Welcome to the Mental Elf. This website will help you find just what you need to keep up-to-date with all of the important and reliable mental health research and guidance.

Our team of mental health experts post blogs every week day with short and snappy summaries that highlight evidence-based publications relevant to mental health practice in the UK and further afield.

All of our blogs are free to read. This is important because our vision for this website is to facilitate a democratic conversation between patients, clinicians, researchers, carers, policy makers, health and social care professionals and others. It’s vital that this discussion takes place in a public space so we can learn from each other.

Our bloggers give their time for free and they are all really keen to contribute because they share our ethos for clearly communicating evidence-based research to anyone who is interested. This website is very much a group effort.

We scour over 500 sources of evidence (journals, databases, websites) every week, to find key guidance, systematic reviews and other high quality research and reports that will help make your practice more evidence-based. The selection process has no input from any external bodies, publishers, sponsors or commercial organisations.

No bias, no misinformation, no spin, just what you need.

Who started the Mental Elf?

The blog was started by André Tomlin in May 2011. André’s an Information Scientist and has worked in mental health since the late nineties, formerly at the University of Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health and since 2002 as MD of Minervation Ltd an evidence-based healthcare consultancy based in Oxford.

After  2 very successful years of blogging as the Mental Elf, André decided to invite colleagues to join him as contributors to the site. It’s great to involve a wide range of people in this venture, to bring in a fresh perspective and their considerable knowledge and clinical experience.

How is the Mental Elf funded?

The National Elf Service website, which contains the Mental Elf and a number of other elves covering topics from dentistry to social care, was set up by Minervation Ltd. The Founders of Minervation (André Tomlin and Douglas Badenoch) are also Founders and Directors of the National Elf Service. The website is self-funded and receives no money from the pharmaceutical industry or other commercial organisations. We feel that it is important we remain independent from any commercial organisations who work in mental health.

In 2012, we received a small research and development grant from the UK Government to carry out the market research to get our website fully tested and launched.

Does the Mental Elf make money?

All of the National Elf Service blogs (including the Mental Elf) are free. That will always remain so. Contributors are not paid for their blogs, and we only work with people who have no conflict of interest.

However, it costs money to run the website. We generate revenue from Membership. Our members enjoy the added benefits of a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) system within the National Elf Service website. This is aimed at students and professionals who need to keep up to date with the latest research in a way that can be linked to their CPD. The CPD system has been built with significant investment from Minervation and is run as a business. We sell individual and institutional subscriptions to this website and our clients include universities, charities, the NHS and local authorities. An institutional subscription includes bulk access to our CPD membership area as well as consultancy support from our team. Find out more by reading our publicity leaflet.

We also generate revenue from consultancy services that we provide to the NHS, charities, universities, professional membership bodies and mental health networks. Our consultancy services include live reporting from mental health events (#BeyondTheRoom) and producing bespoke digital content (e.g. podcasts, videos).

Our plan is to build this business so we can grow the website and include other health topics in our list of elves.

Is the National Elf Service ever paid for content?

No. We do not accept commissioned articles, and we do not work with authors who have a conflict of interest with the paper in question.

Who edits the blogs?

We currently have 5 project coordinators working at The National Elf Service. Whilst they mainly commission and edit blogs for the Mental Elf, they can often be found working on a variety of different projects including podcasts, #BeyondTheRoom events and more. If you have a question for one of the team or would like to write a blog for us, you can read more about them and the topics they are responsible for below:

Dafni Katsampa

Dafni is a Trainee Clinical Psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire. She holds a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences from UCL. Prior to training, Dafniworked at Samaritans –Online Harms and led on research to understand the impact of self-harm and suicide content and create safer online spaces for young people. She was also involved as an early career researcher with the UKRI-funded MARCH Network at UCL aiming to understand how community-based approaches prevent and treat mental health difficulties. Dafni is very passionate about social justice, and her research and clinical interests include suicide prevention, social determinants and their impact on mental health with a particular focus on migration, health inequalities and cultural/community engagement.

 

Dafni is responsible for our blogs on: Arts and cultural engagement, Bipolar, Dementia and Delirium, Depression, Exercise, physical activity and diet, Mentally ill professionals, Suicide and self-harm, Substance use, dependence and addiction, Loneliness, Community and Primary care, Minority Mental Health, Migration, Refugees and Asylum seekers and Psychosocial Interventions, Diagnostic and transdiagnostic, Global mental health.

Laura Hemming

Laura is a research assistant at Orygen where she works on the #ChatSafe project. Prior to this, Laura completed her PhD at the University of Manchester investigating how difficulties with identifying and describing emotions are related to suicide and violence amongst male prisoners.  Laura’s research areas of interest include forensic mental health, suicide prevention and qualitative research methods. Laura has always had a strong interest in patient and public involvement and engagement in research.

Laura is responsible for our blogs on: Anxiety, Digital Mental Health, Eating Disorders, Employment, Workplace, Housing, Welfare, Crime, Recovery/ Positive MH & wellbeing, Service user involvement, Coproduction, PPI, Economics, Developmental disorders, Perinatal mental health and parenting, Child and adolescent mental health, Psychosis and schizophrenia, Trauma, Violence and abuse, Forensics.

Follow Laura on Twitter @LHemming123

View Laura’s Mental Elf blogs here.

Who writes for the Mental Elf?

We have an ever-expanding team of people who contribute to the site. The group includes senior clinicians and researchers, health and social care professionals, academics, service users, students, information scientists and carers.

We’re adding to our network of writers all the time, so find out more if you’re interested in getting involved yourself.

