Next in the A-Z series is Y for Youth Awards, a programme that allows researchers to build community connections by inviting young people from local secondary schools to learn more about the work done at the IoPPN.
Researchers interested in longitudinal processes can use a range of statistical models to examine how variables are associated over time. One approach often used to examine reciprocal – or bidirectional – associations between variables is the cross-lagged panel model.
Elisavet and Iona, PhD students in the EDIT Lab, write about women’s mental health in the perinatal period and the current interventions available.
Inspired by the focus groups the EDIT Lab conducted with participants from the Twins Early Development Study, EDIT Lab members Aliyah (placement student) and Elisavet (PhD student) write about anxiety in emerging adulthood.
Alicia Peel and Meg Skelton describe their experiences of the PhD viva in the UK, having both passed theirs last year. What is a viva? A viva is an examination of your thesis, where you are asked questions to demonstrate that your work meets the…
This Black History Month, placement students Aliyah (EDIT Lab) and Tin Tin (BioResource) highlight the complex racial disparities which exist within mental health treatment and care, and discuss a range of changes that can be made, on an individual and structural level, to address this systemically in the workplace. …
In our previous blog post ‘U is for Underrepresented Groups in Mental Health Research – Part 1’, Grace described the causes and implications of underrepresentation of LGBT+ individuals and ethnic minorities in mental health research. Now, she will discuss how these problems may be overcome. …
In this blog Grace, our MSc placement student, discusses the causes of underrepresentation in mental health research and why it needs to be resolved. THE PROBLEM In the UK, the LGBT+ community face higher suicide rates (NHS England, 2020), black adults are 5 times more…
Evidence-based psychological treatments are now widely available within the NHS. In this blog, we explore the profound impact and potential of the Talking Therapies programme in effectively managing common mental health disorders. Anxiety and depression are common mental health conditions that affect a significant…
Filip is a second year PhD student at the Department of Psychology and the SGDP Centre at KCL. He’s interested in genetically-informed research methods, self-harm and young people’s mental health.
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