Black students navigate interpersonal bias, institutional barriers, and microaggressions that compound pre-existing adversity. This research exposes academia’s role in perpetuating racial trauma.
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KCL MSc student Geetika Sharma reviews a study that looks at the contribution of cannabis use to the increased psychosis risk among minority ethnic groups in Europe.
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Izah Bowes considers a cross-sectional study exploring urbanicity and rates of untreated psychotic disorders in three diverse settings in the Global South: Trinidad, India and Nigeria.
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Tessa Roberts and Laura Hemming critique a large umbrella review which explores the effectiveness of interventions on social determinants of mental health.
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Jingni Ma considers a systematic review on the barriers that South Asian people living in the UK can face when trying to access natural green spaces, and the psychological benefits that nature can provide.
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Briony Tatem considers a study in The Lancet, which explores the effect of immigration policy reform on mental health in people from minoritised ethnic groups in England, using longitudinal data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study cohort.
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Andy Bell reflects on a recent peer research study and shares the steps that any mental health service can take to help people reclaim their rights, their personhood, and their equal citizenship.
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Sofiia Kornatska reviews a qualitative study on the importance of child-staff therapeutic relationship in the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate, which offers insights into the implementation of the SECURE STAIRS trauma-informed framework that has been commissioned by NHS England across these settings.
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A group of UCL masters student review a multi-centre study on socio-economic disparities in patients who present to hospital for self-harm in England, which found large variations in patients characteristics and pre-self-harm experiences.
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A group of UCL MSc students summarise a US study on the association of everyday discrimination with depression and suicidal ideation during the pandemic.
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