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:

Syeda Akther

Syeda is a Trainee Clinical Psychologist at the University of Oxford. Prior to beginning clinical training, Syeda worked as a research assistant on various research projects including the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit. Her research interests include ethnic inequalities, the mental health of Muslims, the experience of carers, as well as service user and carer involvement in research.

Syeda is responsible for our blogs on: Public mental health/community/ primary care, Genetics/ neuroscience/ biology, Inpatient/ crisis (MH nursing), Minority MH, Multimorbidity, Personality disorders, Psychosocial interventions.

Follow Syeda on Twitter @SyedaAkther2

View Syeda’s Mental Elf blogs here.

Dafni Katsampa

Dafni is a psychology graduate with an MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences from UCL. She is currently an ECR at MARCH Network (UCL) and working as a researcher at Samaritans, Online Harms. The aim of this programme is to understand the nature of online harmful content and the impact of engaging with such content on young people. Previously, Dafni worked at the Middlesex University on a suicide prevention project commissioned by Samaritans and Network Rail. She explored bystander life-saving interventions when someone is at risk and/or feeling suicidal at public places. Her research interests include suicide prevention, social determinants and their impact on mental health, health inequalities and promotion of wellbeing through cultural 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.

Follow Dafni on Twitter @DafniKatsampa

View Dafni’s Mental Elf blogs here.

Leanne Patrick

Leanne is a registered mental health nurse working in a community drug and alcohol service. She is also an MSc social research student, exploring the social factors influencing underdiagnosis of ASD in girls who compensate. Previously, Leanne has been a journalist and columnist writing about childhood development and mental health. Her research interests include substance dependence, mental health in childhood and adolescence, domestic violence and families.

Leanne is responsible for our blogs on: Substance use, dependence and addiction, Economics, Developmental disorders, Perinatal mental health and parenting, Child and adolescent mental health.

Follow Leanne on Twitter @LeanneHPatrick

View Leanne’s Mental Elf blogs here.

Katherine Saunders

Katherine is in the final year of her PhD at the Section of Women’s Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, KCL. Her research focuses on domestic violence perpetration and the association with mental health. She holds a BSc in Experimental Psychology from the University of Bristol and an MSc from KCL in Forensic Mental Health.

Katherine is responsible for our blogs on: Diagnostic and transdiagnostic, Global mental health, Displaced populations, Psychosis and schizophrenia, Trauma, Violence and abuse, Forensics

Follow Katherine on Twitter @KSaundersKCL

View Katherine’s Mental Elf blogs here.

Laura Hemming

Laura is a PhD student at the University of Manchester where she is investigating how difficulties with identifying and describing emotions are related to suicide and violence amongst male prisoners. Prior to this Laura worked as a researcher at the McPin Foundation. 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, Loneliness, Recovery/ Positive MH & wellbeing, Service user involvement, Coproduction, PPI.

