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 3 Elf Coordinators working at The Mental Elf. Whilst they mainly commission and edit blogs, they can often be found working on a variety of different projects including #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
Éimear Foley
Éimear is a PhD student based at the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol. During her PhD, she will make use of epidemiological cohort studies, genetic analysis, and experimental medicine approaches to further our understanding of the role of inflammation in depression and cognitive function. She has a background in the fields of psychology, cognitive and clinical neuroscience, and neuropsychology.
Éimear is responsible for our blogs on biological psychiatry, molecular psychiatry, and genetics. As a member of the #BeyondTheRoom team, she is also involved in event coordination and the live tweeting, blogging, podcasting, and streaming of international health events.
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.
- Clive Adams, Chair of Mental Health Services Research and Co-ordinating Editor of the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group at the University of Nottingham
- Sally Adams, Lecturer in Health Psychology at the University of Bath
- Vishal Aggarwal, Clinical Associate Professor at University of Leeds
- Yasmin Ahmadzade, Postdoctoral Research Associate at King’s College London
- Sophia Ahmed, Assistant Psychologist at the National Problem Gambling Clinic, Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Syeda Akther, Research Assistant at the QMUL Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry
- Lia Ali, Consultant Psychiatrist for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Eva Alisic, Psychologist and Research Fellow at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia
- Ahmed Al-Shihabi, Medicine Student at University College London
- Ariadna Albajara Saenz, Postdoctoral researcher, Wiener-Anspach Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
- Rachel Allan, Practice Leader for The Royal Mencap Society
- Rob Allison, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences, University of York
- Lucía Almazán Sánchez, Medical Student at King’s College London
- Murtada Alsaif, Pharmacist
- Hanzla Amir, Senior House Officer at Oxleas NHS Trust
- Ian Anderson, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manchester
- Kinga Antal, MSc student, Kings College London
- Alexis An Yee Low, MB-PhD student, Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London
- Steve Appleton, Managing Director, Contact Consulting
- Briana Applewhite, MSc Clinical Mental Health student at King’s College London
- Golnar Aref-Adib, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at UCL and Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Alejandro Arguelles Bullon, MSc Clinical Mental Health student at UCL
- Louise Arseneault, ESRC Mental Health Leadership Fellow and Professor of Developmental Psychology at King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
- Jessica Armitage, PhD student, University of Bristol
- Andie Ashdown, MSc Student at UCL
- Emma Ashworth, Chartered Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University
- Henry Aughterson, PhD student at UCL
- Tuba Saygin Avsar, Health Economics Research Fellow, UCL
- Douglas Badenoch, Director of Minervation Ltd
- Eleanor Bailey, Research Assistant / PhD Candidate, Orygen
- John Baker, Chair of Mental Health Nursing at the University of Leeds
- Ioannis Bakolis, Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
- Piumee Bandara, WHO consultant, World Health Organisation
- Michelle Banfield, Associate Professor, Australian National University
- Lucy Barrass, Evidence Synthesis Analyst at Newcastle University and NIHR
- Joe Barnby, Research Assistant at University College London
- Jack Barton, PhD student at University of Manchester
- Jason Bantjes, Chief Specialist Scientist, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
- Bibire Baykeens, Medical Student, Univesity of Plymouth
- Luke Bayliss, PhD student / Research Officer, University of Southern Queensland
- Andy Bell, Deputy Chief Executive at the Centre for Mental Health
- Imogen Bell, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Psychologist at Orygen and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne.
- Jonny Benjamin, Mental Health Campaigner, Film Producer, Public Speaker, Writer and Vlogger
- Laura Bennett, Research Assistant for the Learning Disability Mortality Review Programme (LeDeR) at University of Bristol
- Vanessa Bennett, Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Neuroscience Ethics and Society group & NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre
- Clara Belessiotis, Core Trainee in Psychiatry at East London Foundation Trust
- India Bellairs-Walsh, Research Assistant at Orygen Australia
- Francesca Bentivegna, PhD student at UCL Division of Psychiatry
- Natalie Berry, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, University of Manchester/Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS
- Kathryn Berzins, Research Fellow in Mental Health at the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds
- Victoria Betton, Director of mHabitat
- Vishal Bhavsar, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellow in Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry
- Kam Bhui, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry
- Camilla Biggs, Assistant Psychologist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Catherine Bird, Research Assistant at The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
- Molly Bird, Research Associate and UCL Loneliness and Social Isolation Network member
- Jo Billings, Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Associate Clinical Professor, UCL
- Jonathan Bisson, Psychiatrist at Cardiff University
- Melissa Black, Clinical psychologist and post-doctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge
- Jessica Bone, Research Fellow in Epidemiology at University College London
- Anya Borrisova, Junior Doctor in the NHS
- Lisa Bortolotti, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham
- George Bougas, MSc student at King’s College London
- Helen Bould, Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
- Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Founder and Director of the National Problem Gambling Clinic
- Lucy Bowes, Associate Professor in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford
- Marlee Bower, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Matilda Centre for Research for Mental Health and Substance Use at the University of Sydney
- Hannah Bowers, Research Fellow at Southampton University
- Simon Bradstreet, Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow
- Rachel Brand, Clinical Psychologist and Research Fellow at Phoenix Australia: Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
