Now at #AMHDMshowcase we will hear from RE-STAR, a multidisciplinary programme.
Regulating Emotions: Strengthening Adolescent Resilience
Regulating Emotions: Strengthening Adolescent Resilience
February 11, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Now at #AMHDMshowcase we will hear from RE-STAR, a multidisciplinary programme.
Regulating Emotions: Strengthening Adolescent Resilience
Regulating Emotions: Strengthening Adolescent Resilience
Panel discussion now at #AMHDMshowcase: "Involvement of young people in research – impacts and lessons learned"
Chaired by Vanessa Pinfold from @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social, Dr Alison Penny from @ncb.org.uk, Prof Paul Cooke, and, most importantly, young person advisory group representatives.
Chaired by Vanessa Pinfold from @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social, Dr Alison Penny from @ncb.org.uk, Prof Paul Cooke, and, most importantly, young person advisory group representatives.
February 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Panel discussion now at #AMHDMshowcase: "Involvement of young people in research – impacts and lessons learned"
Chaired by Vanessa Pinfold from @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social, Dr Alison Penny from @ncb.org.uk, Prof Paul Cooke, and, most importantly, young person advisory group representatives.
Chaired by Vanessa Pinfold from @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social, Dr Alison Penny from @ncb.org.uk, Prof Paul Cooke, and, most importantly, young person advisory group representatives.
Great to be part of day 2 of the #AMHDMshowcase. Sharing work from the Agency in practice project. Learn more about the project here mcpin.org/project/agen...
@mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
#thisismyplace - As part of Children's Mental Health week
@mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
#thisismyplace - As part of Children's Mental Health week
February 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Great to be part of day 2 of the #AMHDMshowcase. Sharing work from the Agency in practice project. Learn more about the project here mcpin.org/project/agen...
@mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
#thisismyplace - As part of Children's Mental Health week
@mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
#thisismyplace - As part of Children's Mental Health week
We're just getting ready for our closing panel discussion at #AMHDMshowcase
The Future of Adolescent Mental Health
The Future of Adolescent Mental Health
February 12, 2026 at 12:06 PM
We're just getting ready for our closing panel discussion at #AMHDMshowcase
The Future of Adolescent Mental Health
The Future of Adolescent Mental Health
Good morning! Day 2 of #AMHDMshowcase begins 🌅
Another packed morning of adolescent mental health research insights ahead.
Early Career Researchers are networking in the Trinity Suite – great to see the next generation connecting! @UKRI.org
Another packed morning of adolescent mental health research insights ahead.
Early Career Researchers are networking in the Trinity Suite – great to see the next generation connecting! @UKRI.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Good morning! Day 2 of #AMHDMshowcase begins 🌅
Another packed morning of adolescent mental health research insights ahead.
Early Career Researchers are networking in the Trinity Suite – great to see the next generation connecting! @UKRI.org
Another packed morning of adolescent mental health research insights ahead.
Early Career Researchers are networking in the Trinity Suite – great to see the next generation connecting! @UKRI.org
Hello and welcome
Day 1 of the #AMHDMshowcase is underway!
Youth researcher Tegan sets the scene and introduces Gill Attrill OBE (Director at @ukri.org) & Prof Eamon McCrory (CEO of @annafreudcharity.bsky.social), former Directors of the Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind Programme
Day 1 of the #AMHDMshowcase is underway!
Youth researcher Tegan sets the scene and introduces Gill Attrill OBE (Director at @ukri.org) & Prof Eamon McCrory (CEO of @annafreudcharity.bsky.social), former Directors of the Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind Programme
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Hello and welcome
Day 1 of the #AMHDMshowcase is underway!
Youth researcher Tegan sets the scene and introduces Gill Attrill OBE (Director at @ukri.org) & Prof Eamon McCrory (CEO of @annafreudcharity.bsky.social), former Directors of the Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind Programme
Day 1 of the #AMHDMshowcase is underway!
Youth researcher Tegan sets the scene and introduces Gill Attrill OBE (Director at @ukri.org) & Prof Eamon McCrory (CEO of @annafreudcharity.bsky.social), former Directors of the Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind Programme
February 11, 2026 at 12:03 PM
It was great to see the digital youth team to kick off the #AMHDMshowcase today. Chris Hollis, Ellen Townsend and the sprouting mind group of young people explored linking responsible research innovation and youth involvement. #livedexperience
February 11, 2026 at 11:56 AM
It was great to see the digital youth team to kick off the #AMHDMshowcase today. Chris Hollis, Ellen Townsend and the sprouting mind group of young people explored linking responsible research innovation and youth involvement. #livedexperience
It’s time now to hear from one of the 7 major research programmes here today at #AMHDMshowcase.