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. Sophia Ahmed, Assistant Psychologist at the National Problem Gambling Clinic, Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust
4. Syeda Akther, Research Assistant at the QMUL Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry
5. Lia Ali, Consultant Psychiatrist for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
6. Eva Alisic, Psychologist and Research Fellow at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia
7. Ahmed Al-Shihabi, Medicine Student at University College London
8. Rachel Allan, Practice Leader for The Royal Mencap Society
9. Rob Allison, Lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences, University of York
10. Lucía Almazán Sánchez, Medical Student at King’s College London
11. Murtada Alsaif, Pharmacist
12. Hanzla Amir, Senior House Officer at Oxleas NHS Trust
13. Ian Anderson, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manchester
14. Kinga Antal, MSc student, Kings College London
15. Steve Appleton, Managing Director, Contact Consulting
16. Briana Applewhite, MSc Clinical Mental Health student at King’s College London
17. Golnar Aref-Adib, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at UCL and Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust
18. Louise Arseneault, ESRC Mental Health Leadership Fellow and Professor of Developmental Psychology at King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
19. Jessica Armitage, PhD student, University of Bristol
20. Emma Ashworth, Chartered Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University
21. Henry Aughterson, PhD student at UCL
22. Douglas Badenoch, Director of Minervation Ltd
23. Eleanor Bailey, Research Assistant / PhD Candidate, Orygen
24. John Baker, Chair of Mental Health Nursing at the University of Leeds
25. Ioannis Bakolis, Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
26. Joe Barnby, Research Assistant at University College London
27. Jack Barton, PhD student at University of Manchester
28. Bibire Baykeens, Medical Student, Univesity of Plymouth
29. Andy Bell, Deputy Chief Executive at the Centre for Mental Health
30. Imogen Bell, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Psychologist at Orygen and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne.
31. Jonny Benjamin, Mental Health Campaigner, Film Producer, Public Speaker, Writer and Vlogger
32. Laura Bennett, Research Assistant for the Learning Disability Mortality Review Programme (LeDeR) at University of Bristol
33. Clara Belessiotis, Core Trainee in Psychiatry at East London Foundation Trust
34. Francesca Bentivegna, PhD student at UCL Division of Psychiatry
35. Natalie Berry, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, University of Manchester/Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS
36. Kathryn Berzins, Research Fellow in Mental Health at the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds
37. Victoria Betton, Director of mHabitat
38. Vishal Bhavsar, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellow in Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry
39. Camilla Biggs, Assistant Psychologist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
40. Catherine Bird, Research Assistant at The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
41. Molly Bird, Research Associate and UCL Loneliness and Social Isolation Network member
42. Jo Billings, Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Associate Clinical Professor, UCL
43. Jonathan Bisson, Psychiatrist at Cardiff University
44. Melissa Black, Clinical psychologist and post-doctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge
45. Anya Borrisova, Junior Doctor in the NHS
46. Lisa Bortolotti, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham
47. Helen Bould, Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
48. Lucy Bowes, Associate Professor in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford
49. Marlee Bower, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Matilda Centre for Research for Mental Health and Substance Use at the University of Sydney
50. Hannah Bowers, Research Fellow at Southampton University
51. Simon Bradstreet, Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow
52. Rachel Brand, Clinical Psychologist and Research Fellow at Phoenix Australia: Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
53. Josefien Breedvelt, Research Officer at the Mental Health Foundation
54. Gerome Breen, Psychiatric Geneticist at King’s College London
55. Simon Brett, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner & MSci student at the University of Reading
56. Amy Broadbent, Research Assistant, Cambridge
57. Matthew Broome, Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
58. Mark Brown, Development Director of Social Spider CIC
59. Stefan Brugger, NIHR Academic Clinical Research Fellow at UCL
60. Martin Brunet, GP from the Binscombe Medical Centre
61. 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
62. Jennifer Burgess, Academic Clinical Fellow in General Adult Psychiatry in Newcastle
63. Lisa Burscheidt, Assistant Librarian at North East London NHS Foundation Trust
64. Georgie Buswell, Assistant Psychologist and Research Assistant at North East London NHS Foundation Trust
65. Peter Byrne, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at the Royal London Hospital
66. Sadhbh Byrne, Research Assistant at Orygen, Melbourne
67. Alastair Canaway, Research Fellow at the University of Warwick
68. Krysia Canvin, Independent Health Services Researcher
69. Victoria Carlisle, PhD Student at the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, University of Bristol
70. Sarah Carr, Associate Professor of Mental Health Research at Middlesex University, Independent Consultant at Sarah Carr and Associates Ltd
71. Zoe Catchpole, Peer Impact and Engagement Officer, McPin Foundation
