Professor Ellen Townsend

@SelfHarmRes

PI, Self-Harm Research Group at University of Nottingham.
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Co-PI: Digital Youth digitalyouth.ac.uk
CI MindTech: mindtech.org.uk

Nottingham, England selfharmresearchgroup.info Joined September 2013

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Professor Ellen Townsend @SelfHarmRes Jan 24, 2024

A very lovely trophy for a fantastic team! Thank-you @acamh for this beauty. Received for our
‘Best paper award’ ⭐️

Professor Ellen Townsend @SelfHarmRes Jun 4

🚨New paper: important new work from our incredible @mrcdigitalyouth team in @NatureMedicine

Congratulations @aJessWilliams Aubrey Rhodes & @ozzulak

This collaboration began in the pandemic- great to see this out.

OA link: doi.org/10.1038/s41591…

www.nature.com A socially assistive robot to support mental wellbeing in LGBTQ+ young people at risk of self-harm:... Nature Medicine - A randomized controlled trial integrating Purrble, a socially assistive tactile robot, into safety planning found that LGBTQ+ youth at risk of self-harm experienced improvements...

Professor Ellen Townsend @SelfHarmRes Feb 13

Important work:

‘For self-harm, in fully adjusted models, each 1-point increase in academic pressure was associated with an 8% higher odds of self-harm.’

Dr Gemma Lewis @GemmaLewis13 Feb 13

Our new study finding that higher levels of academic pressure at age 15 increase the risk of depression and self-harm from age 16-24

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Professor Ellen Townsend @SelfHarmRes Feb 11

We are popping up with Purrble on Saturday 14th - come chat to us about all things emotion regulation and digital tools.

More info here: selfharmresearchgroup.info/?page_id=1132

@mrcdigitalyouth
@notts_psych

selfharmresearchgroup.info/?page_id=1132

Professor Ellen Townsend @SelfHarmRes Feb 5

I have long pondered why I keep this account.

I find it almost impossible to be here.

I think the moral case for leaving is stronger than ever.

Tell me why you stay …