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Fiona Challacombe

@fionachallacombe.bsky.social
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UK #clinpsych clinical psychologist @ University of Oxford working in perinatal mental health, understanding impacts on the family and improving psychological interventions. Specialist expertise in #OCD #perinatalOCD & #anxiety disorders. Also love 🏏

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Happy birthday to Jah Wobble. Here's Visions of You featuring Sinéad O'Connor, filmed for Going Live in 1992. youtu.be/qwGEsCKv-H8
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Jah Wobble - Visions of You (Going Live 1992 BBC Children's TV)
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Alex Pike @alexandrapike.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Come work with us! The department is full of very talented and clever people, who are also great fun to chat science with. PLUS imaging facilities, great students, and a growing mental health institute led by the fab @sacairney.bsky.social. Aidan is alright too, I guess.
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I'm delighted that our book Break Free from Maternal Anxiety is part of @readingagency’s #ReadingWell for families book collection! Designed to support parental mental health and wellbeing in pregnancy and beyond, find out more about the scheme here 👉 readingagency.org.uk/reading-well 📚
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Hamilton Morrin @hamiltonmorrin.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
🧵1/ New research alert! Our preprint is out: the largest study to date exploring neuropsychiatric and mental health outcomes in women with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). What did we find? A lot, and it matters. 📄https://ssrn.com/abstract=5263136 👇
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Well done arsenal women champions of Europe ⚽️🏆
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Maternal Mental Health Alliance @mmhalliance.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
14 years ago, the MMHA began with a simple call: "More needs to be done!" From 15 organisations to 130+ members, we’re working together to make equitable, compassionate #PerinatalMentalHealth care a reality for all mums, birthing people, babies & families. 💜 #MMHAW25
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Toshi Furukawa @toshi-frkw.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
🚨 Just out in Nature Medicine: the RESiLIENT study (n=3,936; 9 CBT-based arms vs 3 controls) 📱 Massive RCT of smartphone-delivered CBT skills It challenges major assumptions in psychotherapy research. 📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵Three key insights:
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Cognitive behavioral therapy skills via a smartphone app for subthreshold depression among adults in the community: the RESiLIENT randomized controlled trial - Nature Medicine
A trial that used a master randomized design found that the skills commonly found in smartphone-based cognitive behavioral therapy, when tested alone or in combination with behavioral activation, were...
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margaretheslin1.bsky.social @margaretheslin1.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
32% of people do not have their HIV diagnosis recorded in their mental health records! New paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @drladesmith.bsky.social @khe-kings.bsky.social @lizhughesdd.bsky.social @mike-newson.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social @joolzbw.bsky.social @maudsleynhs.bsky.social
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Recording of HIV diagnosis in mental health records: A data linkage cohort study
Background Mental health professionals play a crucial role in promoting the physical well-being of people with mental illness. Awareness of HIV status can enable professionals in mental health service...
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Today, OXPIP's founder Sue Gerhardt launches her new book "1001 days: How Our First Years Shape our Lifelong Health". We're giving away one free copy chosen at random from the people who retweet one of our social media posts by 8th April. Available to purchase from today.
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
very excited to be speaking as part of this important event!
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Dr Andy Mayers @drandymayers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Have you seen this great interactive map of grassroots #PerinatalMentalHeath services in England for parents & professionals created by @hmpartnership.bsky.social buff.ly/3tYLMr9 @mmhalliance.bsky.social @pmhpuk.bsky.social @lucianaberger.bsky.social @dadmattersuk.bsky.social @ellieware.bsky.social
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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Almost 100% of women will experience perinatal intrusions... intrusive thoughts and images of accidental child-related harm. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Perinatal intrusions: A window into perinatal anxiety disorders
Mental health is the leading cause of preventable perinatal maternal mortality. Studying perinatal intrusions can shed light on determinants of maternal mental health.
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I’m doing some perinatal OCD upskilling training later this month >> pearlperinatal.com/courses/cbt-...
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CBT for Perinatal OCD With Dr Fiona Challacombe - The Pearl Institute of Perinatal Psychology
Perinatal OCD is one of the most common mental health issues during the perinatal period, affecting up to 7% of women and many non-birthing parents. The
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The most extraordinary thing about James Harrison, who donated his rare plasma every 2 weeks for over 60 years and saved the lives of an estimated 2.4 million babies, is that he had to overcome a FEAR OF NEEDLES. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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James Harrison, whose rare blood helped save millions of babies, dies at 88
By donating blood over 1,100 times, James Harrison helped develop Anti-D, a life-saving treatment for newborns at risk of Rhesus disease
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
#academicsky #philsci British Academy looking for clever stuff
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Dr Chris DJ Taylor @chrisdjtaylor.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Please retweet: @babcpjournals.bsky.social Spring Conference In Person 8th-9th April, London. Keynotes: Prof Lance McCracken (Uppsala) ACT for Pain, Associate Prof Janet Feigenbaum (UCL) on DBT, Dr Pamela Jacobsen (Bath) on Mindfulness & Dr Mary Welford on Compassion:Info👇 babcp.com/Spring-Confe...
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BABCP | British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies > Conferences > National Conferences and Workshops > Spring Conference & Workshops 2025
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TOPIC Research Team @topicgroup.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
📣📣📣 If you are in the ÙK and working up a mental health research fellowship application this could be just what you need! Please share widely ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 26/01/2025
If you’ve not read the story before, I promise you, you cannot guess, at any point in the thread, the set of circumstances that leads to this point
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TOPIC Research Team @topicgroup.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This is VERY exciting ⬇️⬇️
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Looking forward to giving my webinar entitled "CBT for OCD: New Tips for Old Challenges" for @cacbt.bsky.social January 8, 11:00am-12:30pm ET Hope to see you (virtually) there! cacbt.member365.ca/public/event...