72. Laura Caven, Policy Manager at Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
73. Brant Cebulla, Development Director for the Vitamin D Council in California, USA
74. Emma Cernis, Research Assistant, Oxford
75. Iain Chalmers, Coordinator at James Lind Initiative
76. Sarah Chapman, Knowledge Broker at UK Cochrane Centre
77. Kate Chartres, Nurse Consultant for the Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wears NHS Foundation Trust
78. Paul Christiansen, Lecturer at the University of Liverpool
79. Andrea Cipriani, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford; Editor in Chief of Evidence-Based Mental Health
80. Natasha Clarke, PhD Student at the University of Liverpool
81. 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
82. Elizabeth Collier, Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of Derby
83. Lorna Collins, Researcher and Member of the MARCH network
84. Jennifer Collom, Research Assistant at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College London
85. Dean Connolly, Student at University College London
86. Nicola Coop, Assistant Psychologist
87. Mick Cooper, Professor of Counselling at the School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
88. Emma Corcoran, Research Assistant at UCL Psychiatry
89. Samuele Cortese, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Southampton and Honorary Consultant Child Psychiatrist at Solent NHS Trust
90. Elana Covshoff, Programme Manager at SHRINE
91. Marie Crabbe, Research Assistant at Oxford Health Foundation NHS Trust
92. Jake Crawshaw, PhD candidate at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London
93. Byron Creese, Research Psychologist at the University of Exeter
94. Ioana Cristea, Associate Professor at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca and a Research Fellow at the University of Pisa, Italy
95. Ioana Crivatu, Research Assistant, Middlesex Univerity, London
96. Jazz Croft, PhD candidate at the Centre for Academic Mental Health, University of Bristol
97. Rebecca Crook, Research assistant, University of Manchester
98. Laura Culshaw, Assistant Psychologist / Research Associate, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital / University of Westminster
99. Ian Cummins, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Salford
100. Emily Currell, MSc Student at University College London
101. Simon D’Alfonso, Lecturer in Digital Health, The University of Melbourne
102. David Daley, Professor of Psychological Intervention and Behaviour Change at the University of Nottingham
103. Tim Dalgleish, Programme leader at University of Cambridge
104. Aster Daniels, Research Nurse at King’s College Hospital
105. Sasha Danilina, PhD Student at University College London
106. Suzanne Dash, Graduate-Entry Medicine Student at the University of Oxford
107. Geoff Davies, Trainee Clinical Psychologist at the University of Surrey
108. Kelly Davies, Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of York
109. John M Davis, Professor of Psychiatry and Research Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago
110. Emily Day, Research Programme Administrator for the iCATS project at the University of Oxford
111. Jennifer de Bayer, Research Coordinator at the Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford University
112. Derek de Beurs, Senior Mental Health Researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL)
113. Caroline De Brun, Knowledge and Evidence Manager at Public Health England Knowledge and Library Services
114. Angharad de Cates, Psychiatry Registrar and Honorary Research Fellow at Warwick Medical School
115. Lindsay Dewa, Research Fellow, Imperial College London
116. Helen Dodd, Professor of Child Psychology at the University of Reading
117. Clare Dolan, Research Assistant at the University of Edinburg
118. Jill Domoney, Clinical Psychologist and Researcher at the Section of Women’s Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
119. Ailsa Donnelly, Lay Chair of the PRIMER group
120. Muna Dubad, PhD Student at the University of Warwick
121. Jay Duckworth, PhD Student at the University of Liverpool
122. Brendan Dunlop, Clinical Psychologist in training, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
123. Sarah Egan, Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University in Perth, Australia
124. Thalia Eley, Professor of Developmental Behavioural Genetics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College London
125. Edel Ennis, Lecturer in Psychology at Ulster University
126. M. David Enoch, Emeritus Consultant Psychiatrist at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital
127. Edzard Ernst, Emeritus Professor at Exeter University
128. Michelle Eskinazi, MSC Student at University College London & Core Psychiatry Trainee at Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust
129. Norah Essali, Medical student at the University of Kalamoon, Syria
130. Pete Etchells, Senior Lecturer in Biological Psychology at Bath Spa University
131. Katie Evans, Head of Research and Policy at Money and Mental Health
132. Alison Faulkner, Surviver Researcher and Trainer in Mental Health
133. 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
134. Matt Field, Professor of Psychology at the University of Liverpool
135. Caroline Fiennes, Director at Giving Evidence
136. Saoirse Finn, Network Co-ordinator at Arts Health Early Career Research Network
137. Katie Finning, PhD student at the School of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter
138. Terry Flemming, Senior Lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington
139. Meg Fluharty, Research Assistant at the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, University of Bristol
140. Andrés Fonseca, Consultant Psychiatrist, CEO of Health eLiving Partnership, Honorary Lecturer at UCL