- Josefien Breedvelt, Research Officer at the Mental Health Foundation
- Gerome Breen, Psychiatric Geneticist at King’s College London
- Alana Breen, Psychological Therapist-in-Training, Centre for Psychological Therapies (University of Edinburgh)
- Lauren Breen, Associate Professor, Curtin University
- Simon Brett, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner & MSci student at the University of Reading
- Amy Broadbent, Research Assistant, Cambridge
- Philip Brooks, Psychiatry CT1 Doctor at South London and the Maudsley
- Matthew Broome, Chair in Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health, and Director of the Institute for Mental Health, University of Birmingham; Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
- Ellie Brown, Research Fellow, Orygen and Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
- Mark Brown, Development Director of Social Spider CIC
- Poppy Brown, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Sue Brown, Senior Research Fellow, MindTech Medtech Co-operative, University of Nottingham
- Stefan Brugger, NIHR Academic Clinical Research Fellow at UCL
- Martin Brunet, GP from the Binscombe Medical Centre
- 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
- Megan Buoey, Junior Doctor (F2), South Yorkshire Deanery
- Jennifer Burgess, Academic Clinical Fellow in General Adult Psychiatry in Newcastle
- Lisa Burscheidt, Assistant Librarian at North East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Georgie Buswell, Assistant Psychologist and Research Assistant at North East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Richard Byng, GP and Professor in Primary Care Research, University of Plymouth
- Peter Byrne, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at the Royal London Hospital
- Sadhbh Byrne, Research Assistant at Orygen, Melbourne
- Alastair Canaway, Research Fellow at the University of Warwick
- Krysia Canvin, Independent Health Services Researcher
- Victoria Carlisle, PhD Student at the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, University of Bristol
- Sarah Carr, Associate Professor of Mental Health Research at Middlesex University, Independent Consultant at Sarah Carr and Associates Ltd
- Zoe Catchpole, Peer Impact and Engagement Officer, McPin Foundation
- Laura Caven, Policy Manager at Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
- Brant Cebulla, Development Director for the Vitamin D Council in California, USA
- Emma Cernis, Research Assistant, Oxford
- Iain Chalmers, Coordinator at James Lind Initiative
- Justin Chan, PhD student at UCL
- Sarah Chapman, Knowledge Broker at UK Cochrane Centre
- Kate Chartres, Nurse Consultant for the Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wears NHS Foundation Trust
- Natasha Chilman, PhD student, Kings College London
- Paul Christiansen, Lecturer at the University of Liverpool
- Andrea Cipriani, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford; Editor in Chief of Evidence-Based Mental Health
- Alison Clarke, Research Assistant at Orygen, Centre for Youth Mental Health
- Natasha Clarke, PhD Student at the University of Liverpool
- Philippa Clery, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry
- 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
- Elizabeth Collier, Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of Derby
- Lorna Collins, Researcher and Member of the MARCH network
- Jennifer Collom, Research Assistant at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College London
- Dean Connolly, Student at University College London
- Nicola Coop, Assistant Psychologist
- Mick Cooper, Professor of Counselling at the School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
- Emma Corcoran, Research Assistant at UCL Psychiatry
- Samuele Cortese, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Southampton and Honorary Consultant Child Psychiatrist at Solent NHS Trust
- Nia Coupe, Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Chester
- Elana Covshoff, Programme Manager at SHRINE
- Marie Crabbe, Research Assistant at Oxford Health Foundation NHS Trust
- Jake Crawshaw, PhD candidate at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London
- Byron Creese, Research Psychologist at the University of Exeter
- Ioana Cristea, Associate Professor at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca and a Research Fellow at the University of Pisa, Italy
- Ioana Crivatu, Research Assistant, Middlesex Univerity, London
- Jazz Croft, PhD candidate at the Centre for Academic Mental Health, University of Bristol
- Rebecca Crook, Research assistant, University of Manchester
- Lauren Cross, Research Assistant, University of Cambridge
- Grace Crowley, Academic Clinical Fellow and Core Psychiatry Trainee at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Laura Culshaw, Assistant Psychologist / Research Associate, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital / University of Westminster
- Ian Cummins, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Salford
- Emily Currell, MSc Student at University College London
- Simon D’Alfonso, Lecturer in Digital Health, The University of Melbourne
- Siobhan D’Almeida, Student, MSc Mental Health Studies, KCL
- David Daley, Professor of Psychological Intervention and Behaviour Change at the University of Nottingham
- Tim Dalgleish, Programme leader at the University of Cambridge
- Christian Dalton-Locke, PhD student at University College London
- Jermaine Dambi, Senior Lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe
- Aster Daniels, Research Nurse at King’s College Hospital
- Sasha Danilina, PhD Student at University College London
- Ruth Darby, Therapist-in-Training, Centre for Psychological Therapies (University of Edinburgh)
- Trish Darcy, Research Associate at the University of York
- Suzanne Dash, Graduate-Entry Medicine Student at the University of Oxford
- Subodh Dave, Dean-Elect, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Geoff Davies, Trainee Clinical Psychologist at the University of Surrey
- Kelly Davies, Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of York
- John M Davis, Professor of Psychiatry and Research Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago
- Alice Dawson, Forensic Psychologist in Training, HMPPS
- Emily Day, Research Programme Administrator for the iCATS project at the University of Oxford
- Jennifer de Bayer, Research Coordinator at the Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford University
- Derek de Beurs, Senior Mental Health Researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL)
- Caroline De Brun, Knowledge and Evidence Manager at Public Health England Knowledge and Library Services
- Angharad de Cates, Psychiatry Registrar and Honorary Research Fellow at Warwick Medical School
- Franco de Crescenzo, DPhil Candidate, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Honorary Psychiatrist, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford.