Our speakers are Prof Chris Hollis and Prof Ellen Townsend from the University of Nottingham who will be telling us about Digital Youth.
Our speakers are Prof Chris Hollis and Prof Ellen Townsend from the University of Nottingham who will be telling us about Digital Youth.
February 11, 2026 at 10:52 AM
It’s time now to hear from one of the 7 major research programmes here today at #AMHDMshowcase.
Our speakers are Prof Chris Hollis and Prof Ellen Townsend from the University of Nottingham who will be telling us about Digital Youth.
Our speakers are Prof Chris Hollis and Prof Ellen Townsend from the University of Nottingham who will be telling us about Digital Youth.
Attended the #AMHDMshowcase today to provide a Welsh voice to the panel about priorities for future research.
Overview captured expertly by @thementalelf.bsky.social below👇🏻
Overview captured expertly by @thementalelf.bsky.social below👇🏻
We're just getting ready for our closing panel discussion at #AMHDMshowcase
The Future of Adolescent Mental Health
The Future of Adolescent Mental Health
February 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Attended the #AMHDMshowcase today to provide a Welsh voice to the panel about priorities for future research.
Overview captured expertly by @thementalelf.bsky.social below👇🏻
Overview captured expertly by @thementalelf.bsky.social below👇🏻
As part of #AMHDMshowcase today we heard from young person advisory group members in a panel discussion on involvement of young people in research – impacts and lessons learned. This session was chaired by McPin’s research director @vanessapinfold.bsky.social
@mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
@mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
As part of #AMHDMshowcase today we heard from young person advisory group members in a panel discussion on involvement of young people in research – impacts and lessons learned. This session was chaired by McPin’s research director @vanessapinfold.bsky.social
@mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
@mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
In our next session at #AMHDMshowcase: Prof Rose McCabe and team present "Agency In Practise"
A collaborative presentation exploring agency in mental health – presented by researchers, clinicians and people with lived experience together.
🔗 mcpin.org/project/agency
@CityStGeorges @McPinFdn
A collaborative presentation exploring agency in mental health – presented by researchers, clinicians and people with lived experience together.
🔗 mcpin.org/project/agency
@CityStGeorges @McPinFdn
Agency - The McPin Foundation
Agency, Social Identity & Justice in Mental Health: A collaboration with young people, clinicians & academics.
mcpin.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:29 AM
In our next session at #AMHDMshowcase: Prof Rose McCabe and team present "Agency In Practise"
A collaborative presentation exploring agency in mental health – presented by researchers, clinicians and people with lived experience together.
🔗 mcpin.org/project/agency
@CityStGeorges @McPinFdn
A collaborative presentation exploring agency in mental health – presented by researchers, clinicians and people with lived experience together.
🔗 mcpin.org/project/agency
@CityStGeorges @McPinFdn
Conversations about Youth Mental Health research from the fabulous #AMHDMshowcase on 11-12 Feb.
We made a set of videos that we've shared on Instagram and LinkedIn - links in this thread below if you want to take a look!
Please share @ukri.org
We made a set of videos that we've shared on Instagram and LinkedIn - links in this thread below if you want to take a look!
Please share @ukri.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Conversations about Youth Mental Health research from the fabulous #AMHDMshowcase on 11-12 Feb.
We made a set of videos that we've shared on Instagram and LinkedIn - links in this thread below if you want to take a look!
Please share @ukri.org
We made a set of videos that we've shared on Instagram and LinkedIn - links in this thread below if you want to take a look!
Please share @ukri.org
Follow #AMHDMshowcase on 11-12 Feb 2026 for a smorgasbord of youth mental health research findings 👇🏽
@dbadenoch.bsky.social will be reporting live here on Bluesky and @romasaleh.bsky.social will being taking over our Instagram for some youth involvement coverage!
Can't wait 🥰
@dbadenoch.bsky.social will be reporting live here on Bluesky and @romasaleh.bsky.social will being taking over our Instagram for some youth involvement coverage!
Can't wait 🥰
🌟 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 🌟
🌳🍄#YouthMentalHealth🍄🌳
📍Showcase Event, 11-12 Feb📍
Celebrating 6 years of the Adolescence, Mental Health & Developing Mind programme.
