The team behind the Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network (LSIMHRN) recently held their Summer Showcase event during Loneliness Awareness Week. The summer showcase celebrated everything the network achieved in the past four years and was a call for the next steps in tackling loneliness, social isolation and the impact they have...
Open Lab: March
Join Emerging Minds for its next Open Lab meeting on via Zoom on Wednesday March 23, 1-2pm via. ‘Live music gigs and concerts: a “staged” approach to mental wellbeing for children and young people.’ What impact does live music experiences have on mental health? Children, Young people and practitioners have been working with Children in...
Supporting children and young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder during the Covid-19 pandemic. What can research and clinical experience offer?
This free webinar aims to share what research and clinical experience can offer to help us best support children and young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder at this time. We will explore the potential practical implications for children, young people and their families right now. The Emerging Minds network will be joined by Professor Jonathan...
What can research tell us about social isolation and children & young people’s mental health? What are the implications right now?
This free webinar aims to share what research tells us about the effect of social isolation and loneliness on children & young people’s mental health and what the potential practical implications for children, young people and their families are right now. The Emerging Minds network will be joined by Dr Maria Loades and Professor Shirely...
Screen time and young people’s mental health during COVID-19. What can research tell us?
The aim of this webinar is to share what research tell us about the effect of screen time on young people and to explore the potential practical implications for young people and their families right now. The Emerging Minds newtork will be joined by Dr Amy Orben and Dr Peter Etchells. This webinar is particularly...
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).
Deadline: MRC/AHRC/ESRC Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind Call for Research Programmes
This is the deadline for the Medical Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council call for interdisciplinary programmes of original empirical research in adolescence, mental health and the developing mind. In total £24M is available to support programmes of interdisciplinary research of up to 48 months in...
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.