- Lindsay Dewa, Research Fellow, Imperial College London
- Helen Dodd, Professor of Child Psychology at the University of Reading
- Clare Dolan, Research Assistant at the University of Edinburg
- Jill Domoney, Clinical Psychologist and Researcher at the Section of Women’s Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
- Ailsa Donnelly, Lay Chair of the PRIMER group
- Muna Dubad, PhD Student at the University of Warwick
- Jay Duckworth, PhD Student at the University of Liverpool
- Brendan Dunlop, Clinical Psychologist in training, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Snigdha Dutta, Project Associate, Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Cambridge, UK
- Sharon Eager, Research Assistant at UCL
- Sammy Eden, PhD student at the University of Bath
- Sarah Egan, Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University in Perth, Australia
- Thalia Eley, Professor of Developmental Behavioural Genetics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College London
- Edel Ennis, Lecturer in Psychology at Ulster University
- M. David Enoch, Emeritus Consultant Psychiatrist at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital
- Edzard Ernst, Emeritus Professor at Exeter University
- Ivan Ezquerra-Romano, PhD student at UCL
- Michelle Eskinazi, MSC Student at University College London & Core Psychiatry Trainee at Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Norah Essali, Medical student at the University of Kalamoon, Syria
- Pete Etchells, Senior Lecturer in Biological Psychology at Bath Spa University
- Katie Evans, Head of Research and Policy at Money and Mental Health
- Melisa Eyuboglu, MSc student, Kings College London
- Alison Faulkner, Surviver Researcher and Trainer in Mental Health
- 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
- Jodie Ferris, Assistant Psychologist at Homerton NHS University Trust
- Matt Field, Professor of Psychology at the University of Liverpool
- Chris Fielding, Academy Lead – Forwards Centre, Bolton Impact Trust
- Caroline Fiennes, Director at Giving Evidence
- Saoirse Finn, Network Co-ordinator at Arts Health Early Career Research Network
- Katie Finning, PhD student at the School of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter
- Terry Flemming, Senior Lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington
- Meg Fluharty, Research Assistant at the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, University of Bristol
- Andrés Fonseca, Consultant Psychiatrist, CEO of Health eLiving Partnership, Honorary Lecturer at UCL
- Tamsin Ford, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Exeter
- Alexander Foster, Research Worker in Global Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
- Una Foye, Research Officer at the Mental Health Foundation
- Robbie Fraser, Social worker (mental health), London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Eleana Frisira, Junior Doctor in the NHS
- Suzi Gage, Lecturer in Psychology and Epidemiology at the University of Liverpool
- Tanya Garg, Human Capital Consulting Analyst, Deloitte India
- Linda Gask, Emerita Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry at the University of Manchester
- Darya Gaysina, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Sussex
- Lina Gega, Reader in Mental Health at the University of York and Hull York Medical School
- Clarissa Giebel, Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool
- Bethany Gill, Research Associate at Lancaster Associate
- 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
- Maria Giorgalli, Student, MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences at University College London
- Laura Godfrey-Isaacs, Artist, Midwife and Birth Activist
- Pattie Gonsalves, Project Director, It’s Ok To Talk, Sangath, India
- Guy Goodwin, Professor of Psychiatry at the University Department of Psychiatry, Oxford
- Sophie Graham, Medical Student at Newcastle University
- Anjana Greedharee, Trainee in Clinical and Developmental Psychology at APEIM and Rangers Foundation Trust Special Needs School (Mauritius)
- Amy Green, Academic Clinical Lecturer at the University of Bristol
- Bethany Green, Social Worker in community mental health services in East London.
- 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
- Sarah Gregory, Doctoral candidate and study coordinator at the University of Edinburgh
- Ellen Grimas, PhD Student at Imperial College
- Alice Grishkov, Mental Health Social Worker / Care Coordinator, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- David Gunnell, MB, ChB, DSc, FMedSci Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Bristol
- Carolina Guzman Holst, DPhil student at the University of Oxford
- Peter Haddad, Senior Consultant in Psychiatry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Qatar University, Qatar
- Elizabeth Hall, MSc student at KCL
- David Hallford, Clinical Psychologist and Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Deakin University in Australia
- Ian Hamilton, Associate Professor in addiction at University of York
- Terry Hanley, Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology at University of Manchester
- Ben Hannigan, Reader in Mental Health Nursing in the School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University
- Keir Harding, Occupational Therapist, Cynnwys (together), at the personality disorder service in Cardiff
- Laurie Hare-Duke, Research Fellow at the Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham
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Catherine Harmer, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford
- Amanda Harris, Psychologist and Director of the Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network
- Judith Harrison, Welsh Clinical Academic Training Fellow at Cardiff University
- Camille Hart, Psychiatric Trainee Doctor at Queen’s University, Belfast
- Suzan Hassan, PhD Student at UCL Primary Care and Population Health
- Helge Hasselmann, Research Masters Student in Clinical and Cognitive Neurosciences at Maastricht University
- Simon Hatcher, Full Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Ottawa
- Joseph Hayes, Clinical Training Fellow at UCL Division of Psychiatry
- Laura Hemming, PhD Student at the University of Manchester
- Jill Hemmington, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader PG Cert (AMHP) at the School of Social Work, Care and Community, University of Central Lancashire