1. Clive Adams, Chair of Mental Health Services Research and Co-ordinating Editor of the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group at the University of Nottingham
2. Sally Adams, Lecturer in Health Psychology at the University of Bath
3. Yasmin Ahmadzade, Postdoctoral Research Associate at King’s College London
4. Sophia Ahmed, Assistant Psychologist at the National Problem Gambling Clinic, Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust
5. Syeda Akther, Research Assistant at the QMUL Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry
6. Lia Ali, Consultant Psychiatrist for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
7. Eva Alisic, Psychologist and Research Fellow at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia
8. Ahmed Al-Shihabi, Medicine Student at University College London
9. Ariadna Albajara Saenz, Postdoctoral researcher, Wiener-Anspach Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
10. Rachel Allan, Practice Leader for The Royal Mencap Society
11. Rob Allison, Lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences, University of York
12. Lucía Almazán Sánchez, Medical Student at King’s College London
13. Murtada Alsaif, Pharmacist
14. Hanzla Amir, Senior House Officer at Oxleas NHS Trust
15. Ian Anderson, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manchester
16. Kinga Antal, MSc student, Kings College London
17. Alexis An Yee Low,  MB-PhD student, Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London
18. Steve Appleton, Managing Director, Contact Consulting
19. Briana Applewhite, MSc Clinical Mental Health student at King’s College London
20. Golnar Aref-Adib, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at UCL and Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust
21. Alejandro Arguelles Bullon, MSc Clinical Mental Health student at UCL
22. Louise Arseneault, ESRC Mental Health Leadership Fellow and Professor of Developmental Psychology at King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
23. Jessica Armitage, PhD student, University of Bristol
24. Andie Ashdown, MSc Student at UCL
25. Emma Ashworth, Chartered Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University
26. Henry Aughterson, PhD student at UCL
27. Douglas Badenoch, Director of Minervation Ltd
28. Eleanor Bailey, Research Assistant / PhD Candidate, Orygen
29. John Baker, Chair of Mental Health Nursing at the University of Leeds
30. Ioannis Bakolis, Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
31. Joe Barnby, Research Assistant at University College London
32. Jack Barton, PhD student at University of Manchester
33. Jason Bantjes, Chief Specialist Scientist, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
34. Bibire Baykeens, Medical Student, Univesity of Plymouth
35. Andy Bell, Deputy Chief Executive at the Centre for Mental Health
36. Imogen Bell, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Psychologist at Orygen and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne.
37. Jonny Benjamin, Mental Health Campaigner, Film Producer, Public Speaker, Writer and Vlogger
38. Laura Bennett, Research Assistant for the Learning Disability Mortality Review Programme (LeDeR) at University of Bristol
39. Vanessa Bennett, Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Neuroscience Ethics and Society group & NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre
40. Clara Belessiotis, Core Trainee in Psychiatry at East London Foundation Trust
41. India Bellairs-Walsh, Research Assistant at Orygen Australia
42. Francesca Bentivegna, PhD student at UCL Division of Psychiatry
43. Natalie Berry, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, University of Manchester/Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS
44. Kathryn Berzins, Research Fellow in Mental Health at the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds
45. Victoria Betton, Director of mHabitat
46. Vishal Bhavsar, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellow in Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry
47. Kam Bhui, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry
48. Camilla Biggs, Assistant Psychologist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
49. Catherine Bird, Research Assistant at The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
50. Molly Bird, Research Associate and UCL Loneliness and Social Isolation Network member
51. Jo Billings, Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Associate Clinical Professor, UCL
52. Jonathan Bisson, Psychiatrist at Cardiff University
53. Melissa Black, Clinical psychologist and post-doctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge
54. Jessica Bone, Research Fellow in Epidemiology at University College London
55. Anya Borrisova, Junior Doctor in the NHS
56. Lisa Bortolotti, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham
57. George Bougas, MSc student at King’s College London
58. Helen Bould, Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
59. Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Founder and Director of the National Problem Gambling Clinic
60. Lucy Bowes, Associate Professor in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford
61. Marlee Bower, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Matilda Centre for Research for Mental Health and Substance Use at the University of Sydney
62. Hannah Bowers, Research Fellow at Southampton University
63. Simon Bradstreet, Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow
64. Rachel Brand, Clinical Psychologist and Research Fellow at Phoenix Australia: Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
65. Josefien Breedvelt, Research Officer at the Mental Health Foundation
66. Gerome Breen, Psychiatric Geneticist at King’s College London
67. Alana Breen, Psychological Therapist-in-Training, Centre for Psychological Therapies (University of Edinburgh)
68. Lauren Breen, Associate Professor, Curtin University
69. Simon Brett, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner & MSci student at the University of Reading
70. Amy Broadbent, Research Assistant, Cambridge
71. Matthew Broome, Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
72. Ellie Brown, Research Fellow, Orygen and Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
73. Mark Brown, Development Director of Social Spider CIC
74. Poppy Brown, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
75. Stefan Brugger, NIHR Academic Clinical Research Fellow at UCL
76. Martin Brunet, GP from the Binscombe Medical Centre
77. Kjetil Gundro Brurberg, Researcher in the Division of Primary Care and Clinical Procedures at the Norwegian Knowledge Center for Health Services in Public Health, Oslo, Norway
78. Megan Buoey, Junior Doctor (F2), South Yorkshire Deanery
79. Jennifer Burgess, Academic Clinical Fellow in General Adult Psychiatry in Newcastle
80. Lisa Burscheidt, Assistant Librarian at North East London NHS Foundation Trust
81. Georgie Buswell, Assistant Psychologist and Research Assistant at North East London NHS Foundation Trust
82. Richard Byng, GP and Professor in Primary Care Research, University of Plymouth
83. Peter Byrne, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at the Royal London Hospital
84. Sadhbh Byrne, Research Assistant at Orygen, Melbourne
85. Alastair Canaway, Research Fellow at the University of Warwick
86. Krysia Canvin, Independent Health Services Researcher
87. Victoria Carlisle, PhD Student at the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, University of Bristol
88. Sarah Carr, Associate Professor of Mental Health Research at Middlesex University, Independent Consultant at Sarah Carr and Associates Ltd
89. Zoe Catchpole, Peer Impact and Engagement Officer, McPin Foundation
90. Laura Caven, Policy Manager at Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
91. Brant Cebulla, Development Director for the Vitamin D Council in California, USA
92. Emma Cernis, Research Assistant, Oxford
93. Iain Chalmers, Coordinator at James Lind Initiative
94. Justin Chan, PhD student at UCL
95. Sarah Chapman, Knowledge Broker at UK Cochrane Centre
96. Kate Chartres, Nurse Consultant for the Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wears NHS Foundation Trust
97. Natasha Chilman, PhD student, Kings College London
98. Paul Christiansen, Lecturer at the University of Liverpool
99. Andrea Cipriani, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford; Editor in Chief of Evidence-Based Mental Health
100. Alison Clarke, Research Assistant at Orygen, Centre for Youth Mental Health
101. Natasha Clarke, PhD Student at the University of Liverpool
102. Alys Cole-King, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, the Royal College of Psychiatrists Spokesperson on Suicide and Self harm, and the Clinical Director of Connecting with People
