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How can AI help us manage mental health conditions? – Podcast transcript

How can AI help us manage mental health conditions? – Podcast transcript

How can sensors in our home help us better understand physical and mental health conditions? As part of our Mental Health Research Matters Interdisciplinary research series, we were joined by Dr Amid Ayobi and Dr Aisling Ann O’Kane from the EPSRC-funded SPHERE project, to find out more about human-computer interaction. They are just two of...

The Round-Up – March 2022

The Round-Up – March 2022

We’ve seen a glimpse of gloriously sunny days and lost an hour’s sleep. That can only mean one thing: spring is here! Now it’s time to hear what the UKRI mental health networks have been up to in March. Before you get the latest from the networks, we’d like to plug a great opportunity to...

Join the Why Mental Health Research Matters steering group

Join the Why Mental Health Research Matters steering group

**THIS OPPORTUNITY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPLICATIONS* Does mental health research matter to you? We’re recruiting people with a passion for research to join and help shape an exciting conversation about research and mental health in autumn 2022. You’ll use your personal or professional experience and expertise to let key audiences know...

Building your networks and influencing mental health

Building your networks and influencing mental health

A huge part of growing as a mental health researcher is learning from other people’s experiences and skills. That’s why the Mental Health Research Incubator has created a mental health research map for building collaborations. The map of mental health research is becoming a key practical resource. It makes it easy for research-active clinicians, lived...

The Round-Up – February 2022

The Round-Up – February 2022

The Round-up – February Let’s get stuck into another Round-up – catching you up on all of the latest news from the UKRI-funded mental health networks. News An important but often overlooked health struggle for people with severe mental illness is oral health. That’s why the oral health special interest group in Closing the Gap...

The Round-up – January 2022

The Round-up – January 2022

It’s time for another Round-up. We’re bringing you the latest news, highlights and events from across the eight UKRI-funded mental health research networks. After a brief pause in December, we’re catching you up on the networks’ latest activities. This month, we’re celebrating awards and numerous publications, not to mention the usual selection of top-notch blogs...

The November Round-up

The November Round-up

November is hurtling past at a startling rate! We’re already in the slippery descent to cheesy Christmas adverts and near-constant Mariah Carey on the radio. Let’s find out what UKRI-funded mental health networks have been up to this month. From events, blogs and YouTube series to research papers, there’s a lot to catch up on....

Air Pollution and Mental Health: Q&A

Air Pollution and Mental Health: Q&A

With COP26 in full swing and the world focusing on climate change, we wanted to talk about the impact air pollution has on mental health. We know that air pollution has a significant effect on our physical health. But there’s also a growing body of research connecting exposure to air pollution to mental illness. We...

The Round-Up – October 2021

The Round-Up – October 2021

After a brief pause in September, it’s time for another round-up. If we haven’t crossed paths yet – nice to meet you, I’m Daisy. JJ has started his Masters and passed the network coordination communications baton to me. It’s been fascinating learning more about the work of the networks and the incredible projects that you...

Open Science resources document

Open Science resources document

To support the plus-fund teams, we compiled resources tailored to the potential needs of their projects. Most of these projects centre on: developing guidelines running focus groups developing resources, and pilot studies. Therefore, we focused on resources to support anyone interested in making their own projects more open and reproducible, but may not have had...