- Georgia Herring, Research Assistant at the University of Bath
- Paul Heron, Research Fellow at Closing the Gap Network, University of York
- Sarah Hetrick, Associate Professor in Youth Mental Health at the University of Auckland
- Jessamy Hibberd, Chartered Clinical Psychologist
- Emily Hielscher, PhD Candidate at University of Queensland
- Kerrie-Anne Ho, PhD Candidate at the University of New South Wales, Australia
- Chris Hollis, Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Nottingham and Consultant in Developmental Neuropsychiatry with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Mark Horowitz, Training Psychiatrist from Australia who is completing a PhD at King’s College London
- Maxine Howard, PhD student at University College London
- Dochka Hristova, Project Coordinator for the National Elf Service
- Samei Huda, Consultant Psychiatrist at Pennine Care, Manchester
- Charlotte Huggett, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Liz Hughes, Professor of Mental Health at University of Huddersfield and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Tyler Hughes, Senior Assistant Psychologist and Research Assistant, Great Ormond Street Hospital
- Zill-e-Huma, Lecturer & Doctoral Fellow, Global Institute of Human Development, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Neil Humphrey, Professor of Psychology of Education and Head of the Manchester Institute of Education at the University of Manchester
- Xanthe Hunt, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University
- Jane Iles, Clinical Psychologist working in CAMHS and Research Associate at Imperial College London
- Annie Irvine, Research Associate, ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King’s College London
- Udita Iyengar, Project Manager in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Jenna Jacob, Researcher at Anna Freud National Centre
- Pamela Jacobsen, Clinical Psychologist and NIHR Research Fellow at King’s College London
- Benjamin Janaway, Psychiatry trainee and Science communicator
- Alex Jarram, PhD student at University College London
- Sameer Jauhar, Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the Institute of Psychiatry
- Sam Jee, Research Associate at the University of Manchester
- Karin Jervert, Expert by Experience at Mad of America, fine artist and author
- 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
- Harmony Jiang, Clinical Studies Officer at North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT)
- Sonia Johnson, Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry at UCL, Director of the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit
- Susie Johnson, Recent Graduate from Bristol University
- Mandy Johnstone, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Edinburgh
- Andrew Jones, Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Liverpool
- Ian Jones, Professor of Perinatal Psychiatry at Cardiff University, Director of the Welsh National Centre for Mental Health
- Jonathan Jones, PhD Psychology student at the University of Exeter
- Mona Jones, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, AnDY Research clinic, University of Reading
- Dan Joyce, Clinical Lecturer at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, Junior Doctor in general adult psychiatry
- Joe Judge, Clinical Psychologist in the Hamilton Psychological Therapies Team, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Bani Kahai, Doctor at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- Shubhangi Karmakar, Medical and MSc student at Trinity College Dublin
- Muzaffer Kaser, Psychiatrist and Clinical Lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge University
- Dafni Katsampa, Researcher at Samaritans Online Harms
- Anjuli Kaul, Administrator at the Violence and Abuse Mental Health Network
- Katerina Kavalidou, Postdoctoral Researcher at National Suicide Research Foundation in Ireland
- Linda Kaye, Reader in Psychology, Edge Hill University
- Eleanor Kennedy, PhD Student at Bristol Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, University of Bristol
- Patrick Kennedy-Williams, BPS Chartered and HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist, Co-director of Psychology Oxford
- Jacqueline Kent-Marvick, PhD Student and T32 Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Utah, College of Nursing
- Suzy Ker, Consultant in Working Age Adult Psychiatry at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
- Jack Kerwin, Medical student
- Roxanne Keynejad, Clinical Research Training Fellow in the Section of Women’s Mental Health at King’s College London
- Nagina Khan, MRC Research Training Fellow at the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester
- Karel Kieslich, PhD student at UCL
- Olivia Kirtley, Research Assistant at the University of Glasgow
- Martin Knapp, Professor of Health and Social Care Policy, London School of Economics (LSE)
- Peter Knapp, Reader in Health Sciences at the University of York
- Pooky Knightsmith, Speaker, Lecturer, Trainer, Author and Vice Chair of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition
- Dee Knipe, Vice Chancellor’s Elizabeth Blackwell Research Fellow, University of Bristol
- Sarah Knowles, Research Fellow at the NIHR School for Primary Care Research
- 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.
- Magdalena Skowronska, Clinical Practitioner, Camden and Islington NHS Trust, North Camden Crisis Resolution Team
- Marissa Kube-Clare, Trainee Psychiatrist at the Oxleas NHS trust.
- 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
- Carla Kundert, Clinical Research Associate, Chicago Health Disparities Center at the Illinois Institute of Technology
- Theophanis Kyriacou, MSc student at UCL
- Emmeline Lagunes Cordoba, Psychiatrist and psychotherapist
- Jennifer Laidlaw, PGY-5 Resident in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto
- Olga Lainidi, Research Officer, University of Macedonia
- Joseph Lam, MSc Graduate in Clinical Mental Health Science UCL
- Danielle Lamb, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Applied Health Research, UCL
- Nicky Lambert, Director of Teaching and Learning Mental Health, Social Work and Integrative Medicine at Middlesex University
- Alex Langford, Psychiatrist in Oxford
- Sophie Large, Caseworker at Age UK.