141. Tamsin Ford, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Exeter
142. Alexander Foster, Research Worker in Global Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
143. Una Foye, Research Officer at the Mental Health Foundation
144. Eleana Frisira, Junior Doctor in the NHS
145. Suzi Gage, Lecturer in Psychology and Epidemiology at the University of Liverpool
146. Linda Gask, Emerita Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry at the University of Manchester
147. Lina Gega, Reader in Mental Health at the University of York and Hull York Medical School
148. Clarissa Giebel, Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool
149. Bethany Gill, Research Associate at Lancaster Associate
150. 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
151. Maria Giorgalli, Student, MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences at University College London
152. Laura Godfrey-Isaacs, Artist, Midwife and Birth Activist
153. Guy Goodwin, Professor of Psychiatry at the University Department of Psychiatry, Oxford
154. Sophie Graham, Medical Student at Newcastle University
155. Amy Green, Academic Clinical Lecturer at the University of Bristol
156. Bethany Green, Social Worker in community mental health services in East London.
157. 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
158. Sarah Gregory, Doctoral candidate and study coordinator at the University of Edinburgh
159. Ellen Grimas, PhD Student at Imperial College
160. David Gunnell, MB, ChB, DSc, FMedSci Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Bristol
161. Peter Haddad, Senior Consultant in Psychiatry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Qatar University, Qatar
162. David Hallford, Clinical Psychologist and Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Deakin University in Australia
163. Ian Hamilton, Associate Professor in addiction at University of York
164. Terry Hanley, Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology at University of Manchester
165. Ben Hannigan, Reader in Mental Health Nursing in the School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University
166. Keir Harding, Occupational Therapist, Cynnwys (together), at the personality disorder service in Cardiff
167. Laurie Hare-Duke, Research Fellow at the Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham
168. Catherine Harmer, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford
169. Amanda Harris, Psychologist and Director of the Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network
170. Judith Harrison, Welsh Clinical Academic Training Fellow at Cardiff University
171. Camille Hart, Psychiatric Trainee Doctor at Queen’s University, Belfast
172. Suzan Hassan, PhD Student at UCL Primary Care and Population Health
173. Helge Hasselmann, Research Masters Student in Clinical and Cognitive Neurosciences at Maastricht University
174. Simon Hatcher, Full Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Ottawa
175. Joseph Hayes, Clinical Training Fellow at UCL Division of Psychiatry
176. Laura Hemming, PhD Student at the University of Manchester
177. Jill Hemmington, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader PG Cert (AMHP) at the School of Social Work, Care and Community, University of Central Lancashire
178. Paul Heron, Research Fellow at Closing the Gap Network, University of York
179. Sarah Hetrick, Associate Professor in Youth Mental Health at the University of Auckland
180. Jessamy Hibberd, Chartered Clinical Psychologist
181. Emily Hielscher, PhD Candidate at University of Queensland
182. Kerrie-Anne Ho, PhD Candidate at the University of New South Wales, Australia
183. Chris Hollis, Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Nottingham and Consultant in Developmental Neuropsychiatry with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
184. Mark Horowitz, Training Psychiatrist from Australia who is completing a PhD at King’s College London
185. Maxine Howard, PhD student at University College London
186. Dochka Hristova, Project Coordinator for the National Elf Service
187. Samei Huda, Consultant Psychiatrist at Pennine Care, Manchester
188. Charlotte Huggett, Trial Manager, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
189. Liz Hughes, Professor of Mental Health at University of Huddersfield and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
190. Neil Humphrey, Professor of Psychology of Education and Head of the Manchester Institute of Education at the University of Manchester
191. Jane Iles, Clinical Psychologist working in CAMHS and Research Associate at Imperial College London
192. Udita Iyengar, Project Manager in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
193. Pamela Jacobsen, Clinical Psychologist and NIHR Research Fellow at King’s College London
194. Benjamin Janaway, Psychiatry trainee and Science communicator
195. Alex Jarram, PhD student at University College London
196. Sameer Jauhar, Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the Institute of Psychiatry
197. Sam Jee, Research Associate at the University of Manchester
198. Sonia Johnson, Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry at UCL, Director of the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit
199. Susie Johnson, Recent Graduate from Bristol University
200. Mandy Johnstone, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Edinburgh
201. Andrew Jones, Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Liverpool
202. Ian Jones, Professor of Perinatal Psychiatry at Cardiff University, Director of the Welsh National Centre for Mental Health
203. Jonathan Jones, PhD Psychology student at the University of Exeter
204. Mona Jones, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, AnDY Research clinic, University of Reading