103. Elizabeth Collier, Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of Derby
104. Lorna Collins, Researcher and Member of the MARCH network
105. Jennifer Collom, Research Assistant at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College London
106. Dean Connolly, Student at University College London
107. Nicola Coop, Assistant Psychologist
108. Mick Cooper, Professor of Counselling at the School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
109. Emma Corcoran, Research Assistant at UCL Psychiatry
110. Samuele Cortese, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Southampton and Honorary Consultant Child Psychiatrist at Solent NHS Trust
111. Nia Coupe, Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Chester
112. Elana Covshoff, Programme Manager at SHRINE
113. Marie Crabbe, Research Assistant at Oxford Health Foundation NHS Trust
114. Jake Crawshaw, PhD candidate at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London
115. Byron Creese, Research Psychologist at the University of Exeter
116. Ioana Cristea, Associate Professor at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca and a Research Fellow at the University of Pisa, Italy
117. Ioana Crivatu, Research Assistant, Middlesex Univerity, London
118. Jazz Croft, PhD candidate at the Centre for Academic Mental Health, University of Bristol
119. Rebecca Crook, Research assistant, University of Manchester
120. Lauren Cross, Research Assistant, University of Cambridge
121. Grace Crowley, Academic Clinical Fellow and Core Psychiatry Trainee at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
122. Laura Culshaw, Assistant Psychologist / Research Associate, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital / University of Westminster
123. Ian Cummins, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Salford
124. Emily Currell, MSc Student at University College London
125. Simon D’Alfonso, Lecturer in Digital Health, The University of Melbourne
126. Siobhan D’Almeida, Student, MSc Mental Health Studies, KCL
127. David Daley, Professor of Psychological Intervention and Behaviour Change at the University of Nottingham
128. Tim Dalgleish, Programme leader at the University of Cambridge
129. Christian Dalton-Locke, PhD student at University College London
130. Jermaine Dambi, Senior Lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe
131. Aster Daniels, Research Nurse at King’s College Hospital
132. Sasha Danilina, PhD Student at University College London
133. Ruth Darby, Therapist-in-Training, Centre for Psychological Therapies (University of Edinburgh)
134. Trish Darcy, Research Associate at the University of York
135. Suzanne Dash, Graduate-Entry Medicine Student at the University of Oxford
136. Subodh Dave, Dean-Elect, Royal College of Psychiatrists
137. Geoff Davies, Trainee Clinical Psychologist at the University of Surrey
138. Kelly Davies, Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of York
139. John M Davis, Professor of Psychiatry and Research Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago
140. Alice Dawson, Forensic Psychologist in Training, HMPPS
141. Emily Day, Research Programme Administrator for the iCATS project at the University of Oxford
142. Jennifer de Bayer, Research Coordinator at the Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford University
143. Derek de Beurs, Senior Mental Health Researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL)
144. Caroline De Brun, Knowledge and Evidence Manager at Public Health England Knowledge and Library Services
145. Angharad de Cates, Psychiatry Registrar and Honorary Research Fellow at Warwick Medical School
146. Franco de Crescenzo, DPhil Candidate, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Honorary Psychiatrist, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford.
147. Lindsay Dewa, Research Fellow, Imperial College London
148. Helen Dodd, Professor of Child Psychology at the University of Reading
149. Clare Dolan, Research Assistant at the University of Edinburg
150. Jill Domoney, Clinical Psychologist and Researcher at the Section of Women’s Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
151. Ailsa Donnelly, Lay Chair of the PRIMER group
152. Muna Dubad, PhD Student at the University of Warwick
153. Jay Duckworth, PhD Student at the University of Liverpool
154. Brendan Dunlop, Clinical Psychologist in training, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
155. Snigdha Dutta, Project Associate, Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Cambridge, UK
156. Sharon Eager, Research Assistant at UCL
157. Sammy Eden, PhD student at the University of Bath
158. Sarah Egan, Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University in Perth, Australia
159. Thalia Eley, Professor of Developmental Behavioural Genetics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College London
160. Edel Ennis, Lecturer in Psychology at Ulster University
161. M. David Enoch, Emeritus Consultant Psychiatrist at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital
162. Edzard Ernst, Emeritus Professor at Exeter University
163. Ivan Ezquerra-Romano, PhD student at UCL
164. Michelle Eskinazi, MSC Student at University College London & Core Psychiatry Trainee at Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust
165. Norah Essali, Medical student at the University of Kalamoon, Syria
166. Pete Etchells, Senior Lecturer in Biological Psychology at Bath Spa University
167. Katie Evans, Head of Research and Policy at Money and Mental Health
168. Melisa Eyuboglu, MSc student, Kings College London
169. Alison Faulkner, Surviver Researcher and Trainer in Mental Health
170. Mina Fazel, Associate Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Oxford University Department of Psychiatry and Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
171. Matt Field, Professor of Psychology at the University of Liverpool
172. Chris Fielding, Academy Lead – Forwards Centre, Bolton Impact Trust
173. Caroline Fiennes, Director at Giving Evidence
174. Saoirse Finn, Network Co-ordinator at Arts Health Early Career Research Network
175. Katie Finning, PhD student at the School of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter
176. Terry Flemming, Senior Lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington
177. Meg Fluharty, Research Assistant at the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, University of Bristol
178. Andrés Fonseca, Consultant Psychiatrist, CEO of Health eLiving Partnership, Honorary Lecturer at UCL
179. Tamsin Ford, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Exeter
180. Alexander Foster, Research Worker in Global Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
181. Una Foye, Research Officer at the Mental Health Foundation
182. Robbie Fraser, Social worker (mental health), London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
183. Eleana Frisira, Junior Doctor in the NHS
184. Suzi Gage, Lecturer in Psychology and Epidemiology at the University of Liverpool
185. Tanya Garg, Human Capital Consulting Analyst, Deloitte India
186. Linda Gask, Emerita Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry at the University of Manchester
187. Darya Gaysina, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Sussex
188. Lina Gega, Reader in Mental Health at the University of York and Hull York Medical School
189. Clarissa Giebel, Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool
190. Bethany Gill, Research Associate at Lancaster Associate
191. Patricia Gillen, Head of Research and Development for Nurses, Midwives and AHPs/ Lecturer at the Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT) and Ulster University
192. Maria Giorgalli, Student, MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences at University College London
193. Laura Godfrey-Isaacs, Artist, Midwife and Birth Activist
194. Pattie Gonsalves, Project Director, It’s Ok To Talk, Sangath, India
195. Guy Goodwin, Professor of Psychiatry at the University Department of Psychiatry, Oxford
196. Sophie Graham, Medical Student at Newcastle University
197. Anjana Greedharee, Trainee in Clinical and Developmental Psychology at APEIM and Rangers Foundation Trust Special Needs School (Mauritius)
198. Amy Green, Academic Clinical Lecturer at the University of Bristol
199. Bethany Green, Social Worker in community mental health services in East London.
200. Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green, Post-doctoral fellow at the ARC South London, NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London
201. Sarah Gregory, Doctoral candidate and study coordinator at the University of Edinburgh
202. Ellen Grimas, PhD Student at Imperial College
203. Alice Grishkov, Mental Health Social Worker / Care Coordinator, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