- Jennifer Lau, University Lecturer at the University of Oxford, Director of the Researching Emotional Disorders and Development (REDD) lab
- Sharon Lawn, Professor, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Australia
- Keith Laws, Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology at the University of Hertfordshire
- Kirsten Lawson, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead for Liaison Psychiatry Services at Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership NHS Trust
- Caroline Leah, Senior Lecturer and Social Worker based at Manchester Metropolitan University
- Clair Le Boutillier, Qualitative Research Fellow at King’s College London University
- William Lee, Clinical Associate Professor (Reader) in Psychiatry at Plymouth University
- Simon Leigh, Health Economist at Lifecode® Solutions and Nexus Clinical Analytics, Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool
- Douglas Levinson, Director of the Stanford University Program on the Genetics of Brain Function in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Gemma Lewis, University College London
- Michelle Lim, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Swinburne University of Technology, and Head of the Social Health and Wellbeing Laboratory
- Bryn Lloyd-Evans, Senior Lecturer in the UCL Division of Psychiatry
- Maria Loades, Senior Lecturer/Clinical Tutor, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme at the University of Bath
- Jo Lockwood, Research Fellow, University of Nottingham
- Millie Lowther, PhD Student and Research Assistant, UCL
- Poppy Ellis Logan, Associate Mental Health Worker (Adult ADHD Clinic), NHS Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust // MSC student at Kings College London
- Shania Lorenz, MSc Clinical Mental Health Sciences Student, UCL
- Karina Lovell, Director of Research and Professor of Mental Health at the University of Manchester
- Colleen Loo, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales, Australia
- Raluca Lucacel, PhD Student, Cluj Napoca, Romania
- Isabel Luetkenherm, Masters Student, UCL
- Maartje Luijten, Assistant Professor at the Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Charlie Lynch, Trauma-Informed Care Specialist Support Worker at Look Ahead
- Jingni Ma, PhD Student at the University of Edinburgh
- James MacCabe, Reader in the Epidemiology of Psychosis at the Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
- Christina McClure, Account Manager at VectorBuilder
- Sam McKay, Research Assistant – Suicide Prevention, Orygen & the University of Melbourne
- Steven MacDonald-Hart, Psychologist, NHS
- Jude Madani, MSc student, UCL
- Lucy Maddox, NHS Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer and BSA Media Fellow
- Ailbhe Madigan, Relief Social Care Worker, Peter McVerry Trust
- Sarah Man, Staff Nurse at the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit
- Sammy Man, Clinical Psychologist
- Farhana Mann, Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow at University College London and Specialist Registrar (ST6) in General Adult Psychiatry in North London
- Warren Mansell, Reader in Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester
- Rosie Mansfield, Research Fellow at the University College London (UCL)
- Elena Marcus, Research Assistant at the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and University College London
- Joanna Martin, PhD Student at Cardiff University
- Steven Marwaha, Reader at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
- Lisa Marzano, Associate Professor in Psychology at Middlesex University
- Hazel Marzetti, Research Associate at University of Edinburgh
- Katie Masters, PhD candidate, University of Birmingham
- Dona Matthews, Developmental Psychologist
- Timothy Matthews, Postdoctoral Researcher at King’s College London
- Olivia Maynard, Research Associate at the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group at the University of Bristol
- Rosalind McAlpline, PhD student at UCL
- Edel Mc Glanaghy, Clinical Psychologist with NHS Forth Valley and a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University
- Rose McCabe, Professor of Clinical Communication at the University of City
- Heather McClelland, Research Assistant and PhD Student at University of Glasgow
- Sarah McDonald, Clinical Psychologist
- Iain McDougall, Specialist trainee in General Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Belfast
- Carla McEnery, Provisional Psychologist and PhD candidate at the Brain and Psychological Sciences Research Centre, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
- Paula McFadden, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Ulster University
- Ian McGeoghegan, Mental Health Practitioner, NHS – Trafford CAMHS
- John McGowan, Director and Academic Director of the Clinical Psychology Training Scheme at the Salomons Centre for Applied Psychology, Kent
- Andrew McIntosh, Professor of Biological Psychiatry in the University of Edinburgh Division of Psychiatry
- Harley McIntosh, MSc student, Kings College London
- Phoebe McKenna-Plumley, PhD student, Queen’s University Belfast
- Kwame McKenzie, CEO of Wellesley Institute
- Alison McKinlay, Psychologist and Post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience.