205. Dan Joyce, Clinical Lecturer at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, Junior Doctor in general adult psychiatry
206. Joe Judge, Clinical Psychologist in the Hamilton Psychological Therapies Team, Lanarkshire, Scotland
207. Shubhangi Karmakar, Medical and MSc student at Trinity College Dublin
208. Muzaffer Kaser, Psychiatrist and Clinical Lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge University
209. Dafni Katsampa, Researcher at Samaritans Online Harms
210. Anjuli Kaul, Administrator at the Violence and Abuse Mental Health Network
211. Katerina Kavalidou, Postdoctoral Researcher at National Suicide Research Foundation in Ireland
212. Eleanor Kennedy, PhD Student at Bristol Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, University of Bristol
213. Patrick Kennedy-Williams, BPS Chartered and HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist, Co-director of Psychology Oxford
214. Jack Kerwin, Medical student
215. Roxanne Keynejad, Clinical Research Training Fellow in the Section of Women’s Mental Health at King’s College London
216. Nagina Khan, MRC Research Training Fellow at the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester
217. Olivia Kirtley, Research Assistant at the University of Glasgow
218. Martin Knapp, Professor of Health and Social Care Policy, London School of Economics (LSE)
219. Pooky Knightsmith, Speaker, Lecturer, Trainer, Author and Vice Chair of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition
220. Dee Knipe, Vice Chancellor’s Elizabeth Blackwell Research Fellow, University of Bristol
221. Sarah Knowles, Research Fellow at the  NIHR School for Primary Care Research
222. 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.
223. Magdalena Skowronska, Clinical Practitioner, Camden and Islington NHS Trust, North Camden Crisis Resolution Team
224. Matthew Kube-Clare, Trainee Psychiatrist at the Oxleas NHS trust.
225. 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
226. Emmeline Lagunes Cordoba, Psychiatrist and psychotherapist
227. Jennifer Laidlaw, PGY-5 Resident in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto
228. Joseph Lam, MSc Graduate in Clinical Mental Health Science UCL
229. Danielle Lamb, Programme Manager of the AD-CARE study at the UCL Division of Psychiatry
230. Nicky Lambert, Director of Teaching and Learning Mental Health, Social Work and Integrative Medicine at Middlesex University
231. Alex Langford, Psychiatrist in Oxford
232. Jennifer Lau, University Lecturer at the University of Oxford, Director of the Researching Emotional Disorders and Development (REDD) lab
233. Sharon Lawn, Professor, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Australia
234. Keith Laws, Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology at the University of Hertfordshire
235. Kirsten Lawson, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead for Liaison Psychiatry Services at Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership NHS Trust
236. Caroline Leah, Senior Lecturer and Social Worker based at Manchester Metropolitan University
237. Clair Le Boutillier, Qualitative Research Fellow at King’s College London University
238. William Lee, Clinical Associate Professor (Reader) in Psychiatry at Plymouth University
239. Simon Leigh, Health Economist at Lifecode® Solutions and Nexus Clinical Analytics, Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool
240. Douglas Levinson, Director of the Stanford University Program on the Genetics of Brain Function in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
241. Gemma Lewis, University College London
242. Michelle Lim, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Swinburne University of Technology, and Head of the Social Health and Wellbeing Laboratory
243. Bryn Lloyd-Evans, Senior Lecturer in the UCL Division of Psychiatry
244. Maria Loades, Senior Lecturer/Clinical Tutor, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme at the University of Bath
245. Jo Lockwood, Research Fellow, Univeristy of Nottingham
246. Poppy Ellis Logan, Associate Mental Health Worker (Adult ADHD Clinic), NHS Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust // MSC student at Kings College London
247. Karina Lovell, Director of Research and Professor of Mental Health at the University of Manchester
248. Colleen Loo, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales, Australia
249. Raluca Lucacel, PhD Student, Cluj Napoca, Romania
250. Maartje Luijten, Assistant Professor at the Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
251. James MacCabe, Reader in the Epidemiology of Psychosis at the Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
252. Steven MacDonald-Hart, Psychologist, NHS
253. Lucy Maddox, NHS Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer and BSA Media Fellow
254. Sarah Man, Staff Nurse at the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit
255. Sammy Man, Clinical Psychologist
256. Farhana Mann, Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow at University College London and Specialist Registrar (ST6) in General Adult Psychiatry in North London
257. Warren Mansell, Reader in Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester
258. Rosie Mansfield, Research Fellow at the University College London (UCL)
259. Elena Marcus, Research Assistant at the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and University College London
260. Joanna Martin, PhD Student at Cardiff University
261. Steven Marwaha, Reader at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
262. Lisa Marzano, Associate Professor in Psychology at Middlesex University
263. Katie Masters, PhD candidate, University of Birmingham
264. Timothy Matthews, Postdoctoral Researcher at King’s College London
265. Olivia Maynard, Research Associate at the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group at the University of Bristol
