Niamh Dooley
@niamhdooley.bsky.social
Postdoctoral research fellow at King's College London & the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Reposted by Niamh Dooley
New research shows self-harm among Irish adolescents is increasing.
This analysis of more than 20,000 Planet Youth survey responses highlights an urgent need to expand accessible youth mental health services.
Read more: www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
#RCSIdiscover @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
This analysis of more than 20,000 Planet Youth survey responses highlights an urgent need to expand accessible youth mental health services.
Read more: www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
#RCSIdiscover @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Worrying rise in self-harm among adolescents, with trans, gender diverse and early school leavers most at risk
New research has found that repeated self-harm is increasing, particularly among females. More ...
www.rcsi.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
New research shows self-harm among Irish adolescents is increasing.
This analysis of more than 20,000 Planet Youth survey responses highlights an urgent need to expand accessible youth mental health services.
Read more: www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
#RCSIdiscover @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
This analysis of more than 20,000 Planet Youth survey responses highlights an urgent need to expand accessible youth mental health services.
Read more: www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
#RCSIdiscover @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Reposted by Niamh Dooley
Excellent interview with @niamhdooley.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social this afternoon all about Planet youth data.
Worrying rising trends, 1 in 5 reporting poor mental health across young people in Ireland
Interview: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Study: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Worrying rising trends, 1 in 5 reporting poor mental health across young people in Ireland
Interview: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Study: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Trends in psychological distress among adolescents in Ireland: survey data from 2018 to 2023 & lived experience perspective - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of poor mental health, repetitive self-harm, and suicide attempts among adolescents in Ireland between...
link.springer.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Excellent interview with @niamhdooley.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social this afternoon all about Planet youth data.
Worrying rising trends, 1 in 5 reporting poor mental health across young people in Ireland
Interview: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Study: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Worrying rising trends, 1 in 5 reporting poor mental health across young people in Ireland
Interview: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Study: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our new study on the prevalence of psychological distress among adolescents in Ireland is out.
We looked at anonymous surveys from over 20,000 adolescents across Ireland and explored at how rates of poor mental health, repetitive self-harm and suicide attempt were changing. Read more below! ⤵️
We looked at anonymous surveys from over 20,000 adolescents across Ireland and explored at how rates of poor mental health, repetitive self-harm and suicide attempt were changing. Read more below! ⤵️
Trends in psychological distress among adolescents in Ireland: survey data from 2018 to 2023 & lived experience perspective - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of poor mental health, repetitive self-harm, and suicide attempts among adolescents in Ireland between...
link.springer.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Our new study on the prevalence of psychological distress among adolescents in Ireland is out.
We looked at anonymous surveys from over 20,000 adolescents across Ireland and explored at how rates of poor mental health, repetitive self-harm and suicide attempt were changing. Read more below! ⤵️
We looked at anonymous surveys from over 20,000 adolescents across Ireland and explored at how rates of poor mental health, repetitive self-harm and suicide attempt were changing. Read more below! ⤵️
Reposted by Niamh Dooley
🎆2025 was a huge year for the #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets, full of launches, updates, milestones, new team members, conferences, webinars and more!
There is even more to come in 2026.
Stay tuned!
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social @popres-uk.bsky.social
There is even more to come in 2026.
Stay tuned!
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social @popres-uk.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🎆2025 was a huge year for the #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets, full of launches, updates, milestones, new team members, conferences, webinars and more!
There is even more to come in 2026.
Stay tuned!
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social @popres-uk.bsky.social
There is even more to come in 2026.
Stay tuned!
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social @popres-uk.bsky.social
Online bullying is a relatively new phenomenon. But is it also a new risk for teenage mental illness? Our new study suggests it is. And particularly when it comes to developing anxiety disorder in late teens.
Read the full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read the full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New research establishes direct causal link btw #cyberbullying + #anxiety in young people
Researchers (@larseneault.bsky.social, FredericThériault-Couture, Philip Shaw) are calling for policy makers to look beyond online safety when considering how to protect teenagers
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/debates...
Researchers (@larseneault.bsky.social, FredericThériault-Couture, Philip Shaw) are calling for policy makers to look beyond online safety when considering how to protect teenagers
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/debates...
Debates about bullying need to look beyond online safety say researchers | King's College London
Only two per cent of young people who experience cyberbullying by the age 18 report exclusively being abused online.
www.kcl.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Online bullying is a relatively new phenomenon. But is it also a new risk for teenage mental illness? Our new study suggests it is. And particularly when it comes to developing anxiety disorder in late teens.
Read the full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read the full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our new study using #PlanetYouth surveys in over 4,000 teens aged 15-16 shows that the following factors were cross-sectionally associated with poorer mental health:
📱📺 Heavy screen use (4+ hrs/day)
🪞 Poor body image
🤳 Sexting behaviours
Read more here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📱📺 Heavy screen use (4+ hrs/day)
🪞 Poor body image
🤳 Sexting behaviours
Read more here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
An investigation of gender-based differences in social media use, sexting behaviours and body dissatisfaction as risk factors for poor mental health and self-harm in adolescents: a cross-sectional pop...
