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Irritability in young people with rare genetic conditions

Child and adolescent mental health, genetics

Irritability in young people with rare genetic conditions

Posted on 4 September 2024 by Jessica Hall

This blog was originally shared on the Springer Nature Research Community: read it here “I worry that they will get labelled as a naughty, difficult, or even an unlikeable child”. […]

Child and adolescent mental health, Mental health and society

The power of co-production – lived experience in research

Posted on 20 August 2024 by Emma Meilak

In this blog Emma Meilak, Public Involvement Lead at the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health and Sami Gichki, one of the Wolfson Centre’s Youth Advisory Group members, share […]

Adult mental health, autism spectrum conditions

Nabila Ali’s PhD journey

Posted on 15 August 2024 by Alison Tobin

Nabila Ali recently graduated with a PhD. Her thesis was on the role of rare genetic variants in neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. She chose this field because she has always […]

Adult mental health

Knowledge exchange through elective mental health nursing placements abroad

Posted on 31 July 2024 by Abigail Fisher

A successful knowledge exchange for mental health nursing practice, policy, research and education between our School of Healthcare Sciences and Mid North Coast Local Health District (New South Wales, Australia) […]

 
Why I work in mental health research – Chloe Apsey

Why I work in mental health research – Chloe Apsey

Posted on 1 July 2024 by Alison Tobin

Why did you choose to do research into mental health/work in mental health research? I decided when I was at school doing my GCSEs that I was interested in psychology […]

Physical health care in mental health settings: how a knowledge exchange can shed light on opportunities for policy, practice, education and research improvement

Physical health care in mental health settings: how a knowledge exchange can shed light on opportunities for policy, practice, education and research improvement

Posted on 30 April 2024 by Dr Seren Roberts

Seren Roberts Penny Jones  Allyson Wilson   People with severe mental illness experience poorer physical health than the general population, with 13–30 years shortened life expectancy. This health inequality is well […]

 Why it is okay to ‘fail’ New Years resolutions

 Why it is okay to ‘fail’ New Years resolutions

Posted on 23 February 2024 by Lily Maddock

Undergraduate psychology student Lily Maddock is currently on placement at CUBRIC, where she is researching individuals with schizophrenia-associated copy number variants and assessing how they affect cortical network connectivity using […]

Do experiences of social isolation impact the mental health of young people?

Do experiences of social isolation impact the mental health of young people?

Posted on 9 February 2024 by Alison Tobin

How does being isolated from other young people relate to mental health problems? In this blog, Dr Katherine Thompson, a postdoctoral research associate researching statistical models to predict depression at […]

Taking a whole-school approach to mental health in Wales – Zoe Haslam and Dr Rachel Brown

Taking a whole-school approach to mental health in Wales – Zoe Haslam and Dr Rachel Brown

Posted on 21 September 2023 by Zoe Haslam

A growing number of nations are advocating for a whole school approach to emotional and mental wellbeing. In 2021, Welsh Government published a framework outlining their model for embedding this […]

Skellern Lecture and Lifetime Achievement Award

Skellern Lecture and Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted on 16 August 2023 by Ben Hannigan

Eileen Skellern made a major contribution to the development of modern, interpersonally mediated, mental health nursing and following her death in 1980 a lecture series was founded in her name. […]