CAMHS Digital Lab
We create health intelligence 📊 and digital solutions 💻 that enhance child and adolescent mental healthcare 🧠 | Working with @kingsioppn.bsky.social and @maudsleynhs.bsky.social
Website: camhsdlab.co.uk
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabWe’re delighted to announce that the E‑Risk Team has now interviewed over 900 twins! 👯✨ A huge thank‑you to all the twins who’ve taken part — we can’t wait to meet the rest of you! 💙 @kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
- 2026 is in full swing at the CAMHS Digital Lab - but we’ve still taken the chance to reflect back on the highlights of 2025. In our year round-up, we remember a year of publications, presentations, partnerships, and more 🙌 Read our 2025 highlights at: www.camhsdlab.co.uk/news/camhs-d...
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabWe’re demystifying impact today at IoPPN, learning how to harness the entrepreneurial mindset for greater research success.
- Congratulations to Dr. @shuo-zhang.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Harrington Writing Prize from @rcpsych.bsky.social for her essay on understanding the impacts of social media on youth mental health! 🎉 Read here: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default...
- 🔊 New podcast! Our episode of 'Mind the Kids' @acamh.bsky.social is out, where Prof. Johnny Downs, Dr. @alicewickersham.bsky.social, & Zoë Firth sat down with @claragfaria.bsky.social to discuss how we're using digital innovation to support children & young people's mental health. Links below ⬇️
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabIn the ADHD webinar Prof Johnny Downs shared data from the CAMHS Digital Lab showing in south London early childhood factors & demographics impact an ADHD diagnosis. Watch more- ow.ly/uFIz50XHxv4 #KingsMaudsleyPartnership Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience | Maudsley Charity
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- New post just published on the IMH Blog from @nihrmindtech.bsky.social's placement research student Eve Park, 'My experience at the Digital Youth X MindTech conference' 🔗 Read Eve's piece here: institutemh.org.uk/news/blog/my...
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- @nickcummins41.bsky.social and @judedineley.bsky.social are leading a symposium on 3rd December in London for @nihrmaudsleybrc.bsky.social, all about what speech and the voice can tell us about health. You do not want to miss this! @kingsioppn.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/voice-and-...
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabThe ADHD Taskforce report is a big step for kids with ADHD! Proud to be part of this work. Read more: ow.ly/Cm9W50Xu3Fh #ADHD #KingsMaudsleyPartnership Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience | @maudsleynhs.bsky.social | Maudsley Charity | CAMHS Digital Lab
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabIn today’s article, researchers Asilay Seker and Aeron Kim discuss the use of #naturallanguageprocessing in #mentalhealthresearch, and how this approach allowed them to explore #emotiondysregulation in neurodevelopmental disorders. @camhsdlab.bsky.social www.inspirethemind.org/post/can-tec...
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabAre you a UK mental health professional working with children with mental health issues - we are asking for help designing a study for social robots to complete mental health questionnaires with children aged 8 to 10 - more infor here cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- Come hear Head of the Lab Prof. Johnny Downs discuss new pathways in ADHD research and treatment at this webinar alongside King's Maudsley Partnership colleagues Professors Katya Rubia and Philip Shaw! 📅 Tuesday 4 November 🕑 1-2PM
- Join experts for a free webinar on ADHD! Nov 4, 1–2 pm Register: ow.ly/h2tp50XgrPs #ChildMentalHealth Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience Maudsley Charity NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition School of Psychology
- Our very own Dr. @shuo-zhang.bsky.social discusses the link between mental health & the climate crisis for a King's Climate & Sustainability podcast: 'Understanding eco-anxiety & inequality: In conversation with Dr Shuo Zhang' 🎧 spotify.app.link/T8yoix79IXb?... 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=P3Sj...
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- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabOctober is ADHD Awareness Month! 🧠❤️ This year’s theme, “The Many Faces of ADHD,” celebrates the diversity of experiences among people living with ADHD. In our latest blog, Dr Sharifah debunks seven common myths about ADHD and explains what research really says. 🔗 Read the blog: bit.ly/7adhdmyths
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- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabHappy #WorldMentalHealthDay! 🌍 Do you have a passion for mental health research? 🌱 The MHR Incubator helps current & aspiring researchers explore #careerdevelopment & funding opportunities! Read career advice & learn more on our website 📖 :
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- WATCH NOW 🎥 It's finally here: our first RESEARCH EXPLORED video. Produced in partnership with @elstreescreenarts.bsky.social, this RESEARCH EXPLORED video dives into a project at @kingsioppn.bsky.social looking at 'expressed emotion' - how parents talk about their children. youtu.be/HVGUd0ipJv0
- This expressed emotion can help to predict the trajectory of their mental health over adolescence. The paper, published in #JCPP @acamh.bsky.social, raises some interesting questions - how can we use this data responsibly? Should children be able to hear what their parents have said about them?
- Mark your calendars: our first RESEARCH EXPLORED video drops next week, October 6. RESEARCH EXPLORED is a collaboration between @elstreescreenarts.bsky.social and the CAMHS Digital Lab.
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- What is expressed emotion, and why does it matter? Expressed emotion is the emotion - positive or negative - that a parent communicates when talking about their child 🧵
- With the youth mental health crisis mounting, we need evidence-based solutions that put young people's needs first. That's why we're launching a new partnership with @elstreescreenarts.bsky.social - putting young creatives at the heart of mental health content by young people, for young people 🧵
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- The news is out! 🎉 We're very excited to be partnering with the @wellcentrecharity.bsky.social, the Harris Foundation, South London Listens, and more great partners on projects in the @maudsleycharity.bsky.social's Building Brighter Futures programme. Stay tuned to find out more in the coming weeks!
