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Mental Health Social Research
We focus on social perspectives in mental health through a lifetime, from childhood to old age.
Mental health and wellbeing are among the most significant issues confronting society on a global scale. But mental health research is under-funded and the social, economic and cultural influences on mental health and wellbeing are under-researched.
We bring together researchers who investigate multiple aspects of people’s lives. Our research interests are diverse but can be grouped into four themes applied to mental health and wellbeing:
- social determinants and outcomes
- social and policy interventions
- social networks and communities
- care and support.
We conduct collaborative research at our International Centre for Mental Health Social Research, meeting the need for research into the social, economic and cultural factors that enhance mental wellbeing and support recovery from mental distress.
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Project spotlights
- Section 17 Leave: Supporting unpaid carers
- Solutions for Perinatal Loneliness
- Carers All Require Emotional support, Resilience and Skills: The CARERS Trial
- Community Enhanced Social Prescribing
- ‘Hidden troubles’: Exploring suicide risk and suicide prevention with Gypsy and Traveller communities
- Evaluation of the Connecting People Intervention
- Evaluation of Crisis Skylight's mental health services
- SCENE: Improving quality of life and health outcomes of patients with psychosis through a new structured intervention for expanding social networks