204. David Gunnell, MB, ChB, DSc, FMedSci Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Bristol
205. Carolina Guzman Holst, DPhil student at the University of Oxford
206. Peter Haddad, Senior Consultant in Psychiatry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Qatar University, Qatar
207. David Hallford, Clinical Psychologist and Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Deakin University in Australia
208. Ian Hamilton, Associate Professor in addiction at University of York
209. Terry Hanley, Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology at University of Manchester
210. Ben Hannigan, Reader in Mental Health Nursing in the School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University
211. Keir Harding, Occupational Therapist, Cynnwys (together), at the personality disorder service in Cardiff
212. Laurie Hare-Duke, Research Fellow at the Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham
213. Catherine Harmer, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford
214. Amanda Harris, Psychologist and Director of the Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network
215. Judith Harrison, Welsh Clinical Academic Training Fellow at Cardiff University
216. Camille Hart, Psychiatric Trainee Doctor at Queen’s University, Belfast
217. Suzan Hassan, PhD Student at UCL Primary Care and Population Health
218. Helge Hasselmann, Research Masters Student in Clinical and Cognitive Neurosciences at Maastricht University
219. Simon Hatcher, Full Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Ottawa
220. Joseph Hayes, Clinical Training Fellow at UCL Division of Psychiatry
221. Laura Hemming, PhD Student at the University of Manchester
222. Jill Hemmington, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader PG Cert (AMHP) at the School of Social Work, Care and Community, University of Central Lancashire
223. Paul Heron, Research Fellow at Closing the Gap Network, University of York
224. Sarah Hetrick, Associate Professor in Youth Mental Health at the University of Auckland
225. Jessamy Hibberd, Chartered Clinical Psychologist
226. Emily Hielscher, PhD Candidate at University of Queensland
227. Kerrie-Anne Ho, PhD Candidate at the University of New South Wales, Australia
228. Chris Hollis, Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Nottingham and Consultant in Developmental Neuropsychiatry with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
229. Mark Horowitz, Training Psychiatrist from Australia who is completing a PhD at King’s College London
230. Maxine Howard, PhD student at University College London
231. Dochka Hristova, Project Coordinator for the National Elf Service
232. Samei Huda, Consultant Psychiatrist at Pennine Care, Manchester
233. Charlotte Huggett, Trial Manager, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
234. Liz Hughes, Professor of Mental Health at University of Huddersfield and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
235. Tyler Hughes, Senior Assistant Psychologist and Research Assistant, Great Ormond Street Hospital
236. Zill-e-Huma, Lecturer & Doctoral Fellow, Global Institute of Human Development, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan
237. Neil Humphrey, Professor of Psychology of Education and Head of the Manchester Institute of Education at the University of Manchester
238. Xanthe Hunt, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University
239. Jane Iles, Clinical Psychologist working in CAMHS and Research Associate at Imperial College London
240. Udita Iyengar, Project Manager in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
241. Jenna Jacob, Researcher at Anna Freud National Centre
242. Pamela Jacobsen, Clinical Psychologist and NIHR Research Fellow at King’s College London
243. Benjamin Janaway, Psychiatry trainee and Science communicator
244. Alex Jarram, PhD student at University College London
245. Sameer Jauhar, Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the Institute of Psychiatry
246. Sam Jee, Research Associate at the University of Manchester
247. Karin Jervert, Expert by Experience at Mad of America, fine artist and author
248. Pia Jeppesen, MD, Senior Researcher, and Associate Clinical Professor at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen
249. Harmony Jiang, Clinical Studies Officer at North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT)
250. Sonia Johnson, Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry at UCL, Director of the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit
251. Susie Johnson, Recent Graduate from Bristol University
252. Mandy Johnstone, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Edinburgh
253. Andrew Jones, Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Liverpool
254. Ian Jones, Professor of Perinatal Psychiatry at Cardiff University, Director of the Welsh National Centre for Mental Health
255. Jonathan Jones, PhD Psychology student at the University of Exeter
256. Mona Jones, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, AnDY Research clinic, University of Reading
257. Dan Joyce, Clinical Lecturer at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, Junior Doctor in general adult psychiatry
258. Joe Judge, Clinical Psychologist in the Hamilton Psychological Therapies Team, Lanarkshire, Scotland
259. Bani Kahai, Doctor at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
260. Shubhangi Karmakar, Medical and MSc student at Trinity College Dublin
261. Muzaffer Kaser, Psychiatrist and Clinical Lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge University
262. Dafni Katsampa, Researcher at Samaritans Online Harms
263. Anjuli Kaul, Administrator at the Violence and Abuse Mental Health Network
264. Katerina Kavalidou, Postdoctoral Researcher at National Suicide Research Foundation in Ireland
265. Eleanor Kennedy, PhD Student at Bristol Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, University of Bristol
266. Patrick Kennedy-Williams, BPS Chartered and HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist, Co-director of Psychology Oxford
267. Jacqueline Kent-Marvick, PhD Student and T32 Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Utah, College of Nursing
268. Suzy Ker, Consultant in Working Age Adult Psychiatry at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
269. Jack Kerwin, Medical student
270. Roxanne Keynejad, Clinical Research Training Fellow in the Section of Women’s Mental Health at King’s College London
271. Nagina Khan, MRC Research Training Fellow at the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester
272. Karel Kieslich, PhD student at UCL
273. Olivia Kirtley, Research Assistant at the University of Glasgow
274. Martin Knapp, Professor of Health and Social Care Policy, London School of Economics (LSE)
275. Peter Knapp, Reader in Health Sciences at the University of York
276. Pooky Knightsmith, Speaker, Lecturer, Trainer, Author and Vice Chair of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition
277. Dee Knipe, Vice Chancellor’s Elizabeth Blackwell Research Fellow, University of Bristol
278. Sarah Knowles, Research Fellow at the  NIHR School for Primary Care Research
279. Will Koehler, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Owner of Journey to a Trauma Informed Life, LLC.
280. Magdalena Skowronska, Clinical Practitioner, Camden and Islington NHS Trust, North Camden Crisis Resolution Team
281. Marissa Kube-Clare, Trainee Psychiatrist at the Oxleas NHS trust.
282. Stanley Kutcher, Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health and the Director WHO Collaborating Care in Mental Health Policy and Training at Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre in Canada
283. Carla Kundert, Clinical Research Associate, Chicago Health Disparities Center at the Illinois Institute of Technology
284. Theophanis Kyriacou, MSc student at U
285. Emmeline Lagunes Cordoba, Psychiatrist and psychotherapist
286. Jennifer Laidlaw, PGY-5 Resident in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto
287. Joseph Lam, MSc Graduate in Clinical Mental Health Science UCL
288. Danielle Lamb, Programme Manager of the AD-CARE study at the UCL Division of Psychiatry
289. Nicky Lambert, Director of Teaching and Learning Mental Health, Social Work and Integrative Medicine at Middlesex University
290. Alex Langford, Psychiatrist in Oxford
291. Sophie Large, Caseworker at Age UK.
292. Jennifer Lau, University Lecturer at the University of Oxford, Director of the Researching Emotional Disorders and Development (REDD) lab
293. Sharon Lawn, Professor, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Australia
294. Keith Laws, Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology at the University of Hertfordshire
295. Kirsten Lawson, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead for Liaison Psychiatry Services at Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership NHS Trust
