5 ways research is tackling depression
These scientists are revolutionising how we understand and treat depression.
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MQ's Data Science Meeting 2018
Registration is now open for MQ's 2018 Mental Health Data Science Meeting - bringing together researchers and innovators to explore how data science can transform how we understand, treat and prevent mental illness.
As a mother, I felt powerless to help
Guest blogger Melanie's daughter was twelve when she first tried to take her own life. In this blog, Melanie describes her daughter's journey to recovery and shares her hopes for what mental health research could achieve for young people.
New research shows prenatal exposure to folic acid could reduce risk of psychosis
New research we’ve funded has linked - for the first time - an increase in consumption of folic acid during pregnancy with changes in children’s brain development. And this was associated with a reduction in the incidence of psychotic symptoms.
London’s biggest swearbox is here
Join us this week at Old Street, London, for the biggest swearbox the capital has ever seen.
MQ funds five pioneering projects in second round of Data Science Awards
Today we’re announcing £230,000 of funding for five innovative research projects.
What fatherhood has taught me about mental health
Ahead of Father’s Day we spoke to André Tomlin, a mental health researcher, founder of the Mental Elf website and dad of Ava, Luca & Edie Rae. He shared with us his own experiences of depression as a father, and his hopes for what mental health research could achieve for his children.
Depression doesn’t have to be about struggle and despair – it’s about survival and strength
Mental health blogger and advocate Natalie talks about her experience of mental illness and why she feels it's important to 'own' her depression.