
Merle Schlief
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Merle Schlief
@MerleSchlief
@WellcomeTrust PhD student in Mental Health Sciences @UCL. Passionate about social inequalities, environmentalism, and mental health. she/her 🏳🌈







Thanks to @MerleSchlief for organising the @UCLPsychiatry #LGBTQ+ #MentalHealth Research Seminar with great presentations from @evietabor Dr Amal Khanolkar & @TalenEJWright on their mental health research centring LGBTQ+ experiences. Packed room for the talks followed by Q&A.







The role of #loneliness in the association between sexual orientation & depressive symptoms among older adults: prospective cohort study study led by @GemmaLewis13 funded by @UCL_Loneliness network sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🆕Correspondence| Ingram, @MerleSchlief et al. call for #school-based universal interventions to address #mentalhealth inequality in young individuals identified as sexual minorities 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. #LGBT @GemmaLewis13, @TalenEJWright, @UCL, @uclpsychiatry nature.com/articles/s4422…

#5 Recent UCL research finds that lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults report higher rates of suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts than their heterosexual peers. In this blog Garrett Kidd describes how the study came about and its significance. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/… 2/7

🆕Correspondence| Ingram, @MerleSchlief et al. call for #school-based universal interventions to address #mentalhealth inequality in young individuals identified as sexual minorities 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. #LGBT @GemmaLewis13, @TalenEJWright, @UCL, @uclpsychiatry nature.com/articles/s4422…

