Jordan Bamford

New paper published exploring the feasibility of culturally adapted cognitive remediation for first episode psychosis - please have a read if interested! cambridge.org/core/journals/…

In this editorial, we consider some of the complexity in relation to interpretation in mental healthcare services and advocate for the use of interpreters as cultural brokers.

Our editorial, Falling on deaf ears: interpreters as cultural brokers in mental healthcare, is now available to read - and open access! @PennineCareNHS @OfficialUoM cambridge.org/core/journals/…

This editorial with @PennineCareNHS and @OfficialUoM authors examines communication and health inequalities. #OpenAccess so all can read. Falling on deaf ears: interpreters as cultural brokers in mental healthcare | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3tQM1ok

What works when clozapine fails in #schizophrenia? Not ECT in this new randomized trial of 40 patients: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38151432 An earlier RCT was also negative, dampening the uncontrolled hopes of observational findings. ECT is a clearer choice for catatonia and psychotic dep

New #systematicreview (50 papers) -> #adolescent #screen-based activities bring many benefits but -> excessive exposure assoc wi effects on mental health & social media use in #girls, assoc wi higher risk for #depression doi.org/10.1186/s40359…

Check out our new preprint on familial risk of postpartum psychosis. Writen by A. P. Kepinska, T. Robakis, K. Humphreys, X. Liu, R. S. Kahn, T. Munk-Olsen, V. Bergink, , B. Mahjani medrxiv.org/content/10.110… @adapkepinska @trinemunkolsen @Behrang81 @Xiaoqin_Liu_AU

🎉We are delighted to be able to publish our intern Rhianna's young person's version of a research paper on the mental health of all children in contact with social services in NI. ↪You can read it here: adruk.org/news-publicati… The paper found that.... 🧵 (1/6)

Is academic pressure associated with adolescent mental health problems? Read our systematic review @GemmaLewis13 @ProfAliceS & Carolina Gutiérrez Muñoz doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.… [1/6]

Very pleased to present our research on how we can predict onset of treatment resistant schizophrenia in prediction first episode psychosis. Excellent session with @FGaughran, @jamesmaccabe @gk_murray. Thanks @Keele_MHRes @mpftnhs @TomKingstone for supporting my reserch

In conclusion: Non-religious adolescents in NI may have lower mental wellbeing, compared to their religious peers. This may relate to a lack of firm identity and perceived marginalisation. Further, poor family cohesion increased vulnerability to poor mental wellbeing. 6/6

However, when considering the importance of religion, compared with those for whom religion was not important, those who found it important had greater wellbeing scores, and higher levels of family activities was associated with greater mental wellbeing. 5/6

Our new paper in BMJ Open: Adolescent mental well-being, religion and family activities: a cross-sectional study (Northern Ireland Schools and Wellbeing Study) bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/6/e… @BamfordCentre @UlsterUni @QUBPsych @OfficialUoM @BMJ_Open A short thread: 1/6

@GaryDunne @wolfalicemusic!

How can students & families tell how well a university is doing on suicide safety? Does it talk credibly about a mentally healthy campus? Check student/staff surveys: does experience match rhetoric on bullying, disability, international students, management style? Short 🧵 1/5

@DrElleMorris Couldn't recommend it more! If you have any questions about it please give me a message!

Deciding whether to apply for a General Psychiatry ACF post, but it feels daunting as much as exciting. A lot of imposter syndrome. Would love to hear others thoughts on the role, and whether I should just take the leap 🤓