Social Worker. Lecturer in Psychology @RCSIPsychology. Tweeting in a personal capacity.
Joined January 2012
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15 Apr 2023
Really enjoyed presenting the results of our RCT of the #Mindfulness-based social work and self-care programme @ #ECSWR2023 and the really interesting discussions afterwards. Great to see the #well-being of #socialworkers receiving much more attention
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Dr. Alan Maddock retweeted
The call for abstracts for the 22nd Psychology, Health & Medicine Annual Conference is now open. The theme of the conference is 'Health Psychology in a Changing World: Navigating Complexity, Driving Impact' and takes place at @RCSI_Irl on 24 April.
rcsi.com/phm
@PSI_DHP @divhealthpsych @hrbireland
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22 Aug 2025
Delighted this paper is published! It reports the effects of our multi-component mental health intervention on psychological distress among persons with disabilities in Cambodia. ijmhs.biomedcentral.com/arti… @RCSIPsychology @RCSI_PopHealth
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13 Aug 2025
Really enjoyed being a guest. If you are a social worker in Northern Ireland the MBSWSC programme which we discussed is freely available and the next set of MBSWSC sessions will be run from 7th September 2025 to 22nd October 2025. For more information see: basw.co.uk/mindfulness-based…
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Dr. Alan Maddock retweeted
12 Aug 2025
We're recruiting for a lecturer in health psychology to join our team. The postholder will participate in the teaching, facilitation & examining of the undergrad & grad teaching programmes of @RCSIPsychology.
my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal…
@PSI_DHP @SPHeREprogramme
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If you're a social worker wanting to improve self care & wellbeing while reducing stress & emotional exhaustion, take part in our Mindfulness-Based Social Work & Self-Care Programme. Starts September. See iasw.ie @AlanMaddock1 @WeHSCPs @PracticeLinks @VGeiran
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31 Jan 2025
A lovely email acknowledgement to get from the publishers of the premier Social Work journal in Europe 😀 @RCSI_PopHealth @RCSIPsychology
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Dr. Alan Maddock retweeted
29 Oct 2024
Coping strategies for life with cancer is the theme of the third episode in the @RCSI_Irl MyHealth series 2024/2025.
This in-person event will feature healthcare providers, & patient & family advocates sharing personal insights & coping strategies.
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Dr. Alan Maddock retweeted
27 Sep 2024
The Scholar and Alumni Panel held a discussion with the first-year scholars of the SPHeRE Programme in honor of Peer Learning Day 2024. We appreciate Dr. Alan Maddock, Dr. Viveka Guzmán, Rebecca Trower, Aoife Burke, and David McEvoy's willingness to participate on the panel.
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5 Sep 2024
Really enjoyed presenting some of the results from our work which examined social, psychological and physical determinants of psychological distress and PTSD amongst persons with physical disabilities in Cambodia at #EHPS2024 @NRamstrand @RCSIPsychology @RCSI_PopHealth
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22 Jul 2024
Delighted to have this paper published in the British Journal of Social Work. This paper identifies a number of potentially important protective and risk factors for depression, anxiety and poor well-being in social workers @RCSI_PopHealth @RCSIPsychology shorturl.at/ZBoZP
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21 May 2024
Delighted to publish this paper in Mindfulness. It highlights how increased self-compassion, acceptance, mindfulness, attention regulation, non-attachment, and non-aversion reduce negative thinking, stress, and burnout in social workers @RCSIPsychology rdcu.be/dIvY3
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1 May 2024
Just logging in to submit a paper revision to the BJSW and what a lovely surprise to see this paper is one of the most read :-)
8 Nov 2023
Pleased to have this paper published, that highlights stress as a universal risk factor for depression, anxiety and poor well-being in social workers, emotional exhaustion as a risk factor for anxiety, with personal accomplishment being a protective factor bit.ly/3FNvzrh
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8 Nov 2023
Pleased to have this paper published, that highlights stress as a universal risk factor for depression, anxiety and poor well-being in social workers, emotional exhaustion as a risk factor for anxiety, with personal accomplishment being a protective factor bit.ly/3FNvzrh
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Dr. Alan Maddock retweeted
25 Apr 2024
📚Explore and contribute with new #research and insights on the intersection of #social work and #mindfulness in our Special Issue led by @AlanMaddock1
and @pearsemac:
mdpi.com/journal/socsci/spec…
#SocialWork #TransformativePractices #CommunityImpact
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5 Mar 2024
Great to have this paper published, which highlights how MBSWSC improved social work assessments, service user engagement and team working, values oriented social work practice, and the development of key social work skills @RCSI_PopHealth @RCSIPsychology tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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29 Feb 2024
Delighted to have this paper published. It highlights the roles that self-compassion, acceptance, mindfulness, decentering, non-attachment, non-aversion, worry, and rumination could play in social worker stress and burnout rdcu.be/dzVcj @RCSIPsychology @RCSI_PopHealth
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13 Feb 2024
Delighted to have this paper, which replicated and expanded our results that Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care reduces stress, emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, anxiety, and depression, and improves well-being published @RCSI_PopHealth
doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae011…
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