2020 has thrown the world a lot of curve balls. One of them is the need to adapt the way we engage and learn from each other to a remote format. The EDITLab’s newest student, Elisavet Palaiologou, shares her experience of starting a Master’s course in the middle of a…
As we approach the halfway point of the UK’s second lockdown, EDIT Lab members Ellen and Jess reflect on the strategies that have and haven’t worked for them while working from home in 2020. Shortly after lockdown commenced in March 2020, we received an email from…
Keisha has written a really engaging and well explained blog about scientific racism and the impact this has had on engagement from minority communities in research. Please be advised that this blog post discusses issues of race and racism in the psychological sciences which may be triggering to some…
Imbalances in mental health research samples are a key area of work in this day and age. This article highlights the need to improve engagement for men, exploring the reasoning behind inter-gender differences in participation and the great need for righting this. Written by Babak Saghari, Neuroscience Graduate. In such…
Rachel Dada discusses the necessary steps that must be taken in order to achieve equity for the mental health of Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities in the UK
In the last EDIT Lab blog post, Jess interviewed four mental health clinicians about the way in which the COVID-19 pandemic might be influencing symptoms of anxiety of depression. In this blog post, she continues the conversation with Dr Georgina Krebs, Dr Victoria Rodriguez, Dr Evengelos Vassos and Dr Richard…
The RAMP study has shown that a lot of participants have experienced worsening symptoms of anxiety and depression since lockdown was announced.EDIT Lab PhD student, Jess, interviewed four clinicians to help understand the ways in which the pandemic may be impacting mental health
Being a placement student at the SGDP Liv and Elizabeth are two of our undergraduate psychology students who have taken a break from studying to undertake a placement year in the EDITlab. Their work spans the Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression Study (GLAD), the Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative project…
In this blog, placement student Emma Bishop reviews ‘Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine’ and explores research in this field.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed every aspect of life as we know it. But how have these changes impacted us? There is an urgent need for research exploring this.
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