Increasing mental health awareness in Huntington’s Disease

Posted on 27 June 2016 by Dr Emma Yhnell

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a disorder of the brain, a neurodegenerative disease, which is caused by brain cells gradually dying. HD has a genetic cause, which means if you have the gene for the disease there is a 50% chance that you might pass it on to your children. There is a genetic test available
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Blowing the whistle on Mental Health

Posted on 13 June 2016 by Alison Tobin

Former rugby referee and NCMH Research Champion Clive Norling shares his experience of depression and explains why he got involved in our research.
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Mental health: United we stand, divided we fall

Posted on 6 June 2016 by Professor Michael Owen

Mental health is never far from the headlines these days and this is as it should be. One in four of us will suffer from some form of mental ill health in any given year.
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Understanding mental health systems and services

Posted on 6 June 2016 by Ben Hannigan

Working in collaboration with colleagues across the UK, including with people who have directly used services, researchers in the School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University study mental health systems.
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Back from the brink

Posted on 6 June 2016 by Alison Tobin

Neurogeneticist Professor Michael O’ Donovan led the biggest ever genetic study of schizophrenia ever conducted, shedding light on the biological cause of the condition.
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