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Nicole Tang

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Professor of Clinical & Health Psychology at Warwick (@warwickpsych.bsky.social). Researching sleep, insomnia, chronic pain and mental health. ☘️ Warwick Sleep and Pain Lab website: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/psych/researc…

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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Looking forward to tomorrow’s talk at the Bath Pain Forum. Any pain folks out there? 🧪
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Shaking off the summer rust, we kicked off the new academic year with our first VUB-Warwick team meeting. Pleased to deepen our collaboration with the Pain in Motion research group @jonijsbe.bsky.social Grateful for the Warwick International Partnership Seed Fund for making this possible.
Meeting with Jo, Astrid, Iris and Ruohan.
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Warwick Psychology @warwickpsych.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Prof Glenn Waller is developing new therapies to treat anorexia nervosa in half the time.
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Rethinking Recovery | Impact Case Study
Psychology Professor Glenn Waller is developing a new form of therapy to help more people recover more quickly from anorexia nervosa.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 08/09/2026
Changes in the female brain during menopause contrast sharply with those seen during pregnancy and puberty, according to research in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4qZRLoJ #Neuroskyence 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows monthly rates of gray matter volume change across three female hormonal transitions.
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Sacha Epskamp @sachaepskamp.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Ahead of our #IMPS2026 short course this Monday, I updated 8 #RStats packages and submitted new versions to CRAN: qgraph 1.10.1 psychonetrics 0.16.9 bootnet 1.9.1 mlVAR 0.7.2 semPlot 1.2.0 parSim 0.4.0 graphicalVAR 0.4.1 IsingSampler 0.5.0 Highlights 🧵
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🧪Thrilled to see our paper highlighted by PAIN. Thank you! For many patients, chronic pain is not only about intensity, but also about the feeling that pain is taking over and eroding their sense of self. We hope this work helps inform more person-centred interventions for #chronicpain management.
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Delighted to see such a strong turnout at today’s @warwickpsych.bsky.social Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Group meeting. We enjoyed two excellent talks— John Galvin on self-compassion in autism and Gitit Kadar-Satat on student employability. A great way to spend a warm summer afternoon. ☀️👏
LHW T3 meetingDr John Galvin presentingDr Kadar-Satat presentingLHW group meeting
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
“With a liberal non-inferiority margin, amitriptyline is non-inferior…in reducing insomnia severity. Amitriptyline has more side effects & its effect on insomnia may diminish after tapering. [CBT-I]should remain first-line treatment for patients with medical comorbidity given its broader benefits.”
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Delighted to be invited to join the Research Exchange! Loved the OBHA & IBME tours and the thoughtful discussions that followed—huge thanks to Tamara, Andreia and @benosaka.bsky.social for organising.
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Very well done, Lauren!
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Brilliant presentations by @raphaelatf.bsky.social & @katiecunneen.bsky.social at the @warwickpsych.bsky.social PGR research day! Seeing that growth in research aptitude and independence is incredibly rewarding! 🧪🤩
Raphaela presenting her work on the role of sleep problems comorbid with pain in accelerated brain aging.Katie presenting her PhD with a particular focus on her BEAM-W model
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Warwick Psychology @warwickpsych.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Thanks Dr Deborah Talmi @dtalmi.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social for such an interesting talk on Bayesian modelling of subjective pain experiences. Nice to see the integration of basic and clinical science. 🧪
Dr Deborah Talmi presenting
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Royal Holloway Sleep Lab @sleep-rhul.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New study maps a U‑shaped link between sleep duration and biological ageing with 6.4–7.8 hours emerging as the sweet spot for longevity. @alice-gregory.bsky.social @jakketamminen.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late life - Nature
A cross-organ, multi-omics U-shaped relationship between sleep duration and biological ageing clocks highlights the potential of sleep optimization to promote healthy ageing, lower disease risk and ex...
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Grateful for the opportunity to talk about our lab's research on mental defeat in chronic pain this morning on BBC Radio 4. An exciting (if slightly nerve‑wracking!) way to wrap up the week.
