Georgia Gardner makes the case for non-hierarchical collaborative research that benefits both the researcher and experts by experience.
Expert by experience: how shaping research kick-started my career in mental health
G shares how using their personal experience of mental ill-health to shape research opened up new career opportunities, landing them a job at a leading mental health charity. They talk about how they came across lived experience involvement opportunities, what they involved and how G contributed. I turned my experience of mental ill-health into a...
5 things I learned from the Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network Summer Showcase
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...
The Co-Videos: How the UKRI-funded networks responded to Covid-19
Over the past few months, the Mental Health Research Matters team spoke with representatives across the UKRI-funded mental health networks about the Covid-19 pandemic. The result? a video series called Co-videos. The Co-videos explore how the networks responded to the pandemic, and their successes along the way. UKRI funded the mental health networks in 2018,...
Final Showcase Symposium: Loneliness and Social Isolation Mental Health Research Network
SAVE THE DATE: 22 June 2022 Next summer, The Loneliness, Social Isolation and Mental Health Research Network (LSIMHRN) are holding their network symposium. The event will be held during Loneliness Awareness Week and will celebrate the successes of the network. Join the LISMHRN as everyone involved in the network celebrate its successes. Hear from researchers...
Loneliness in Lockdown Gathering – Loneliness & Social Isolation Network
Register here! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/loneliness-in-lockdown-gathering-tickets-143290695327 The Loneliness & Social Isolation network bring you this fantastic event, organised by Pathways Plus Project funding recipient James Duggan. The event is for researchers, practitioners and anyone with an interest in how the COVID-19 Lockdowns have affected mental health and feelings of loneliness and isolation. The event includes 10 presentations from...
Deadline: Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health network plus funding call on interventions
This is the deadline for the Loneliness and Social Isolation plus funding call on interventions. Grants are available for £15K and £50K for small or large projects respectively, provided at 80% of full economic costing. This call invites research that aims to understand: What interventions/specific activities reduce loneliness and social isolation in the general population,...
Loneliness and Social Isolation Interventions plus funding Q&A webinar
The Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Network have recently launched their second plus funding call on Interventions exploring: What interventions/specific activities reduce loneliness and social isolation in the general population, and whether these interventions/specific activities also reduce the risk of the onset of mental health problems, and/or What interventions/specific activities reduce loneliness and...
Webinar: Research priorities in addressing loneliness & social isolation in people with mild-moderate mental health problems
Webinar hosted by the Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health network on how to help individuals with mild to moderate mental health problems address loneliness and social isolation. Short talks on different approaches to reducing loneliness and social isolation in people with mild-moderate mental health problems will be followed by small-group discussions on gaps,...
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.
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