The Mental Elf

In episode five of the BAP 2024 podcast, Professor David Nutt, a renowned psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist from Imperial College London, delves into the psychopharmacological aspects of alcohol. David Nutt is a past president of the British Association for Psychopharmacology and of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Hosted by André from the Mental Elf, this episode touches on th...

In this episode of the BAP Podcast, host André from the Mental Elf interviews Professor Barbara Franke, a molecular biologist from Radboud University in Nijmegen, about the complexities of ADHD. Franke discusses the genetic and environmental factors contributing to ADHD, the challenges of diagnosing the disorder in different populations, and the impact of societal views on ADHD. She emphasizes the...

Welcome to the third and final episode of the 2024 IoPPN Research Festival podcast. Every year the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience hosts a 1 day festival that brings together a really diverse mix of mental health scientists, to present their work and learn from each other. The theme this year is Origins and New Beginnings. Alongside the keynote talks from Melanie Abas, Em...

Sonia Johnson is Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry at UCL, Director of the NIHR Policy Research Unit for Mental Health, and a Consultant Psychiatrist who has worked for over 20 years in an Early Intervention Service for Psychosis. Episode 2 of the 2024 BIGSPD podcast. BIGSPD is the British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder and their annual conference takes place...

Welcome to episode 2 of the IoPPN Research Festival podcast. The festival takes place in South London on Wednesday 15th May 2024, and this year the theme is Origins and New Beginnings and there will be keynote talks from Melanie Abas, Emily Simonoff and Edgar Jones. We're focusing on origins in this second podcast episode, as we meet Edgar Jones, Professor of the History of Medicine and Psychiatry...

Welcome to a new episode of the BAP podcast. The British Association for Psychopharmacology are celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2024. We'll be joining them in Birmingham for their annual summer meeting, which takes place from the 21st to the 24th of July. This episode of the podcast features three people who've been involved with BAP for many years: Anne Lingford-Hughes, Professor of Ad...

Professor Emily Simonoff is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN). In this podcast, she speaks to André Tomlin from the Mental Elf about the new King’s Maudsley Partnership for Children and Young People https://www.kingsmaudsley.org You can hear more from Prof Simonoff at the 2024 IoPPN Research Festival, taking place on 15...

Prof Gavin Davidson from Queen’s University Belfast and Dr Iain McDougall and Steph Kerr from Belfast Health and Social Care Trust talk about personality disorder, mental capacity and compulsory intervention on episode 1 of the 2024 BIGSPD podcast. BIGSPD is the British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder and their annual conference takes place in Belfast on 18-20 June 2024....

In this podcast conversation, Professor David Baldwin (President of the British Association for Psychopharmacology) and Professor Catherine Harmer (President Elect of the BAP) preview the 2024 Summer Meeting which will take place in Birmingham on 21st - 24th July 2024 at the University of Birmingham: https://www.bap.org.uk/BAP2024 They speak about the history of the BAP, which is celebrating its 5...

Professor John Krystal will be giving a Guest Lecture at the 2024 British Association for Psychopharmacology Summer Meeting in Birmingham on 24th July 2024. His talk is entitled: Linking depression pathophysiology to the mechanism of action of ketamine and “next generation” treatments. In this 18-minute podcast, André Tomlin from The Mental Elf asks John Krystal how he first got into ketamine rese...

Professor Heather O'Mahen from the University of Exeter previews her talk at the 2024 UK and Ireland Marcé Society Annual Conference in London on 25th January: Are perinatal community mental health teams effective? What's the evidence?  Find out more about the International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health  https://marcesociety.com/regional-groups/uk-ireland-marce-society/...

Zoë Darwin from the University of Huddersfield and Jacob Stokoe from Transparent Change preview their talk at the 2024 UK and Ireland Marcé Society Annual Conference in London on 25th January: Gestational and non-gestational parents: transcending existing perinatal mental health frameworks. Find out more about the International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health https://marcesociety.com/reg...