296. Caroline Leah, Senior Lecturer and Social Worker based at Manchester Metropolitan University
297. Clair Le Boutillier, Qualitative Research Fellow at King’s College London University
298. William Lee, Clinical Associate Professor (Reader) in Psychiatry at Plymouth University
299. Simon Leigh, Health Economist at Lifecode® Solutions and Nexus Clinical Analytics, Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool
300. Douglas Levinson, Director of the Stanford University Program on the Genetics of Brain Function in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
301. Gemma Lewis, University College London
302. Michelle Lim, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Swinburne University of Technology, and Head of the Social Health and Wellbeing Laboratory
303. Bryn Lloyd-Evans, Senior Lecturer in the UCL Division of Psychiatry
304. Maria Loades, Senior Lecturer/Clinical Tutor, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme at the University of Bath
305. Jo Lockwood, Research Fellow, University of Nottingham
306. Poppy Ellis Logan, Associate Mental Health Worker (Adult ADHD Clinic), NHS Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust // MSC student at Kings College London
307. Shania Lorenz, MSc Clinical Mental Health Sciences Student, UCL
308. Karina Lovell, Director of Research and Professor of Mental Health at the University of Manchester
309. Colleen Loo, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales, Australia
310. Raluca Lucacel, PhD Student, Cluj Napoca, Romania
311. Maartje Luijten, Assistant Professor at the Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
312. Charlie Lynch, Trauma-Informed Care Specialist Support Worker at Look Ahead
313. Jingni Ma, PhD Student at the University of Edinburgh
314. James MacCabe, Reader in the Epidemiology of Psychosis at the Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
315. Christina McClure, Account Manager at VectorBuilder
316. Sam McKay, Research Assistant – Suicide Prevention, Orygen & the University of Melbourne
317. Steven MacDonald-Hart, Psychologist, NHS
318. Lucy Maddox, NHS Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer and BSA Media Fellow
319. Ailbhe Madigan, Relief Social Care Worker, Peter McVerry Trust
320. Sarah Man, Staff Nurse at the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit
321. Sammy Man, Clinical Psychologist
322. Farhana Mann, Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow at University College London and Specialist Registrar (ST6) in General Adult Psychiatry in North London
323. Warren Mansell, Reader in Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester
324. Rosie Mansfield, Research Fellow at the University College London (UCL)
325. Elena Marcus, Research Assistant at the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and University College London
326. Joanna Martin, PhD Student at Cardiff University
327. Steven Marwaha, Reader at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
328. Lisa Marzano, Associate Professor in Psychology at Middlesex University
329. Hazel Marzetti, Research Associate at University of Edinburgh
330. Katie Masters, PhD candidate, University of Birmingham
331. Dona Matthews, Developmental Psychologist
332. Timothy Matthews, Postdoctoral Researcher at King’s College London
333. Olivia Maynard, Research Associate at the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group at the University of Bristol
334. Rosalind McAlpline, PhD student at UCL
335. Edel Mc Glanaghy, Clinical Psychologist with NHS Forth Valley and a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University
336. Heather McClelland, Research Assistant and PhD Student at University of Glasgow
337. Sarah McDonald, Clinical Psychologist
338. Iain McDougall, Specialist trainee in General Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Belfast
339. Carla McEnery, Provisional Psychologist and PhD candidate at the Brain and Psychological Sciences Research Centre, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
340. Paula McFadden, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Ulster University
341. Ian McGeoghegan, Mental Health Practitioner, NHS – Trafford CAMHS
342. John McGowan, Director and Academic Director of the Clinical Psychology Training Scheme at the Salomons Centre for Applied Psychology, Kent
343. Andrew McIntosh, Professor of Biological Psychiatry in the University of Edinburgh Division of Psychiatry
344. Harley McIntosh, MSc student, Kings College London
345. Phoebe McKenna-Plumley, PhD student, Queen’s University Belfast
346. Kwame McKenzie, CEO of Wellesley Institute
347. Alison McKinlay, Psychologist and Post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience.
348. Kate McLaughlin, Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington, USA
349. Sally McManus, Research Director at the National Centre for Social Research
350. Peter McMurray, Psychiatry Core Trainee working in the Southern Trust in Northern Ireland
351. Wezi Mhango, Doctoral researcher, University of Sussex; Lecturer in Psychology, University of Malawi
352. Pascal Immanuel Michael, PhD student at the University of Greenwich
353. Chris Miller, Research Assistant at the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
354. Kathryn Mitchell, Core Psychiatry Trainee working in the Belfast Trust, Northern Ireland
355. Masuma Pervin Mishu, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of York
356. Emma Molyneaux – Postdoctoral Researcher in the Section of Women’s Mental Health at King’s College London and works for the Mental Health Policy Research Unit
357. Mark Monaghan, Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy at the University of Loughborough
358. Joanna Moncrieff, Professor of Social and Critical Psychiatry at UCL, and Consultant Psychiatrist at the North East London NHS Foundation Trust
359. Stephen Moore, Inpatient Psychiatrist in the Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital, Northern Ireland
360. Paul Morrison, Psychiatrist and Researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry, KCL
361. Nuala Morse, Lecturer in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester
362. Michelle Moulds, Professor and PLuS Alliance Fellow, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia
363. Claire Mokrysz, PhD Student at University College London
364. Jonathan Monk-Cunliffe, Academic Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
365. John Moriarty, Research Fellow at University of Belfast
366. Marcus Munafò, Professor of Biological Psychology at the University of Bristol
367. Susannah Murphy, Lecturer at University of Oxford
368. Nikki Nabavi, Medical Student at the University of Manchester
369. Monisha Nahar, MSc Student at UCL
370. Akshay Nair, Wolfson Clinical Research Fellow at University College London
371. Akansha Mahesh Naraindas, MSc student at Kings College London
372. Monisha Narayanan, Research Associate at Campell Review Southasia
373. Rasanat Fatima Nawaz, PhD student, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
374. Josephine Neale, Trainee Psychiatrist in North London
375. Ashlee Negrone, Lived Experience Researcher at the Black Dog Institute
376. Natalie Nelissen, Research Fellow at mHabitat
377. Rosalyn Nelson, Assistant Psychologist at North Wilts Memory Service, Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
378. Jill Newby, Senior Lecturer, MRFF/NHMRC Career Development Fellow and Research Director of the Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
379. Nicola Newhouse, Researcher at Health Experiences Research Group, University of Oxford
380. Claire Niedzwiedz, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health at the University of Edinburgh
381. Timothy Nguyen, Trainee Psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
382. Hilary Norman, PhD student at Middlesex University London
383. Peter Norton, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and Director of the Monash FEAR Clinic
384. Aileen O’Brien, Reader in Psychiatry and Education & Dean for Students at St George’s University of London
385. Elly O’Brien, Information Scientist, London
386. Siobhan O’Neill, Professor of Mental Health Sciences at Ulster University
387. Elena Opie, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner at the NHS
388. Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Consultant in Public Health in Bradford & Airedale and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Leeds
389. Chris O’Sullivan, Mental Health Foundation
390. Oluwaseun Oluwaranti, Specialty Doctor, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
391. Juliana Onwumere, Senior Lecturer & Consultant Clinical Psychologist, King’s College, London, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
