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. …
Dr Karen Bateson transitioned to the voluntary sector after 20 years of working for the NHS as a Clinical Child Psychologist. She is currently the Head of Clinical Strategy and Development at the Parent-Infant Foundation. In this blog, Karen was interviewed on her career transition and current role by former…
In Part 1 of this blog series, Elisavet [EDIT Lab first-year PhD student] and Elena [EDIT Lab 2020-2021 MSc student] outlined the inherent limitations of not including more diverse – and thus representative – samples in GWASs. In Part 2 below, they discuss the ongoing efforts towards diversifying research at…
The month of October hosts UK Black History Month, World Mental Health Day, and the anniversary of the Human Genome Project. Inspired by all three, Elisavet [EDIT Lab first-year PhD student] and Elena [EDIT Lab 2020-2021 MSc student] discuss the need to diversify genetics research for the continual progress of…
I have spent almost 3 years involved in Global Mental Health research. Global Mental Health research spans countries, cultures, languages and philosophies, however, this field still largely operates through a typical Global Health Model of North-South learning. This model upholds a flawed assumption that Western institutions know best, even if…
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.
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
At the end of her last blog post, Laura briefly touched upon how as well as working on the stigma surrounding mental health, a lot also needs to be done within Minority Ethnic communities. Having recently attended another talk at King’s College London: Diversity & Psychiatry: Old Battles and New…
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