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Holly Bear

@drhollybear.bsky.social
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🔬Researcher at University of Oxford 🧠 Evaluating mental health interventions, implementation & sustainability 🌍 Passionate about improving adolescent mental health 📍 Oxford, UK

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Holly Bear @drhollybear.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We’re running a new study exploring how young people use AI chatbots like ChatGPT for mental health support. If you’re aged 16-25, live in the UK, and have used AI chatbots for mental health, we’d love to hear from you!! @oxchildpsych.bsky.social @emmasoneson.bsky.social 👉 lnkd.in/eQSRzyej
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Holly Bear @drhollybear.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🚨 Interested in a fully funded DPhil at Oxford? 🌏 We’re recruiting for an MRC iCASE studentship on conversational AI for youth mental health. Join an amazing team using youth voice to shape global digital health. ⏳ Deadline: 2 Dec 2025 💡 Get in touch to chat! 🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/4ua4j46h
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Holly Bear @drhollybear.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
📱 New paper out today in BJPsych Open asks: are financial incentives helping or hindering mental health app research? 📄 Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @minafazeloxford.bsky.social @oxchildpsych.bsky.social @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social
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Incentivising participation in mental health app research: lessons learned from a mixed methods randomised controlled trial | BJPsych Open | Cambridge Core
Incentivising participation in mental health app research: lessons learned from a mixed methods randomised controlled trial - Volume 11 Issue 3
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Holly Bear @drhollybear.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Proud to be part of this work with @emmasoneson.bsky.social @minafazeloxford.bsky.social big thanks to BBC South Today & Radio Oxford for shining a light on young people’s mental health 💙
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OxWell Study @oxwell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
What teens see and do online matters. New research from our team looks at how digital experiences relate to mental health & what we can do about it. A must-read for parents, educators, and mental health researchers and policymakers.
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Holly Bear @drhollybear.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Our latest paper is now out in Current Psychology: 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... Based on data from over 14,000 adolescents we found: It’s not just how much time young people spend online-it’s what they’re doing & what they’re exposed to that matters.
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Isolation despite hyper-connectivity? The association between adolescents’ mental health and online behaviours in a large study of school-aged students - Current Psychology
Smartphone use has risen rapidly amongst adolescents over the last decade, as has the rates of common mental disorders. This has raised widespread concerns about direct links between adolescents’ gene...
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Oxford Child & Adolescent Psychiatry @oxchildpsych.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Lots of celebrations this week, incl.: 👉 a Secret Santa Sock Exchange 🔁🧦 👉 the Departmental Christmas Party (a screening of 'Paddington in Peru'!) 🐻🇬🇧 👉 a team murder mystery event at Oxford Castle 👀🏰 We also said 'bye for now' to Shona, our lovely group administrator who's off to go have a baby 👶
Photo of Shona sitting in front of a TV screen with a fireplace projected onto it, holding a hand-knitted blanket and sitting behind a bookshelf filled with books and soft toys.The Oxford Child & Adolescent Psychiatry team exchanging socks during their monthly meeting.The Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Group at the murder mystery Christmas party in the Oxford Castle.Members of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry examining the 'murdered' Victorian era mannequin during the murder mystery party.
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