio astudiaeth newydd ar ddatblygiad plant yng Nghymru! 🌱
Os ydych chi'n rhiant neu'n ofalwr i blentyn 9–11 oed, hoffem glywed gennych chi.

🧩 Mae cymryd rhan yn hawdd: bit.ly/ADHDbears

Bydd eich cyfraniad yn ein helpu i ddysgu mwy am ddatblygiad plant ac i gefnogi ymchwil yn y dyfodol.

We’re launching a new study on child development in Wales! 🌱
If you’re a parent or carer of a child aged 9–11, we’d love to hear from you.

🧩 Taking part is easy: visit bit.ly/ADHDbears to know more.

Your input will help us learn more about children’s development and support future research. 💡

🚨 Only 7 days to go!

Have you registered for the next online Wolfson Centre Lecture?

Let's go! bit.ly/wolfsonbk

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🚨 Dim ond 7 diwrnod i fynd!

Ydych chi wedi cofrestru ar gyfer Darlith ar-lein nesaf Canolfan Wolfson?

Awn! bit.ly/wolfsonbk

#wolfsonlectures #youthmentalhealth

Investigating the relationship between neurodevelopmental and anxiety disorders across development at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Investigating the relationship between neurodevelopmental and anxiety disorders across development at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com

Apply to do a PhD investigating the link between neurodevelopmental and anxiety disorders across development, with me, Laura Howe, @franrice.bsky.social and Abby Russell as part of the @gw4alliance.bsky.social

Deadline 20th October

Please share!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🌍 Today is Youth Mental Health Day, a reminder of the importance of coming together to share support 💚

We’re hosting a free webinar for primary school staff in Wales on ADHD in children, led by Dr Joanna Martin from the Wolfson Centre on October 7.

🔗 Find out more: adhd-at-school.eventbrite.co.uk

💫Join us for our next Wolfson Centre Lecture!

We will welcome Professor Brandon Kohrt to talk on building a skilled workforce for child and adolescent mental health in humanitarian settings.

Book you free place here: bit.ly/wolfsonbk

See you there! 😊

#wolfsonlectures

🔊 VACANCY - please share!

Research Associate - RISE (Reducing Inequalities in School Food Environments: Supporting provision, uptake and consumption of Free School Meals in primary schools).

✅ Full-time. Fixed term until 31/03/28.

☑️ Closes: Friday, 29/08/2025.

More info 👉 bit.ly/4miHBw8

Investigating Irritability as a Potentially Causal Risk Pathway to Depression Using Two Genetically Informed Designs Major depressive disorder (MDD) is heterogeneous, with diverse risk pathways leading to illness. Identifying causal routes to depression helps priorit…

Pleased to share our latest paper where we used two genetically informed designs to examine irritability as a causal risk pathway to depression, using data from the Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden (CATTS)!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@wolfsoncentre.bsky.social

Researchers call for more respectful language in ADHD research Researchers from the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health have contributed to a new Lancet Psychiatry publication calling for more compassionate and inclusive language in attention deficit ...

🗞️ Newydd ar y wefan!

Mae ymchwilwyr yn galw am iaith fwy parchuol yn y ymchwil ADHD

➡️ Darllenwch ef yma: www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...

Researchers call for more respectful language in ADHD research Researchers from the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health have contributed to a new Lancet Psychiatry publication calling for more compassionate and inclusive language in attention deficit ...

🗞️ New on the website!

Researchers call for more respectful language in ADHD research

➡️ Read it here: www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...