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Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Southampton. Researching money and mental health, bipolar disorder. Lived experience Bipolar and Autistic Spectrum Condition.

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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great to talk on Friday in Frankurt for German bipolar society annual conference Bipolar disorder is created by trauma, and leads to trauma: How can psychological therapies help? tinyurl.com/y67fm… Danke schon!
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Calling all NHS Talking Therapies staff we need your help! We are looking for NHS-TT staff (high & low intensity) to share their thoughts on how outcomes can be improved for those experiencing deprivation. tinyurl.com/TherapyDeprivationStudy Please consider taking part and sharing! Thank you!
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
An academic milestone for me, a systematic review I published as a side quest when I was doing my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology has now been cited over 2000 times! 29% of my total career citations are from this one paper! You never know which little paper will fly!! #academia #publishing
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Calling all NHS Talking Therapies staff we need your help! We are looking for NHS-TT staff (high & low intensity) to share their thoughts on how outcomes can be improved for those experiencing deprivation. tinyurl.com/TherapyDeprivationStudy Please consider taking part and sharing! Thank you!
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hi if you can spare 10-15 minutes to help my masters student in their research it would be much appreciated please. Thank you: Much appreciated! tinyurl.com/TraitsStudy
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Do you have #BipolarDisorder? Would you identify as LQBTQI+? Please consider taking part in our resarch! 20-30 min online survey. tinyurl.com/BipolarGenderSexualityStudy Many thanks! #gender #sexuality #bipolarclub #bipolarfamily #mania #bipolarawareness
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Do you have #BipolarDisorder? We are recruiting to a study looking at the impact of gender & sexual identity. 20-30 min online survey. tinyurl.com/BipolarGenderSexualityStudy Please consider taking part. Many thanks! #gender #sexuality #bipolarclub #bipolarfamily #mania #bipolarawareness
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
If you have #Bipolar and have gambled in any way over the past year, please consider taking part in our research! Online survey. Thank you very much! www.tinyurl.com/BipolarGamblingStudy #BipolarDisorder #LetsTalkBipolar #BipolarClub #BipolarFamily #Mania #gambling #problemgambling
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Do you have #Bipolardisorder? We are looking for volunteers to take part in research. Online survey on the psychology of #bipolar Many thanks! tinyurl.com/BipolarPsychologyResearch #BipolarClub #BipolarFamily #LetsTalkBipolar
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Great to be on panel British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) 2026 conference today: Should we be political as therapists and researchers in a turbulent world? #BABCP
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Do you have #Bipolardisorder? We are looking for volunteers to take part in research. We are running a series of study to try and better understand the psychology of #bipolar e.g. competitiveness, high standards and experiences of bullying. tinyurl.com/BipolarPsychologyResearch
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
New publication just dropped! We looked at two commonly used screening measures for #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder and found issues with MDQ in particular. Use self-report measures for bipolar screening with a lot of caution: Full diagnostic interviews the best! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Cross‐Sectional and Longitudinal Comparison of Commonly Used Screening Tools for Bipolar Disorders
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
New paper just dropped! Positive beliefs about #mania held by individuals with #BipolarDisorder: A systematic Review #Bipolar. bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Positive beliefs about mania held by individuals with bipolar disorder: A systematic review
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New paper just dropped! Delphi study on how best to use and adapt #EMDR for those with #BipolarDisorder Thank you to all the clinicians who took part in this research! #Bipolar #PTSD #Trauma #Therapy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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How is EMDR best conducted and adapted for trauma-focused work within bipolar disorder? A Delphi study
Background: Individuals with bipolar disorder are at increased risk of exposure to traumatic events and associated psychological distress, including affective, cognitive, physiological, and mood-re...
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Do you have #Bipolardisorder? We are looking for volunteers to take part in research. We are running a series of study to try and better understand the psychology of #bipolar e.g. competitiveness, high standards and experiences of bullying. tinyurl.com/BipolarPsychologyResearch
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Just officially decided to stop working on a large clinical randomised controlled trial research grant that I was leading after 4.5 years of work. We got to the final stage and were rejected I'd say very unfairly. We now fall through gaps of remaining funding options #academia not big enough for one
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Our new paper out: Interviewing staff and service users on how they think the #CostofLiving has impacted #MentalHealth Open access Funded by ARC Wessex as part of MY BILLS study in Wessex: We appreciate the support and thank you to all those who took part in the interviews! tinyurl.com/rj3vws4w
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How do Mental Health Service Users and Staff Think the Cost-of-living Crisis Has Impacted Mental Health in England? A Qualitative Analysis - Community Mental Health Journal
Community Mental Health Journal - Economic variables such as debt can impact mental health. This study explored the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on mental health services users and staff,...
