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Lynsey McAlpine

@drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social
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Perinatal psychiatrist | half of @beyondbabyblues.bsky.social | #maternalmentalhealth #womenshealth #meded #patientsafety | here for perinatal chat, book recommendations and cat pics 🏳️‍🌈

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Family Wellbeing Research @familywellbeinguoy.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Join our event to talk about how nature-based interventions can support families with young children! This event is for parents/caregivers, researchers and practitioners to come together and share ideas. Register at the link below 👇 Tues 13 May in Sheffield.
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
New episode just dropped! 👇👇👇
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Doctors in Distress @doctorsindistress.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Don't forget to tune in to our free webinar tomorrow for midwives and nurses! If you can't attend, make sure you register anyway to receive the recording and all other materials. Find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/midwives-2in3-webinar-tickets-1223353405969?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Midwives 2in3 Webinar
Join us for a informative webinar on Staying Well in Maternity: A Radical Act with Obstetrician Florence Wilcock and Midwife Kate Greenstock
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Maternal Mental Health Alliance @mmhalliance.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The Maternal Mental Health Alliance is a network of over 130 member organisations working together to improve perinatal mental health care in the UK. Meet our members on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/NFDGT3P More of our members are joining the app every day, so we expect this starter pack to keep growing.
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Trip to the cinema today to see M: Son of the Century, the new eight-part series dramatising Mussolini and the rise of Italian fascism
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
It’s the RCPsych perinatal trainees conference today, and I’m speaking about ADHD in the perinatal period! #rcpsychperi #maternalmentalhealth
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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I’m incredibly pleased to share the LGBTQ+ parents and carers digital zine. To reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation, we asked people to share their thoughts and experiences of being LGBTQ+ and a parent to make an online creative resource. The result is beautiful! heyzine.com/flip-book/d0...
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LGBTQ+ Parents and Carers Zine | PDF to Flipbook
Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker
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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
A couple of new additions since i last shared this go.bsky.app/KKeTmNP
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
New books for the RCPsych library from the perinatal faculty - essential reading for any aspiring perinatal psychiatrist! If you’re a member and you’d like to borrow a book, get in touch at infoservices@rcpsych.ac.uk and they will post it to you for free #maternalmentalhealth #rcpsychperi
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Nicolette Porter @nicolette-midwife.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
📢 Calling all UK #Midwives! Please complete my quick anonymous survey on midwives’ knowledge, attitudes, and confidence in caring for autistic clients during the perinatal period. ✨ Your input can help shape future care practices + training! 🤰🏾 🔗 Survey: tinyurl.com/yc79yscc 🕑 Takes only 10 minutes
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I thoroughly enjoyed chatting to @dr-chrissy-jay.bsky.social about the complicated relationship between infant feeding and maternal mental health - it comes up in our clinical practice all the time! For more info and resources, check out @bfn-uk.bsky.social and @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social
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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
literature in translation should be the biggest section of any bookstore tbh
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Dr Krystal Wilkinson @drkryswilkinson.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
So happy to see The Parent Gap website go live!!! 😍 Really proud to have contributed to this important new resource for employers interested in better supporting the mental health of new & expectant parents from @mmhalliance.bsky.social & PANDAS Foundation. Check it out: theparentgap.co.uk
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Interested in #perinatalmentalhealth research? Here’s a starter pack of #maternalmentalhealth accounts to follow! go.bsky.app/9oEsdih
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We’ve just finalised the programme for our RCPsych trainees #perinatalmentalhealth conference on 22nd January in London. Featuring talks from wonderful speakers inc @dr-chrissy-jay.bsky.social and @actiononpp.bsky.social ambassador and author Catherine Cho. Full programme and booking info below 🔗
Poster for the trainees perinatal mental health conference, 22nd January 2025
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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I’m looking for academic researchers who research mental health and also (like me) have lived experience of mental ill health! Please share and get in touch if that’s you ❤️#academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
If you’d like to hear more about sleep in the perinatal period, Chiara recently made a guest appearance on our podcast @beyondbabyblues.bsky.social @dr-chrissy-jay.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/2290576/epis...
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Sleep - Beyond Baby Blues
Sleep is absolutely vital for the body and brain to function properly, but sleep disruption is almost universal in the perinatal period. This can have a huge impact on parenting and on mental health.&...
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Our next talk, from obstetrician Dr Chiara Petrosellini, focuses on sleep in the perinatal period. There are implications for maternal mental health: a recent #MBRRACE report identified a link between sleep disturbance and maternal suicide #RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Next up, a session on perinatal OCD. Dr Himanshu Tyagi (medical psychotherapist and neuropsychiatrist) starts us off with an overview of the history and the neuropsychiatry of OCD #RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Now we’re hearing trainee presentations for the Daksha Emson research prize… #RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Next, Prof Sundari Anitha talks about domestic abuse at the intersection of gender and migration. She urges us to look beyond the “vulnerability” lens to consider structural factors - including precarity in migrant populations. #RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
RCPsych perinatal faculty conference 2024! We have started the day with an update on bipolar medication and management in the perinatal period from @marisacdias.bsky.social #RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth
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