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David Attenborough: climate change is humanity’s biggest threat in thousands of years.
NASA scientists: it’s going to be as bad as a huge asteroid hit to the planet and billions of people may die.
World famous scientists: it may bring about the end of human civilisation.
Farmers: the food supply is at risk.
Radio presenter: Nah. That’s not true.
I do believe @TomSwarbrick1 who is a great broadcaster and decent person, is wrong here.
@ZackPolanski wasn’t referring to these last few months in themselves as ‘the worst crisis since World War 2’, he said ‘we are facing the worst crisis since World War 2’ and he’s right. In fact that’s an underestimation.
Yes it’s an extreme thing to say but just because something is extreme doesn’t mean it’s not true. People did not heed warnings about Hitler but those considered extreme were right.
In fact, leading experts and scientists have gone further than this.
Here’s David Attenborough saying that the Climate crisis is ‘our biggest threat in thousands of years’
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ICYMI last week MHC @profsiobhanon wrote a blog
'Trauma and mental health in NI: what are the Executive doing to address the burden?'
It's now available to read below 👇& also on our website: bit.ly/449aJjf
How is the Executive handling the continuing prevalence of mental health issues in Northern Ireland? Professor Siobhan O'Neill @MHC_NI writes this week for Pivotal Platform.
pivotalppf.org/our-work/pivo…

ALT Pivotal Platform graphic with a photo of Professor Siobhan O'Neill, Mental Health Champion for Northern Ireland and Ulster University academic. The title of her piece is 'Trauma and mental health in NI: What are the Executive doing to address the burden?' In the bottom right corner is the Pivotal Platform logo.
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Hospitals 'becoming night shelters’ for the homeless seeking heat and warmth.
@BBCSpotlightNI investigates NI’s chronic housing shortage and a homeless support system ‘in complete chaos’ as winter sets in.
Coming Tuesday on iPlayer and BBC One NI
@mandy_mcauley
meets people desperately searching for a home, and talks to families struggling to raise children in temporary accommodation.
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30 homeless mental health patients die by suicide per year.
They have a range of mental illnesses, 1/6 schizophrenia. Alcohol/drug problems & self-harm are common. Half die in or soon after inpatient care.
High need & vulnerability.
@NCISH_UK study.
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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This is such welcome news - it is great to have these allocations before Christmas.
The end goal is to save lives by getting as many people into world-class recovery and treatment as possible.
Local authorities across England will receive a share of £267 million to improve drug and alcohol treatment services.
This will allow them to:
🔵 prevent deaths
🔵 recruit more specialist staff
🔵 support more prison leavers
🔵 help reduce crime
gov.uk/government/news/267-m…
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How propaganda about Irish 'barbarism' in 1641 gave Cromwell a green light for genocide. The Irish were depicted as savages who committed atrocities against pregnant women, ripped them open, pulled their babies out & beat them against rocks | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2011/f…
academy.aneemo.com/p/improvi… (looks like an excellent course and resource for staff and organisations) #inclusionhealth
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Super strength street drugs which are "500 times stronger than morphine" have been linked to multiple deaths across Northern Ireland for the first time, a coroner has said. #nitazenes bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-i…
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Our longstanding board member and chair of trustees, Tabz O’Brien, is moving on from MASH. This has opened up a fantastic opportunity for someone to take on leadership of our board.
Could this be you? We are so looking forward to hearing from you.
mash.org.uk/mash-is-recruiti…
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ICSs are a great chance to achieve health equality for excluded & vulnerable communities. Our new report explores what makes good Inclusion Health and the steps required for system leaders and managers to achieve it 👉 bit.ly/3YmUWb2 #ICS #InclusionHealth @visualminutes
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The study was led by Prof @FilippoVarese (@c_tru_research and @officialuom), Dr @pfrench123 (@ManMetUni and @PennineCareNHS) and Dr Kate Allsopp, (@GMMH_NHS and @OfficialUoM).
manchester.ac.uk/discover/ne…
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Important read.
It isn't that attachment theory is flawed — its not — it's that its largely peculiar to those of a WEIRD nuclear/single parent set-up
Very important, though, is that it reflects & is a conduit for the process of individualisation
madinamerica.com/2023/07/cha…
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Many top-down change interventions fail because they rely on cascades of information says @LeandroEHerrero. This is a logical way to ‘communicate’ but not an effective way to change behaviours (& there's no change unless there is behavioural change). Rather, Leandro says, leaders should:
1) define concrete behaviours (rather than systems or processes) as the organisational change focus
2) expect change to happen most powerfully through peer-to-peer influence
3) identify and work through informal networks
4) use stories to create a new narrative for the organisation
5) support the peer-to-peer networks in an invisible (backstage) way:
leandroherrero.com/large-sca…
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The pandemic put healthcare staff at risk of ‘moral injury.’
@c_tru_research found that NHS staff described symptoms such as those ‘consistent with PTSD.’
NHS staff mental health and wellbeing hubs were set up to support these staff & have since done so much more. #FundNHSHubs
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We have an exciting job opportunity at GMMH for qualitative researcher to work on a new project exploring mental health staff experiences of workplace trauma. Closing on 26th July
gmmh.nhs.uk/vacancies#!/job/…
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👀 Do you work in a university/ college, researching or interested in homelessness? Then sign up to our new University Peer Network on Homelessness. First meetings @olddiorama on 20th or 27th July in person/online. Travel bursaries available. Email [email protected]
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This research appreciation day I want to shout out to all the amazing peer researchers I have had the pleasure of working with. Here's a photo of the Queen of Research herself today in @HealthNowGM @ItsGroundswell – at Manchester, England
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Check out this insightful blog written by Hope, a first year DClin psychology trainee @unisouthampton @SotonDClinPsych
“meet people where they’re at but have I been invited?”
chrphomeless.co.uk/2023/06/2…
#psychologytrainee
#homelessness
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All-time record highs have been smashed across Mexico for 10 consecutive days.
Of note, Guadalajara had its hottest day in history, Mexico City it’s hottest June day in history, and temperatures reached 37.6°C (99.7°F) at an insane 2350 m (7,710 ft).





