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 27/12/2024
The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize now for the "unputdownable" novel f RT on unpublished women. The winner will receive a £1,500 prize, and all shortlisted authors get a one-on-one consultation with a literary agent. Please share. www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/fictionprize
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OCD-UK @ocdukcharity.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
We will be delivering a parent workshop in Nottingham on Friday 17th January 2025. This workshop is specifically for parents who have children with OCD who are in the CAMHS age bracket (ages 5-18).
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Virtual wards in maternity settings could be an opportunity to deliver effective obstetric and psychological support- our discussion paper > www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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OCD-UK @ocdukcharity.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Culture, identity and diversity can affect how we experience OCD and its treatment. This interactive talk and discussion will cover different aspects of identity and diversity shape the therapy journey. Visit our website for more information and to book your place - www.ocduk.org/culture-iden...
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Dr. Allison G. Harvey @allisonharvey.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
"41% of parents say that most days they are so stressed they cannot function and 48% say that most days their stress is completely overwhelming" from the U.S. Surgeon General Advisory on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Parents www.hhs.gov/surgeongener...
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Tim Kaiser @tkaiser.science · 09/12/2024
Editorial celebrating the work of Hannah Murray, who left us far too soon.
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Enhancing your delivery of cognitive therapy for PTSD: a celebration of the work of Hannah Murray | the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist | Cambridge Core
Enhancing your delivery of cognitive therapy for PTSD: a celebration of the work of Hannah Murray - Volume 17
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TOPIC Research Team @topicgroup.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
📢📢📢 Fully funded ESRC studentship with us here in @oxexppsy.bsky.social focussing on youth trauma and sexual harm with Dr Alex Lau-Zhu, Prof Lucy Bowes and Dr Carmen Chan. Deadline is Jan 3rd (link says Dec 3rd in error): www.granduniondtp.ac.uk/enhancing-ea...
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Enhancing early intervention strategy for young people affected by sexual harm: A multi-method approach
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tCBT & BCP @babcpjournals.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Great to be invited to the BABCP webinar today on how we can all support an increase in Low Intensity CBT papers etc. Thanks all and all three webinars were recorded and are available for members via the website. @stephcurnow.bsky.social @thwaites.bsky.social
Screenshot of webinarTyler for workshops
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Ah yes… yes. This captures it.
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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Sally Hogg @salhogg.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hello. Someone told me this was the place to be, so I’m giving it a try! Keen to connect & reconnnect with friends from the worlds of early childhood, infant mental health, dev psych, perinatal, family support, child poverty etc. Please do connect & let me know who I should be looking out for.
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elmo from sesame street is saying hey
ALT: elmo from sesame street is saying hey
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Tim Kaiser @tkaiser.science · 13/11/2024
PTSD often goes unnoticed in people with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning. This prevents them from getting proper care. The authors of this paper developed a screening instrument for this group that achieved decent accuracy.
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Development and evaluation of the Trauma Screener‐Intellectual Disability: a post‐traumatic stress disorder screening tool for adults with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning
Background This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the adult self-report and proxy version of the Trauma Screener-Intellectual Disability (TS-ID) in adults with mild intellectua...
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TOPIC Research Team @topicgroup.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
We are new here but looking forward to getting involved in conversations related to improving child and adolescent mental health
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
My interview on Perinatal OCDwith Rachel Handley for the BABCP #cbt podcast sites.libsyn.com/529557/site/... I’m still regularly shocked at how much misunderstanding and lack of recognition there is about #perinatal #OCD when it’s such a common problem
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Let's Talk about CBT- Practice Matters: Dr Fiona Challacombe on CBT for perinatal OCD and giving parents back their joy
In this episode, host Rachel Handley sits down with Dr. Fiona Challacombe, a leading expert in perinatal anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), to explore the impact of OCD on new and expect...
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Todays ipaper article on unwanted intrusive thoughts in new parents #ocd #perinatal inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
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I had intrusive thoughts after having a baby - I wish I'd told someone
Parents share experiences of sleep deprivation, breastfeeding, postnatal depression - but never intrusive thoughts. Genevieve Roberts certainly would have felt less alone
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
I have loved watching the women’s T20 World Cup. Well done to worthy winners New Zealand. Great semis and finals. Back to work now.. 🏏
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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
A common problem when performing evidence synthesis is that popular risk of bias tools don’t precisely suit the kind of studies you’re synthesizing. The LATITUDES network is a searchable library of risk of bias tools categorized by study design www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
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Introducing the LATITUDES network: a library of assessment tools and training to improve transparency, utility and dissemination in evidence synthesis
An assessment of the validity of studies is an essential component of most evidence syntheses (systematic reviews) to understand the risk of bias (ROB) and applicability of the evidence. A formal vali...
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Robert Kosara @eagereyes.org · 03/09/2024
This is a neat little quiz, very quick and quite interesting: is my blue your blue? ismy.blue
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Is my blue your blue?
Test your color perception with this interactive test.
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
Gosh it’s nice over here isn’t it??
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Fiona Challacombe @fionachallacombe.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
#HiSciSky I'm a UK clinical psychologist at Oxford Uni and KCL interested in perinatal mental health, understanding the impact on the family and improving psychological interventions. Specialist expertise in #OCD and anxiety disorders #DevSci #PsychSciSky #ClinPsy
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