Helen Jones 💙

Forced, false positivity is not leadership. It's denial. 💡

Our manifesto for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election launches today. It outlines three key areas with evidence-based recommendations that should form part of the new Scottish govt's agenda across education health & justice. Because #PsychologyMatters: bps.org.uk/news/psycholog…

Petition: Fund improvements to secondary care community mental health services petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7020…

@VictoriaCoren open.spotify.com/track/26PNCGEk…

IT IS A REALLY FAMOUS EXPRESSION, ISN’T IT? A proverb, even? I haven’t gone mad?

Look, I’m not going to have a row with my husband on our wedding anniversary of all days. But, BIZARRELY, he had never before heard the expression “It’s not the hen that cackles most that lays the largest egg”. He’s just laughing incredulously and implying I made it up.

Nearly 2 years later, we've just remade our website! midpsy.uk

‘National disgrace’: black mothers in England twice as likely to have NHS birth investigated - The Guardian apple.news/Aem9ytju8QbKg6…

Academic journals are a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@RevDaniel @Newsweek & every outrageous statement is caveated with ‘this may sound…{bigoted} but….’ so written with full awareness that it is hateful. Conceptually muddled - she can’t date influential men because this contradicts her challenges of ‘patriarchy’? What 1950s reactionary nonsense

New systematic review of studies to test the IMV model led by Kenvil Souza and Susan Rasmussen 🔗tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

We are excited to launch four new TURAS modules titled ‘A Psychological Approach to Understanding Suicide and Suicide Prevention’ written by Professor Rory O’Connor and Dr Karen Wetherall at Glasgow University. Available on Turas Learn - learn.nes.nhs.scot/64773 @suicideresearch

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I just backed Working on the Frontline on @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/fru/w…

As I've said here before, we do not prevent suicide by "assessing for safety." That's a lawyer's worldview, or an administrator's We prevent suicide by creating a meaningful human connection where patients feel seen, heard, and understood in a relationship where they matter

Here @mpftwellbeing we offer priority access to talking therapy for parents and parents to be during pregnancy and until your baby is a year old If you live in #Staffordshire & need to talk to someone, why not contact us staffsandstoketalkingtherapies.nhs.uk #mmhaw24 #perinatalmentalhealth

A sobering fact to start Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week but a critical one that needs highlighting to show how vital the need is for intervention and support at such a crucial stage of life. #MentalHealthMatters #MaternalMentalHealth @MMHAlliance

Just a reminder that following Prof Margie Callanan's retirement, we're looking for someone to help lead our wonderful clinical psychology programme and Institute. Please spread the word 🙏and DM for info. canterbury.ac.uk/about-us/worki…

I’ve been looking in more detail at the 2023 suicide figures from ONS, published this week. They showed a 6% rise, giving us the highest national rate since 1999. In fact, the detailed picture - by age, sex & where people live - is not simple. Short 🧵 & TW

Now, this is genuinely good for my mental health..

(Very) early this morning on their favourite beach. Well… there’s enough dark stuff on here, so why not just be a dog for a bit?

@MrAndrewCotter Thank you, I loved being a dog for a few minutes, genuinely lifted my spirits! 🐶