Samantha Pearcey

📢 We're recruiting! Have you got a degree in psychology or a relevant field? Are you interested in children & adolescent #mentalhealth? If so, check out those two Research Assistant roles!👇 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit… 🗓️ Apply by 14th July 2021 Please share widely!

We have now tracked children and young people’s mental health for over a year of #COVID19 No surprises that's its been a challenging year (particularly for some). Critical that we keep paying close attention to those for whom recovery will be difficult thelancet.com/journals/lanch…

📣Four young people give some useful advice about how to deal with boredom and lack of motivation in this video from BBC Bitesize and the #CoRAY project. 👉bbc.co.uk/bitesize/artic…

This study set out to explore how mental health symptoms in children and adolescents changed over a month of full #lockdown in the United Kingdom in response to the pandemic. @pollywaite @SamR_Pearcey @ShumAdrienne @pravpatalay @Cathy_Creswell #OpenAccess bit.ly/3hzBfKq

🤔What are the clinical outcomes & cost associated with delivering cognitive therapy for adolescent social anxiety disorder in NHS CAMHS? @Cathy_Creswell @pollywaite @3mmaBrooks @SamR_Pearcey @lucyannataylor Find out more here: 👉doi.org/10.1017/S13524…

@topic_group @SellarsElise Congratulations, Elise! Great news and really well deserved!

Meet Elise, who is a Research Assistant on the #CoRAY project 👉psy.ox.ac.uk/team/elise-sel… Elise has been recently awarded an ESRC funded 1+3 studentship to study MSc in Psychological Research & DPhil in Experimental Psychology at @OxExpPs Congratulations @SellarsElise!! 👏🥳

How did the #mentalhealth symptoms of children and adolescents change over early lockdown during the COVID‐19 #pandemic in the UK? Read the full @TheJCPPadvances article by @Cathy_Creswell et al. bit.ly/3b1zyRV #OpenAccess

This is REALLY exciting!! Parents of 4-10 year olds in the cospaceoxford.org study will be invited to take part and will get access to this free app that has been developed with parents for parents. Not too late to get involved! @EmergingMindsUK

New #CoSPACE report examines child and adolescent #mentalhealth over a year in pandemic: highest problems in June and Feb, but improving again. More here -> tinyurl.com/25avrdh2 @OxExpPsy @OxPsychiatry @ESRC @WestminsterFdn @topic_group @EmergingMindsUK @CYPMentalHealth

@DrHelenDodd @BPSDevSection @BPSOfficial This is amazing news!!! Congratulations!!! 🥳

Yesterday morning I found out I have been selected for the 2021 Margaret Donaldson Award from @BPSDevSection @BPSOfficial for outstanding contribution to Developmental Research and Public Engagement. After an exhausting year this feels pretty special.

Latest #CoSPACE report shows that many parents were struggling to meet the needs of their work and child during lockdowns. More on changes in parent and child #mentalhealth here -> tinyurl.com/t5wcaye @OxExpPsy @OxPsychiatry @ESRC @WestminsterFdn @topic_group @EmergingMindsUK

Do children with #socialanxiety disorder benefit from social skills training? Learn about the results of this @TheJCPP study with the FREE research digest. Original authors; @SamR_Pearcey @bhismadev Kate Gordon @DrHelenDodd @BrynjarBrynjar @Cathy_Creswell bit.ly/2K6h1cO

Thanks for inviting me to speak at the @UKPTS conference! It was great to be able to share our Co-SPACE findings on how parents and families are doing in the pandemic - it has definitely been a really tough balancing act for many of them!

Latest #CoSPACE findings show kids' #mentalhealth (especially 4 to 10 yo) is worse again. Having a sibling helped, yet trends are worrisome. @OxExpPsy @OxPsychiatry @ESRC @WestminsterFdn @topic_group @EmergingMindsUK @CYPMentalHealth cospaceoxford.org/findings/chang…

Our Co-SPACE report has highlighted the difficulties parents are facing in the pandemic. You can take part in the survey to help us find out how families are coping and what support they need cospaceoxford.org/take-part @MadihaSajidUCL @EmergingMindsUK @Mental_Elf @Cathy_Creswell

@topic_group @SellarsElise Well done @SellarsElise!!! A great paper on a really important area!!

Congratulations to @SellarsElise on her recent article on Young people’s advisory groups (#YPAG) in #healthresearch. Amazing work and well done from everyone in the group! 👉Read Elise's article here: adc.bmj.com/content/early/…

If you are a parent of a 2-16 year old child you can still make a difference by taking part in the #CoSPACE study. For more information and to take part go to: cospaceoxford.org

Really pleased to see this paper out online (open access) exploring adolescents’ experiences of brief behavioural activation for depression and its impact on the symptom of anhedonia 😀onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… @DrS_Reynolds @DrLauraPass @McCabeCiara

Excited to announce 3 new jobs on #COVID19 related projects with @topic_group @EmergingMindsUK @OxExpPsy @OxPsychiatry Knowledge mobilisation postdoc my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit… Qualitative postdoc my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit… Treatment trial RA my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit… Please RT!

@JericaRadez @Jess_Deighton @AFNCCF @UniRdg_Psych Congratulations @JericaRadez ! Thats brilliant news!!

Tweeting about this seems SO surreal, but still - I successfully passed my Viva yesterday 🥳🍾Big thanks to Prof @Jess_Deighton from @AFNCCF and to Prof #KateHarvey from @UniRdg_Psych for a lovely conversation about my research! I genuinely enjoyed every minute of it 😊