Exploring young people’s experience of mental health and adverse childhood experiences through participatory arts-based research. PIs: @KSBhui @MEuniceMa

Oxford, Falmouth, Kent, Leeds
Joined February 2022
At "The Disrupting Silence un-conference" at @falmouthuni Youth took centre stage as researchers, artists & truth-tellers, sharing stories not for sympathy, but for change. 💙 @UKRI_News #YouthMentalHealth #ATTUNE youtu.be/4pfir4xj2pE?feature… @KSBhui
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The ATTUNE final conference wasn’t just wrapping up years of work, it was a celebration of young people’s voices, stories, and creativity in youth mental health. We shared films, conversations, quiet moments that reminded us real change is about listening and working together >
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Dr. Georgina Hosang presenting key results from Workpackage 2, exploring the emotional impacts of youth adversity, new insights from Q-Well 2023 data, and the vital role of support from carers and friends #ATTUNE #MentalHealthResearch #YouthWellbeing #WP2
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Dr. Sania Shakoor presenting Workpackage 2 on Youth Adversity and Mental Health — highlighting how stress and trauma in childhood, both at home and beyond, shape mental health across the life course. #ATTUNE #YouthVoices #MentalHealthMatters
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Prof. Nicola Shaughnessy sharing discoveries from ATTUNE “Creative practices help reframe mental health, not just for participants, but for society.” External factors. Present experiences. Art as understanding. #ATTUNE2025 #CreativeResearch #MentalHealthMatters #YouthVoices
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Chloe Farahar speaking at the #ATTUNE2025Conference, sharing powerful methods for collecting young people's voices through creative practice. A reminder: stories are data especially when told through emotion, objects, and lived experience. #YouthMentalHealth #ACES
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"Art-based health research is gaining traction not just for discovery, but for meaning-making and powerful dissemination. RCTs and system data have their place, they often miss depth and richness of lived experience," Anna Mankee Williams #ATTUNEImpactandDisseminationConference
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🎤 Sylvan Baker opens his keynote: “Research Incorporated” — a reflection on coming together, research as currency, and (quietly) a nod to a certain monster-filled film about community. #ATTUNEProject #ResearchCulture #ParticipatoryResearch
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🧑‍🍳📱"From FaceTiming mum in my Oxford basement kitchen after waterlogging the microwave, to leading meetings at that very table — my #ATTUNEProject journey has been full of messy, meaningful moments. Research isn’t separate from life, it lives alongside it," Jack Hanrahan (YPAG)
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"This isn’t just a conference — it’s a collective moment. Every conversation today matters. Be present, be with each other. ATTUNE worked because we did it together." – Prof. Kam Bhui opens the final #ATTUNEProject conference. #YouthMentalHealth #CoCreation #ATTUNE
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🎧 Just released a new ATTUNE podcast episode with Dr Marta Santillo @OxPsychiatry. We talk about co-design, creativity, nature, and redefining well-being in mental health research. One of the most grounded and inspiring conversations we've had. Link: open.spotify.com/episode/10a…
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🎙️New #ATTUNEPodcast episode! 🌈 Imogen Webb talks about Validating Voices – a powerful resource co-created with LGBTQ+ young people to support trauma-informed, inclusive youth practice. It's not just about being heard. It's about being seen. 🔗open.spotify.com/episode/3CT…
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What does meaningful student support look like in a time of anxiety, climate distress, and pressure to perform? In the latest ATTUNE podcast, we talked to Dr Kevin Matlock (Oxford) about the Nurture-U project. nurtureuniversity.co.uk/ #StudentMentalHealth
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A youth-led conference showcasing bold, creative work that explores what it means to live through Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) 🎤 DISRUPT THE SILENCE 🗓️ 8 July | @FalmouthUni 🎟️ Free | All welcome 🔗 eventbrite.co.uk/e/disrupt-t… #AttuneProject #YouthMentalHealth
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#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek • Invalidation isn’t just emotional — your nervous system remembers • One moment of being seen can interrupt years of shame • Being queer isn’t a disorder — shame makes it feel like one • Climate anxiety + money stress are mental health issues too
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