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PhD student in Epidemiology of self-harm in young people at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

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๐Ÿšฉ Your experience with smoking or vaping matters.
๐Ÿ“ Take part in a short anonymous survey and help shape future support and policies.
๐Ÿ”— Link to the survey: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/vapequit/

25.02.2026 08:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿ“‘ Our #systematicreview examined personally modifiable factors for both symptom-based & personal #recovery for #youngpeople with lived experience of #selfharm. Personal recovery was modelled using CHIME: connectedness; hope; identity; meaning; & empowerment.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

19.02.2026 16:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trends in psychological distress among adolescents in Ireland: survey data from 2018 to 2023 & lived experience perspective - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of poor mental health, repetitive self-harm, and suicide attempts among adolescents in Ireland between...

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...

29.01.2026 21:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hello from sunny Lisbon โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น

19.11.2025 19:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ†•Please Share!

Save the Date: 10th Suicide and Self-harm Early and Mid-Career Researchers' Forum, 11-12 June 2026 #EMCRF2026

Check back for details in due course: www.suicideresearch.info

05.11.2025 19:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#IASPVIENNA2025

10.06.2025 13:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great looking poster Cheyenne well done ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

28.05.2025 18:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#greatirelandrun ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

13.04.2025 10:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The National Healthcare Outcomes Conference is one of the showcase events of the @rcsipophealth.bsky.social, which is taking place at @rcsi.bsky.social today. This is the seventh year of the conference, the theme of which this year is 'Better health outcomes from digital health?'

08.04.2025 13:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Delighted with my fifth PhD publication identifying high-risk subgroups of adolescents at ages 13 and 17 for #selfharm at ages 17 and 20, respectively. I completed this study with the @rcsipophealth.bsky.social & @sphereprogramme.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social
Check out at: doi.org/10.1007/s007...

06.04.2025 11:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
HRB Open Research Article: Identifying personally modifiable factors for self-harm recovery in young people: A protocol for a systematic review. Read the latest article version by David McEvoy, Caroline Wilson, Colm Healy, David Mongan, Greg Sheaf, Colm Sweeney, Agnes Higgins, Leona Ryan, Catherine Darker, Allyson J Gallant, Yulia Kartalova-O'...

How can we conceptualise "recovery" for young people who #selfharm? Our new publication addresses this point and outlines a protocol for a systematic review which aims to identify the things that young people can do themselves to assist in their recovery! doi.org/10.12688/hrb...

04.04.2025 10:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thought-provoking evening at the #RCSIMyHealth seminar listening to Laura Stack of Johnnyโ€™s Ambassadors and learning about the harms of youth cannabis (THC) use along with Prof Mary Cannon @rcsi.bsky.social , Prof Colin Oโ€™Gara & Prof Norman Delanty chaired by Miriam Oโ€™Callaghan

26.03.2025 21:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From Jospeh Oโ€™Connorโ€™s โ€˜Star of the Seaโ€™

16.03.2025 11:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Research Day is one of the fantastic occasions at @rcsi.bsky.social when a spotlight shines on our research. In the poster session, research fellows, postdocs, research assts & PhD scholars from the SPH spoke about their projects, findings & their impact.

@rcsi-research.bsky.social

05.03.2025 16:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@rcsi.bsky.social #researchday #rcsiresearchday check out my poster no 30 if you are attending

05.03.2025 09:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Really appreciated listening Rรณisรญn Shortall at the #SPHERE25 @sphereprogramme.bsky.social annual conference at @rcsi.bsky.social. As a SPHeRE alumnus ๐Ÿ”ด๐ŸŸ ๐ŸŸก & Social Democrat supporter ๐ŸŸฃ๐ŸŸฃ it was a privilege

04.03.2025 21:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ†• Please share

9th Suicide & Self-harm Early & Mid-Career Researchers' Forum

Call for Abstracts

Closing date 31st March.

If you are an early or mid-career researcher working in the field of suicide or self-harm, this conference is for you.

All welcome.

๐Ÿ”— suicideresearch.info/2024/10/09/9...

06.02.2025 21:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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| The SPHeRE Programme | Structured Population and Health-services Research Education

Sign up for the next Online Symposium in the series with Dr Sadhbh Byrne, Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology, Maynooth University on Friday 14th February, 1-2 pm.
sphereprogramme.ie/5196-2/

24.01.2025 11:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#wintersun

17.01.2025 21:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A powerful and insightful read for those interested in AI and big data ๐Ÿ“• Yuval Noah Harari really is one of the great thinkers of our age #ai #bigdata #networks #nexus #yuvalnoahharari

14.01.2025 16:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"We need a step change in how we think about suicide"

Proud to be a Trustee of @jamesplaceuk.bsky.social who are working tirelessly to support men who are suicidal

10.01.2025 07:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Thatโ€™ll do

17.12.2024 19:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thrilled to have successfully defended my PhD on the Pharmacoepidemiology & Pharmacoeconomics of Drug-Drug Interactions in the Older Community-Dwelling Population.

Thank you to my examiners, Dr Shane Cullinan & Prof Elisabetta Poluzzi, for an enjoyable discussion this afternoon.

16.12.2024 17:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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An amazing trip to the Great Barrier Reef after finishing my PhD was a treat ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿข๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿชธ

15.12.2024 23:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0