Effective patient and public involvement (PPI) is crucial to conducting research that meets the needs and values of patients. In this podcast, we hear from a team of researchers and people with lived experience about getting involved in the AVATAR2 trial. This study is investigating the effects of digital avatar therapy in people with psychosis who hear voices. We hear about how PPI makes a differ...

Roslyn Morgan and Kate Charlesworth speak to Laura Hemming from The Mental Elf about their sessions at the Quality Forum in Melbourne in October 2023. Roslyn Morgan is the ANMF (Vic Branch) Environmental Health Officer and her talk at #Quality2023 in Melbourne is entitled: Workplace Sustainability and Environmental Reform, Be the change. Dr Kate Charlesworth is the Medical Director at the Climate...

Professor Daniel Smith from Edinburgh University gives a short overview of bipolar disorder, and introduces two studies he is working on to investigate the role of light, circadian rhythms and sleep in bipolar disorder, and their effect on the action of lithium as a treatment. This podcast is part of the Annual Scientific Meeting of NHS Research Scotland's Mental Health Network, which takes place...

Simon Hackett sits down with Douglas Badenoch to discuss Arts Psychotherapy for people with Intellectual Disabilities. This recording was made as a preview to the Annual Scientific Meeting of NHS Research Scotland's Mental Health Network on 30th October 2023. Find out more about the event . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Claire Doherty and Jennie Hutton speak to Laura Hemming from The Mental Elf about their sessions at the Quality Forum in Melbourne in October 2023. Claire Doherty is Senior Research and Evaluation Officer at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne. Jennie Hutton is an Emergency Physician and Hon Senior Research Fellow at the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department. Find out more about the International...

Professor Bryn Lloyd Evans from UCL talks to Douglas Badenoch about his clinical work and research on loneliness and social prescribing in people with severe mental illness. Bryn will be presenting further details of his work at the #NRSMH23 Annual Scientific Meeting on 30 October 2023. Find out more information about the event Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bianca Forrester and Paresh Dawda speak to Laura Hemming from The Mental Elf about their sessions at the Quality Forum in Melbourne in October 2023. Bianca Forrester is a GP Academic at the Western Victoria Primary Health Network. Her talk at the Quality Forum in Melbourne is entitled: "Towards a regional primary care learning health system: from crisis response to resilience". Dr Paresh Dawd...

This audio documentary accompanies an online and in person photo exhibition, which details the experiences of diverse people detained under the Mental Health Act. Sixty people took part in the project led by Oxford University, and funded by the  NIHR Policy Research Programme , which captured their reflections on the process of detention and life on a mental health ward. The majority (73%) of...

Catherine Crock and Chris Turner speak to Laura Hemming from The Mental Elf about their sessions at the Quality Forum in Melbourne in October 2023. ProfessorCatherine Crock AM is a Physician at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne and Chair of the Hush Foundation and Gathering of Kindness. Her talk at the conference is entitled: "Kindness in action". Dr Chris Turner is a consultant in emergenc...

Deon York and Ashfaq Chauhan speak to Laura Hemming from The Mental Elf about their sessions at the Quality Forum in Melbourne in October 2023. Deon York is Director of Consumer Engagement at Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand.  Deon's talk at the Quality Forum in Melbourne will be on: Expertise by experience: A national code of expectations for consumer en...

Students from the Wellcome Trust PhD in Mental Health Science at UCL speak to Prof Sir Louis Appleby from the University of Manchester before his talk at the 2023 UCL Institute of Mental Health Conference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Students from the Wellcome Trust PhD in Mental Health Science at UCL speak to Dr Scott Kim from the US National Institutes of Health before his talk at the 2023 UCL Institute of Mental Health Conference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prof Hamish McAllister-Williams from Newcastle University and the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, previews his BAP Summer Meeting plenary on the clinical utility and potential generalisability of the “difficult to treat...” concept, which includes a talk from him on applying the model of care for difficult to treat depression to bipolar disorder. The British Associatio...