“We broke a few silos at the Mental Health Science Meeting this year”
After attending the Mental Health Science Meeting for the first time, PhD candidate Urska shares her thoughts…
Lead articles
“We need to get better at sharing our experiences of loneliness”
Ahead of the Mental Health Science Meeting, Pam Qualter talked to us about her research into the links between loneliness and mental health.
“A doctor needs to know what’s important to each individual”
We spoke to Bill Fulford about his work to make sure the values of people living with mental illness can be incorporated into decisions about treatment they receive.
“Pharmacists are there at the very moment a person receives a prescription for antidepressants - and we need their help”
MQ-funded researcher Claire is helping GPs make more personalised treatment choices for people with mental illness- and looking to pharmacists for help.
5 parents’ hopes for what mental health research could achieve
We spoke to five parents about the mental health challenges and opportunities that face their children’s generation - and their hopes for what research could achieve.
A first for mental health science: Facing our fears can actually overwrite traumatic memories
New MQ-funded research has found that re-writing memories, rather than suppressing them, could be the most effective way to overcome PTSD.
5 findings providing new answers in mental health research
These 5 recent findings from MQ-funded researchers could transform mental health - shifting us towards a world where we approach mental illness with more clarity, more certainty and more compassion.
Mental health in migrant, South Asian, and Muslim communities: Q&A with Karim Mitha
Karim Mitha’s research looks at the mental health of people in ethnic communities – and how culture, marginalisation and identity all play a part in their experience of mental illness.