Snapshot of radio interview: NT, Fiona McNiveen from Pain Concern, and Anita Rani, presenter of the show.
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Mental defeat—negative self‑appraisals like feeling beaten or defined by pain—matters. That feeling that "pain has taken over" can shape daily pain experience and even worsen suffering, our new study published in PAIN suggests. #ChronicPain #PainPsychology 🧪(1/2) journals.lww.com/pain/abstrac...
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Temporal dynamics of mental defeat in chronic pain: a... : PAIN
etwork analysis on time series data from an experience sampling study to examine these dynamic within-person relationships in 137 adults (Mage = 41.9, 84.7% female) with chronic noncancer pain, who co...
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Arrived early for work. The geese disagreed.
Geese in front of the Psychology Building.
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Always a joy to attend the British Pain Society conference. This year in the lovely spa town, Harrogate. 3 days packed with exciting talks and conversations of pain science. 🧪 (1/4) #pain #bpsasm2026
Harrogate town centreProfessor Roger Knaggs addressing the conference
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Making change with the pain community. Proud to have this @livewellwithpain.bsky.social conference hosted at Warwick. Great video, Emma, Laura and team! www.linkedin.com/posts/emma-d... 🧪 #pain #chronicpain #primarycare #sleep #lifestylemedicine
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We had a great day on Friday 27th March, at the Footsteps to Change Conference. With thanks to Charlie Atkinson for his awesome videography and editing skills. We’ll be adding keynote session… | Emm...
We had a great day on Friday 27th March, at the Footsteps to Change Conference. With thanks to Charlie Atkinson for his awesome videography and editing skills. We’ll be adding keynote session record...
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Last Friday’s footsteps to change conference finished my hectic week on a high note. Thanks for inviting me to speak on the importance of sleep, @livewellwithpain.bsky.social It was great to catch up with colleagues who care about pain management in the community!
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
My department is moving to a new building. Last day in my soon-to-be -old office, taking a good look at the long windowless corridor, defunct letter boxes, 60s spiral stairwell and the Japanese garden.
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Now, @robingoodwin.bsky.social is presenting his interdisciplinary UKRI project on interactions in markets between traders and customers, identifying risk factors accelerating the spread of infectious diseases. @warwickpsych.bsky.social
Professor Robin Goodwin presenting his research
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Research Away Day today. From the Lifespan Health & Wellbeing Group, Dieter Wolke is giving a talk about resilience & tradeoffs of biological plasticity and parental investment from projects funded by UKRI and EU. @warwicklng.bsky.social @warwickpsych.bsky.social
Professor Dieter Wolke presenting research from his team.
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Warwick Psychology @warwickpsych.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Welcome to Professor Glenn Waller, who has joined our department. His work focuses on the processes that underlie and maintain eating disorders, how to treat eating disorders with cognitive-behavioural approaches, and how to translate evidence-based approaches into real-life clinical settings. 1/2
Photo of Professor Glenn Waller
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
University students’ sleep patterns are full of interesting surprises 😅
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🧪Sharing this job opportunity @warwickpsych.bsky.social, aligned with current research priorities in health and wellbeing (lifespan #resilience, #family relationships, #mentalhealth #neurodiversity, #healthequity, #sleep, #pain, #trauma, #self-harm, #suicide, #technology for healthcare innovations)
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Warwick Psychology @warwickpsych.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
We’re recruiting 3 fully funded PhD Fellowships in Psychology at the University of Warwick. 🌟 Projects supervised by Dr Alice Chan, Dr Matthew Mak & Dr Marina Mendonca ⏳ Deadline: 15 March 2026 🔗 Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/D... #PhD #AcademicSky #Psychology 1/2
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PhD Studentship: Three PhD Fellowships in Psychology at University of Warwick
Explore a PhD Studentship: Three PhD Fellowships in Psychology on jobs.ac.uk. Discover more PhD opportunities and apply today!
