The young people's digital mental health research network outlines its programme of meetings for 2020.
Fancy catching up on the highlights of the Mental Health Research Matters campaign?
Have you seen our handy infographics on better mental health research?
We’ve put all the top tips from our webinars in one place
The campaign might be over, but help us continue the conversation
Keep using #MentalHealthResearchMatters and help create an online space for all-things quality mental health research
Transforming the landscape of UK mental health research
Professor Elaine Fox explains why collaborative working involving multiple forms of expertise is key to enabling genuine change in the landscape of mental health research
How are the mental health research community responding to Covid-19? #MentalHealthResearchMatters
What is the role of mental health research at a time like this? Vanessa Pinfold looks at how research teams and funders are gearing up and asks how we can best contribute.
New study from MARCH network into psychological and social effects of Covid-19
Researchers from the MARCH network have launched a study into the psychological and social effects of Covid-19 in the UK....
#WorkingFromHome: Adjusting to my new life as a mental health Early Career Researcher
How can mental health ECRs adjust to disrupted research and working from home? Sam Parsons discusses challenges ECRs face and the need for a strong mental health research community.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.