Prevention in name only: Are national dementia plans delivering on their promises?

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With dementia rates rising fast, prevention is critical. But do countries’ plans reflect that urgency? This new paper analyses 16 national dementia strategies—and finds good intentions often aren’t backed by clear actions.

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Contemplating compassion in mental health research: Researcher in Residence – Shuranjeet Singh

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Shuranjeet Singh is our new Mental Elf Researcher in Residence. In this blog he explores the role that compassion has to play in the future of mental health research.

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Mental health research funding: is it enough?

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In her debut blog, Til Wykes summarises a recent health policy paper on global investment in mental health research funding, which finds a “flat and stable trend” over recent years and “highly unequal geographical distribution of funding”.

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Mental health research funding: we are still not getting our fair share

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Louise Arseneault writes her debut elf blog on a new report published today by MQ Transforming Mental Health, which finds disparity between physical health and mental health research funding.

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