Dr C Connell

School mental health trials show mixed results and unexpected harms The Education for Wellbeing programme, funded by the Department for Education, was one of England’s largest school-based mental health research initiatives.

**important findings on universal mental well-being/health interventions in schools**
V important to measure harms: we should challenge introducing this type of programme - esp if reducing provision of targeted evidence based provision for CYP in need

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Great early morning panel talking about relational influences and the wider social context around people in contact with the justice system.

I think I’m smiling to stop from melting in the Portsmouth heat

Today I’m sharing more from our #justicehealth research at the British Soc Criminology Conference
- me and @drdavegriffiths.bsky.social developed a typology of the social networks of people in contact with the justice system, and explore how it influences behaviour

Come say hi - 830 LT3
#bsc2025

On behalf of a fab team - I’ll be talking about headline results from our justice health research programmes biggest study so far at #bsc2025 today

Shout out to @kjellgren.bsky.social @jsavinc.bsky.social and all the colleagues from Scotland involved 🙌🏻

Today I’m sharing results from RELEASE at the British Society of Criminology Conference
- focusing on access to services for mental health and substance use & comparing people released from prison to similar people who hadn't been in prison

Come say hi - 2.10pm Portland

#bsc2025 #justicehealth

New paper out on 'Relational influences on help-seeking for mental health and substance use problems among people experiencing social marginalisation: a scoping review' with @drcconnell.bsky.social @kjellgren.bsky.social & Jessica Greenhalgh
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@drdavegriffiths.bsky.social @kjellgren.bsky.social @jessicagreenhalgh.bsky.social Mo Torrance and Josh Dumbrell @sacasrstir.bsky.social - and our amazing lived experience panel who advised throughout

Come and chat to us

Pleased our paper is out today: relational influences on help-seeking for mental health and substance use among marginalised people bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6/e090349.full

We present follow on research with justice-involved ppl @ DRNS conference later @drnscot.bsky.social

Team ⬇️

#JusticeHealth

A team led by Dr Wendy Masterton are hosting an information sharing webinar on the findings of #research exploring nature-based programmes for people with poor mental health and experience of substance dependence. They'll present 3 new resources.

11am, 28 May.
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@sacasrstir.bsky.social @stirunicriminology.bsky.social

Sentencing Review (England & Wales) calls for increased use of mandatory substance use treatment

Our research shows we need better data collection & quality research to understand effects of these sentences on health

Results soon. Led by Prof France
#justicehealth #substanceuse
#sentencingreview

Dr Richard Kjellgren @kjellgren.bsky.social speaking on the RELEASE research in Scotland which seeks to understand mental health and substance use-related services after release from prison. Really interesting and concerning data.
@sacasrstir.bsky.social @drcconnell.bsky.social #Criminology
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👋 Janine Aitken, University of Stirling, gives us an update on the RELEASE project in our latest SCCJR blog.

The project focuses on understanding how individuals access health services for mental health and substance use following their release from prison.

👉 www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/re...

Here I am on BlueSky - sort of. Alway late to the tech party. Follow me for mostly research content about #justicehealth #mentalhealth #substanceuse
#socialoutcomes
#justiceinvolvement
#criminaljustice