Closing Today! 📢👇

This conversation with Ibrahim Imam is about my own experience of depression and writing about it - as well as my latest book too.

Being high-functioning doesn’t mean you’re not struggling. You can hold a job, smile, post selfies – and still be fighting a storm inside. If that’s you, know this: You’re valid. You’re brave. And you’re not invisible. 💙

Survey open until 18th May! 📢👇

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we’re spotlighting why it’s vital to research and understand severe mental illness. 🧠 Some of our community shared why this work matters: 🔗bit.ly/MHP-MHAW25 #MHAW2025 #MentalHealthResearch

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, meet our research Community, who are part of the Mental Health Platform. Meet Lenny Buxton, Study Manager at the Social Health Hub. 🔗 Read more: mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/meet-our-… #MHAW2025 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2025 #MentalHealthResearch

📕Important new research from Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry. "The life expectancy gap in people with SMI persisted or widened from 2000 to 2019. Addressing this entrenched disparity requires equitable social, economic and health policies, healthcare re-structure and improved resourcing, and

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, the theme is #community. Prof Jennifer Lau, one of our Hub leads, co-authored a piece on why social health should be recognised alongside physical and mental health. rebrand.ly/third-pillar #MHAW2025

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, let’s not forget: severe mental illness (SMI) is a vital part of the conversation. What is SMI?🔗 mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/about/what-is-… #MHAW2025 #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthResearch

Sick of saying it. Asylum seekers can’t claim benefits. You need an NI number. Asylum seekers can’t work. You need an NI number. They get £49.18p week to live on. Could you live on that? NO. So stop pretending these people come here to be lazy or take your jobs. It can’t be both.

📆 Save the Date: 10th Oct 2025 Join us in Edinburgh this #WorldMentalHealthDay for the MHP Research Summit, in partnership with MQ. 📝 Registration & abstract submission opening soon! 🔗 Add to calendar: rebrand.ly/research-summi…

Are you interested in learning more about patient and public involvement? Learning for Involvement has curated pages on some of our most popular topics - from information around getting started to tips about payments, take a look: learningforinvolvement.org.uk

NHS physician associates should not diagnose untriaged patients, review finds theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

⏳ 2 weeks left! Submit your EoI to connect with MHP Hubs & build your Fellowship application! 👉 bit.ly/expression-int…

“PPI&E is relational work – it takes time, trust, and commitment.” 📢 New blog from MHP featuring Vanessa Pinfold of The McPin Foundation on putting lived experience at the heart of research. 👉 Read here: mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/lived-exp… #LivedExperience #MentalHealthResearch

We’re excited to be featured in a BBC Lifeline Appeal, airing on Sunday 27 July at 2.05pm 🙌 Hosted by the brilliant Leah Charles-King, TV presenter and Bipolar UK ambassador, the appeal will spotlight the realities of living with bipolar and the support Bipolar UK offers to our

Really proud to present the BBC Lifeline Appeal for @bipolaruk It’ll be on BBC1 this Sunday 🧡 #bipolarclub #mentalhealth

Plenary announced! Prof Dame Til Wykes (KCL) will speak at #MHPSummit2025: "From Subjects to Participants to Co-production." 🗓️ 10 Oct | Edinburgh. Abstracts close 28 Aug – submit & register: rebrand.ly/research-summi…

📓 The DATAMIND Glossary is here to help make sense of mental health data science. No jargon. Just clear, useful explanations - made for anyone working in or around mental health research and data. 🔍 datamind.org.uk/glossary/ #DATAMIND #Glossary #MentalHealthData #PPI