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- In partnership with @kingsmaudsley.bsky.social, Lab Lead Prof. Johnny Downs co-wrote two blogs with Zoë Firth on the government's new 10-year Health Plan for the NHS. [📰 LINKS BELOW]
- Interview alert! As part of the @ukri.org Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind programme, ECR Zoë Firth sat down with the @ncb.org.uk to share more about our AI-driven speech analysis of data from the @eriskstudy.bsky.social project. Read below ⬇️ www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/med...
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabCan maternal warmth or negativity at age 10 shape adolescent mental health 💚🧠? Using identical twin comparisons, this study uncovers how emotional parenting influences outcomes at ages 12 & 18 👩👧👦📊 📄 Read: doi.org/10.1111/jcpp... @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social
- 🎉GOOD NEWS AT THE LAB 🎉 Huge congrats to Dr. Johnny Downs and @nickcummins41.bsky.social for their promotions to professor & senior lecturer, respectively, & to @judedineley.bsky.social for her NIHR DSE Award. Well-deserved achievements! Read more below ⬇️ www.camhsdlab.co.uk/news/congrat...
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabSTADIA trial summary Infographic 👇
- New blog from Lab member Zoë Firth on the STADIA trial from @kapilsayal.bsky.social and team! ⬇️
- New blog from Lab member Zoë Firth on the STADIA trial from @kapilsayal.bsky.social and team! ⬇️
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital Lab📣 New Research! It took 6 years but we got there! The STADIA trial reports… What we did: Large multi-centre #RCT with 1225 children and young people with emotional difficulties referred to #CAMHS across England, followed-up for 18 months. 6 Headline findings… see below… (1/7)
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabNew paper!! Excited to share our new piece outlining an ECR perspective on children and young people's mental health research. We offer suggestions around funding, research practice, and institutional governance and processes to support a more socially just, equitable, and rigorous science.
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- A fun and informative read from our E-Risk colleagues!
- Our latest paper, tested he classic "Monday's Child" rhyme was E-Risk Study data 🧬 to see if the day of the week you're born predicts your personality or physical traits at age 18. @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social Paper 📝: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- New blog for @acamh.bsky.social: CAMHS Digital Lab members Sarjhana Ragunathan Brindha & Zoë Firth reflect on the importance of embedding sustainable practices in digital mental health care & research 🌿 www.acamh.org/blog/putting...
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabThe CAMHS Digital Lab @camhsdlab.bsky.social (funded by @nihr.bsky.social) is helping to transform child #mentalhealth care systems - their novel service model embeds research and innovation into CAMHS, improving the effectiveness of clinical care. www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2025/j...
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabAfter an embarrassingly long time spent on my tiptoes trying to put this up…we’re ready! Come and chat with me at D2.043 about the two studies I am conducting with @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social on self-diagnosis. I am also on the conference app if you can’t find me and want to chat! #ESCAP2025
- 📝 Just published! We have a new paper out in #ChildAndAdolescentMentalHealth on our service model: how clinicians & researchers at the Lab are using digital innovations to meet urgent needs in #CAMHS ⬇️ The paper: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... The blog: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-pap...
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- ...and she won! 🥳 Starting off the week with some great news: Dr. @asilayseker.bsky.social won Higher Resident Dr in the 2025 RC Psych London Awards! We admire her dedication to improving care for neurodivergent children & young people, & her consistent support of other trainees. Well done Asilay!
- Huge congratulations to our very own Dr. @asilayseker.bsky.social for being shortlisted in the @rcpsych.bsky.social London Division Awards! Well deserved 👏🎉
- 📢New website alert! 📢 We're delighted to see that the new Maudsley Education Consultation Service (MECS) page is live on the King's Maudsley website! Check it out⬇️ kingsmaudsley.org/home/our-exp...
- Huge congratulations to our very own Dr. @asilayseker.bsky.social for being shortlisted in the @rcpsych.bsky.social London Division Awards! Well deserved 👏🎉
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabResearchers! Our Parent and Carer Research Network is open to you! We are looking for researchers whose work seeks to champion the voices of children, young people & their families #mentalhealth #mentalhealthresearch parentcarerresearchnetwork.org.uk/researchers
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- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabI’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling. (cont 🧵) tinyurl.com/vun92cz7
- Reposted by CAMHS Digital LabThe post below says it all! @eleanorchats.bsky.social and I have received some seed funding from the MHR Incubator to pilot a global peer mentoring programme for ECRs (including clinicians!) working in mental health research 🌎 If you are an ECR in the UK, Brazil or South Africa, apply below ⬇️
- We're incredibly excited to launch BRIDGE - a community initiative led by Incubator alumni that connects UK #mentalhealth early career #researchers with the Global South! ⏰ Applications are OPEN until 9 JUNE. For more info & to apply, visit the page below 👇 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/bridge/
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- Always great to hear insights from our colleagues on the OPTIMA team (where myHealthE was used to support recruitment)! 👏
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- We're seated for what looks to be an exciting and engaging #IoPPNFestival!
- 🎤 We’re kicking off the #IoPPNfestival with a warm welcome from Prof Corinne Houart, Prof Paolo Deluca & Dr Darren Williams! Excited for a busy afternoon of keynotes and 5 minute talks about innovation, insight & impactful #MentalHealthResearch @kingsioppn.bsky.social