266. Edel Mc Glanaghy, Clinical Psychologist with NHS Forth Valley and a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University
267. Heather McClelland, Research Assistant and PhD Student at University of Glasgow
268. Sarah McDonald, Clinical Psychologist
269. Iain McDougall, Specialist trainee in General Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Belfast
270. Carla McEnery, Provisional Psychologist and PhD candidate at the Brain and Psychological Sciences Research Centre, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
271. Paula McFadden, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Ulster University
272. John McGowan, Director and Academic Director of the Clinical Psychology Training Scheme at the Salomons Centre for Applied Psychology, Kent
273. Andrew McIntosh, Professor of Biological Psychiatry in the University of Edinburgh Division of Psychiatry
274. Kwame McKenzie, CEO of Wellesley Institute
275. Alison McKinlay, Psychologist and Post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience.
276. Kate McLaughlin, Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington, USA
277. Sally McManus, Research Director at the National Centre for Social Research
278. Peter McMurray, Psychiatry Core Trainee working in the Southern Trust in Northern Ireland
279. Pascal Immanuel Michael, PhD student at the University of Greenwich
280. Chris Miller, Research Assistant at the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
281. Kathryn Mitchell, Core Psychiatry Trainee working in the Belfast Trust, Northern Ireland
282. Masuma Pervin Mishu, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of York
283. 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
284. Mark Monaghan, Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy at the University of Loughborough
285. Stephen Moore, Inpatient Psychiatrist in the Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital, Northern Ireland
286. Paul Morrison, Psychiatrist and Researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry, KCL
287. Nuala Morse, Lecturer in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester
288. Michelle Moulds, Professor and PLuS Alliance Fellow, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia
289. Claire Mokrysz, PhD Student at University College London
290. Jonathan Monk-Cunliffe, Academic Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
291. John Moriarty, Research Fellow at University of Belfast
292. Marcus Munafò, Professor of Biological Psychology at the University of Bristol
293. Nikki Nabavi, Medical Student at the University of Manchester
294. Monisha Nahar, MSc Student at UCL
295. Akshay Nair, Wolfson Clinical Research Fellow at University College London
296. Akansha Mahesh Naraindas, MSc student at Kings College London
297. Josephine Neale, Trainee Psychiatrist in North London
298. Natalie Nelissen, Research Fellow at mHabitat
299. Rosalyn Nelson, Assistant Psychologist at North Wilts Memory Service, Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
300. 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
301. Nicola Newhouse, Researcher at Health Experiences Research Group, University of Oxford
302. Claire Niedzwiedz, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health at the University of Edinburgh
303. Timothy Nguyen, Trainee Psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
304. Hilary Norman, PhD student at Middlesex University London
305. Peter Norton, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and Director of the Monash FEAR Clinic
306. Aileen O’Brien, Reader in Psychiatry and Education & Dean for Students at St George’s University of London
307. Elly O’Brien, Information Scientist, London
308. Siobhan O’Neill, Professor of Mental Health Sciences at Ulster University
309. Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Consultant in Public Health in Bradford & Airedale and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Leeds
310. Chris O’Sullivan, Mental Health Foundation
311. Juliana Onwumere, Senior Lecturer & Consultant Clinical Psychologist, King’s College, London, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
312. Sami Ouanes, Clinical Fellow in Advanced General Adult Psychiatry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
313. Michael Ostacher, Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
314. 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
315. Jennifer Rose Oulton, Assistant Psychologist in Learning Disabilities Service CAMHS Wirral
316. Gozde Ozakinci, Health Psychologist and Lecturer in health psychology at the University of St Andrews
317. Geoff Page, Research Fellow at the University of York
318. Laurence Palfreyman, Assistant Psychologist in South London
319. Harry Palmer, Programme Coordinator, Mental Health Research Programme, Veterans and their Families (UK), Centre for Mental Health
320. Carmine Pariante, Professor of Biological Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
321. Georgie Parker, Research assistant, NELFT and UCL
322. Jennie Parker, Senior Researcher at the McPin Foundation
323. Emily Peckham, Closing the Gap Network+ Coordinator at York University
324. Christopher Pell, In-patient General Adult Psychiatrist at the Susan Carnegie Centre in Angus, Scotland for NHS Tayside
325. Elvira Perez Vallejos, Associate Professor Digital Tech for Mental Health at the University of Nottingham
326. Joseph Pierre, Health Sciences Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
327. Serap Pinar, Biomedical and Molecular Science Research (M.Sc) from King’s College London
328. Vanessa Pinfold, Co-Founder & Research Director at the McPin Foundation
329. Alexandra Pitman, Senior Clinical Lecturer in the UCL Division of Psychiatry and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
330. Rudiger Pittrof, Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
