Dr Myles-Jay Linton
BSc, PhD, CPsychol
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of Education
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
TellMi Evaluation
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
The Tellmi app is a digital support tool that has placed peer support at the centre of its mental health and well-being intervention. On Tellmi, young people aged 11-25…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/06/2022 to 31/12/2023
Including the Excluded: Education and Wellbeing in a time of COVID
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This project brings urgent attention to the circumstances of secondary school pupils who have experienced fixed-term or permanent exclusion from mainstream schooling in Bristol within the last 12 months during…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
22/03/2021 to 31/07/2021
“From Anxiety to Insight to Action – How can we best support young people from diverse backgrounds to make their own response to the Climate and Ecological Emergency?”
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The research seeks to develop new knowledge about how young people can best respond to the CEE, and how artistic experiences can facilitate this. It will do this within a…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/01/2020 to 31/07/2020
Health system knowledge mobilisation
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical SchoolDates
27/11/2018 to 28/11/2018
Publications
Recent publications
25/08/2025Engaging Young People With Mental Health Needs and Exploring Outputs From a Resource Development Project
Journal of Participatory MEdicine
The Acceptability of AI-Driven Resource Signposting to Young People Using a Mental Health Peer Support App
Digital Society
Investigating changes in student mental health and help-seeking behaviour after the introduction of new well-being support services at a UK university
BJPsych Open
Mental Health Practitioners’ Training Needs and Preferences for Addressing Online Use with Children and Young People
Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Student mental health support: A qualitative evaluation of new well-being services at a UK university
Journal of Further and Higher Education
Related people
Dr Lucy Biddle
Associate Professor in Qualitative Mental Health Research
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor William Hollingworth
Professor of Health Economics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Judi Kidger
Professor of Public Mental Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Helen Bould
Associate Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Jacks Bennett
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (PHS)