UCL academic psychiatrist @MentalHealthMSc, @MentalHealthPRU & @UCL_Loneliness. Tweets on mental health research, & a few on singing & SE London life. She/her.
South-East London & UCL
Joined December 2008
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Sonia Johnson retweeted
🚨 New summary on our study on alternatives to inpatient mental health care!
📄 The team have produced a short summary highlighting key implications for research, practice & policy.
👉 Read in full here: shorturl.at/tOeqN
#CrisisCare #HealthPolicy
Sonia Johnson retweeted
🚨 New Published Paper - Understanding barriers and facilitators to delivering peer support effectively: a qualitative interview study
Proud to share our latest research, led by academic and lived experience researchers.
🔗 Read in full: bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.…
#MentalHealth
Sonia Johnson retweeted
Congratulations to the BRC-supported researchers who have been appointed or re-appointed as @NIHRresearch Senior Investigators in the 2025 round of awards, Prof @jmschott, Prof @soniajohnson, Prof Henry Houlden & Prof @RHeyderman
🔗uclhospitals.brc.nihr.ac.uk/…
Many congrats to my & @DrAPitman's brilliant PhD student Dr (almost) Sarah Ikhtabi for breezing through her viva for her PhD on Loneliness & Complex Emotional Needs, and to v kind & insightful examiners Andy Gumley and Hélène Joffe! #proudsupervisor @UCLPsychiatry @UCL_Loneliness
Sonia Johnson retweeted
🎙️ Join our In-Person Mental Health Question Time – Exploring Peer Support in Mental Health
🗓️ Date: Monday, January 27, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:15 PM – 8:30 PM GMT
📍 Location: London
eventbrite.co.uk/e/mental-he…
#MentalHealth #PeerSupport #MentalHealthResearch #MentalHealthQuestionTime
Sonia Johnson retweeted
Peer support interventions delivered by paid peer & family workers buff.ly/4iEITAt
Magenta Simmons & Belle Boland blog an umbrella review led by Ruth Cooper @MentalHealthPRU on the effectiveness & implementation of #PeerSupport interventions in #MentalHealth.
Sonia Johnson retweeted
Thrilled to share our new paper on the experience of #loneliness among individuals with #psychosis: @UCL_Loneliness and led by the brilliant Winky Lee as part of her MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences
journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
Sonia Johnson retweeted
Tickets for our #PeerSupport in #MentalHealth webinar are selling FAST!
Get in quick to avoid disappointment 👇🏽
Looking forward to hearing from @MentalHealthPRU Chairs @soniajohnson & @acgrundy, & speakers Steve Gillard, @unafoye, Ruth Cooper, Natasha Lyons & @UCL_CoPro
⭐️ Peer Support in Mental Health ⭐️
Webinar 2:00-4:30pm
Mon 20 Jan 2025
Evidence, Experiences & Insights
NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental Health event.
Steve Gillard, Una Foye, Ruth Cooper, Natasha Lyons, Sonia Johnson & Andrew Grundy.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/peer-supp…
Sonia Johnson retweeted
⭐️ Peer Support in Mental Health ⭐️
Webinar 2:00-4:30pm
Mon 20 Jan 2025
Evidence, Experiences & Insights
NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental Health event.
Steve Gillard, Una Foye, Ruth Cooper, Natasha Lyons, Sonia Johnson & Andrew Grundy.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/peer-supp…
Sonia Johnson retweeted
We are recruiting for a research assistant to join us at
@KingsHSPR as part of the @MentalHealthPRU
team. We conduct research to inform national mental health policy. All the details are here: kcl.ac.uk/jobs/102531-resear…
Sonia Johnson retweeted
🚨 We're Hiring: Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Mental Health Policy Research
📍 Location: King’s College London
📝 Contract: Full-time, fixed-term 31 Dec 2028
⏰ Apply By: 02 January 2025
💼 More: bit.ly/3Di39Yo
@soniajohnson @cityalan #MentalHealthResearch
Research shouldn't be a competition, but flattering to make it onto this international list for the first time! Congratulations to all my colleagues, collaborators and student who did most of the work! – at Camden Town, London
We're delighted that 22 of our academics have been identified in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2024, recognising authors of the most influential research papers around the world.
🔗bit.ly/3ZARQ4R
Sonia Johnson retweeted
We're delighted that 22 of our academics have been identified in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2024, recognising authors of the most influential research papers around the world.
🔗bit.ly/3ZARQ4R
Sonia Johnson retweeted
How can we help young people feel less lonely? buff.ly/3ORlXQN
@LaurenTurner456 explores young people’s views on the acceptability and feasibility of youth loneliness interventions.
@eagersharon @soniajohnson @DrAPitman @ManuelaUribe_ @DrEilunedPearce
Sonia Johnson retweeted
Great to talk about the research done as part of my @MentalhealthMSc @UCLPsychiatry @UCL_Loneliness @soniajohnson #perinatalloneliness
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Sonia Johnson retweeted
@Mental_Elf @gazlamph @walkamileuk @Girl_Interrupt_ @PTMFramework @suzypuss @MindCharity @weareplatfform @EwanHilton @soniajohnson @unafoye @joetracini
Abstract submission for the British & Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder Conference is open!
Do consider sharing your ideas/practice/research/experience in June 10-12th
10% of places free to people with lived experience
bigspd.org.uk/abstract-submi…
Sonia Johnson retweeted
In a time of major social divisions, social connection is vital. Really proud of this report, based on @TheMatilda_USyd @MTeesson collab with the @UCLPolicyLab - and incredible minds @soniajohnson @PeterFonagy @globalhlthtwit @EndLonelinessUK @mds49 @LocalTrust and many others!
NEW | We are proud to share a new report to prioritise social connection in UK and Australian policy. Together, @UCLPolicyLab and @TheMatilda_USYD reflected on the best available academic and community evidence.
Our findings: bit.ly/40NICop
Sonia Johnson retweeted
For some strange reason the first reading of the new Mental Health Act bill yesterday didn’t get coverage. But it is a milestone- 6 years after our Review, interrupted by Covid and elections, paused to consider the Nottingham tragedy, we are finally here theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Sonia Johnson retweeted
New 3-year research fellow role at @UCLPsychiatry! Come work with @GemmaLewis13 and me on eating disorders and depression research. Any questions, please just get in touch with us 😊. More details on team, project, and role below 👇
ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search…
Sonia Johnson retweeted
If you have lived experience of bipolar, pls join our @BipolarUK Research Community to hear about opportunities for research & lived experience advisory involvement.
Pls share widely and RT & thanks if you've already joined!
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
