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Sonia Johnson

@soniajohnson1.bsky.social
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Prof of Social and Community Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, UCL; Director of NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental Health; interested in what works in mental health, loneliness, educating mental health researchers, singing, London (especially SE).

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Sonia Johnson @soniajohnson1.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
New paper - a feasibility trial of an innovative crisis planning and monitoring approach to preventing compulsory detentions under the Mental Health Act. Please do have a look and share if you think it's interesting! Thanks link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Client Challenge
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Dr K WILDSCHUT @drkwildschut1984.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Resource: helping families when there’s a mental health crisis Included: links to other resources eg the guilt and grief after a suicide. Developed in partnership with dr Rachel Gibbons, a medical psychotherapist Please share. MFC is a nonprofit. www.makingfamiliescount.org.uk/life-beyond-...
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Life Beyond the Cubicle • Making Families Count
Free eLearning resources for clinicians working in mental health and emergency departments The Life Beyond the Cubicle resources consist of a set of engaging, interactive modules and a training guide....
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Tilly Minchin @tillyminch.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Hi! I've just joined Bluesky, so I thought I'd re-share my paper about area-level predictors of involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation across England. Give it a read if you're interested! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Area-level factors associated with variation in involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation across England: a cross-sectional, ecological study - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Purpose Involuntary hospitalisations for mental health care are rising in many high income countries, including England. Looking at variation between areas can help us understand why rates are rising ...
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Enhancing mental health care for autistic people: practical adaptations, ready to go buff.ly/MzJvUPJ #Autism #MentalHealth #MentalHealthCare #MentalHealthServices #SystematicReview 🧵 THREAD
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Andrew Griffiths @colla-voce.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
While I'm at it... I'm equally looking forward to this one!
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Sonia Johnson @soniajohnson1.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Looking forward to singing in this really lovely programme next Sunday in Greenwich!
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Thomas Tallis Society Choir @thomastallissoc.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Apologies - in our excitement at joining bluesky we managed to get our own concert date wrong- our beautiful Lenten programme of Howells, Purcell, Briggs, Dove, Lobo, Charpentier, Biber and more is on Sat 8th March!
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Sonia Johnson @soniajohnson1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Many congrats to my & @alexandrapitman.bsky.social 's brilliant PhD student Dr (almost) Sarah Ikhtabi for breezing through her viva for her PhD on Loneliness & Complex Emotional Needs, and to v kind & insightful examiners @andygumley.bsky.social and Hélène Joffe! #proudsupervisor
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Sonia Johnson @soniajohnson1.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
New paper - a synthesis of qualitative studies on loneliness among people with psychosis, exploring aspects of psychosis that put people at risk of being lonely, including stigma and the isolating nature of psychotic experiences @alexandrapitman.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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The experience of loneliness among people with psychosis: Qualitative meta-synthesis
Background Loneliness can be a significant challenge for people living with psychosis. We currently lack evidence about how to help with this. Understanding the origins, experience, and impact of lone...
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
How can we help young people feel less lonely? buff.ly/3ORlXQN Lauren Turner @laureneturner.bsky.social explores young people’s views on the acceptability and feasibility of youth loneliness interventions. @soniajohnson1.bsky.social #Loneliness #Youth #Interventions
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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We're delighted that 22 of our academics have been identified in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2024, recognising authors of the most influential research papers around the world. @neilmdavies.bsky.social, @soniajohnson1.bsky.social, @susanmichie.bsky.social bit.ly/3ZARQ4R
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22 UCL Brain Sciences academics recognised in annual global list of influential researchers
A total of 22 academics from the UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences have been identified in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2024, recognising authors of the most influential research pap...
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Alan Simpson @cityalan.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
The @MentalHealthPRU has just published a systematic review on surveillance technologies in inpatient mental healthcare settings.
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