- Kate McLaughlin, Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington, USA
- Sally McManus, Research Director at the National Centre for Social Research
- Peter McMurray, Psychiatry Core Trainee working in the Southern Trust in Northern Ireland
- Nick Meader, Research Fellow, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York
- Carlos Mena, PhD student, UCL
- Richard Meiser-Stedman, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of East Anglia
- Wezi Mhango, Doctoral researcher, University of Sussex; Lecturer in Psychology, University of Malawi
- Pascal Immanuel Michael, PhD student at the University of Greenwich
- Chris Miller, Research Assistant at the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Kathryn Mitchell, Core Psychiatry Trainee working in the Belfast Trust, Northern Ireland
- Masuma Pervin Mishu, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of York
- Layla Mofrad, Senior Psychological Therapist, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- 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
- Mark Monaghan, Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy at the University of Loughborough
- Joanna Moncrieff, Professor of Social and Critical Psychiatry at UCL, and Consultant Psychiatrist at the North East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Stephen Moore, Inpatient Psychiatrist in the Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital, Northern Ireland
- Paul Morrison, Psychiatrist and Researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry, KCL
- Nuala Morse, Lecturer in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester
- Michelle Moulds, Professor and PLuS Alliance Fellow, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Claire Mokrysz, PhD Student at University College London
- Jonathan Monk-Cunliffe, Academic Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
- John Moriarty, Research Fellow at University of Belfast
- Marcus Munafò, Professor of Biological Psychology at the University of Bristol
- Susannah Murphy, Lecturer at University of Oxford
- Nikki Nabavi, Medical Student at the University of Manchester
- Monisha Nahar, MSc Student at UCL
- Akshay Nair, Wolfson Clinical Research Fellow at University College London
- Akansha Mahesh Naraindas, MSc student at Kings College London
- Monisha Narayanan, Research Associate at Campell Review Southasia
- Rasanat Fatima Nawaz, PhD student, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
- Josephine Neale, Trainee Psychiatrist in North London
- Ashlee Negrone, Lived Experience Researcher at the Black Dog Institute
- Natalie Nelissen, Research Fellow at mHabitat
- Rosalyn Nelson, Assistant Psychologist at North Wilts Memory Service, Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
- 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
- Nicola Newhouse, Researcher at Health Experiences Research Group, University of Oxford
- Sarah Nicholson, MSc student at KCL
- Claire Niedzwiedz, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health at the University of Edinburgh
- Timothy Nguyen, Trainee Psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
- Hilary Norman, PhD student at Middlesex University London
- Peter Norton, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and Director of the Monash FEAR Clinic
- Aileen O’Brien, Reader in Psychiatry and Education & Dean for Students at St George’s University of London
- Elly O’Brien, Information Scientist, London
- Siobhan O’Neill, Professor of Mental Health Sciences at Ulster University
- Elena Opie, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner at the NHS
- Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Consultant in Public Health in Bradford & Airedale and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Leeds
- Chris O’Sullivan, Mental Health Foundation
- Oluwaseun Oluwaranti, Specialty Doctor, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Juliana Onwumere, Senior Lecturer & Consultant Clinical Psychologist, King’s College, London, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Sami Ouanes, Clinical Fellow in Advanced General Adult Psychiatry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
- Alison Osborne, Senior Research Assistant, Northumbria University
- Michael Ostacher, Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
- 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
- Jennifer Rose Oulton, Assistant Psychologist in Learning Disabilities Service CAMHS Wirral
- Gozde Ozakinci, Health Psychologist and Lecturer in health psychology at the University of St Andrews
- Prianka Padmanathan, PhD Clinical Fellow at the University of Bristol
- Geoff Page, Research Fellow at the University of York
- Danae Palate, Therapist in training, Centre for Psychological Therapies
- Laurence Palfreyman, Assistant Psychologist in South London
- Harry Palmer, Programme Coordinator, Mental Health Research Programme, Veterans and their Families (UK), Centre for Mental Health
- Gaj Panagoda, Paediatric Rehabilitation Specialist and General Paediatrician, Institute for Urban Indigenous Health and Superkid Rehab
- Carmine Pariante, Professor of Biological Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
- Georgie Parker, Research assistant, NELFT and UCL
- Jennie Parker, Senior Researcher at the McPin Foundation
- Sophie Paul, Assistant Psychologist at NHS
- Francesca Payne, Clinical Psychologist, Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Felicity Pearce, CT3 Psychiatry Trainee at NHS
- Emily Peckham, Closing the Gap Network+ Coordinator at York University
- Christopher Pell, In-patient General Adult Psychiatrist at the Susan Carnegie Centre in Angus, Scotland for NHS Tayside
- Zephyr Percy, MSc student at King’s College London
- Elvira Perez Vallejos, Associate Professor Digital Tech for Mental Health at the University of Nottingham
- Ava Phillips, PhD student, King’s College London
- Joseph Pierre, Health Sciences Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
- Alexandra Pike, Postdoctoral Research Associate at University College London
- Sophia Pillai, Psychiatrist in Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Serap Pinar, Biomedical and Molecular Science Research (M.Sc) from King’s College London
- Vanessa Pinfold, Co-Founder & Research Director at the McPin Foundation
- Alexandra Pitman, Senior Clinical Lecturer in the UCL Division of Psychiatry and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Rudiger Pittrof, Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Rosa Pitts, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Lancashire Care NHS / Lancaster University
- Belinda Platt, Post-Doc at the LMU University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Lydia Poole, Research Fellow in Mixed Methods at the Institute of Health Informatics, UCL
- Rob Poole, Professor of Social Psychiatry at Bangor University
- Bryony Porter, Senior Research Associate at the University of East Anglia, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East of England
- Inês Pote, Research Officer for the Early Intervention Foundation
- Alice Potter, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner at NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
- Lucinda Powell, Education and mental health consultant
- Amy Price, Trustee of the ThinkWell charity where she leads the PLOT-IT (Public Led Online Trials-Infrastructure and Tools) project
- Christine Purdon, Professor, University of Waterloo
- Lucy Purnell, Assistant Psychologist at Maudsley NHS Trust
- Nida Rahman, Assistant Psychologist, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Divyangana Rakesh, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne
- Paul Ramchandani, LEGO Professor of Play in Education at the University of Cambridge
- Anusha V Ramji, MSc Student at King’s College London
- 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
- Matt Ravenhall, Final year Biology student at the University of York
- Susan Rasmussen, Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychological Sciences and Health at the University of Strathclyde
- Wajeeha Raza, PhD student at the University of York
- Tessa Reardon, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
- Stefan Rennick-Egglestone, Digital Research Specialist at theUniversity of Nottingham
- Laoise Renwick, Lecturer at the University of Manchester