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Whenever I mark CBT recordings the feedback I seem to always give is: Slow down, pause. Pausing when your client says something difficult or insightful is in validating and powerful. Let the emotion 'lie' in the room. You don't have to fill the silence. A bit of silence can be very therapeutic!
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
It's #WorldBipolarDay! I'm a clinical psychologist & researcher based at University of Southampton, UK I have #Bipolar myself! If you are interested in helping our my research please sign up here! Thanks very much! Tom Richardson #worldbipolarday26 tinyurl.com/TakePartInBipolarResearch
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Reddit #AMA ask me anything for #WorldBipolarDay Crest BDstarts soon. I'll be there answering questions from 6pm UK time! #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder #WorldBipolarDay26 www.reddit.com/r/bipolar2/c...
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From the bipolar2 community on Reddit: World Bipolar Day AMA 2026 - March 30th
Explore this post and more from the bipolar2 community
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Any CBT therapists interested in attending a two day workshop on #CBT for #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder later this year please register your interest here! Thanks #WorldBipolarDay #WorldBipolarDay26 southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Its #WorldBipolarDay! If you have #Bipolar please consider taking part in our research on #hoarding (whether you feel you have problems with this or not). Short confidential online survey tinyurl.com/BipolarHoarding Thank you! #WorldBipolarDay26
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Its #WorldBipolarDay! Free 1 hour talk for BABCP members myself at 1pm today! babcp.com/events/e0009...
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CBT for Bipolar: We know it works but how can we improve access and what are we missing? – BABCP
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Its #WorldBipolarDay! Free 1 hour talk for British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) members myself at 1pm today! #WorldBipolarDay26 babcp.com/events/e0009...
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CBT for Bipolar: We know it works but how can we improve access and what are we missing? – BABCP
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This week is #debtawareness week. Those in #debt are more than 3 times as likely to have a #mentalhealth problem. Space from money worries, which I wrote with Silvercloud health, is designed to use CBT to break the link between money and mental health. silvercloud.amwell.com/blog/2024/03...
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Dr. Thomas Richardson on the Money Worries programme
Money Worries is a product designed to help break the link between financial difficulties and poor mental health. To know more about the programme, we interviewed Thomas Richardson, Clinical Psycholog...
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
It is #debtawarenessweek so sharing our research about #grief and money, looking for participants please! If you have experienced #bereavement in the past 12 months, please consider taking part. Online survey. Thank you! #Grief #Debt #MentalHealth #CostofLiving tinyurl.com/costofgrief
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The Cost of Bereavement: Mental Health and Financial Outcomes of Bereavement
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
As it's #debtawarenessweek I thought I would share this recent episode of BBC panorama about credit card debt, I'm on 8.40 onwards talking about #Bipolar and #ImpulsiveSpending www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Panorama - Maxed Out: The Credit Card Trap
As the cost-of-living crisis continues, millions are leaning on credit cards to make ends meet. Are regulators doing enough to protect us from getting into debt?
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
New paper alert! "Psychological Therapies and the Bipolar Disorder‘Iceberg’: Going Deeper Than Current Mood and Relapse Prevention Planning" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder #Therapy
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Psychological Therapies and the Bipolar Disorder ‘Iceberg’: Going Deeper Than Current Mood and Relapse Prevention Planning
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
If you are a @babcp.com member, join us for a webinar on World Bipolar Day 2026, 30th March! #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder babcp.com/events/e0009...
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CBT for Bipolar: We know it works but how can we improve access and what are we missing? – BABCP
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
If you have experienced #bereavement in the past 12 months? Please consider taking part in our research on the impact of #money problems on grief. #Grief #Debt #MentalHealth #CostofLiving tinyurl.com/costofgrief
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Happy to share that I am now a contributor to the fantastic therapy tools at Psychology Tools I am working on content for Bipolar: Couple of resources up there already, and working on several more! #BipolarDisorder #Therapy #CBTWorks www.psychologytools.com/about
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About Psychology Tools | Resources for Mental Health Professionals
Psychology Tools offers evidence-based mental health resources developed by expert psychologists to help clinicians deliver effective therapy.
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Had a paper accepted with NO REVISIONS this week! A proud geek moment for me! 🤓 #Academia #PeerReview
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Do you have #BipolarDisorder? Please consider helping out with research on #hoarding . We want people to take part whether they have difficulties with this or not. 20-30 minute online anonymous survey Thank you very much! #BipolarClub #BipolarFamily #LetsTalkBipolar tinyurl.com/BipolarHoard...
