New research shows self-harm among Irish adolescents is increasing.
This analysis of more than 20,000 Planet Youth survey responses highlights an urgent need to expand accessible youth mental health services.
Read more: www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
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Excellent interview with @niamhdooley.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social this afternoon all about Planet youth data.
Worrying rising trends, 1 in 5 reporting poor mental health across young people in Ireland
Interview: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Study: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@researchireland.ie @mentalhealthirl.bsky.social @rcsipophealth.bsky.social
A group of young people with lived experience of mental health challenges helped to interpret these results and unpick some possible reasons for them
Two groups showed particularly high levels of psychological distress: (1) those identifying as transgender/gender-diverse & (2) those in Youthreach or Further Education and Training centres ("early school leavers")
Rates of most distress measures peaked during the COVID years (2020-21). The proportion of teens repetitively self-harming did not return to pre-COVID levels, unlike other measures of distress.
Our new study on the prevalence of psychological distress among adolescents in Ireland is out.
We looked at anonymous surveys from over 20,000 adolescents across Ireland and explored at how rates of poor mental health, repetitive self-harm and suicide attempt were changing. Read more below! ⤵️
🎆2025 was a huge year for the #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets, full of launches, updates, milestones, new team members, conferences, webinars and more!
There is even more to come in 2026.
Stay tuned!
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Identical twins who had experienced online bullying were about twice as likely to develop anxiety disorder than their co-twin (who had not experienced online bullying).
We found online bullying rarely occurs in isolation. 20% of this large UK cohort said they had been bullied online at some point in their teens, but almost all of these also reported at least one other type of in-person victimisation during this time.
Online bullying is a relatively new phenomenon. But is it also a new risk for teenage mental illness? Our new study suggests it is. And particularly when it comes to developing anxiety disorder in late teens.
Read the full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
These associations were found in both males and females, but all risk markers (heavy screen use, poor body image, & sexting) were more common among females.
➡️ Further research needed to know whether these factors causally influence mental health
Our new study using #PlanetYouth surveys in over 4,000 teens aged 15-16 shows that the following factors were cross-sectionally associated with poorer mental health:
📱📺 Heavy screen use (4+ hrs/day)
🪞 Poor body image
🤳 Sexting behaviours
Read more here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@iankellehermd.bsky.social and co previously demonstrated that ~50% of those with psychosis and bipolar disorder had been to CAMHs in Finland.
That was no fluke, as they have now demonstrated that it's 45% in wales. Great work by @kirstieohare.bsky.social 👏 👏
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
I wrote a blog back in May about 30-year trends in self-reported psychological distress.
Have things changed? From the 1990s to the early 00s-- not so much. But from the 2010s onwards-- possibly, and most evidently for young people.
Check out the wonderful research tool that is ✨ the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets ✨ now live live live: atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk
Take a bow @larseneault.bsky.social @briddycent.bsky.social @malaikalo.bsky.social & the whole PALM team at KCL 👏
Arts, humanities, and social sciences researchers are paving the way for cutting-edge research into public health crises through the DOROTHY COFUND programme. Read here: www.researchireland.ie/news/dorothy...
#IrishResearch @epaireland.bsky.social
👋Hello Blue Sky!
I am excited to announce the Platforms for Longitudinal Mental Health Data (PALM) team or #PALMteam is now on Blue Sky. Find us on X as @L_Arseneault & check out our page on the @kcl.ac.uk website. Check out #CatalogueMHM for updates on our work.
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/pla...
