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Dr Abby Dunn

@abbydunn.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at the University of Sussex and NIHR Advanced Fellow. Work focused on parental mental health and the intergenerational transmission of mental health challenges.

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Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Make inpatient mental health hospitals places where family connection is supported. We are working with working with parents, children and young people, carers and healthcare professionals to develop new family visit rooms. Share your experieces. @sane.org.uk @mmhalliance.bsky.social
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Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
📢 Help us improve family rooms in mental health hospitals We want to find out about parents, children, carers, and healthcare professionals experiences of family visits to mental health inpatient units — and we’d really love to hear from you. 👉 find out more at inpatientfamilies.org.uk
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Forthwrite @forthwrite.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Come to our celebration of women writers over 50! forthwrite.uk/forthwrite-f...
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Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Today begins the @nihr.bsky.social grant to improve inpatient facilities for parents who are hospitalised and their families. Very excited to colllaborate with @profsamch.bsky.social, Dr Eleanor Ratcliffe, Chloe Elsby-Pearson and Mark Oliver @researchspft.bsky.social @surreypsychology.bsky.social
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Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Looking forward to joining @profsamch.bsky.social to talk about preventing intergenerational transmission of mental illness later at @rcpsych.bsky.social conference 2025
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ACAMH - Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health @acamh.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Prevention of mental illness in children of parents with depression 10-min talk from Belinda Platt describing evidence-based interventions to prevent youth mental illness with a focus on an family-and group-based intervention. acamhlearn.org/Learning/Pre... #ACMHlearn
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Prevention of mental illness in children of parents with depression
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Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Very much looking forward to being part of the Carers Week webinar today. Talking about the identification (or lack of it) of parents and their children by adult mental health services. @carers-uk.bsky.social @carers-week.bsky.social
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Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Question: How do researchers who are investigating parenting (from any angle) ensure that fathers are involved?
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Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Very excited to join this brilliant event. The curators have pulled together a fantastic programme in Crawley and Brighton.
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Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Great article! Now beavers are stars of @prospectmagazine.co.uk and @allaboutthearchers.bsky.social they are encroaching on capybara www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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How the Capybara Won My Heart—and Almost Everyone’s Else’s
It’s not hard to understand why capys have a cultlike following on Instagram and TikTok. I fell for the giant rodent decades ago.
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Words That Carry On @wordsthatcarryon.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Never too early to start planning.
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Youth Resilience Unit @qmulresilience.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
#PhD #IPV #postpartum #mental #illness - but move quickly, closes. 14 Feb 25
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PCPH @bsmspcph.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
PCPH @bsmspcph.bsky.social Our seminar this month is presented by Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social . Please come along to Watson, 301 - all are welcome. Contact primarycareda@bsms.ac.uk for further information.
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Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Really useful
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Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Rising rates of post-natal child removal are not a consequence of greater numbers of women with at-risk babies. As a society we should be working harder to prevent this www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘I can’t sleep, I’m terrified’: the rise in mothers having their babies taken away within days of giving birth in England
Charity finds ‘inhumane’ system is forcing women to defend themselves in court, sometimes from their hospital beds, while in fear of having their newborn child taken from them
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Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Could it be any starker than this www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Parental mental health biggest cause of child protection referrals in England
Public service cuts and ‘stark impact of poverty’ are causing worse outcomes for children, according to survey
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Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Writing week. Any academics out there will know why it's almost holiday vibes here. @academic-chatter.bsky.social
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Dr Abby Dunn @abbydunn.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Very pleased to have this piece of work out in the world! We know that hospitalisation is difficult for parents and their families. Even small actions can support parent-child connection when a parent is being treated as an inpatient. @surreypsychology.bsky.social
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