- Shirley Reynolds, Director of the Charlie Waller Institute and Professor of Evidence Based Psychological Therapies at the University of Reading
- Cara Richardson, PhD student, University of Glasgow
- Thomas Richardson, Principal Clinical Psychologist at Solent NHS Trust
- 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
- Jodi Rintelman, Pharmacist and medical writer
- Tessa Roberts, Global Mental Health Researcher at King’s College London
- Jo Robinson, Associate Professor at Orygen Australia
- Jonathan Roiser, Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health; Deputy Director, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London
- Abi Rose, Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Liverpool
- Diana Rose, Professor of User-Led Research and Head of Section and Co-director Service User Research Enterprise (SURE) at King’s College London
- Rachel Rowan-Olive, Mental Health Service User/Survivor, Illustrator, and graduate student at Birkbeck, University of London
- 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
- Tobias Rowland, Academic Clinical Fellow, University of Warwick
- Alex Ruck Keene, Barrister specialising in mental capacity and mental health law and Wellcome Research Fellow at King’s College London
- James Rucker, NIHR Clinician Scientist Fellow at King’s College London
- Susie Rudge, Specialist Clinical Psychologist at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- Kirsten Russell, PhD student at Strathclyde University
- Katharine Sacks-Jones, Director of Agenda
- Emma Saddleton, Research Worker and part-time MSc student at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London
- Mary Sadid, Policy Officer at NSUN
- Pooja Saini, Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University
- Tatiana Salisbury, Lecturer in Global Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
- Paul Salkovskis, Director of the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Oxford Centre for Cognitive Therapy
- Christopher Sampson, Economist at the Office of Health Economics in London
- Liz Sampson, Clinical Professor at the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department
- João Santos, Research Associate and Data Manager at the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester
- Leela Sathyaputri, Undergraduate Research Assistant at the University of Iowa
- Martyna Sawicka, Data Collection Coordinator, Arizona Twin Project at Arizona State University
- Jessica Scaife, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
- Heike Schroder, Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Queen’s University Management School
- Ava Schulz, Postdoctoral Researcher on the OPTIMAX project
- Joseph Schwartz, Associate Professor, Florida State University
- Susanne Schweizer, Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Group, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscienc
- Hannah Rachel Scott, PhD Student at the University College London
- Stephen Schueller, Associate Professor of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine
- Lucas Shelemy, PhD Researcher at the University of Reading
- Andrew Shepherd, Doctoral research Fellow at the University of Manchester and Higher Trainee in Forensic Psychiatry
- Hilary Shepherd, Researcher at the Department of Health and Social Care
- Luke Sheridan-Rains, Research associate in the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit, UCL Division of Psychiatry
- Lottie Shipp, SEMH teaching assistant
- Natalie Shoham, Clinical Training Fellow at UCL
- Meenakshi Shukla, Assistant Professor in Psychology, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, India
- Magenta Simmons, Senior Research Fellow, Orygen and Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
- Lucy Simons, Research Fellow at NIHR MindTech Healthcare Technology Cooperative, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham
- Megan Skelton, PhD student in the Emotional Development Intervention and Treatment Lab (EDIT Lab) at King’s College London
- Jude Smit, PhD student and Psychotherapist
- Mark Smith, IAPT Clinician working for Steps2Change and independent Psychotherapist Trainer
- Francesca Solmi, Research Associate, Division of Psychiatry, University College London
- Marco Solmi, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Neurosciences Department, University of Padua
- Andrew Sommerlad, PhD Fellow at University College London
- Sophie Stammers, Research Fellow on Project PERFECT at the University of Birmingham
- Aggelos Stamos, UCL MSc Clinical Sciences student
- Emily Stapley, Research Fellow in the Evidence Based Practice Unit at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families and UCL
- Eloise Stark, PhD student at the University of Oxford
- Penelope Zoe Stavrou, Junior Doctor at the NHS
- Thomas Steare, Research Assistant at University College London
- Sarah Steeg, Presidential Fellow, University of Manchester
- Charlotte Steel, Assistant Psychologist at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- David Steele, Junior Doctor with an interest in psychology, psychiatry and public health
- Andrew Steptoe, Professor of Psychology and Epidemiology, University College London
- Annie Stevenson, Assistant Psychologist, NELFT
- Kevin Stone, Associate Head of Department for Law at UWE, Bristol
- Becci Strawbridge, Mental Health Research at the Institute if Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
- Caroline Struthers, Education and Training Manager for the EQUATOR Network
- Stefanie Sturm, PhD student, University of Barcelona
- Shuichi Suetani, Psychiatrist at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research & Queensland Brain Institute
- Harry Sumnall, Professor in Substance Use at the Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University
- Irene Sutcliffe, Lived experience expert
- Rebecca Syed, Researcher at King’s College London
- Rachel Symons, Mental health nurse, Teacher and Speaker
- Edward Sykes, Senior Press Manager and Head of Mental Health & Neuroscience, Science Media Centre
- Danny Taggart, Academic Director for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Essex
- Olufemi Talabi, Core Psychiatry Trainee at the East of England Deanery
- Amelia Talbot, DPhil Researcher at University of Oxford
- Catherine Talbot, Lecturer in Psychology at Bournemouth University
- Katherine Tallent, Mental Health Recovery Worker, Rethink Mental Illness
- Marcus Tan, Academic Clinical Fellow at Plymouth University School of Medicine
- Lawson Taylor, MSc student, Kings College London
- Sahra Tekin, PhD student at UCL
- Garry Tew, Professor of Clinical Exercise Science at Northumbria University
- Su-Gwan Tham, Research Associate, National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety and Mental Health (NCISH), University of Manchester
- Andrew Thompson, Clinical Health Psychologist at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Georgina Thompson, Assistant Psychologist, NHS
- Sam Thompson, CBT Therapist/Registered Nurse Mental Health, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Rupert Thurston, Junior Doctor working in General Adult Psychiatry in the West Midlands
- Caroline Tomes, Public Health Specialty Registrar currently working in Cambridge
- André Tomlin, Founder and Managing Director of Minervation Ltd and the National Elf Service Ltd
- Anneka Tomlinson, Clinician and Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
- John Torous, Director of the Digital Psychiatry Division at the Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Ellen Townsend, Professor of Psychology, University of Nottingham
- Solomon Towuru, Lecturer in Mental Health altho eh University of Derby
- Derek Tracy, Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Clinical Director for crisis, inpatient, and rehabilitation services at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- David Trickey, Consultant clinical psychologist at the Specialist Trauma and Maltreatment Service at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
- Sam Trowell, Masters Student, University of St. Andrews
- Isabela Troya, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Public Health, University College Cork & National Suicide Research Foundation (Ireland)
- Stella Tsoli, PhD student at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL.