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Warwick Psychology @warwickpsych.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
📢 We’re hiring! The University of Warwick is recruiting for a full-time, permanent academic position in Psychology, available at either: 🔹 Assistant Professor 🔹 Associate Professor 📅 Application deadline: 5th April 2026
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Associate Professor (111338-0226) at University of Warwick
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Associate Professor (111338-0226) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
A productive and energising afternoon at our termly Lifespan Health & Wellbeing Group meeting. Grateful to our @warwickpsych PGR students for their support, and to Jag Jutley-Nielson & Nick Thompson for sharing insights into the STREAM project and participatory research with the autistic community.
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Warwick Psychology @warwickpsych.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Our next Psychology/Health Spotlight seminar will be given by Dr David Moore from Liverpool John Moores University, who will be talking about Pain in Autism. Date: Tuesday, 10 February 2026 Time: 12:00–13:00 Location: H0.43 All welcome! #Pain #Autism #Neurodiversity #Primary care
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
What a pleasure to welcome Talking Therapies therapists from Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust to our advanced training on treating insomnia alongside chronic pain! Excited to see them put this treatment into practice & contribute real‑world data to our evaluation.🧪 #NHS #sleep #pain
CWPT Talking Therapies Therapists and Professor Harbinder Sandhu for the PAINT for IAPT project.
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Naomi Mittet @naolimit.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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No more jet lag? Scientists discover oral compound that helps 'reset' the body clock forward
A Japanese research team has discovered a new compound that can advance the body's internal clock—offering hope for faster recovery from jet lag and better adaptation to night-shift work. The compound...
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Many congratulations, Dr Pawley! We’re all so proud of you. Way to go!
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 08/01/2026
A paper published in Nature Medicine presents SleepFM: a multimodal sleep foundation model trained on over 585,000 hours of polysomnography data. It can accurately predict 130 health conditions from one night of sleep, including dementia and heart failure. 🧪🩺
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A multimodal sleep foundation model for disease prediction - Nature Medicine
A deep learning-based model, developed using the rich, multimodal data available from polysomnography-derived sleep recordings, performs well on common sleep analysis tasks and predicts future disease risk across a range of diseases.
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Ed Keogh @edkeogh.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
New Nature Neuroscience paper from the PAINDIFF Network - “Recommendations for the Inclusion and Study of Sex and Gender in Research”. 5 recommendations that can be applied to human and preclinical research, and some specific recommendations for each type. Full paper link rdcu.be/eWJDG
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Ever wonder how digital CBT-I treatments work?🧪 Our process evaluation of the SLEEP trial offers answers: ✨ Better sleep boosts wellbeing. For treatment to work, three things matter: 1️⃣ Human connection 2️⃣ Right context 3️⃣ Smart mechanisms Read more: doi.org/10.1111/bjhp... #SleepHealth #DigitalTherapy
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<em>British Journal of Health Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Introduction Sleep and mental health problems are common across the working adult population. This process evaluation provides insight into the experiences of employees who took part in a digital in.....
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Michaela Pawley @michaelapawley.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Happy to announce my 2nd blog post as a UK Data Service Impact Fellow has been published! With my research focused on self-harm, suicide, and mood disorders, the emotional impact is undeniable, but can be overlooked. How do you support yourself when the weight of the dataset starts to feel heavy?🏋️
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🌱 Great energy at today’s Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Group meeting! Huge thanks to our brilliant speakers @sabrinatwilhaar.bsky.social & @adamjowett.bsky.social for their presentations, & to our students who led the discussion. Looking forward to the next one! 💬🧠 #HealthAndWellbeing #Lifespan
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
🧪 New analysis led by @michaelapawley.bsky.social @warwickpsych.bsky.social shows suicide attempt history at 17 years was associated with more frequent night awakenings and shorter total time in bed on school days at 14 years. Open Access: doi.org/10.1093/slee... #Sleep #academicsky (1/2)
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Warwick Psychology @warwickpsych.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
🎓 Warwick Postgrad Scholarships – Autumn 2026 Entry Interested in research in Psychology? Explore funding opportunities now! 🔗 warwick.ac.uk/servic... 📅 Deadlines: Course Apps – 8 Dec 2025 Scholarship Apps – 11 Dec 2025 #PhD #Scholarships #WarwickUni #PsychologyResearch #PostgradFunding
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🧪 PhD opp on mental distress & opioid tapering via the Midlands MHN PhD Programme for Healthcare Professionals! 🎓 ✅ 3 yrs on NHS salary (backfill funded) ✅ Fees, research, training & travel 💡 Up to 0.2 FTE clinical work #PhD #MentalHealth #Bigdata #Opioids 🔗 midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/project/2026...
