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Dasha Nicholls

@dashanicholls.bsky.social
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Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry @Imperial College; Honorary Consultant @CNWL; National Specialist Advisor on Eating Disorders @NHSEngland; Clinical Director for National Audits and Research @RCPsych; wife and mother. Views my own

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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
This year's MRC Foundation Emerging Leaders Prize will recognise and celebrate researchers who have made significant contributions to mental health research for children and/or young people. Deadline 17 April www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/grants/2025-...
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Medical Research Foundation | 2025 Emerging Leaders Prize
2025 Emerging Leaders Prize
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Dasha Nicholls @dashanicholls.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Amazing 15th anniversary event celebrating the work and impact of #CAPSS surveillance studies in child mental heath. Thanks to all who attended and spoke and to the @rcpsych.bsky.social, and specifically the CCQI, for your support.
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Jane Gilmour @drjanegilmour.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
……….⬇️ 👀 ⬇️……….. 2012-2022, #mentalhealth admissions increased by ♦️~65%♦️(while general admissions increased by ~10%). www.thelancet.com/journals/lan.... Great paper by #JosephWard @dashanicholls.bsky.social et al
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Admission to acute medical wards for mental health concerns among children and young people in England from 2012 to 2022: a cohort study
We found large increases in the number of children and young people admitted to acute medical wards for mental health concerns over a 10-year period. Further work is needed to understand factors drivi...
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Dasha Nicholls @dashanicholls.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Our paper on mental health admissions in paediatric settings out today! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Dasha Nicholls @dashanicholls.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Belated festive celebration with the @imperial-camh.bsky.social team tonight. It’s been a productive year! Great to chat with the next generation of mental health researchers
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Dasha Nicholls @dashanicholls.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Is it sad that the second Christmas card I received was from my local supermarket thanking me for being one of their best customers? Handwritten too. And appreciated.
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Dasha Nicholls @dashanicholls.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A typo then a link problem - not a great BlueSky debut - but thanks for your interest. Trying again. New paper showing that whole school intervention has potential to improve young peoples mental health by increasing belonging and developing knowledge and skills pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Qualitative study of the feasibility and acceptability of implementation, and potential mechanisms of Learning Together for Mental Health, a whole-school intervention aiming to promote mental health a...
Despite high rates of adolescent mental-health problems, there are few effective whole-school interventions to address this. Whole-school interventions offer a feasible and sustainable means of promot...
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