Are leaders born or made? What makes for a good leader? How do circumstances shape what type of leader emerges?

A two-day workshop event supported by IMRY for University of York attendees only on the theme of 'Playfulness and Hope' in learning about climate change and mental health and wellbeing

This research seminar will be delivered by our International Visiting Fellow, Dr Agnieszka Doll (Department of History and Sociology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Canada).

An inaugural lecture by Prof Bernadka Dubicka, editor in chief at ACAMH, in which she will will reflect on her three decades working as a clinician, academic, and work in media and policy.

Join a fascinating exploration of current issues relating to mental health and sentencing. This public lecture/seminar is led by the Sentencing Academy in conjunction with the University of York.

The Department of Psychology celebrates LGBTQ+ history month! In line with the theme of health, they will have a series of short talks and a panel discussion on The History, Present & Future of LGBTQ+ Mental Health.

Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy explores historical views on delusional thought, connecting ancient wisdom to modern philosophy and psychiatry.

When we think, how do we know that our thoughts are truly our own? What happens in the brain when someone suffers a break or detachment from these common-sensical notions of reality?

The Department of Health Sciences (DoHS) Contract Researchers Forum team warmly invites all DoHS staff to an in-person EDI training event.

An afternoon dedicated to exploring research at the intersection of mental health and the law interspersed with networking opportunities and refreshments. Registration is open until January 23rd 2024.

Meet the programme team, find out more about the course and ask any questions.

There is a wealth of evidence to indicate accessing nature and the outdoors can have a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits.

In person meeting of this academic forum dedicated to sharing ideas about current and future research and and generating new activity and increasing funding for child and adolescent research in the region

This talk is part of the project 'Grief: A Study of Human Emotional Experience' which is a four-year AHRC-funded project exploring what it is to experience grief.

With the aim of fundraising for Menfulness (a charity in York), the Mental Health Awareness Society has organised a panel to discuss the important topic of men’s mental health.

Join the Mad Feeling Collective for a series of short provocations and a roundtable discussion on the value of neuroqueer approaches and mad knowledges in feminist academia.

An online webinar for policy-makers, government officials, and charities bringing together researchers from the University of York’s Administrative Fairness Lab

In which ways do aesthetic practices shape and regulate the experience of grief and its course over time?

AMICABLE research programme is a 4-year programme grant funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research to evaluate a Problem Support Mentor Scheme in prisons in the North East, North West, and Yorkshire/Humber regions.

Louis Sass considers the enigmatic nature of human subjectivity, which the philosopher Merleau-Ponty referred to as the “flaw in the great diamond of the world.”

The 2023 festival theme is lifelong wellbeing, with a number of events exploring this area as well as many others covering a wide range of social science topics.

The Global Consortium for Depression Prevention is an international, interdisciplinary body that brings together world-class researchers focusing on depression prevention.

Can we examine the different creative processes in the arts without approaching the notion of creativity in excessively vague terms? This and other questions.

A scientific platform to collaborate on research topics related to hallucinations, and to act as a vehicle for the cross-fertilization of ideas.

How can we reimagine and rebuild our current healthcare system to be more inclusive and accessible for people with severe mental illness?

The York Biomedical Research Institute Dementia Day brings together a range of inspiring people working towards the understanding of the disease, plus the treatment and care for people with Dementia.

The Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) is a mandatory dataset, which should record all contacts with secondary and specialist mental health services in England.

How can we break out of the perfectionist’s cycle of self-defeat? How do we avoid the ‘thinking traps’ of anxiety? How can we learn to respond to stress with resilience?

How can we break out of the perfectionist’s cycle of self-defeat? How do we avoid the ‘thinking traps’ of anxiety? How can we learn to respond to stress with resilience?

How can sociology explain the emergence of mental disorders in societies or individuals?

The role of body mapping, and how it has been iteratively adapted into a virtual reality environment, and how it is being brought to the public across a range of contexts.

The aim of the event, supported by the European Union project EAAD-Best, was to foster the exchange of experiences and knowledge related to depression treatment strategies and the prevention of suicidal behavior among European stakeholders.

Professor Osvaldo Almeida, from the University of Western Australia, gives a lecture and Q & A on the mental health of older people.