An investigation of gender-based differences in social media use, sexting behaviours and body dissatisfaction as risk factors for poor mental health and self-harm in adolescents: a cross-sectional pop...
www.cambridge.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Our new study using #PlanetYouth surveys in over 4,000 teens aged 15-16 shows that the following factors were cross-sectionally associated with poorer mental health:
📱📺 Heavy screen use (4+ hrs/day)
🪞 Poor body image
🤳 Sexting behaviours
Read more here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📱📺 Heavy screen use (4+ hrs/day)
🪞 Poor body image
🤳 Sexting behaviours
Read more here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reposted by Niamh Dooley
@iankellehermd.bsky.social and co previously demonstrated that ~50% of those with psychosis and bipolar disorder had been to CAMHs in Finland.
That was no fluke, as they have now demonstrated that it's 45% in wales. Great work by @kirstieohare.bsky.social 👏 👏
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
That was no fluke, as they have now demonstrated that it's 45% in wales. Great work by @kirstieohare.bsky.social 👏 👏
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study
doi.org
May 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
@iankellehermd.bsky.social and co previously demonstrated that ~50% of those with psychosis and bipolar disorder had been to CAMHs in Finland.
That was no fluke, as they have now demonstrated that it's 45% in wales. Great work by @kirstieohare.bsky.social 👏 👏
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
That was no fluke, as they have now demonstrated that it's 45% in wales. Great work by @kirstieohare.bsky.social 👏 👏
Paper: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
I wrote a blog back in May about 30-year trends in self-reported psychological distress.
Have things changed? From the 1990s to the early 00s-- not so much. But from the 2010s onwards-- possibly, and most evidently for young people.
Have things changed? From the 1990s to the early 00s-- not so much. But from the 2010s onwards-- possibly, and most evidently for young people.
Psychological distress over 30 years in Great Britain: the times they are a changin’ (or are they?) buff.ly/qpu4p0f
🧵 THREAD
#MentalHealth #PsychologicalDistress #Surveys #GB #30years
🧵 THREAD
#MentalHealth #PsychologicalDistress #Surveys #GB #30years
July 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I wrote a blog back in May about 30-year trends in self-reported psychological distress.
Have things changed? From the 1990s to the early 00s-- not so much. But from the 2010s onwards-- possibly, and most evidently for young people.
Have things changed? From the 1990s to the early 00s-- not so much. But from the 2010s onwards-- possibly, and most evidently for young people.
Check out the wonderful research tool that is ✨ the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets ✨ now live live live: atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk
Take a bow @larseneault.bsky.social @briddycent.bsky.social @malaikalo.bsky.social & the whole PALM team at KCL 👏
Take a bow @larseneault.bsky.social @briddycent.bsky.social @malaikalo.bsky.social & the whole PALM team at KCL 👏
January 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Check out the wonderful research tool that is ✨ the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets ✨ now live live live: atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk
Take a bow @larseneault.bsky.social @briddycent.bsky.social @malaikalo.bsky.social & the whole PALM team at KCL 👏
Take a bow @larseneault.bsky.social @briddycent.bsky.social @malaikalo.bsky.social & the whole PALM team at KCL 👏
Reposted by Niamh Dooley
Arts, humanities, and social sciences researchers are paving the way for cutting-edge research into public health crises through the DOROTHY COFUND programme. Read here: www.researchireland.ie/news/dorothy...
#IrishResearch @epaireland.bsky.social
#IrishResearch @epaireland.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Arts, humanities, and social sciences researchers are paving the way for cutting-edge research into public health crises through the DOROTHY COFUND programme. Read here: www.researchireland.ie/news/dorothy...
#IrishResearch @epaireland.bsky.social
#IrishResearch @epaireland.bsky.social
Reposted by Niamh Dooley
👋Hello Blue Sky!
I am excited to announce the Platforms for Longitudinal Mental Health Data (PALM) team or #PALMteam is now on Blue Sky. Find us on X as @L_Arseneault & check out our page on the @kcl.ac.uk website. Check out #CatalogueMHM for updates on our work.
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/pla...
I am excited to announce the Platforms for Longitudinal Mental Health Data (PALM) team or #PALMteam is now on Blue Sky. Find us on X as @L_Arseneault & check out our page on the @kcl.ac.uk website. Check out #CatalogueMHM for updates on our work.
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/pla...
Platforms for Longitudinal Mental Health Data (PALM)
The Platforms for Longitudinal Mental Health Data (PALM) team, led by Professor Louise Arseneault, focuses on increasing the discoverability and accessibility of longitudinal mental health data.
www.kcl.ac.uk
September 18, 2024 at 12:16 PM
👋Hello Blue Sky!
I am excited to announce the Platforms for Longitudinal Mental Health Data (PALM) team or #PALMteam is now on Blue Sky. Find us on X as @L_Arseneault & check out our page on the @kcl.ac.uk website. Check out #CatalogueMHM for updates on our work.
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/pla...
I am excited to announce the Platforms for Longitudinal Mental Health Data (PALM) team or #PALMteam is now on Blue Sky. Find us on X as @L_Arseneault & check out our page on the @kcl.ac.uk website. Check out #CatalogueMHM for updates on our work.
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/pla...