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Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · May 12

Sometimes we need to pull each other up ❤️

Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · May 3

Love this!

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Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · May 3

Sending big love ❤️

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School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow @uofgshw.bsky.social · May 2

Fundamental changes to Scotland’s care system are needed say researchers, following a study of almost 500 young children in foster and kinship care led by @profminnis.bsky.social & @nspcc.bsky.social

#FosterCare #ChildrensHearings #InfantMentalHealth

gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Children making hand prints with brightly coloured paints

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Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · May 2

Exciting day for us - we're launching our study showing HUGE delays for children in foster care. Our paper is in Nature Medicine rdcu.be/ekep1 and a short animation www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwDu... @righttrial.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social @rachelhiller.bsky.social @nspcc.bsky.social

Infant mental health services for birth and foster families of maltreated pre-school children in foster care (BeST?): a cluster-randomized phase 3 clinical effectiveness trial

Nature Medicine - In a trial examining the effectiveness of an infant mental health service targeting birth and foster families of children aged 0–5 years, families were randomized to...

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Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Apr 30

Gosh this is very worrying

Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Apr 29

Looking forward to kicking off the UCL Health of the Public Annual Symposium talking about the interplay between neurodivergence and childhood adversity @UCLHealthPublic.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social

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Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Apr 27

Heading out shortly for day 3 of Scotland's Whacking Weekender. So much joy. So much community. So much DANCE 🥰

Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Apr 20

Very true Melea. Only thing I'd differ in is the inevitability of mental health decline - knowing that life is unsafe is just the truth, and having small mistakes blown up can make you think "might as well get hung for a sheep, not just a lamb" which is quite liberating

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Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Apr 16

Jill's research is always ahead of the curve 👏🏾

University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · Apr 16

New UofG research finds brisk walking may reduce risk of heart rhythm abnormalities by up to 43%.

The study led by UofG's School of Health & Wellbeing Professor Jill Pell has been published in the journal Heart.

Read more ⬇️🫀

Brisk walking pace and time spent at this speed may lower risk of heart rhythm abnormalities

A brisk walking pace, and the amount of time spent at this speed, may lower the risk of heart rhythm abnormalities, such as atrial fibrillation, tachycardia (rapid heartbeat), and bradycardia (very sl...

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Kapil Sayal @kapilsayal.bsky.social · Apr 15

Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards…

@nihrarcs.bsky.social @arc-em.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Apr 12

You're right in my neighbourhood Amy 😍

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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · Apr 11

Some surprising NHS statistics (unless you follow me)
Since 2019:
- GP appoints increased by 5m to 31million/month

- 111 calls total 1.7m/month
- Ambulance calls and transfers unchanged 750k / month
- A&E attendances 2.2million/month
GPs providing more extra appts than total of all others combined

GPs not to blame
35 million GP appointments a month
5 million more than 2019
Ambulance 750000 calls
A&E 2.2million

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Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Apr 11

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The US gets less safe by the minute. We shouldn't be surprised but this is incredible in the place formerly known as "land of the free"

US judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for his views

White House has claimed that Khalil’s ‘beliefs and associations’ are counter to US foreign policy interests

www.theguardian.com

Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Apr 11

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So much fun last night talking to Dan Hughes about DDP. @righttrial.bsky.social

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Jaida Elcock @sofishtication.bsky.social · Apr 10

I haven’t stopped singing this since I first heard it. And no, I don’t speak French😂

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Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Apr 5

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#ddp #childtherapy #traumainformedcare #psyflix #mentalhealth… | Bram van der Boom

🧠 Free Psyflix Masterclass – April 10, 2025 | 8 PM GMT (9 PM CET) The Science of Psychological Therapy: The Case of DDP Join us for an inspiring masterclass exploring Dyadic Developmental Psychother...

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Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Apr 5

Such important work - an example of really making a difference 👏🏾

Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Apr 4

Delighted to share development of Scotland's national Distress Brief Intervention

New way of responding to people in distress

>82,000 people across Scotland have received DBI since its inception & currently being trialled in Australia & England.

bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Mar 30

I've recently joined this Bluesky and seem to have landed in the US. Nothing against Americans but is there anyone from anywhere else in the world on this platform?

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Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Mar 29

Just saw Mickey 17. Creative, madcap, utterly absorbing

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Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Mar 29

Go you!!! 👏🏾🏃🏼

Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Mar 29

Huge congratulations Julie!

Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Mar 18

Wow I didn't know that!! 👍🏾🙏🏾

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Helen Minnis @profminnis.bsky.social · Mar 8

Hi all, finally got myself a bluesky account after months in the doldrums because of that Musky smell on twitter. I hear this is a much friendlier community:)

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