331. Rosa Pitts, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Lancashire Care NHS / Lancaster University
332. Belinda Platt, Post-Doc at the LMU University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
333. Rob Poole, Professor of Social Psychiatry at Bangor University
334. Inês Pote, Research Officer for the Early Intervention Foundation
335. Lucinda Powell, Education and mental health consultant
336. Amy Price, Trustee of the ThinkWell charity where she leads the PLOT-IT (Public Led Online Trials-Infrastructure and Tools) project
337. Lucy Purnell, Assistant Psychologist at Maudsley NHS Trust
338. Paul Ramchandani, LEGO Professor of Play in Education at the University of Cambridge
339. Matt Ravenhall, Final year Biology student at the University of York
340. Susan Rasmussen, Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychological Sciences and Health at the University of Strathclyde
341. Stefan Rennick-Egglestone, Digital Research Specialist at theUniversity of Nottingham
342. Laoise Renwick, Lecturer at the University of Manchester
343. Shirley Reynolds, Director of the Charlie Waller Institute and Professor of Evidence Based Psychological Therapies at the University of Reading
344. Cara Richardson, PhD student, University of Glasgow
345. Thomas Richardson, Principal Clinical Psychologist at Solent NHS Trust
346. Jodi Rintelman, Pharmacist and medical writer
347. Tessa Roberts, Global Mental Health Researcher at King’s College London
348. Jo Robinson, Associate Professor at Orygen Australia
349. Abi Rose, Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Liverpool
350. Diana Rose, Professor of User-Led Research and Head of Section and Co-director Service User Research Enterprise (SURE) at King’s College London
351. Rachel Rowan-Olive, Mental Health Service User/Survivor, Illustrator, and graduate student at Birkbeck, University of London
352. Sarah Rowe, Lecturer on the MSc Clinical Mental Health Sciences and MSc Mental Health Sciences Research, UCL Division of Psychiatry
353. Tobias Rowland, Academic Clinical Fellow, University of Warwick
354. Alex Ruck Keene, Barrister specialising in mental capacity and mental health law and Wellcome Research Fellow at King’s College London
355. Susie Rudge, Specialist Clinical Psychologist at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
356. Kirsten Russell, PhD student at Strathclyde University
357. Katharine Sacks-Jones, Director of Agenda
358. Emma Saddleton, Research Worker and part-time MSc student at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London
359. Pooja Saini, Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University
360. Tatiana Salisbury, Lecturer in Global Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
361. Paul Salkovskis, Director of the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Oxford Centre for Cognitive Therapy
362. Christopher Sampson, Economist at the Office of Health Economics in London
363. Liz Sampson, Clinical Professor at the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department
364. João Santos, Research Associate and Data Manager at the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester
365. Leela Sathyaputri, Undergraduate Research Assistant at the University of Iowa
366. Martyna Sawicka, Data Collection Coordinator, Arizona Twin Project at Arizona State University
367. Heike Schroder, Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Queen’s University Management School
368. Ava Schulz, Postdoctoral Researcher on the OPTIMAX project
369. Joseph Schwartz, Associate Professor, Florida State University
370. Susanne Schweizer, Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Group, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscienc
371. Hannah Rachel Scott, PhD Student at the University College London
372. Stephen Schueller, Associate Professor of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine
373. Lucas Shelemy, PhD Researcher at the University of Reading
374. Andrew Shepherd, Doctoral research Fellow at the University of Manchester and Higher Trainee in Forensic Psychiatry
375. Hilary Shepherd, Researcher at the Department of Health and Social Care
376. Luke Sheridan-Rains, Research associate in the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit, UCL Division of Psychiatry
377. Natalie Shoham, Clinical Training Fellow at UCL
378. Lucy Simons, Research Fellow at NIHR MindTech Healthcare Technology Cooperative, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham
379. Megan Skelton, PhD student in the Emotional Development Intervention and Treatment Lab (EDIT Lab) at King’s College London
380. Jude Smit, PhD student and Psychotherapist
381. Mark Smith, IAPT Clinician working for Steps2Change and independent Psychotherapist Trainer
382. Francesca Solmi, Research Associate, Division of Psychiatry, University College London
383. Marco Solmi, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Neurosciences Department, University of Padua
384. Andrew Sommerlad, PhD Fellow at University College London
385. Sophie Stammers, Research Fellow on Project PERFECT at the University of Birmingham
386. Aggelos Stamos, UCL MSc Clinical Sciences student
387. Emily Stapley, Research Fellow in the Evidence Based Practice Unit at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families and UCL
388. Eloise Stark, PhD student at the University of Oxford
389. Penelope Zoe Stavrou, Junior Doctor at the NHS
390. Thomas Steare, Research Assistant at University College London
391. Sarah Steeg, Presidential Fellow, University of Manchester
392. Charlotte Steel, Assistant Psychologist at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
393. David Steele, Junior Doctor with an interest in psychology, psychiatry and public health
394. Andrew Steptoe, Professor of Psychology and Epidemiology, University College London