392. Sami Ouanes, Clinical Fellow in Advanced General Adult Psychiatry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
393. Alison Osborne, Senior Research Assistant, Northumbria University
394. Michael Ostacher, Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
395. Dennis Ougrin, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
396. Jennifer Rose Oulton, Assistant Psychologist in Learning Disabilities Service CAMHS Wirral
397. Gozde Ozakinci, Health Psychologist and Lecturer in health psychology at the University of St Andrews
398. Prianka Padmanathan, PhD Clinical Fellow at the University of Bristol
399. Geoff Page, Research Fellow at the University of York
400. Danae Palate, Therapist in training, Centre for Psychological Therapies
401. Laurence Palfreyman, Assistant Psychologist in South London
402. Harry Palmer, Programme Coordinator, Mental Health Research Programme, Veterans and their Families (UK), Centre for Mental Health
403. Carmine Pariante, Professor of Biological Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
404. Georgie Parker, Research assistant, NELFT and UCL
405. Jennie Parker, Senior Researcher at the McPin Foundation
406. Felicity Pearce, CT3 Psychiatry Trainee at NHS
407. Emily Peckham, Closing the Gap Network+ Coordinator at York University
408. Christopher Pell, In-patient General Adult Psychiatrist at the Susan Carnegie Centre in Angus, Scotland for NHS Tayside
409. Zephyr Percy, MSc student at King’s College London
410. Elvira Perez Vallejos, Associate Professor Digital Tech for Mental Health at the University of Nottingham
411. Ava Phillips, PhD student, King’s College London
412. Joseph Pierre, Health Sciences Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
413. Alexandra Pike, Postdoctoral Research Associate at University College London
414. Sophia Pillai, Psychiatrist in Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust
415. Serap Pinar, Biomedical and Molecular Science Research (M.Sc) from King’s College London
416. Vanessa Pinfold, Co-Founder & Research Director at the McPin Foundation
417. Alexandra Pitman, Senior Clinical Lecturer in the UCL Division of Psychiatry and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
418. Rudiger Pittrof, Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
419. Rosa Pitts, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Lancashire Care NHS / Lancaster University
420. Belinda Platt, Post-Doc at the LMU University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
421. Lydia Poole, Research Fellow in Mixed Methods at the Institute of Health Informatics, UCL
422. Rob Poole, Professor of Social Psychiatry at Bangor University
423. Bryony Porter, Senior Research Associate at the University of East Anglia, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East of England
424. Inês Pote, Research Officer for the Early Intervention Foundation
425. Alice Potter, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner at NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
426. Lucinda Powell, Education and mental health consultant
427. Amy Price, Trustee of the ThinkWell charity where she leads the PLOT-IT (Public Led Online Trials-Infrastructure and Tools) project
428. Lucy Purnell, Assistant Psychologist at Maudsley NHS Trust
429. Nida Rahman, Assistant Psychologist, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
430. Divyangana Rakesh, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne
431. Paul Ramchandani, LEGO Professor of Play in Education at the University of Cambridge
432. Anusha V Ramji, MSc Student at King’s College London
433. Monika Raniti, Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Adolescent Health and Centre for Research Excellence (Driving global investment in adolescent health), Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Australia
434. Matt Ravenhall, Final year Biology student at the University of York
435. Susan Rasmussen, Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychological Sciences and Health at the University of Strathclyde
436. Wajeeha Raza, PhD student at the University of York
437. Tessa Reardon, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
438. Stefan Rennick-Egglestone, Digital Research Specialist at theUniversity of Nottingham
439. Laoise Renwick, Lecturer at the University of Manchester
440. Shirley Reynolds, Director of the Charlie Waller Institute and Professor of Evidence Based Psychological Therapies at the University of Reading
441. Cara Richardson, PhD student, University of Glasgow
442. Thomas Richardson, Principal Clinical Psychologist at Solent NHS Trust
443. Martin Køster Rimvall, MD, PhD at  Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Gentofte, Denmark & Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Region Zealand, Roskilde, Denmark
444. Jodi Rintelman, Pharmacist and medical writer
445. Tessa Roberts, Global Mental Health Researcher at King’s College London
446. Jo Robinson, Associate Professor at Orygen Australia
447. Jonathan Roiser, Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health; Deputy Director, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London
448. Abi Rose, Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Liverpool
449. Diana Rose, Professor of User-Led Research and Head of Section and Co-director Service User Research Enterprise (SURE) at King’s College London
450. Rachel Rowan-Olive, Mental Health Service User/Survivor, Illustrator, and graduate student at Birkbeck, University of London
451. Sarah Rowe, Associate Professor and Deputy Director on the MSc Clinical Mental Health Sciences and MSc Mental Health Sciences Research at  UCL Division of Psychiatry
452. Tobias Rowland, Academic Clinical Fellow, University of Warwick
453. Alex Ruck Keene, Barrister specialising in mental capacity and mental health law and Wellcome Research Fellow at King’s College London
454. James Rucker, NIHR Clinician Scientist Fellow at King’s College London
455. Susie Rudge, Specialist Clinical Psychologist at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
456. Kirsten Russell, PhD student at Strathclyde University
457. Katharine Sacks-Jones, Director of Agenda
458. Emma Saddleton, Research Worker and part-time MSc student at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London
459. Mary Sadid, Policy Officer at NSUN
460. Pooja Saini, Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University
461. Tatiana Salisbury, Lecturer in Global Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
462. Paul Salkovskis, Director of the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Oxford Centre for Cognitive Therapy
463. Christopher Sampson, Economist at the Office of Health Economics in London
464. Liz Sampson, Clinical Professor at the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department
465. João Santos, Research Associate and Data Manager at the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester
466. Leela Sathyaputri, Undergraduate Research Assistant at the University of Iowa
467. Martyna Sawicka, Data Collection Coordinator, Arizona Twin Project at Arizona State University
468. Jessica Scaife, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
469. Heike Schroder, Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Queen’s University Management School
470. Ava Schulz, Postdoctoral Researcher on the OPTIMAX project
471. Joseph Schwartz, Associate Professor, Florida State University
472. Susanne Schweizer, Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Group, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscienc
473. Hannah Rachel Scott, PhD Student at the University College London
474. Stephen Schueller, Associate Professor of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine
475. Lucas Shelemy, PhD Researcher at the University of Reading
476. Andrew Shepherd, Doctoral research Fellow at the University of Manchester and Higher Trainee in Forensic Psychiatry
477. Hilary Shepherd, Researcher at the Department of Health and Social Care
478. Luke Sheridan-Rains, Research associate in the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit, UCL Division of Psychiatry
479. Natalie Shoham, Clinical Training Fellow at UCL
480. Meenakshi Shukla, Assistant Professor in Psychology, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, India
481. Magenta Simmons, Senior Research Fellow, Orygen and Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
482. Lucy Simons, Research Fellow at NIHR MindTech Healthcare Technology Cooperative, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham
483. Megan Skelton, PhD student in the Emotional Development Intervention and Treatment Lab (EDIT Lab) at King’s College London
484. Jude Smit, PhD student and Psychotherapist
485. Mark Smith, IAPT Clinician working for Steps2Change and independent Psychotherapist Trainer
486. Francesca Solmi, Research Associate, Division of Psychiatry, University College London