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2026 Nicole Tang - Midlands Mental Health and Neurosciences PhD Programme
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Doudna Lab @doudna-lab.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
"Jane Goodall showed us what a life in science could look like: rigorous discovery paired with fierce advocacy for what you study. She gave the world six decades of groundbreaking research on chimpanzees and their habitats, then turned that knowledge into a global movement for conservation." (1/2)
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European Medicines Agency @ema.europa.eu · 23/09/2025
Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women. Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children. Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
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Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations
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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
“You do not see a link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism in children.” Author of 'Expecting Better' Professor Emily Oster explains the studies on paracetamol use in pregnancy, after President Trump warned pregnant women against using the painkiller. #Newsnight
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Marco A. Maximo Prado @maximoprado.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
On #worldalzheimersday our team is thrilled with our efforts to understand how amyloid (magenta) interacts with blood vessels (green) and how better 🐁 models and translational approaches will help the fight to #endalz And 🙏 @alzassociation.bsky.social for the support
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Keith Meldrum @keithmeldrum.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Persistent pain awareness is critical; too many healthcare systems and providers are ignorant of the complexity of chronic pain. This leads to patient dismissiveness and treatment abandonment, which leads to increased suffering. We must do better. #YourPainIsReal #WeBelieveYou
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
🧪Really pleased to see this collobarative work come together. Congratulations to @michaelapawley.bsky.social on her first PhD publication - a great milestone. Thanks also to Dr Isabel Morales-Munoz and @bagshaap.bsky.social @uob-sop.bsky.social for their valuable contributions. #sleepresearch
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Nick Ng @nickngjournalist.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
3 chronic #lowbackpain treatments have promising long-term results based on curent body of research: 🤾 Exercise 👩‍⚕️ Psychological treatments (e.g. CBT, ACT) 🤝 Self-management programs A highlight of myths and what mostly works for cLBP. #painscience #pain massagefitnessmag.com/massage/chro...
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Chronic low back pain: What sciences supports vs. what it doesn’t - Massage & Fitness Magazine
Key takeaways Chronic low back pain stems from multiple causes, including biological, psychological, societal, and environmental factors.  The current body of research points out that a multidisciplin...
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Nicole Tang @nkytang.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Our paper on SleepShifters, a new co-developed sleep and wellbeing programme for shift workers, is now out in the IJERPH. 🧪 Read the full open access paper, including the intervention development process and resulting protocol at: doi.org/10.3390/ijer... #sleep #circadian #shiftwork 1/2
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ofeher.bsky.social @ofeher.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Any mid-career STEM researchers interested in relocating to the UK? The Royal Society is providing £4M grants in a fast-track program. royalsociety.org/grants/farad... Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route | Royal Society @warwickpsych.bsky.social
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Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route | Royal Society
The Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route provides a fast-track option for attracting mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK from overseas, providing up to £4m ov...
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Warwick Psychology @warwickpsych.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
📢 Calling all healthcare professionals! Katie Cunneen - PhD student at Warwick Psychology - is conducting a short 15-minute survey to better understand healthcare workers’ wellbeing and their engagement with workplace mental health support. 👉 warwick.co1.qualtric... 1/3
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