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.
Elisavet and Iona, PhD students in the EDIT Lab, write about women’s mental health in the perinatal period and the current interventions available.
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…
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…
Iona, our newest 1+3 EDIT Lab student discusses what qualitative research is, why we need it and what we can we learn from it. What is qualitative research? In a world increasingly full of statistics, graphs and numbers, qualitative research provides a different way to…
Next in the ‘A-Z’ series is P for Physical Health. Physical and mental health problems are common. This blog outlines how often they co-occur and provides an overview of some of the factors involved in this co-occurrence. What is the definition of a physical health…
There is a rise in mental health concerns among children and young people. In this week’s blog, we look at national mental health initiatives and their respective approaches in addressing this issue. In recent years, there has been a rise in concern for…
Next in the ‘A-Z’ series is M for Minimal Phenotyping. Reaching the huge sample sizes needed for identifying the genetic basis of psychological traits is challenging. In this blog, Alicia and Patrycja look at minimal phenotyping as an approach to overcome sample size challenges. One…
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