395. Kevin Stone, Associate Head of Department for Law at UWE, Bristol
396. Becci Strawbridge, Mental Health Research at the Institute if Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
397. Caroline Struthers, Education and Training Manager for the EQUATOR Network
398. Shuichi Suetani, Psychiatrist at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research & Queensland Brain Institute
399. Harry Sumnall, Professor in Substance Use at the Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University
400. Irene Sutcliffe, Lived experience expert
401. Rebecca Syed, Researcher at King’s College London
402. Rachel Symons, Mental health nurse, Teacher and Speaker
403. Edward Sykes, Senior Press Manager and Head of Mental Health & Neuroscience, Science Media Centre
404. Danny Taggart, Academic Director for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Essex
405. Katherine Tallent, Mental Health Recovery Worker, Rethink Mental Illness
406. Marcus Tan, Academic Clinical Fellow at Plymouth University School of Medicine
407. Andrew Thompson, Clinical Health Psychologist at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
408. Rupert Thurston, Junior Doctor working in General Adult Psychiatry in the West Midlands
409. Caroline Tomes, Public Health Specialty Registrar currently working in Cambridge
410. André Tomlin, Founder and Managing Director of Minervation Ltd and the National Elf Service Ltd
411. Anneka Tomlinson, Clinician and Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
412. John Torous, Director of the Digital Psychiatry Division at the Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
413. Ellen Townsend, Professor of Psychology, University of Nottingham
414. Solomon Towuru, Lecturer in Mental Health altho eh University of Derby
415. Derek Tracy, Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Clinical Director for crisis, inpatient, and rehabilitation services at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
416. David Trickey, Consultant clinical psychologist at the Specialist Trauma and Maltreatment Service at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
417. Isabela Troya, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Public Health, University College Cork & National Suicide Research Foundation (Ireland)
418. Stella Tsoli, PhD student at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL.
419. Remco Tuijt, PhD student at UCL
420. David Turgoose, Clinical Psychologist in the Attachment and Trauma Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital
421. Alison Turner, Head of the Evidence Analysis team within the Strategy Unit at NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
422. Alan Underwoord, Specialist Clinical Psychologist
423. Raphael Underwood, PhD candidate at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
424. Noortje Uphoff, Research Fellow,  Cochrane Common Mental Disorder, University of York
425. Rachel Upthegrove, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry at the University of Birmingham
426. Anne-Laura van Harmelen, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
427. Wouter van Ballegooijen, Lecturer / Assistnt Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
428. Verity Wainwright, Lecturer, University of Manchester
429. Charlotte Walker, Lived Experience consultant and service-user researcher
430. Chenel Walker, MSc Clinical Mental Health student at King’s College London
431. Joanne Wallace, Graduate Entry Medical Student at The University of Warwick
432. Kathryn Walsh, Research Associate at the University of Birmingham
433. Michael Walton, PhD student at Manchester Metropolitan University
434. Jingyi Wang, Research Associate at UCL
435. Fiona Warner-Gale, Joint Director of Associate Development Solutions Ltd
436. Andrew Watson, Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh
437. Sarah Watts, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Clinical Lead with the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust South Staffordshire IAPT teams
438. Jasmin Wertz, PhD Student at Kings College London
439. Simon Wessely, Chair of Psychological Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences (IoPPN), King’s College London
440. Karen Wetherall, Researcher at the Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab, University of Glasgow
441. Beccy White, PhD student, University of Manchester
442. Danny Whiting, Forensic Psychiatrist and NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow with the Forensic Psychiatry Research Group at the University of Oxford
443. Alice Wickersham, PhD student at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
444. Michael Wigelsworth, Senior Lecturer at the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester
445. Lucy Willetts, Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Accredited CBT Therapist
446. Jess Williams, PhD researcher, University of Birmingham, University of Nottingham
447. Sarsha Wilson, Research Assistant at the NIHR Oxford Cognitive Health Clinical Research Facility
448. Emma Wincup, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of Law at the University of Leeds
449. Katrina Witt, Research Fellow with the Centre for Suicide Research at the University of Oxford
450. Stephen Wood, Professor of Adolescent Brain Development and Mental Health at the University of Birmingham
451. Gloria Wong, Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
452. Talen Wright, PhD student at UCL Division of Psychiatry
453. 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
454. Vanessa Yim, Research assistant at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
455. Tiago Zortea, Post-doctoral researcher in the Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab, University of Glasgow
456. 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.