487. Marco Solmi, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Neurosciences Department, University of Padua
488. Andrew Sommerlad, PhD Fellow at University College London
489. Sophie Stammers, Research Fellow on Project PERFECT at the University of Birmingham
490. Aggelos Stamos, UCL MSc Clinical Sciences student
491. Emily Stapley, Research Fellow in the Evidence Based Practice Unit at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families and UCL
492. Eloise Stark, PhD student at the University of Oxford
493. Penelope Zoe Stavrou, Junior Doctor at the NHS
494. Thomas Steare, Research Assistant at University College London
495. Sarah Steeg, Presidential Fellow, University of Manchester
496. Charlotte Steel, Assistant Psychologist at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
497. David Steele, Junior Doctor with an interest in psychology, psychiatry and public health
498. Andrew Steptoe, Professor of Psychology and Epidemiology, University College London
499. Annie Stevenson, Assistant Psychologist, NELFT
500. Kevin Stone, Associate Head of Department for Law at UWE, Bristol
501. Becci Strawbridge, Mental Health Research at the Institute if Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
502. Caroline Struthers, Education and Training Manager for the EQUATOR Network
503. Stefanie Sturm, PhD student, University of Barcelona
504. Shuichi Suetani, Psychiatrist at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research & Queensland Brain Institute
505. Harry Sumnall, Professor in Substance Use at the Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University
506. Irene Sutcliffe, Lived experience expert
507. Rebecca Syed, Researcher at King’s College London
508. Rachel Symons, Mental health nurse, Teacher and Speaker
509. Edward Sykes, Senior Press Manager and Head of Mental Health & Neuroscience, Science Media Centre
510. Danny Taggart, Academic Director for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Essex
511. Olufemi Talabi, Core Psychiatry Trainee at the East of England Deanery
512. Amelia Talbot, DPhil Researcher at University of Oxford
513. Catherine Talbot,  Lecturer in Psychology at Bournemouth University
514. Katherine Tallent, Mental Health Recovery Worker, Rethink Mental Illness
515. Marcus Tan, Academic Clinical Fellow at Plymouth University School of Medicine
516. Lawson Taylor, MSc student, Kings College London
517. Sahra Tekin, PhD student at UCL
518. Su-Gwan Tham, Research Associate, National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety and Mental Health (NCISH), University of Manchester
519. Andrew Thompson, Clinical Health Psychologist at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
520. Rupert Thurston, Junior Doctor working in General Adult Psychiatry in the West Midlands
521. Caroline Tomes, Public Health Specialty Registrar currently working in Cambridge
522. André Tomlin, Founder and Managing Director of Minervation Ltd and the National Elf Service Ltd
523. Anneka Tomlinson, Clinician and Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
524. John Torous, Director of the Digital Psychiatry Division at the Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
525. Ellen Townsend, Professor of Psychology, University of Nottingham
526. Solomon Towuru, Lecturer in Mental Health altho eh University of Derby
527. Derek Tracy, Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Clinical Director for crisis, inpatient, and rehabilitation services at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
528. David Trickey, Consultant clinical psychologist at the Specialist Trauma and Maltreatment Service at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
529. Sam Trowell, Masters Student, University of St. Andrews
530. Isabela Troya, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Public Health, University College Cork & National Suicide Research Foundation (Ireland)
531. Stella Tsoli, PhD student at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL.
532. Remco Tuijt, PhD student at UCL
533. Jessica Tunmore, Senior Research Assistant & Patient and Public Involvement Lead at Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust
534. David Turgoose, Clinical Psychologist in the Attachment and Trauma Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital
535. Alison Turner, Head of the Evidence Analysis team within the Strategy Unit at NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
536. Sally Turner, Researcher at the University of Bristol
537. Alan Underwoord, Specialist Clinical Psychologist
538. Raphael Underwood, PhD candidate at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
539. Noortje Uphoff, Research Fellow,  Cochrane Common Mental Disorder, University of York
540. Rachel Upthegrove, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry at the University of Birmingham
541. Syed Usman Hamdani, Founding Director and Assistant Professor, Global Institute of Human Development, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan
542. Anne-Laura van Harmelen, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
543. Wouter van Ballegooijen, Lecturer / Assistnt Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
544. Verity Wainwright, Lecturer, University of Manchester
545. Syeda Wajeeha Zafar, Research Fellow, Global Institute of Human Development, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan
546. Charlotte Walker, Lived Experience consultant and service-user researcher
547. Chenel Walker, MSc Clinical Mental Health student at King’s College London
548. Joanne Wallace, Graduate Entry Medical Student at The University of Warwick
549. Annabel Walsh, Senior Postdoctoral Research Project Manager, Kings College London
550. Kathryn Walsh, Research Associate at the University of Birmingham
551. Florian Walter, Lecturer at the University of Manchester
552. Michael Walton, PhD student at Manchester Metropolitan University
553. Jingyi Wang, Research Associate at UCL
554. Lilli Waples, MRes student at the University of Bristol
555. Fiona Warner-Gale, Joint Director of Associate Development Solutions Ltd
556. Andrew Watson, Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh
557. Sarah Watts, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Clinical Lead with the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust South Staffordshire IAPT teams
558. Jasmin Wertz, PhD Student at Kings College London
559. Simon Wessely, Chair of Psychological Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences (IoPPN), King’s College London
560. Karen Wetherall, Researcher at the Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab, University of Glasgow
561. Beccy White, PhD student, University of Manchester
562. Danny Whiting, Forensic Psychiatrist and NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow with the Forensic Psychiatry Research Group at the University of Oxford
563. Alice Wickersham, PhD student at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
564. Michael Wigelsworth, Senior Lecturer at the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester
565. Lucy Willetts, Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Accredited CBT Therapist
566. Jess Williams, PhD researcher, University of Birmingham, University of Nottingham
567. Sarsha Wilson, Research Assistant at the NIHR Oxford Cognitive Health Clinical Research Facility
568. Emma Wincup, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of Law at the University of Leeds
569. Danielle Windget, PhD at the University of Exeter
570. Millie Witcher, Trainee Clinical Psychologist in the NHS
571. Katrina Witt, Research Fellow with the Centre for Suicide Research at the University of Oxford
572. Jeanne Wolstencroft, Research Fellow, UCL’s Great Ormond Street Institute of Child health
573. Stephen Wood, Professor of Adolescent Brain Development and Mental Health at the University of Birmingham
574. Gloria Wong, Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
575. Talen Wright, PhD student at UCL Division of Psychiatry
576. Til Wykes, Professor, Kings College London
577. Emma Yapp, Research Assistant in the Section of Women’s Mental Health in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at King’s College London
578. Vanessa Yim, Research assistant at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
579. Aneta Zarska, PhD student at City University
580. Margherita Zenoni, MSc Clinical Mental Health student at University College London (UCL); Honorary Assistant Researcher at North East London NHS Foundation Trust; Intern at World Health Organization (WHO) – Mental Health, Disability and Human Rights
581. Tiago Zortea, Post-doctoral researcher in the Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab, University of Glasgow
582. Fabio Zucchelli, Sport and Exercise Psychology MSc student

