Interesting new study, giving ketamine or placebo to depression patients, has found that patients who believed that received ketamine, even if they did not, experienced improvements in symptoms, indicating the importance of ‘hope’ in recovery nature.com/articles/s4422…

New research suggests that AI used to analyse specialised brain MRI scans of adolescents has found significant differences in nine brain white matter tracts in individuals with ADHD, compared to those without ADHD sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/…

Interesting study from University of Surrey indicates that understanding a patient's subjective beliefs could be vital to tailoring more effective treatments for depression and ADHD elifesciences.org/reviewed-prepr…

New research from University of Basel indicates that children who engage in more physical activity are more resilient to stress jsams.org/article/S1440-…

A recent pilot study from Columbia University suggests that mindfulness-based interventions can be successfully used to treat PTSD in cardiac arrest survivors psychiatrist.com/jcp/acceptance…

There four fully-funded PhD scholarships in suicide prevention and social justice at the University of hull. Deadline: 15th February. hull.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

LIMHRN will be hosting a symposium on new directions in global mental health research on 12-13th June 2024 at the University of Leeds. See below for more details.

A recent longitudinal study from UCL finds that body dissatisfaction at age 11 is linked to increased risk of depression in teenage years thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

Get involved!! The University of Leeds will host the @WUNetwork Global Mental Health Symposium on June 12-13, 2024. Read more: eu.eventscloud.com/website/13438/… Leeds Interdisciplinary Mental Health Network @horizonsleeds @LeedsMedHealth @uolssi LCS Leeds @lcsleeds.bsky.social @sspleeds Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds

✨WUN Mental Health Symposium✨ 🎓12- 13th June 2024 in Leeds 🎓The deadline for abstracts is 22nd March For more information please visit the website or contact [email protected] University of Leeds University of Alberta #GlobalMentalHealth #GlobalResearch eu.eventscloud.com/website/13438/…

Today Alex Ruck-Keene Alex Ruck Keene reviews a recent study from the island of Ireland by Gavin Davidson and colleagues, which compares mental health and mental capacity law data across international borders nationalelfservice.net/?p=193129 #MentalCapacity #MentalCapacityLaw

Interesting new study suggesting that a new AI model can accurately assess child birth relates PTSD in postpartum women nature.com/articles/s4159…

Join us on Wednesday 15 May 2024 for the IoPPN Research Festival. We'll be showcasing the innovative and exciting research taking place at IoPPN, and this year's theme will be ‘Origins and new beginnings’ #IoPPNfestival Register here: bit.ly/3U24IhR

Research suggests that the pressure to be a 'perfect' parent is causing burnout among parents, leading to mental health concerns for their children sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/…

Starting two days of networking/conferencing about global mental health via the WUN networks #GlobalMHWUN

Following a brilliant opening keynote from Prof Elelwani Ramugondo (Cape Town), a panel on suicide and self-harm, starting with paper by Alex Wright-Hughes (Leeds) on self-harm in adolescents @HorizonsLeeds @WUNetwork Leeds Interdisciplinary Mental Health Network

Some photos from our amazing WUN global mental health symposium at Leeds yesterday. Presentations and play. 14 different countries represented.

📣Have you previously been discharged from an #inpatient #mentalhealth #psychiatric #ward? We invite you to take part in an interview to share your views on a new survey that aims to measure #safety of service-users following discharge from inpatient mental health care ⬇️⬇️ ⬇️

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