- Remco Tuijt, PhD student at UCL
- Jessica Tunmore, Senior Research Assistant & Patient and Public Involvement Lead at Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust
- David Turgoose, Clinical Psychologist in the Attachment and Trauma Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital
- Alison Turner, Head of the Evidence Analysis team within the Strategy Unit at NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
- Sally Turner, Researcher at the University of Bristol
- Alan Underwoord, Specialist Clinical Psychologist
- Raphael Underwood, PhD candidate at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
- Noortje Uphoff, Research Fellow, Cochrane Common Mental Disorder, University of York
- Rachel Upthegrove, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry at the University of Birmingham
- Syed Usman Hamdani, Founding Director and Assistant Professor, Global Institute of Human Development, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Kyla Vaillancourt, Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist, University of Oxford and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Anne-Laura van Harmelen, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
- Wouter van Ballegooijen, Lecturer / Assistnt Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Mira Vasileva, Clinical Psychologist, University of Melbourne & Psychiatric Clinic Lueneburg
- Silke Verekeen, PhD Student Researcher at University of York, Mental Health and Addictions Research Group
- Verity Wainwright, Lecturer, University of Manchester
- Joanne Wadsworth, MSc Student at KCL
- Syeda Wajeeha Zafar, Research Fellow, Global Institute of Human Development, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Charlotte Walker, Lived Experience consultant and service-user researcher
- Chenel Walker, MSc Clinical Mental Health student at King’s College London
- Joanne Wallace, Graduate Entry Medical Student at The University of Warwick
- Annabel Walsh, Senior Postdoctoral Research Project Manager, Kings College London
- Kathryn Walsh, Research Associate at the University of Birmingham
- Florian Walter, Lecturer at the University of Manchester
- Michael Walton, PhD student at Manchester Metropolitan University
- Jingyi Wang, Research Associate at UCL
- Lilli Waples, MRes student at the University of Bristol
- Fiona Warner-Gale, Joint Director of Associate Development Solutions Ltd
- Andrew Watson, Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh
- Sarah Watts, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Clinical Lead with the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust South Staffordshire IAPT teams
- Marianne Webb, Research Assistant at Orygena and the Centre for Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne
- Jasmin Wertz, PhD Student at Kings College London
- Simon Wessely, Chair of Psychological Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences (IoPPN), King’s College London
- Karen Wetherall, Researcher at the Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab, University of Glasgow
- Beccy White, PhD student, University of Manchester
- Danny Whiting, Forensic Psychiatrist and NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow with the Forensic Psychiatry Research Group at the University of Oxford
- Alice Wickersham, PhD student at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
- Michael Wigelsworth, Senior Lecturer at the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester
- Lucy Willetts, Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Accredited CBT Therapist
- Jess Williams, PhD researcher, University of Birmingham, University of Nottingham
- Bethany Williamson, Msc student at KCL
- Rebecca Wilkinson, CT2 Psychiatry at South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
- Sarsha Wilson, Research Assistant at the NIHR Oxford Cognitive Health Clinical Research Facility
- Emma Wincup, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of Law at the University of Leeds
- Danielle Windget, PhD at the University of Exeter
- Millie Witcher, Trainee Clinical Psychologist in the NHS
- Katrina Witt, Research Fellow with the Centre for Suicide Research at the University of Oxford
- Jeanne Wolstencroft, Research Fellow, UCL’s Great Ormond Street Institute of Child health
- Stephen Wood, Professor of Adolescent Brain Development and Mental Health at the University of Birmingham
- Gloria Wong, Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
- Talen Wright, PhD student at UCL Division of Psychiatry
- Til Wykes, Professor, Kings College London
- 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
- Vanessa Yim, Research assistant at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
- Aneta Zarska, PhD student at City University
- Francesca Zecchinato, Psychology PhD candidate, University of Southampton
- 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
- Tiago Zortea, Post-doctoral researcher in the Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab, University of Glasgow
- 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:
- CAMSTRAND Conference delegates
- Centre for Affective Disorders, King’s College London
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health MSc, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
- Clinical Mental Health Sciences MSc, University College London
- EQUATOR Publication School
- Mental Health Studies MSc, King’s College London
- NPNR Conference delegates
- PenCLAHRC: NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) South West Peninsula
- Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health MSc/PGDip/PGCert, King’s College London
- University of Edinburgh Division of Psychiatry
- 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:
Contact us if you’d like to discuss collaborating on an elf in your field of interest.

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