Groups who have blogged

In addition to the individuals who blog for us, we sometimes publish blogs written by groups of people. These are often written as part of a training session or introduction to blogging; sometimes by students, sometimes by health professionals or academics. Here are some of the groups who have written Mental Elf blogs:

1. CAMSTRAND Conference delegates
2. Centre for Affective Disorders, King’s College London
3. Child and Adolescent Mental Health MSc, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
4. Clinical Mental Health Sciences MSc, University College London
5. EQUATOR Publication School
6. Mental Health Studies MSc, King’s College London
7. NPNR Conference delegates
8. PenCLAHRC: NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) South West Peninsula
9. Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health MSc/PGDip/PGCert, King’s College London
10. University of Edinburgh Division of Psychiatry
11. University of Glasgow, Institute of Health and Wellbeing MSc Courses

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Who decides what evidence is included on the website?

We scour over 400 databases, journals, websites and other feeds to bring you the best available mental health evidence.  Items are selected using an evidence-based inclusion criteria to ensure they are relevant to UK practice and based on high quality research, policy and guidance.

The selection process has no input from any external bodies, publishers, sponsors or commercial organisations.

We critically appraise the material we find using the CASP critical appraisal checklists.

Press coverage

• Profile: André Tomlin. BJPsych Bulletin, April 2018.
• André Tomlin: Mental Elf Guru. The Lancet Psychiatry, January 2016.
• Keeping up to date with reliable mental health research: the Minervation white paper. Douglas Badenoch and André Tomlin, 19th May 2015.
• Keeping up to date with mental health research. André Tomlin, The Guardian, 15th Apr 2013.
• Treating mental illness in the digital age. Pete Etchells, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb 2013.
• The Mental Elf. Royal College of Psychiatrists useful resources, eNewsletter, Sep 2012.

Are there more elves for different health topics?

We cover a number of topics on our National Elf Service. Check out these other elves:

• The Dental Elf
• The Education Elf
• The Learning Disabilities Elf
• The Social Care Elf

Contact us if you’d like to discuss collaborating on an elf in your field of interest.