£35 million invested
33 research projects
One goal: understanding & improving young people's mental health.
👉🏽 #AMHDMshowcase 👈🏽
Join us! 🧵
🌳🍄#YouthMentalHealth🍄🌳
📍Showcase Event, 11-12 Feb📍
Celebrating 6 years of the Adolescence, Mental Health & Developing Mind programme.
£35 million invested
33 research projects
One goal: understanding & improving young people's mental health.
👉🏽 #AMHDMshowcase 👈🏽
Join us! 🧵
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Follow #AMHDMshowcase on 11-12 Feb 2026 for a smorgasbord of youth mental health research findings 👇🏽
@dbadenoch.bsky.social will be reporting live here on Bluesky and @romasaleh.bsky.social will being taking over our Instagram for some youth involvement coverage!
Can't wait 🥰
@dbadenoch.bsky.social will be reporting live here on Bluesky and @romasaleh.bsky.social will being taking over our Instagram for some youth involvement coverage!
Can't wait 🥰
🌟 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 🌟
🌳🍄#YouthMentalHealth🍄🌳
📍Showcase Event, 11-12 Feb📍
Celebrating 6 years of the Adolescence, Mental Health & Developing Mind programme.
£35 million invested
33 research projects
One goal: understanding & improving young people's mental health.
👉🏽 #AMHDMshowcase 👈🏽
Join us! 🧵
🌳🍄#YouthMentalHealth🍄🌳
📍Showcase Event, 11-12 Feb📍
Celebrating 6 years of the Adolescence, Mental Health & Developing Mind programme.
£35 million invested
33 research projects
One goal: understanding & improving young people's mental health.
👉🏽 #AMHDMshowcase 👈🏽
Join us! 🧵
February 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
🌟 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 🌟
🌳🍄#YouthMentalHealth🍄🌳
📍Showcase Event, 11-12 Feb📍
Celebrating 6 years of the Adolescence, Mental Health & Developing Mind programme.
£35 million invested
33 research projects
One goal: understanding & improving young people's mental health.
👉🏽 #AMHDMshowcase 👈🏽
Join us! 🧵
🌳🍄#YouthMentalHealth🍄🌳
📍Showcase Event, 11-12 Feb📍
Celebrating 6 years of the Adolescence, Mental Health & Developing Mind programme.
£35 million invested
33 research projects
One goal: understanding & improving young people's mental health.
👉🏽 #AMHDMshowcase 👈🏽
Join us! 🧵
ReSET drew on emotional and cognitive training, and key mechanisms of emotional processing and regulation.
But the team didn't know how these would work together.
This is where co-production came in.
#AMHDMshowcase
But the team didn't know how these would work together.
This is where co-production came in.
#AMHDMshowcase
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 PM
ReSET drew on emotional and cognitive training, and key mechanisms of emotional processing and regulation.
But the team didn't know how these would work together.
This is where co-production came in.
#AMHDMshowcase
But the team didn't know how these would work together.
This is where co-production came in.
#AMHDMshowcase
This is a peer reviewed book chapter from the Agency projects, funded under #AMHDM. As a team, we thought a lot about what we meant by 'expertise'. Three of us wrote this to articulate some of the key principles. publications.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/45...
February 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Our next presentation is about ATTUNE:
A multidisciplinary research programme understanding mechanisms and mental health impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences to co-design preventative arts and digital interventions.
Kam Bhui and Jack Hanrahan
#AMHDMshowcase
A multidisciplinary research programme understanding mechanisms and mental health impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences to co-design preventative arts and digital interventions.
Kam Bhui and Jack Hanrahan
#AMHDMshowcase
February 12, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Our next presentation is about ATTUNE:
A multidisciplinary research programme understanding mechanisms and mental health impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences to co-design preventative arts and digital interventions.
Kam Bhui and Jack Hanrahan
#AMHDMshowcase
A multidisciplinary research programme understanding mechanisms and mental health impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences to co-design preventative arts and digital interventions.
Kam Bhui and Jack Hanrahan
#AMHDMshowcase
Now At #AMHDMshowcase we have Ed Watkins and Jemima Dooley from the Nurture-U project: a whole-university approach to student wellbeing and mental health.
🔗 nurtureuniversity.co.uk
🔗 nurtureuniversity.co.uk
Student Wellbeing | Nurture-U
Nurture-U is a national research project aiming to improve student wellbeing and mental health.
nurtureuniversity.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Now At #AMHDMshowcase we have Ed Watkins and Jemima Dooley from the Nurture-U project: a whole-university approach to student wellbeing and mental health.