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
If you are currently an undergraduate student at a British university do please consider helping with our research! Short survey to see how #money #finances impact #mentalhealth and how connected you feel to #UniLife h Thanks you! #Uni #StudentLife southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Interested in Taking Part in Research about Mental Health? Sign up here to register your interest with University of Southampton research and we will contact you about studies you are eligible for! Aged 18 up southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Thank you!
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Tonight's the night! On @bbcone @bbcpanorama 8m tonight talking about debt and mental health, #bipolar and #impulsivespending, but episode is now up on iplayer! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
On Monday 19th January at 8pm I will be on BBC Panorama on The episode is on credit card #debt, I will be discussing links between #mentalhealth, bipolar disorder and impulsive spending, and discussing my own lived experience in this area! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Happy to say the (cheaper) paperback version of my bipolar handbook is now available to buy! #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder #Therapy link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Handbook of Psychological Therapies for Bipolar Disorder
This book covers a full range of evidence-based psychological therapies for bipolar disorder, with attention to special populations for this treatment.
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Happy to say our systematic review and meta-analysis on the mental health impact of financial difficulties during the covid-19 pandemic has been published! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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The relationship between financial disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic and mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis - Thomas Richardson, Samantha Ashworth, Monica Sood, Eva McKell, Nic...
Objective: Financial difficulties are associated with poor mental health. This paper aimed to systematically review the impact of COVID-19 related financial dif...
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Some positive news from the latest Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey: Proportion of 16 to 24 years olds with problem drinking in UK more than halved between 2000 and 2023/2024 (40.7% to 18.1%) and fell for 25-34 and 35-44 age groups as well. #Drinking #Alcohol digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...
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Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey: Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, England, 2023/4 - NHS England Digital
The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) series provides data on the prevalence of psychiatric disorder in the English adult population. It  is the fifth in a series and was conducted by Nat...
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The latest Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey for the UK has recently been published and it continues to show a strong link between #Money and #MentalHealth: digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...
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Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey: Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, England, 2023/4 - NHS England Digital
The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) series provides data on the prevalence of psychiatric disorder in the English adult population. It  is the fifth in a series and was conducted by Nat...
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
We're planning research on bipolar disorder in gender & sexuality minority groups. Looking for someone to help us plan this research, a couple of hours. If this sounds like you and you're interested please DM or email T.H.Richardson@soton.ac.uk. Thanks! #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder #LQBQT+
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Our new paper just published: Elevated prodromal #psychotic symptoms lead to impaired social functioning via #loneliness link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Elevated prodromal psychotic symptoms lead to impaired social functioning via loneliness: A longitudinal mediation study - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Purpose Although previous studies have considered loneliness as a mediator of the relationship between prodromal psychotic symptoms and impaired social functioning, there is lack of consensus regardin...
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Shout out to any BABCP accredited therapists or members here: I chair two special interest groups: - Bipolar Disorder - Poverty and Deprivation We have meetings every couple of months usually with a presenter. Please do sign up on the BABCP website if you want to join us! Thank you!
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
With tuition fees rising again, it's worth sharing an article I wrote for @theconversation.com last year about the impact this will have on graduates mental health theconversation.com/student-fees...
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Student fees set to rise but at what cost to graduates’ mental health? New research
The effect of a fee rise will have an effect on graduates mental health in the years to come, including depression and thoughts of suicide.
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Great to start today monthly supervision for the CBT therapists and psychologists of the #Bipolar Service at Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust: One of only a handful of specialist Bipolar services in the NHS!
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Great to see my colleague publish this paper after I suggested it to her a couple of years back! I'm working on one about Bipolar as well. Get in touch with @babcpjournals.bsky.social if you have ideas for any other articles on 'Ten misconceptions about CBT for...' www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Ten misconceptions about CBT for psychosis | the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist | Cambridge Core
Ten misconceptions about CBT for psychosis - Volume 18
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Southampton is now ranked 9th in the UK for psychology!! www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
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The Guardian University Guide 2026 – the rankings
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
NEW RESEARCH: People who grow up in deprived areas of the UK experience #PTSD at 3X the rate than those in affluent areas and experience more severe symptoms, according to Prof Jaime Delgadillo (IoPPN) and @drtomrichardson.bsky.social @sotonpsychology.bsky.social. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/social-...
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drtomrichardson.bsky.social @drtomrichardson.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Our new research published today has shown that those from poorer neighborhoods have higher rates of #PTSD and more severe symptoms, but do not benefit from psychological therapies as much as those from richer areas. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/social-...
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Social and economic deprivation associated with more severe symptoms of PTSD | King's College London
People who live in the most deprived areas of the UK experience post-traumatic stress disorder at three times the rate of those who live in more affluent areas.
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