After the first cross-network event on securing funding as an ECR in mental health Sam Parsons takes you through an exercise of 5 questions designed to get you thinking about approaching funding applications as an ECR, and importantly working out what you still need to know ahead of the second event in the series on networking.
SMaRteN network – COVID-19 impact on researchers? #MentalHealthResearchMatters
How has Covid-19 impacted doctoral and early career researchers? What good practice can be adopted by supervisors, line managers and institutions to reduce some of this impact? Elizabeth, Amy and Trish discuss these questions in this podcast, drawing from both the research data and their personal experiences.
Online or on the line? Digital exclusion in people with severe mental ill health
The pandemic has accelerated digitalisation in many aspects of life, but what does this mean for people who are not digitally connected? Emily Peckham and Panos Spanakis from the Closing the Gap Network (@CTGNetworkUK) explore the the “digital divide” and explain why understanding the extent of this divide in people with severe mental ill-health is an important aim of the network's OWLS project (Optimising Well-being during Self-isolation).
Priorities for mental health science in a time of crisis and loss
The Covid-19 pandemic is and will continue to have pervasive impacts on health and society. What key research questions and priorities are necessary to mitigate the impacts on mental health, especially for those people who may disproportionately affected? Louise Arseneault reflects on some of the research priorities and questions for mental health and brain sciences identified by an interdisciplinary group of people from across the bio-psycho-social spectrum in mental health science, including people with lived experience of mental health problems.
Achieving resilience during COVID-19: psycho-social risk & protective factors amidst a pandemic in adolescents
A new online study has been launched by the Oxford Centre for Emotions and Affective Neuroscience (OCEAN) to explore factors affecting resilience in adolescents during the Covid-19 pandemic, and understand how to better promote psychological well-being in adolescents during this time.
What is the role of charitable mental health research funders during Covid19?
"We have a responsibility to put accessible and rapidly applicable evidence in the hands of the people we support, professionals and policymakers, as well as ensuring that the big concerns from before aren’t forgotten." The Alliance of Mental Health Research funders discuss the role of charitable research funders in the mental health research response to Covid-19.
What is the impact of covid-19 on doctoral students and early career researchers in the UK? New research by SMaRteN in partnership with Vitae.
SMaRteN have worked in partnership with Vitae to put together a survey to understand the impact of COVID-19 associated lock down on doctoral and early career researchers, the outcomes of which will guide the longer term response to supporting researchers through and following the pandemic.
Better reporting, tailored messaging and no longer than needed: reflections on a review of the psychological impact of quarantine
Dr Alexandra Pitman, joint lead of the Loneliness & Social Isolation in Mental Health research network and trauma specialist Dr Michael Bloomfield reflect on the findings of a recent rapid review in The Lancet on the psychological effects of quarantine.
Consultation Survey: Covid-19 response to “off-radar” children and young people trapped at home and at risk of violence and abuse
Survivors' voices, The McPin Foundation and VAMHN have launched an anonymous consultation to understand the impact of Covid-19 containment measures on “off-radar” children and young people trapped at home and at risk of violence and abuse to develop concrete measures to help children and young people at risk of such abuse. The online survey is aimed at adults who can identify with experiencing violence and abuse at home and no helping agency knowing about it for long periods (or ever).
Co-SPACE study: How are families are coping with the challenges of COVID-19?
The Emerging Minds network have worked with parents and carers to develop a new study to help understand how families are coping during the Covid-19 pandemic and what parents can do to help support their children’s mental health.
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