🔗 nurtureuniversity.co.uk
🔗 nurtureuniversity.co.uk
Here is a little recap of our time at the #AMHDMshowcase conference! 📈 Such a pleasure to be a part of such a brilliant and inspiring room of people 👏 Thank you @events.ukri.org for putting on an amazing 2-day event.
youtube.com/shorts/aB88p...
youtube.com/shorts/aB88p...
AMHDM Showcase Conference (Feburary 2026)
youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Here is a little recap of our time at the #AMHDMshowcase conference! 📈 Such a pleasure to be a part of such a brilliant and inspiring room of people 👏 Thank you @events.ukri.org for putting on an amazing 2-day event.
youtube.com/shorts/aB88p...
youtube.com/shorts/aB88p...
RE-STAR highlights the importance of consistent, neurodivergent-affirming environments, flexible supports and being genuinely accepted — key to helping young people regulate emotions. #AMHDMshowcase
February 11, 2026 at 11:56 AM
RE-STAR highlights the importance of consistent, neurodivergent-affirming environments, flexible supports and being genuinely accepted — key to helping young people regulate emotions. #AMHDMshowcase
How can we foreground and amplify the voices of young people?
EDIFY's qualitative work has helped to understand their views and experiences of risk, illness progression, technology and help-seeking.
#AMHDMshowcase
EDIFY's qualitative work has helped to understand their views and experiences of risk, illness progression, technology and help-seeking.
#AMHDMshowcase
February 12, 2026 at 9:50 AM
How can we foreground and amplify the voices of young people?
EDIFY's qualitative work has helped to understand their views and experiences of risk, illness progression, technology and help-seeking.
#AMHDMshowcase
EDIFY's qualitative work has helped to understand their views and experiences of risk, illness progression, technology and help-seeking.
#AMHDMshowcase
Now it’s time to hear about the ReSET project @resetproject.bsky.social from Co-PI: Prof Essi Viding from UCL.
This project developed and tested a new school-based preventative mental health intervention for adolescents.
resetproject.co.uk
#AMHDMshowcase
This project developed and tested a new school-based preventative mental health intervention for adolescents.
resetproject.co.uk
#AMHDMshowcase
The ReSET Project – Building resilience through socio-emotional training – Building resilience through socio-emotional training
resetproject.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Now it’s time to hear about the ReSET project @resetproject.bsky.social from Co-PI: Prof Essi Viding from UCL.
This project developed and tested a new school-based preventative mental health intervention for adolescents.
resetproject.co.uk
#AMHDMshowcase
This project developed and tested a new school-based preventative mental health intervention for adolescents.
resetproject.co.uk
#AMHDMshowcase
This led to the hypothesis of the "emotional burden" faced by neurodivergent young people.
RE-STAR found that neurodivergent young people face roughly TWICE as many upsetting school experiences and respond with roughly double the emotional intensity compared to neurotypical peers. #AMHDMshowcase
RE-STAR found that neurodivergent young people face roughly TWICE as many upsetting school experiences and respond with roughly double the emotional intensity compared to neurotypical peers. #AMHDMshowcase
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM
This led to the hypothesis of the "emotional burden" faced by neurodivergent young people.
RE-STAR found that neurodivergent young people face roughly TWICE as many upsetting school experiences and respond with roughly double the emotional intensity compared to neurotypical peers. #AMHDMshowcase
RE-STAR found that neurodivergent young people face roughly TWICE as many upsetting school experiences and respond with roughly double the emotional intensity compared to neurotypical peers. #AMHDMshowcase
The young people helped develop the intervention structure.
Initially, their goals for taking part, and their positive and negative influences.
They move on to discuss inter- and intra-personal strategies.
Then young people use these strategies to resolve issues.
#AMHDMshowcase
Initially, their goals for taking part, and their positive and negative influences.
They move on to discuss inter- and intra-personal strategies.
Then young people use these strategies to resolve issues.
#AMHDMshowcase
February 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The young people helped develop the intervention structure.
Initially, their goals for taking part, and their positive and negative influences.
They move on to discuss inter- and intra-personal strategies.
Then young people use these strategies to resolve issues.
#AMHDMshowcase
Initially, their goals for taking part, and their positive and negative influences.
They move on to discuss inter- and intra-personal strategies.
Then young people use these strategies to resolve issues.
#AMHDMshowcase